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Maria Romano Marcinko stands with a couple of feral cats inside theSteelton Community Cats program’s headquarters, now located in a

century-old renovated bank building on Front Street in Steelton.

The Beach at the End

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By Rebecca Hanlon

Maria Romano Marcinko is severely allergic to cats.The itchy skin and shortened breaths would send most people running

from these critters.But Marcinko can’t stay away.The 58-year-old Steelton woman founded the Steelton Community Cats

program in 2010 shortly after being appointed to a seat on the boroughcouncil.

The first item on the agenda that was handed to her in September 2009was for a municipal contract with the Humane Society in Dauphin County.Thousands of taxpayer dollars were being spent each year for the care of strayanimals. More than 85 percent of those were feral cats.

“I’ve always been an animal lover,” Marcinko said. “They hoped thatbecause I had experience in dog rescue services that maybe I could help withthe overwhelming cat population that Steelton suffered.”

The challenge was “staying outside of the box,” Marcinko said. She tried to understand the concerns of residents who became attached to

the cats, while at the same time relating to the frustrations of neighbors whowanted strays to stay off their lawns.

Feisty feral cats can damage plants, outdoor furniture, and flowerbeds, shesaid. But there was a solution.

please see FELINES page 12

Councilwoman Heads SuccessfulFeral-Cat Program

For the Love of

Felines

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he letter began: “Dear Saralee,I’ll get right to it. We arecousins.”

When I first read Robin’s words, Ididn’t believe her. How could I have a firstcousin I knew nothing about?

She found me by Googling my name. “I would love to speak with you and

share family memories,” she wrote. So Icalled her at her home in Pennsylvania.

Sure enough, her mother was my AuntRebecca. I never even knew my aunt had achild.

When Robin and I spoke, it was liketalking to a sister. We used the sameexpressions, laughed and cried alike,related like we’d never been apart, andeven described ourselves in the same goofyway: as lunatics.

Her children’s careers are in writing andpsychology, just like my professions. Weboth sign our emails: “Love, me.” And weeach include our dogs in the family photos

we send.Together, we figured out

why we never knew eachother existed.

I haven’t thought about mymother’s melancholia in awhile. Oh, how I blamemyself for waiting until it wastoo late to make things better.

Mom’s history was one ofneglect and abuse. She wantedso desperately to be loved, buther fury at her parents wasunrelenting. So she took it out on themost important people in her world—theones she held closest to her heart.

Most of her family wouldn’t speak toher. She didn’t understand that byconstantly hanging up on relatives aftershouting at them, they’d stop calling.

She didn’t understand that being meandidn’t solve problems; it just alienatedpeople.

And I didn’t understandthat when Mom slammedher door each time I’d leave,it was because she wantedme nearby, in her home andin her heart.

My poor mother crippledher own life when all shetruly wanted was thecloseness she never had.How immature and selfishof me, as an adult, not tosee the love she so deeply

longed for. When I told Robin that Momended her own life, she was not surprised.

And so, Aunt Rebecca and herhusband, my uncle Jack, were included inthe sad picture of estranged relatives.Therefore, I had no idea Robin existed—until now.

Sadly, everyone, other than my brother,stopped talking with me when they gaveup on my mom. Although I’ve tried to

reconnect, no one has responded. Butnow, I’ve been accepted into a new family,with all the richness that goes along withfeeling welcomed by loved ones with ashared past.

In her first email, Robin wrote, “I wasawake all last night thinking of us. I findit unbelievable but wonderful andastounding! If you tried to write it, theywould call it fiction.”

I said, “I’m so happy you found me.”“So am I.”My mother would have treasured being

a part of this extraordinary reunion. Afterall, the love I found is all she ever wanted.

The truth is—my mother loved me asintensely as I loved her.

If only I had said, “I love you, Mom. Ididn’t mean to hurt you so much,especially when I left for college. Younever meant to hurt me. You just wantedme to always be with you because youloved me in the purest sense. I should

Such is Life

Saralee Perel

Finding a Family Again

Saralee and her motherin 1977.

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have known this.” I wish I had told her that even though

we didn’t shop, talk on the phone, orshare secrets and laughter the way many

mothers and daughters do, we still lovedeach other profoundly—as strongly asrivers can flow and birds can soar.

Maybe, oh maybe, somewhere in her

tender, aching heart, she knew.

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All I have to do to get mygrandkids’ eyes rolling is talkabout the good old days.

No, I don’t tell ’em how far I walkedto school (school was only a block away).But I might say I remember when, if youwanted to change channels on the TV,you had to get up, walk over, and turn aknob.

Then I’ll tell them how you had to

adjust the rabbit ears to get a betterpicture. They’re not curious enough toask me what rabbit ears were, or howgreat The Colgate Comedy Hour was.They don’t care.

They don’t care if I never had atelephone that took pictures. Or howwe’d send film into Kodak and get printsback in a week. They’re too busy texting.And they never heard of Kodak. I

remember when text was not a verb andtexting was not a word.

Yes, I have a cell phone. I’m not aLuddite. “Does it have a crank on it?”you’re probably asking. No, it doesn’t. It’sa TracFone. No, it’s not smart, but itonly costs me $7 a month. When you’reon a fixed income (a euphemism forbeing broke), things like that matter.

I have given up on getting my

grandkids to join me in a game ofcheckers, dominos, or pickup sticks. ButI’ve learned to get their attention byasking them to show me their latestvideo game—a game that interests meabout as much as my games interestthem.

We do have that in common.

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During the summer, it isimportant for everyone, especiallyolder adults and people withchronic medical conditions, to beaware of the dangers ofhyperthermia. The NationalInstitute on Aging (NIA), part ofthe NIH, has some tips to helpmitigate some of the dangers.

Hyperthermia is an abnormallyhigh body temperature caused by afailure of the heat-regulatingmechanisms in the body to dealwith the heat coming from theenvironment. Heat stroke, heatsyncope (sudden dizziness afterprolonged exposure to the heat),heat cramps, heat exhaustion, andheat fatigue are common forms ofhyperthermia.

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The primary cause of blindness in theUnited States, cataracts occur as the lensof the eye naturally breaks down withage. By the time you reach age 65, thereis a 50 percent chance you already have acataract.

Most people are born with a crystal-clear lens, and it stays relatively clearthroughout most of your life. Over time,this crystalline lens becomes more opaquebecause the water and protein that makeup the lens begin to clump together.

When looking at the pupils ofsomeone withcataracts, it looks liketiny clouds insidetheir eyes. Just asclouds block out ourvision of the sky,these small cloudsinhibit a person’sability to see clearly.

The symptoms ofa cataract can bequite subtle at first,only causing minimaldisruption to yourvision. Small parts ofyour field of view may be fuzzy and outof focus. Cataract sufferers often believetheir prescription is just changing, sothey opt for stronger glasses or lenses.Unfortunately, getting a strongerprescription only puts a temporarybandage on the problem.

Other symptoms may include: glarearound lights, double vision, poor nightvision, and poor color recognition.

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As many as 85-92 percent of adultswho opted to have cataract surgery weresatisfied with the results of theprocedure, and many of those whoweren’t satisfied had other preexistingeye conditions.

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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

Lewis and Clark traveledmore than 4,000 milessearching for a water

route that would span theAmerican West. Where did theyend up? On a small stretch ofsand near Seaside, Ore., 80miles west of Portland.

Today Seaside is a popularrecreational community,attracting visitors who wantsurf-perfect waves, abundanttide pools, good hiking, and thechance to follow the Lewis andClark Corps of Discoveryduring the last days of their journey tothe Pacific.

My husband and I walk throughtown, heading toward a bronze statuethat immortalizes the area’s flirt withfame. The streets are filled with people.

Some are simply strolling, enjoyingthe sea-fresh air, while others areshopping in an eclectic assortment of

stores, many of which are arrangedaround an old-fashioned merry-go-round in the aptly named CarouselMall.

Of course, we intersperse ourmeanderings with food—a fish taco atFirehouse Grill, homemade root beerand ice cream at Flashback’s, and a cupof the clam chowder that Bon Appétit

dubbed “one of America’s top 10 soups”at Norma’s.

To work off the calories, we go toWheel Fun Rentals, where we debatewhether to rent a surrey (elegant), atandem bike (easy, especially for me), ora regular bicycle (exercise for both of us).

We finally opt for bikes so we canexplore areas on the outskirts of town as

well as pedal the Promenade, a1.5-mile concrete path that runsparallel to the sea.

There, at the point where theProm intersects Broadway, is thebronze statue of the twoexplorers. It’s larger than life, asbefits the men it depicts, and isbacked with a sign that reads,“the END of the LEWIS &CLARK trail, 1805-1806.”

The next morning we set outto learn why and how Seasidebecame the last stop of theLewis and Clark expedition.

We begin at CapeDisappointment, 30 miles

northwest of Seaside. “Since this is one of the foggiest

places in the country, it’s almost certainthat you’re having the same weather asdid the Lewis and Clark team,” says aranger. “But they were too elated toworry about the weather; they hadfinally reached the Pacific Ocean.”

We forego the beachcombing for

The Beach at the End of the Trail

A bronze statue of Lewis andClark stands near the beach in

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Men from the Lewis and Clarkexpedition first spotted the PacificOcean near Cape Disappointment.

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which the 1,900-acre park is famous,instead spending our time at theinterpretive center and hiking a trail thatwas used by the corpsmen as theyexplored the area.

Although the men were eager toreturn home after achieving their goal,many a snow-covered mountain stoodbetween the Pacific Ocean and theirstarting point in St. Louis. They neededa hunkering place for the winter, andthey found a suitable spot on theOregon side of the Columbia River,midway between the Cape and Seaside.

Today that spot, Fort Clatsop, is aNational Historical Park that features afull-size replica of the original fort,ranger-led programs, an exhibit area, anda bookstore that will please even themost devoted Lewis and Clark fans.

As we walk through the fort, acostumed interpreter explains what lifewas like during the winter of 1805-06.In short, it was hard. The men werealmost out of food, and they spent muchof their time hunting elk, deer, and smallgame.

On one occasion, hearing that awhale had washed ashore, they hikedover Tillamook Head to the beach inwhat is now Ecola State Park. To theirdismay, by the time they arrived, theAmerican Indians had picked the whaleclean.

We consider following the explorers’footsteps until we read that Clark calledTillamook Head “the steepest, worst &

highest mountain I ever ascended.” Figuring that he was undoubtedly in

better shape than we are, we hop in the

car for a 15-minute drive to Ecola. Fromthere it’s a comparatively easy trek to thebeached whale site.

But the men not only had to getfood, they also had to preserve it; and todo that, they had to extract salt from theocean.

Therefore, five corpsmen established asmall outpost on a nearby beach. Theymade ovens from rocks, found branchesfor fuel, and boiled seawater for twomonths, collecting enough preservativeto safeguard their food for the rest oftheir trip.

A month later the corps headed east,and the abandoned salt works thusbecame the expedition’s westernmostcampsite. Today the reconstructed site isjust a few blocks from the statue thatproclaims Seaside as the end of the Lewisand Clark trail.

We sit on the Prom, the ocean infront of us, the statue behind us. While Isuspect Lewis and Clark were happy toreturn home, they couldn’t have found amore beautiful place to end theirjourney.

As for us, we’d like to stay forever.www.seasideor.com

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

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Broadway Street is a perfect place to shop,snack, or just have a relaxing stroll.

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Charles Wilson grew up in a smalltown near Bel Air, Md. Thoughhe didn’t know it then, he was to

spend a lot of time over the broadPacific on the opposite side of the worldfrom his home.

In January of 1943, he enlisted in theArmy Air Corps and entered the aviationcadet program. After basic, he went toclassified, where he passed all therequirements to become either a pilot, anavigator, or a bombardier. He chose tobecome a pilot and started pilot trainingat Albany, Ga.

He soon discovered that there were

lots of ways to “washout” of pilot training,and he then went tonavigator training atSelma, Ala. There, inDecember 1943, he wonhis navigator wings and acommission as secondlieutenant.

The Air Corps waslooking for navigatorswho had also qualifiedto be bombardiers, so hevolunteered to attendbombardier school at

Roswell, N.M. He thereearned his bombardierwings before beingassigned to a B-25 crewat Greenville, S.C.

The standard B-25crew was made up ofeight men: pilot, copilot,navigator, bombardier,radio man, two waistgunners, and a tailgunner. In his case,however, it was onlyseven men, since heserved as both navigator

and bombardier.Their route to combat took them to

California, Hawaii, and New Guinea.How did they find their way across thosegreat expanses of the Pacific?

“That’s where I came in,” he grins.“By looking down through the Nordenbombsight, I could see the waves, andthat helped me estimate the directionand force of the wind.”

And where did he learn to do that? “In Selma,” he says, “right out of the

textbook.” But without any real waves to see? “Yeah,” he says airily, “but it worked

In WWII in the Pacific, There Was a Lotof Water to Fly Over Between Islands

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

2LT Charles A. Wilson in 1943as he earned his navigator

wings and commission.


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out just fine when you had real waves tolook at. And,” he adds, “I was able to‘shoot the sun’ to judge our speed overthe water.”

With a smile, he says, “It had towork, because I didn’t even know how toswim.”

After bombing the Japanese on NewGuinea and nearby islands, he and hiscrew were relocated to Morotai Island,where it rained for a solid month.Everything—their clothing, theirbedding, everything they had—wascontinually soaked.

Although they flew missions throughthe weather, everybody got “jungle rot.”Their hands swelled up with the tropicalinfection so that they couldn’t even write.Fortunately, the medics had an ointmentto treat it, but it was an experience thatWilson would prefer to forget.

The crew moved again, this time toPalawan Island in the Philippines, where

they bombed Luzon and nearby islands.Wilson says all the island settlementswere on the edge of islands, close to thewater. So they would circle over theland, then, at treetop height, dropbombs on the facilities on their waytoward the water so that, if they werehit, they’d be able to ditch in the waterrather than crash on the land in Japanesehands.

Not all missions involved bombs,though. The Japanese planted crops onsome of the islands they captured. Thefood they produced was needed, becausere-supply from Japan was so precarious.Wilson remembers flying missions tospray those crops with oil and destroythem.

On another kind of mission entirely,their B-25s were fitted with auxiliaryfuel tanks, and they flew a 16-hourmission, leading P-38s to a rendezvouswith B-24s off the coast of China,

aircraft that went on to bomb Japanesebases in China.

On one other key mission, they wereto fly to Leyte Island to cover GeneralMacArthur’s return to the Philippines.They ran into a huge monsoon theytried to climb over, but every time theyneared the top of the clouds, they foundthat the clouds were climbing faster thanthey were. So they had to abort theirshot at history being made.

Did he ever get shot up in combat? “No,” he says. “The closest we came

was when we were supporting theinvasion of Borneo. I saw the B-25 tothe left of us go down in flames. Thenthe same thing happened to the plane tothe right of us. But we came through itwithout a scratch.

“Then, after I had flown 53 missions,my tour was over, and I returned to theU.S. on a converted ocean liner. Justbefore we reached California, we got

news that the A-bomb had beendropped on Hiroshima. And the newsthat the Japanese had surrenderedreached us on the day that I musteredout of the Air Corps at Fort Meade.”

Wilson then entered the University ofMaryland on the G.I. Bill and in 1950graduated with a B.A. in mathematics.He taught high school mathematics for acouple of years, and then worked forthree years at Aberdeen Proving Groundsusing wind tunnels to study the effect ofwind on missiles.

For many years thereafter, he wrotecomputer programs for a major financecompany.

He often thinks of—but rarelydiscusses—all those hours he flew in thePacific with nothing below him butwater.

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


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In just months, Marcinko wouldbecome closer to the felines that causedher to sniffle.

To solve the problem of wasted taxdollars and control the growing catcolonies, Marcinko adopted a populartrack, spay/neuter, and return program.Instead of euthanizing feral cats, as theHumane Society often had to do,Marcinko and a crew of volunteers took amore personal approach.

Marcinko develops relationships withthose who feed and come to love the straycats.

Their first case was a woman pleadingfor help with the50 cats who hadcongregated in heryard. It startedwhen her little boydidn’t like thecrust on his peanutbutter and jellysandwiches.

Tossing thescraps out in theyard for the birdsended upattracting a straycat. The familycontinued to feed it but soon found theyhad attracted an entire colony of hungryfelines.

What seemed like a cute way to helpone feral cat turned into an overwhelmingpopulation of hungry felines.

While they want the problem fixed,the last thing on their minds was hurtingthe animals.

“Most of these people are older andthey don’t have anything else,” she said. “Iused to take my business card and throwit in a mailbox and run, hoping that theywould call me. It’s a program that requiresa lot of patience and understanding.”

Marcinko learned to pour outcompassion for the people who longed tohelp the animals but didn’t want to losethem.

Entire colonies are taken to theSteelton Community Cats clinic at thecaretaker’s permission.

“You can’t just take one or two at atime,” Marcinko said. “It doesn’t work tolet everyone else stay behind to have funand make more cats.”

They are then spayed or neutered by avolunteer veterinarian, kept for severaldays to recover, and released where theywere found.

Grant money and donations pay forthe medical care, while volunteers shellout hundreds of hours a month to keepthe program running. PetSmart Charitieshas been a big supporter, allowing themto renovate an old bank for the surgeries.

In about four years, Steelton savedenough money to hire two police officers.Marcinko, who retired from DauphinCounty parole and probation, is able toget 200 community service hours amonth from people going through thesystem for non-violent crimes.

Some of them have been doctors,lawyers, and even veterinarians whoreturn to help even after completing theirrequired community service hours.

And even though the programprimarily caters to controlling thepopulation, Marcinko can’t resist helpinga hurt cat.

Sometimes thecats come to theclinic with brokentails or missingeyes from fightswithin thecolonies. Pregnantcats might also besent to theHumane Society,so the kittens havea chance atavoiding the ferallife.

More than3,300 cats have been spayed or neuteredsince 2010 in Steelton and Highspireboroughs, as well as Swatara andSusquehanna townships, causing thepopulation to drop by about 75 percentin that time.

Since January 2010, Steelton has notsent one cat to the Humane Society,Marcinko said.

“I feel really alive when I do this,” shesaid. “None of us is getting younger, but Ihope I can continue to do this, continueto help the community, even as I age.”

While the program avoids adoptingthe cats (most wouldn’t be happy in ahome anyway, Marcinko said), the lovefor these animals is evident.

“The reason why this program keepsgoing is because people love it,” Marcinkosaid. “Even when I’m in there with mymask on, trying not to handle them, thereis love.”

Not the type to sit at home in herretirement, Marcinko hopes she cancontinue to keep busy with the SteeltonCommunity Cats and maybe watch it beadopted by other municipalities.

“My mother is 94 years old and livesby herself, and we travel together,”Marcinko said. “I’m just hoping I haveher blood and can keep doing this as longas she keeps running circles around me.”

For more information on the SteeltonCommunity Cats program, visitwww.steeltoncats.org or call (717) 877-4146.

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Dauphin County Library Programs

East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg,(717) 652-9380Aug. 26, 9:30 a.m. – Friends of the East Shore Area

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Kline Branch, 530 S. 29th St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-3934Aug. 21, 6:30 p.m. – Friends of the East Shore Area

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Aug. 12, 6 to 7 p.m.Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support GroupGraysonview Personal Care Community150 Kempton Ave., Harrisburg(717) 561-8010

Aug. 20, 1:30 p.m.Parkinson’s Support Group on East ShoreJewish Home of Harrisburg4004 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg(717) 441-8627

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Aug. 14, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Jewish CommunityCenter, 3001 N. Front St., Harrisburg, (717) 236-9555, ext. 3115

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To help combat the rising threat offraud and identity theft, SocialSecurity will no longer issue

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While you’re at the website, open yourfree “my Social Security” account atwww.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount. It canhelp you plan for retirement, check yourearnings history, request your SocialSecurity statement, and more.

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