By Megan Joyce

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

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

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

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

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

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

harvest feast together. The harvest feast was a longstanding

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

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

Kitchen collectibles are those itemsthat stir memories, like canister sets,mixing bowls, holiday china, hand-painted tea sets, seasonal tablecloths andmatching napkins, ceramic floralcenterpieces, special crystal goblets, well-

worn casseroledishes, etc.

The antique andvintage kitchenobjects that makeholidays special canhave collectible andmonetary value,too. Here are thetop 10Thanksgivingholiday collectiblesthat you can find inyour mother’s orgrandmother’skitchen andbeyond:

1. Turkey platters ofStaffordshire or Limoges china. Theseplatters are typically of blue/whiteceramic or full color featuring an image

of a dressed turkey atthe center. They datefrom the mid- to late19th century to thepresent day andremain highlycollectible.

2. Macy’sThanksgiving DayParade memorabilia.Whatever I am doingon Thanksgivingmorning and whereverI am spendingThanksgiving in anygiven year, I do notmiss this fabulousAmerican event.

The long-running parade is anAmerican tradition with celebrity guests,decorated floats, marching bands, high-

flying character balloons, and SantaClaus. The employee-organized paradedebuted on Nov. 27, 1924, and its longand diverse history offers collectorsvarious types of parade memorabilia.

3. Steiff turkey toy. The German stuffedtoy firm Steiff is best known for itsantique mohair teddy bears dating backto the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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

4. Pilgrim Barbie doll. As you know,Barbie comes in many forms, but atholiday time, Mattel made sure Barbiewas the hostess with the mostess.Collectible Barbie dolls exist in theThanksgiving hostess style and the ever-

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popular Pilgrim Barbie, too.

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

Ranging in value well into the severalthousands of dollars for one goodexample, antique Native Americanbasketry by the Haida tribe and others isquite collectible and valuable.

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

Holiday tables worldwide are

enlivened by the addition of small-scalecollectible salt-and-pepper shakers in theform of various Thanksgiving-relatedfigures.

7. Presidential Turkey pardonmemorabilia. Paper announcements, TVnews footage, and newspaper reportsfrom the White House regarding theannual pardoning of a Thanksgivingturkey remain a holiday collectiblefavorite.

8. Toleware holiday trays. Metal trayswith images of turkeys, teepees, and allthe trimmings are popular offerings atantique shops and flea markets in theautumn. They range in value from $25to $75 depending on size, image, andcondition.

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

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

10. Norman Rockwell’s Freedom fromWant (Thanksgiving Day) color poster,circa 1941-45. This famous imagefeatures a family sitting down toThanksgiving dinner.

Rockwell’s poster was based onPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt’sFour Freedoms speech and has become

synonymous with the AmericanThanksgiving feast since World War II.The reproduction poster in goodcondition from the World War II era isworth $125 to $200.

This Thanksgiving, as you collect newmemories and give thanks for family andfriends, remember that your favoriteantiques will remind you of crispautumn days with loved ones. Have ahappy Thanksgiving!

Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author,and award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lorihosts antiques appraisal events worldwide.Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discoverychannel’s hit TV show Auction Kings. Visitwww.DrLoriV.com/Events, www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

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Global Survey Shows People WidelyMisinformed about Alzheimer’s

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

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

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

The Alzheimer’s Association2014 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts andFigures report released in Marchfound that nearly a quarter (24percent) of Americans hold the samemistaken belief, despite advancingage being the greatest risk factor forAlzheimer’s.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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By John Johnston

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

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

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

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

Some dependent children and spousesof military personnel may also be eligibleto receive benefits.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sweet Sixteen By J. L. Westerhoff

We went back to bed early last Fridaynight.

At 64, we retired, meaning that wehad worked long enough and hardenough since John Kennedy waspresident, and we really do not want towork anymore.

The hours of the day and the days ofthe week confuse us—weekdays runtogether like two rivers in Pittsburgh.

We’re good at popping our pills atscheduled meals: breakfast at 7:30, unlesswe eat out; lunch at 11:30, unless we eatout; and supper at 6:30 unless … wellyou get the drift.

Our exercise? We do not use ourtelevision remote; we walk—sometimesrun—to the bathroom; and occasionallywe nose around our neighborhood.

It’s true: Youth is wasted on theyoung.

In bed my wife read the Capote classicIn Cold Blood—not a good sweet-dreams

story. I driftedoff to sleep,waking at3:30 a.m. toget some“exercise.”

I again fellasleep andhad thisstrangedream: I wasdriving mycar behind anold man(older than me, of course). As heswerved, slowed, and then moved faster,he looked back at me, shook his fist, andvery angrily yelled obscenities. Then theold guy stopped. I stopped, a cop showedup, I got upset, and then the copdisappeared and the old man drove off,and I woke up.

In analyzing the dream, I truly believeI have a fear of getting older.

So I lay on my right side, then on my

left, then myback, until 6a.m., and itsuddenly hitme: Our oldestgrandchild ishaving her 16th

birthday partyin 12 hours.

I thoughtabout the 16years we’veknown thisbeautiful girl

who will soon drive a car, graduate fromhigh school, get a full-time job, meet ayoung man, get married when she turns35, and give us great-grandchildren.

By that time, we’ll be over 80 and toofeeble to babysit or change stinkydiapers. And by then, we’ll be much toopoor to buy cute, computerized babytoys. I miss my youth.

Grandchildren are different from yourown children. The art of being a

grandparent is simple: If you think youroffspring need advice on raising theirchildren—turn the sound down on theTV, pretend to listen, nod in agreement,and keep your mouth shut.

We attended our granddaughter’sbirthday party; the guests included manyof her friends, which reminded me ofdays of innocence and young love, Pepsiand chips, Dion and Brian Hyland, theTwist and the Watusi, and the girls onthe right, the boys on the left.

Today’s kids never use phrases such as“hang up the phone,” “move theantenna,” “that’ll be cash,” or “I’ll callyou when I get home.”

I am amazed of how time has passedus by, but what amazes me more is thateven though each generation has claimedits music, slang, loves, and hates, we allshare one common thing: We are allthankful for the love passed on by thegeneration before us.

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How much mileage could a studioexpect from a 1950s filmstarring a biologist with a

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

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

Having premiered 60 years ago thisyear, the success of the now-cult filmcontinues to astound Adams, who, at age87, remains a popular guest at fanconventions and film festivals across thecountry.

“It’s amazing the life this movie has,”said Adams from her Los Angeles home.

She portrayed scientist Kay Lawrence,who was abducted by the infatuated GillMan toward the end of the creaturefeature.

“It’s a classic beauty-and-the-beaststory, with stunning underwaterphotography filmed at Wakulla Springs,Fla., because of its clear waters. Thelagoon scenes were shot at the UniversalStudios back lot where Gilligan’s Island

was filmed.”Underwater, Adams was doubled by

Ginger Stanley, while Ricou Browningdonned the rubber creature suit forswimming scenes. On land, the creaturewas played by Ben Browning.

“Ben began going to fan conventionsin the 1990s and convinced me to attendmy first one in 2003. It’s wonderful tomeet so many people who still enjoyyour work.”

Fans have also shared some interestingadmissions with Adams.

“Some told me they became zoologistsor paleontologists because of the film.And I met a little girl who was namedafter my character!”

In 2011, the Arkansas-raised actressself-published her autobiography, TheLucky Southern Star: Reflections from theBlack Lagoon, coauthored with her son,Mitch Danton. The book contains some

200 photographs, many unpublishedfrom her personal collection, with achapter devoted to Black Lagoon.

Of course, the Creature wasn’t theonly biped with whom Adamscostarred during her career. Shereceived top billing with less scalycharacters such as William Powell,Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston, ElvisPresley, Rock Hudson, and manyothers (see www.julieadams.biz).

“Rock and I were about the sameage, so we became close friends andoften played bridge.”

One of her favorite costars wasJimmy Stewart, with whom sheappeared in Bend of the River two yearsbefore Black Lagoon. Two decades later,

she reunited with Stewart in 1971 forThe Jimmy Stewart Show.

“After I read for the part of Jimmy’swife, he gave me a little nod as if to say,‘You’ve got the job’—and I did. Jimmywas wonderfully informal butprofessional, so it wasn’t hard to pretendto be in love with such a lovely man andtalented actor.”

However, critics and audiences were

Julie Adams Revisits the Black Lagoon

Tinseltown Talks

Nick Thomas

Julie Adams andthe Creature invarious scenes

from Creature fromthe Black Lagoon.

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In 2011, Adamsself-published herautobiography,

coauthored with herson, Mitch Danton.

Halloween 2013 at Spooky Empirein Orlando, Fla.

Adams with Jimmy Stewartin 1972.

not so enamored with the show, whichwas canceled after the first season.

“It was quite a charming show butcame out the same time as more edgysitcoms like All in the Family,” saidAdams, who still remembers it fondly.“My idea of heaven was going to workwith Jimmy Stewart every day for sixmonths!”

Unlike the little-remembered TVshow, The Creature from the BlackLagoon continues to gain fans from newgenerations.

“Some projects just take on a life oftheir own,” says Adams. “The Creaturestill walks among us.”

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

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

Horn of Plenty:The Myth and the Symbol

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

In Greekmythology, it wasone of the hornsof the goatAmalthaea, whonursed the god Zeusas a baby. The horn wasbelieved to have producedambrosia and nectar, which were believedthen to be the food of the gods.

A Roman myth says that the horn of

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

to fight with the hero Hercules. When Hercules brokethe horn from the rivergod’s head, waternymphs filled the hornwith flowers and fruitand left it as anoffering to Copia, the

goddess of plenty.These stories have

contributed to the image of thecornucopia as a symbol of gratitude for agood harvest, making it an appropriatesymbol for Thanksgiving Day.

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Report Highlights Effect of Aging BoomersWhile rates of smoking and excessive

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

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

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

It documents aging as quite varied interms of how long people live, how wellthey age, their financial and educationalstatus, their medical and long-term careand housing costs, where they live andwith whom, and other factors importantfor aging and health.

Funded by the National Institute onAging (NIA), part of NIH, the reportdraws heavily on data from the 2010

Census and other nationallyrepresentative surveys. In addition, datafrom NIA-funded research was includedin the report.

A key aspect of the report is the effectthat the aging of the baby boomgeneration—those born between 1946and 1964—willhave on the U.S.population and onsociety in general.Baby boomersbegan to reach age65 in 2011;between 2010 and2020, the oldergeneration isprojected to growmore rapidly thanin any other decadesince 1900.

The report points out some criticalhealth-related issues:

• Rates of smoking and excessivealcohol consumption have declinedamong those 65 and older, but thepercentage of overweight and obesepeople has increased.

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

• Research basedon NIA’s Health andRetirement Studysuggests that theprevalence of chronicdiseases, such as highblood pressure, heartdisease, chronic lungdisease, and diabetes,increased amongolder people between1998 and 2008.

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

• The cost of long-term care varies bycare setting. The average cost of a privateroom in a nursing home was $229 perday or $83,585 per year in 2010.

• Less than one-fifth of older peoplehave the personal financial resources tolive in a nursing home for more thanthree years, and almost two-thirds cannotafford even one year.

• Medicare provides coverage in askilled nursing facility to older anddisabled patients for short time periodsfollowing hospitalization.

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

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

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

“Many olderAmericans areunprepared toafford the costs oflong-term care in anursing home.

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Old Age: No Barrier to CreativityWe sometimes think creativity is for

young people. Children are endlesslyimaginative, but the elderly are set intheir ways.

After all, you can’t teach an old dognew tricks, right?

Consider this list of creativeaccomplishments by people who mayhave seemed, at first glance, to be pasttheir prime:

Goethe. The famousGerman poet finished Part2 of his masterpiece Faustshortly before his death in1832, when he was 83.

Arthur Rubenstein. Thisconcert pianist performedat Carnegie Hall at age90.

Grandma Moses. ArtistAnna Mary Robertson,better known as “GrandmaMoses,” had her first soloexhibition of paintings in1940, when she was 80years old.

George BernardShaw. The Irish-born

playwright (among other occupations)remained active until his death in 1950at age 94, when he published his finalplay. He was working on anotherunfinished play when he died.

Pablo Casals. The cellist and conductor,born in 1876, continued to perform onconcert tours in his 80s.

Grandma Moses in1953

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

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

Dear Surprised,Underlying today’s growing epidemic

of Type 2 diabetes is a much largerepidemic called prediabetes, which iswhen theblood-sugarlevels arehigher thannormal butnot highenough to becalled diabetes.

TheNationalInstitutes ofHealthestimates that as many as 79 millionAmericans today have prediabetes. Leftuntreated, it almost always turns intoType 2 diabetes within 10 years.

And, if you have prediabetes, the long-term damage it can cause—especially toyour heart and circulatory system—mayalready be starting.

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

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

Get Checked? Because prediabetes typically causes no

outward symptoms, most people whohave it don’t realize it. The only way toknow for sure is to get a blood test.

Everyone age 45 years or older shouldconsider getting tested for prediabetes,especially if you are overweight with abody mass index (BMI) above 25. Seewww.cdc.gov/bmi to calculate your BMI.

If you are younger than 45 but areoverweight, or have high blood pressure, afamily history of diabetes, or belong to an

ethnic group (Latino, Asian, African, orNative American) at high risk fordiabetes, you too should get checked.

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

Diabetes TestsThere are several tests your doctor can

give you to determine whether you haveprediabetes, like the “fasting blood glucosetest” or the “oral glucose tolerance test,”

which eachrequire an eight-hour fast beforeyou take it. Andthe “hemoglobinA1C test” can betaken any timeregardless ofwhen you ate.

If you’rereluctant to visityour doctor to

get tested, an alternative is to test yourself.To do that, you’ll need to purchase anA1C home test kit that measures youraverage blood glucose over the past two tothree months.

The ReliOn A1c Test sold at Walmart(or www.walmart.com) for $9 is a popularoption. With this test kit, you provide asmall blood sample (about a drop) andsend it to the lab in a postage-paid returnmailer for analysis. The results are usuallysent back within a week.

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

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

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

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBCToday show and author of The Savvy SeniorBook. www.savvysenior.org

How to Tell If YouHave Prediabetes

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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

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

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

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

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

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

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

buildings that dated back to the 18th

century and ate in the Great Hall whereKing Charles I held his parliament in

the 17th century and that was used asinspiration for Harry Potter’s HogwartsHall in the 21st century. Our fellow students, who included

folks from more than a dozen countries,ranged in age from under 20 to over 90,

although the majority were in their mid-to late 60s.

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

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

Courses range from the specific(George Eliot’s Middlemarch) to thegeneral (Moral Philosophy), the artistic(Beethoven: His Life and Music) to thehistoric (The Birth of Europe), thereligious (Sacred Landscapes and HolyPlaces) to the scientific (Human Memoryand the Brain).

The courses are so varied, and so wellpresented, that more than 50 percent ofthe attendees are repeaters. Indeed, we

Amidst the Spires of Oxford:A College Education and a Cultural Exploration

The city of Oxford is oftencalled “The City of DreamingSpires,” a name that comesfrom a poem by Victorianpoet and Oxford gradMatthew Arnold. All Soul’sCollege, one of theuniversity’s 38 constituentcolleges, is known for itsdistinctive twin towers.

Oxford Experience studentscelebrate when they receivetheir “diplomas” during theirfinal dinner in the Great Hall.

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met one woman who has come for 10summers and, during many of thosesummers, has stayed for two or moresessions. Although Christ Church is just a few

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

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

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

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

It looks easy, so we rent a boat,intending to try our skill, but it takes usless than 10 minutes mired in mud torealize that we have no skill. We finallyhire a “chauffeur,” who punts while wecontemplate the view.

We get our literary fix by having pub-grub at the White Horse, figuring that ifit’s good enough for Inspector Morse,it’s good enough for us; downing ale atThe Eagle and Child, the favoritestomping grounds of J.R.R. Tolkien and

C.S. Lewis; and visiting the shop thatwas frequented by the real-life Alice inWonderland as well as Lewis Carroll, theman who immortalized her.

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

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

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

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Luke Gander, owner ofAlice’s Sweet Shop, shows an illustrationof his shop in Lewis Carroll’s novel,

Through the Looking Glass.

Punting is a popular Oxford activity thatinvolves using a pole to propel a flat-bottom boat along a shallow river.

The Cotswolds, one of England’smost beautiful districts, is less than

an hour from Oxford.

The Cotswolds is a rural area ofstone cottages and stately homes.Its name is derived from two

Old English words: cots, which means“sheep enclosures,” and wolds,which means “gentle hills.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

onexperiencewith thehugeflightsimulatorunder thewatchfuleye of themanu -facturer’srepresent -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

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

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

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PA Emission Test  &PA InspectionsIfound an outdated container of beef

gravy in the back of our refrigeratorwhile gathering ingredients for

dinner. My wife asked why I was placing it on

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

One requires moreeffort than the other, Iguess.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Perhaps a differentorganism could arisefrom each differentleftover.

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

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

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

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

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

Right then, I knew I had overplayedmy hand.

Mike Clark writes a regular column for TheGlobe Leader newspaper in New Wilmington,Pa. He has a Bachelor of Science degree inorganizational behavior/applied psychologyfrom Albright College. Mike lives outsideColumbia, Pa., and can be contacted atmikemac429@aol.com.

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At the Rock Ridge Cemetery inSharon, Mass., is a gravestonewith this simple but unusual

inscription:

DEBORAH SAMPSON GANNETTROBERT SHURTLIFFTHE FEMALE SOLDIERSERVICE (1781-1783)

Those dates coincide with America’sRevolutionary War. Though women werenot permitted to serve in the army,Deborah Sampson managed to enlist byassuming a man’s identity and callingherself Robert Shurtliff.

She was wounded in battle, served asan aide to a general, and remained inactive duty for more than two years.Deborah Sampson was America’s firstfemale soldier.

She was born in 1760 at Plympton,Mass., to a family so poor that Sampson’smother was forced to send her sevenchildren into foster care. Sampson, at age5, was sent away to live with otherfamilies in Middleborough, Mass.

During the eight years she lived awayfrom home, Sampson was fortunate toreceive basic education in reading,writing, and arithmetic and domesticskills such as gardening, cooking, sewing,and weaving.

Additionally, she learned how to shoota rifle, hunt, ride a horse, and docarpentry. It was enough education andlife skill to qualify her as grade-schoolteacher.

However, when the RevolutionaryWar began, Sampson, wanting more out

of life and seeking moreadventure, decided toenlist as a man.

To prepare, she mademen’s clothing for herselfand practiced walking andtalking like a man. Hermannerisms became somasculine that even herfamily and friends did notrecognize her in disguise. Ithelped that she was tall fora woman, measuring 5feet, 7 inches.

When she felt ready, sheenlisted into the Continental Army asRobert Shurtliff. There was no physicalexam. As “Bobby,” Sampson was teasedby other soldiers because she couldn’tgrow facial hair, but other soldiersassumed “the boy” was just too young togrow a beard.

In service, she lived with soldiers,endured long marches with little food,fought alongside her companions, andwas shot in the leg. Frightened that herruse would be discovered in a hospital,Sampson used a needle and pen knife toremove the bullet herself.

Though her “surgery” was successful,the leg never healed properly. Her secretwas safe, however, and she remained inthe army.

On April 1, 1783, a sergeant soughtout Sampson, announcing, “GeneralPaterson wants to see you.” Sampson wasterrified she’d been discovered. Shereported to the general, expecting to beaccused of deceit, but was stunned tohear the general tell her that he admired

her courage, perseverance,and discipline. The generalasked her to serve as hisaide-de-camp, explainingthat the person who heldthe position, MajorElnathon Haskell, hadfallen ill.

Sampson moved to hisquarters and began herduties, which consisted oftending to the general’sneeds: cleaning his boots,polishing his swords,cleaning his uniforms,

preparing meals, and delivering messages.It was a good position for her, as itmeant she now had a room of her own.

While in the general’s service,Sampson was almost discovered when achaplain visited General Paterson andremained for an evening meal.

As Sampson served the two men, thechaplain observed her carefully, saying toPaterson: “I admire your fare, GeneralPaterson, but even more your very politeattendant, who appears to possess thegracefulness and demeanor of a girl.”

Sampson must have been greatlyrelieved to hear General Paterson tell thechaplain: “Private Shurtliff is one of myfinest men and one of our quiet heroes.Though he may not be as athletic as(others), he is as expert with a musket asin arraying our table for an attack withknives and forks.”

When Major Haskell recovered fromhis illness, he returned as GeneralPaterson’s aide and Sampson went backto her unit.

When her unit engaged in a skirmishalong the Hudson River, she received asecond wound by a sword on her head. Athird wound, a musket ball into her left

shoulder at Eastchester, N.Y., would leadto the discovery that she was a womansoldier.

While hospitalized for the bulletwound, Sampson came down with afever from an epidemic running throughthe hospital. Losing consciousness, sheawakened to learn several men in hercompany had carried her to thePennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.

Barely conscious, she was examinedby hospital surgeon Dr. Barnabus Binneyand heard him tell a nurse: “This youngsoldier is a woman disguised as a man.Take her to your apartment and care forher as though she were your daughter.Please be discreet. No one knows hersecret.”

When her fever had subsided, Binneyhad Sampson transferred to his ownhome, where he continued to provideprivate medical care. As he gained herconfidence, Binney asked for her realand assumed names.

She responded: “My real name isDeborah Sampson, and I took the firsttwo parts of my brother’s name, RobertShurtliff, the firstborn of my mother’seight children. He died when he was 8,the year I was born. I never saw him,but I knew my mother never got overher grief at his loss.”

When her condition improved, shewas officially and honorably dischargedher from the military and provided withsafe passage back to her family.

Deborah Sampson died on April 29,1827. Though her name is not asfamous as the men who helped start andshape the United States, she was,nevertheless, an important part of anarmy that helped create a new nation of“the land of the free and the home of thebrave.”

America’s First Female Soldier

Fragments of History

Victor Parachin

Engraved portrait ofDeborah Sampson

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Iwas slowly driving through thegrocery-store parking lot, looking fora spot, when I passed this young

teenage couple walking arm in armtoward the entrance.

He was wearing these baggy pants thatwere falling down and the top of hisbehind was exposed, giving the world abig “hello.”

As I drove by, Iyelled out, “Pull upyour pants.” It wasvery spontaneous, andI don’t know why Idid it.

The guy gave me avery angry look. I didthe only thing I coulddo: I quickly left theparking lot and went to a differentsupermarket.

I don’t know what’s happening—I’mturning into a curmudgeon. Actually, Ithink only curmudgeons use the wordcurmudgeon. I’m pretty sure that thereason I’ve been so cranky lately is that Idon’t like getting older.

I know people say, “Think of thealternative.” I just wish the alternativewas that I could get in a time machineand go back 30 years—OK, 40. OK, 50years (why quibble over a decade ortwo?).

I started thinking that maybe I wasoverreacting. Maybe it’s not too badgetting older. There has to be someadvantages.

So I decided to make a list of all thepros and cons. I have to admit, I’m thekind of person who loves making lists. Ionce made a list of things I like aboutmaking lists.

The Cons of Getting Older1. Telemarketers trying to sell me a walk-

in bathtub because it’ssafer. I don’t want to besafe. I want to be daringand adventurous andtake a shower.

2. I hate that sometimesI get lonely and I lookforward to calls fromtelemarketers.

3. Younger people sometimes treat medifferently because I am older. Theyspeak louder or they’ll roll their eyeswhen I am giving an opinion. I can hearyou. I can see you. I don’t want to, but Ican.

4. I hate that I’m getting a turkey neck. Ihate the term turkey neck, and I’m prettysure that if turkeys could talk, theywould say they hate it too.

5. I hate that my version of aerobics iswalking to the bathroom four times anight.

6. I hate that my hair has gonecompletely gray. And I hate that there’sthis bald spot on the back of my head. Ialso hate that hair is now growing out of

my ears. What’s my hair doing downthere? Get back up on my head whereyou belong!

7. I hate having to keep buying moreand more powerful reading glasses at the99-cent store. I also hate that the 99-centstore is starting to seem expensive to me.

8. I hate that I’m shrinking. I guess Ihave to give up my dream of being aprofessional basketball player.

9. I hate looking at the obituary column

every morning, hoping that I won’t seeany of my friends there.

10. I hate that when I forget things, Istart to worry that it may be a symptomof dementia. Maybe I’m just simplyforgetting things. That’s possible, isn’t it?

The Pros of Getting Older1. I have a 9-month-old granddaughter.

I know what you’re thinking—it’s noteven close. The “pros” have it in alandslide.

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Emily Connors andBill Einsig have beennamed Volunteers of theMonth by the YorkCounty Area Agency onAging for their ongoingservice and dedication tothe agency and YorkCounty’s older adults.

Windsor Townshipresident Emily Connors,a certified therapeuticrecreation specialist, is avolunteer ombudsmanfor the agency. In thatrole, Connors encouragesresidents to advocate forthemselves in a skillednursing facility or servesan advocate for thosewho are unable toadvocate forthemselves.

She finds volunteering extremelyrewarding knowing she made a

difference in someone’sday and enjoys thewisdom and knowledgeimparted by the olderadults with whom she hasworked.

Manchester Townshipresident Bill Einsig is aformer teacher whooperated an environmentalcenter working withhundreds of students inthe woods. Serving as avolunteer Judicial Centertour guide reminds him ofthe fun he had whileteaching.

“I enjoy York Countyhistory and meeting newpeople,” Einsig said. “Withso many opportunities toserve other folks, it makessense to find something

that connects with your own interests,skills, and abilities.”

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Winter is Coming …Before the weather gets too cold, you

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Here are some essential areas to check:

Roof• Look for missing shingles, crackedflashing, and broken, overhanging treelimbs.

• Check the chimney for mortardeterioration and loose bricks.Inspect the underside of the roof, fromthe attic, for signs of leakage.

Exterior• Check the foundation for cracks in the

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Heartland Hospice is seeking YorkCounty residents who are interested inserving as hospice volunteers. Prospective

volunteers are encouraged to register forthe free Dec. 2 training session by Nov.14.

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 (two-to three-hour visits); friendly visiting innursing homes talking to, reading to, orsimply sitting and holding a patient’shand (half- to one-hour visits)

Music Enrichment Visitors – Sing as anindividual or group, play an instrument,or play recorded music to patients (half-to one-hour visits)

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For more information or to register forthe free training, call Robin Shaffer,volunteer coordinator, at (717) 825-9861.The initial application and preregistrationmust be completed by Nov. 14.

Background checks are performed forapplicants at no charge. Individuals whohave lost a close loved one are asked towait one year before training to becomea visiting volunteer.

Easy Houseplants

The Green Mountain Gardener

Dr. Leonard Perry

If you’re like me and don’t have timeto fuss with houseplants, or arebeginning and don’t know where to

begin, or just feel you have a brownthumb, there are some easy houseplantsyou might give a try.

No matter which you grow, the key isto not overwater. If in doubt, don’twater. I like to “train” my plants (leafyones such as peace lily) to be dry to thepoint of starting to wilt before watering.Other tips for success: keep from

drafty areas, keep from touching coldwindows, keep low-light plants fromdirect sun, and don’t move from oneextreme to the other without atransition period of several weeks (suchas low light indoors to a full-sunwindow).

Other than proper watering andkeeping plants warm (above 50 degreesF, preferably above 60 degrees for most),proper light is perhaps most important.

Low-light plants do well in theinterior of homes or by a north-facingwindow. Medium-light plants likebright, indirect light a foot or two fromwest- or south-facing windows or undera lamp fixture. High-light plants reallyneed to be near (but not touching) west-or south-facing windows or in asunroom.

Low-Light PlantsOne of the most traditional plants for

low light is the wide-leaved, leathery-leaved cast-iron plant (Aspidistra)—appropriately named as it is tough asnails. It grows about 2 feethigh and toleratescool. There is a dwarfform you may findand also one called“Milky Way” withwhite spots againstthe dark-green leaves.

As tough as the cast-iron plant, amazing plantsthat adapt to low lightor full sun (but not quickly or atthe same time) are the snake plants(Sansevieria). These have very tough,thick leaves, usually upright from thebase to 2 or 3 feet tall. They can begreen, green with gold edges, or squatwith wide green leaves.Another of the all-time favorite low-lighthouseplants is the rubber plant (Ficuselastica). This plant can get quite largewith time and has large, thick, glossyleaves.

One of the more popular low-lightand easy houseplants is the Chineseevergreen (Aglaonema), about 1 to 2 feethigh. The long, somewhat-narrow leaves

from the base are variously variegated,depending on cultivar, from green withsome white to mostly white.

For a low-light vine you mightconsider the Devil’s ivy (Epipremnum),

also known aspothos from aformer name.There is a greenform, but morecommonly foundare the variegated

ones with either white orgold in leaves.Philodendrons are one

of those indoor plants that dowell in lower light, even

though they grow more vigorously anddenser in medium light. There are manyforms, either with upright self-supporting stalks or vining types.

Medium- and High-Light PlantsOne of my favorites for medium light

(although it adapts to low light) is thepeace lily (Spathiphyllum). The leaves onlong stems reach about 2 feet, andanother benefit is the unique andoccasional white flowers on longstalks.

A popular and easy floweringhouseplant many have is the African

violet. Keys to success with this plant areto not get water on the leaves, water withlukewarm water, and not let the pots sitin water (plants don’t like to bewaterlogged), and to give it bright,indirect light—not directsunlight.

Some other easy houseplants formedium light may have some issues,such as ornamental figs (Ficus) gettingsome insects and dropping lower leaveswith any changes in culture orclimate. Schefflera also drops lower leaveswith sudden changes and easily getspests.

The dumb cane (Dieffenbachia) andNorfolk Island Pine are common, butover a few years often drop lower leaves,getting leggy. Some of the palms can beeasy, but watch closely for spider mites.Spider plant (Chlorophytum) is commonin hanging baskets and easy to grow, butit will get brown leaf tips in lowhumidity.

Some high-light plants include aloe(the sap is good for burns), cactus, andponytail palm. A key to success with allthese is to let them go dry betweenwaterings.

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

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Contrary to what many believe(and to the disappointment ofthe ill-informed), DNA tests, in

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

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

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

I’ll use some examples from 23andMeto augment my discussion. Other DNA-testing venues are similar. When youregister on 23andMe, you (voluntarily)provide important information aboutyourself: your current residence; ancestralvillages; and common family andancestral surnames.

After your DNA is analyzed,23andMe adds items to your list:ancestry, the geographical place wheremost of your “ancestral composition”occurred about 500 years ago (mine isSouthern Europe); and codes for the“maternal haplogroup” and “paternalhaplogroup” representing some of yourancestors’ whereabouts 5,000 to 25,000years ago (my haplogroups are,respectively, H3 and I2b1).

In addition to characterizing a donorby ancestral composition of 500 yearsago, and identifying his/her haplogroups

from the distant past, 23andMe providesa list of DNA relatives identified as‘‘23andMemembers whoshare arelationshipwith you.”

This is a list(coded by theparticipant forprivacy) thatshows yourpurportedrelatives whoare in the23andMedatabase, fromthe closest to the most distant. Theclosest one shown in my case is a “secondto fourth cousin,” and the most distant(number 551 on the list) is identifiedonly as a “distant cousin.”

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

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

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

with me, all protected and private,through 23andMe; or I can request that

the person sharetheir genome(geneticblueprint) withme.

The personcan then elect toshare their healthand genealogicalinformation oronly theirgenealogicalinformation, orthey can declineto share anything

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

Those who agree to share informationcan then be selected for comparison,which shows a bar graph of the 23chromosome pairs, highlighting those

segments of certain chromosomes thatare an exact match to mine. A measure ofDNA length is the “centiMorgan” (cM).Most venues consider matching segmentsof 7 cM or longer as significant: that is,showing a genetic relationship betweentwo people.

If two close relatives had their DNAcompared, there would be a largenumber of long segments that matched,in most of the chromosomes. The moredistant the relationship, the fewer andshorter the matching segments would be.

Next time: hits and misses.

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

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The Search for Our Ancestry

Angelo Coniglio

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By Rebecca Hanlon

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

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

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

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

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

Nonprofit organizations throughoutthe region have been noticing a trend incharitable donations being made in placeof the purchase of a physical gift.

At a Gifts that Give Hope Fair, dozensof charities come together in onelocation, offering designated gift items.About 60 percent of the organizationsare locally based, but many do workthroughout the world, Knepper said.

Each nonprofit offers two gift itemsfor purchase, but cash donations also canbe made, she added.

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

Knepper often donates to girls’education programs in Africa because herparents always supported her in gettingher own education. After making thedonation, she’s given a card with adescription of her purchase that she cangive to her parents.

“As an adult, I got to the point whereI was feeling disgruntled about buyingmore stuff that doesn’t have meaning,”Knepper said. “We estimated about1,000 people attended last year’s fair, andthat makes it pretty obvious we’re not theonly ones who feel that way.”

More than MilkOne organization that is featured at

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

Heifer International was very popularin Central Pennsylvania at the startbecause local farmerswould raise livestockthat was later sentto disadvantagedfamilies inothercountries,Good said.Volunteerscalled“cowboys”wouldtravel onships withthe animalsto Poland,Spain, PuertoRico, or othercountries.

Today, animals arepurchased directly in thecountry where it will be received.

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

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

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

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

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

Kat Prickett of Mount Joy has been avolunteer with Operation

Christmas Child, a charityrun by Samaritan’s

Purse, since shewas 11 yearsold. Hermombecame aprojectleader atthefamily’schurch,andtogetherthey’d fillshoeboxes

withtoothbrushes,

school supplies,and coloring pages to

send to children in need.Today, Operation Christmas Child has

19 drop-off locations in CentralPennsylvania where people can take their

filled shoeboxes to be shipped to boysand girls around the world.

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

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

A lot of families make filling the boxesan annual tradition, getting their kids tobuy items for children their own age andexplaining how not everyone has the

same comforts in life, Prickett said.

Remembering the TroopsIf you’re looking to put your charity

dollars to work in a more localorganization, Keystone Military Familiesis busy sending more than 6,000stockings to soldiers around the world.

Kyle Lord of Shoemakersville gotinvolved shortly after Sept. 11, 2001,when her son, Sgt. First Class BrentLord, a member of the Army NationalGuard, was sent overseas.

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

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

Keystone Military Families also hostsa pantry where military families canstock up on nonperishable shelf items orfrozen meats. A year ago, they servedabout 12 families a month, Lord said.Today, they serve 30 to 50 families aweek.

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

For many people, they’re not justhelping strangers by donating care-package items, Lord said. They feelthey’re helping their brothers or sisters,fathers or mothers, or even theirneighbors.

“Anything we can send them fromhome is a reminder that people careabout them and haven’t forgotten whatthey’ve done for our country,” Lord said.“Really, we can’t do enough to thankthem.”

For more information on theseorganizations, visit them at:

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

• Heifer International, www.heifer.org

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

• Keystone Military Families,www.keystonesoldiers.net

Giving to Others Becomes a Trend with Holiday Gifts

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The Beauty in Nature

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

My wife, Sue, and I went to BlueMarsh Lake, a large, human-made impoundment in Berks

County, Pa., one sunny, late afternoon inJanuary to see the thousands of gulls thatwere reported coming to that lake tospend the night.

We saw several thousand gulls of sixspecies, in the air, on the water, and on asandy bathing beach. Most of the gullswere ring-bills, an abundant, inlandspecies in the Middle Atlantic States.

But there also were hundreds ofherring gulls, scores of great black-backedgulls, and a few each of lesser black-backed gulls, glaucous gulls, and Icelandgulls. The less common kinds of gulls onthe sand stood tall among the smallerring-bills.

Most of the gulls were crowded on thebuilt beach while we were there, butoccasionally they suddenly rose lightly

into the wind in a greatmass, swirled together overthe water for a minute ortwo, and then settled onthe sand again, creatingexciting spectacles ofthemselves.

Not so many years ago,gulls wintered alongseacoasts, estuaries, andrivers in the Mid-AtlanticStates. Then, only thering-bills wer e regularlyseen inland, mostly onmigration.

But in recent years,because of human-madechanges that benefitgulls, including thebuilding of bigimpoundments andedibles in landfills,

parking lots, and fields,many more gulls of severalkinds have adapted towintering inland, includingin the Middle AtlanticStates.

The gull speciesmentioned above winter onseveral built lakes in thisarea, as long as they havesome open water and fieldsare not deeply covered bysnow. Some of thoseimpoundments includeStruble Lake in ChesterCounty, Memorial Lakein Lebanon County,Ontelaunee Lake in BerksCounty, and OctoraroLake in LancasterCounty, in southeasternPennsylvania.

During each winter sunrise, thethousands of inland gulls, particularlyring-bills, pour silently off the water orice, group after group, and swiftly fly inlarge flocks and long lines in everydirection to various feeding places, all thewhile causing inspiring shows.

And by mid-afternoon, presumablywith full stomachs, they start back totheir nighttime roosts on builtimpoundments. One can see strings ofthem flying rapidly and quietly overfields. And the lines of them become evermore concentrated as they get closer totheir various nighttime destinations onlarge bodies of water.

Lakes, fields, landfills, and otherhuman-made habitats are reasons whywintering gulls of various types areabundant today. They find additionalfeeding and roosting areas and survivewinter in greater numbers.

Inland Gulls

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November 14, 20149 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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At the ExpoVeterans Benefits & ServicesCommunity ServicesThank-a-Vet ParticipantsRecorder of Deeds will register your DD-214.

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Opening ceremony – 9 a.m.Special appearances, includingLt. Gen. Dennis Benchoff and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After the pledge of allegiance, PeggyKeller, 2011 Pa StatE SENiOr idOl

winner, will perform the nationalanthem, followed by words from three-

star Lt. Gen. Dennis L. Benchoff askeynote speaker.

Tom LaNasa, three-time Pa StatE

SENiOr idOl semifinalist, will thenperform “Ragged Old Flag,” JohnnyCash’s spoken-word tribute topatriotism.

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

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

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

A full list of items requested bysoldiers is available under the “attendeeinfo” section of the Veterans’ Expo &

Job Fair’s website(www.veteransexpo.com).

Or, because cash is always needed tohelp ship those care packages, guests canopt to make a monetary donation toStockings for Soldiers. They will also beinvited to write a note to a soldier onstocking-shaped cards printed anddonated by Brenneman Printing andARC Marketing.

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

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

For more information on theVeterans’ Expo & Job Fair, call (717)285-1350 or visit www.veteransexpo.com.

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