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By Megan Joyce
Peggy Kurtz Keller has been a busy bee these last nine months.
It’s an apt metaphor for the 2011 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL, who always seems
to be cheerfully zipping about, buzzing with energy and fueled by her
effervescent and refreshingly positive personality.
Her unassuming, people-person charm has made her a fast favorite among
local retirement groups and senior-citizen organizations in recent months,
who have frequently sought out Keller to entertain them with her clear
soprano and obvious enthusiasm for performance.
And the key turn of phrase there is sought out—it’s a change from the pre-
Idol days when Keller says it was she who had to place the phone calls, trying
to interest various groups in having her come out to sing. She is beyond
grateful for the transformation.
“It’s like I got my diploma,” said Keller. “Now, somebody calls me because
I’m the PA STATE SENIOR IDOL and they know I have some kind of credibility.”
Her singing-engagement calendar has been happily full since last June,
when Keller earned top honors in the annual talent competition, produced
by On-Line Publishers, Inc. It had been Keller’s fourth time as a SENIOR IDOL
semifinalist, and she impressed both judges and audience with her renditions
of “Summertime” and “Cabaret.”
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Peggy Kurtz Keller performing at last November’s 50plus EXPO in Lancaster.
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Museums say a lot about their
locale, the unique qualities of
a collection, or the founders’
mission. In my travels, I visit many
museums. They run the gamut from the
fun to the funky. Here is sampling of
museums, both on and off the beaten
path, that recently captured my
attention.
Musee Lalique(www.musee-lalique.com)
There is a new museum devoted to
jeweler and glassmaker Rene Lalique in
the village of Wingen sur Moder, where
his glass factory was built in 1919. The
museum is a
sight to
behold,
located north
of
Strasbourg,
near the
German
border.
Musee
Lalique
opened in
June 2011
after
receiving
numerous
gifts. For
instance, the
Lalique
Company
donated
crystal pieces from its archives and
Lalique’s chairman of the board donated
perfume bottles from his own private
collection.
Rene Lalique was born in 1860 and
opened his own shop in 1885. Jewelry
was his first love and first commercial
success. Exquisite jewelry pieces
including enamel, gold and diamond
pendants, and aquamarine and citrine
brooches became Lalique’s trademark.
In the Art Nouveau style of the late
19th century, Lalique pieces were
characterized by a concentration of
sinuous lines and organic forms based on
nature.
After success in the jewelry realm,
Lalique moved to the making of art glass.
His objects—perfume bottles, vases,
chandeliers—were all the rage at the
Paris International Exhibition of 1925.
At Rene Lalique’s death in 1945, his
son Marc took over the Wingen factory
and changed it from producing glass to
making crystal. Marc designed the crystal
chandelier that now hangs in the Musee
Lalique’s main foyer and he also designed
the medals for the 1992 Winter
Olympics in Albertville. At the Musee
Lalique, the tradition of making great
objects lives on.
Norton Simon Museum(www.nortonsimon.org)
Like many intimate yet fine American
museums, the story of the Norton Simon
is a story of an
industrialist
with a love for
art.
In business,
Norton Simon
(1907-1993)
enjoyed
unprecedented
success by
establishing
corporations
such as Max
Factor,
McCall’s
publishing,
Avis rental car,
and Hunts
Foods, among
others.
He shared
his private art collection, one of the best
in the United States, with residents of
Southern California as well as the world
of art enthusiasts. Located on 8 acres in
Pasadena, Calif., in a California Modern-
style building renovated by architect
Frank Gehry, the Norton Simon is a
place of wonder with 10 major galleries
broken down by art historical period.
When I visited the museum, there
were enough museum security guards on
duty to fill a major museum, like The
Met or the Louvre. For such a small
museum, I was taken by the sheer
amount of masterpieces. The Norton
Simon is known for its impressive
masterpieces of Impressionism,
particularly paintings, works on paper,
and sculpture after sculpture by Edgar
Degas.
Museum Mania
Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori
Dr. Lori
Rodin’s Burghers of Calais
from the collection of the Norton Simon.
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Yet, the Italian Renaissance was well
represented by works by Botticelli, the
Baroque was highlighted with paintings
by Rembrandt and Rubens, and the 18th
century shined with pieces by Elizabeth
Vigee le Brun (the personal artist to
Marie Antoinette) and Chardin (he is my
vote for one of the top five best artists
ever!).
For 19th-century art, Degas’ work was,
by far, represented with the greatest
number of pieces, yet there were
outstanding works of art by Courbet,
Rodin (including his famous, life-size
figural sculpture group called The
Burghers of Calais), Gauguin, Renoir, and
Cezanne on display too.
If you find yourself in Southern
California, take a short drive to
Pasadena—pass the Rose Bowl—and
visit this great museum in a small
package.
Memphis Music Museums(www.sunstudio.com andwww.staxmuseum.com)
In Memphis, Tenn., there are many
museums that chronicle the city’s
numerous contributions to American
culture.
The Sun Studio museum tour gives
visitors the opportunity to experience the
birthplace of rock ’n’ roll. Just a short
walk from Beale Street, visitors can stand
in the spot where Elvis sang; learn about
the careers of B.B. King, Ike Turner, and
Johnny Cash; and listen to vintage
recordings.
The Stax Museum of American Soul
Music has a great collection and an
equally great promotional tagline …
“Nothing against the Louvre, but you
can’t dance to DaVinci.” If that doesn’t
make you consider a visit, I don’t know
what will!
The Stax Museum displays 2,000
artifacts and exhibits that feature the Stax
sound and focus on the illustrious careers
of music legends like Aretha Franklin, Al
Green, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Rufus
and Carla Thomas, and others.
When it comes to museums, there are
a lot of choices. Visit a local or faraway
museum soon and open your world to
something new.
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Censuses can be used to find
more than simply the
address of an ancestor in a
certain year. Here’s some general
information about the decennial
U.S. census, with specific details
about the 1920 census.
The first federal census was in
1790, under Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson. There have been
22 since then, taken at 10-year
intervals. The last was in 2010.
Censuses from 1790 through 1930
are available online and in hard
copy at many sources.
Excluded is the 1890 census,
most of which was destroyed by fire.
For privacy reasons, availability was
limited after 1930; however, the
1940 census is expected to be
released this April.
The questions asked varied
between censuses, from simple
identification and place of residence
in the first to much more detailed
information in later versions. An
image from the 1920 U.S. census
can be seen on Wikipedia. That
census collected the following
information:
• Address
• Name
• Relationship to head of family
• Sex
• Race
• Age at last birthday
• Marital status
• If foreign born, year of
immigration to the U.S., if
naturalized, and year of such
• School attendance
• Literacy
• Birthplace of person and parents
• If foreign-born, the mother tongue
• Ability to speak English
• Occupation, industry, and class of
worker
• Was home owned or rented: if
owned, was it mortgaged
Before considering individual
listings, note the township, county,
and state where the census was
taken. You can contact churches,
courthouses, or public offices in
those localities for other records:
naturalization, birth, death or
marriage records, etc.
Address: Be sure to distinguish
between house number (address)
and the sequence number indicating
the order in which the census was
taken. Street names and house
numbers allow location of the actual
property where your ancestor lived
and can lead to churches,
cemeteries, local funeral homes,
schools, etc., to search for other
records.
Name: Remember that to search
online or digitized census records by
name, you may have to use
innovative or imaginative spellings
of the name. Usually the head of
household’s given name and
surname are listed, with only given
names for the rest of the family.
Relationship to head of family:Study the family members’ names
and relationships to the head. A
woman with a different surname
than the head may be listed as
“mother-in-law,” thus giving you the
“maiden” surname of the wife of the
head of household. When a
surname listed for a “daughter” is
different from that of the head, it’s
the married surname of the
daughter.
Sex: Errors here are not uncommon.
Young children with “foreign-
sounding” names may have been
attributed the wrong gender. So
your grandfather Andrea may have
been incorrectly listed as a girl or
your aunt Carmen as a boy! Use
information from the census as a
guide, not as gospel.
Ages given are the person’s age at
last birthday. Children’s ages are
often given as years and fractions: 47/12 means the child was 4 years and
7 months old at the time. The date
when the census was taken is at the
top of the page, and by subtraction,
the approximate year of birth can be
calculated.
Don’t be surprised if ages on the
census are one or two years different
than what was recorded elsewhere.
Other records may be wrong, or the
ages may have been incorrectly
entered on the census. Marital
status, including that of children,
helps confirm previously found
information. Year of immigration
and country of birth helps in
locating passenger manifests, which
may list town of birth.
A person’s occupation is noted on
the 1920 census, as well as on many
passenger manifests. Matching a
person’s name, year of birth,
occupation, and year of immigration
from the census with the
information on a manifest can
corroborate that the records are for
the same person.
Make note of the other names on
the census: neighbors of your
ancestor. They may be his relatives
or friends, and research on their
backgrounds may unveil otherwise
unknown information about your
ancestor or ways to find it.
The censuses prior to 1920 and
those subsequent provided
essentially the same information,
with some variation. The 1900
census, rather than giving a person’s
age, lists the month and year of
birth, while the 1910 and 1930
censuses list “Number of Years
Married” or “Age at First Marriage,”
from which you may determine
whether the couple was married in
the U.S. or before they came here,
aiding in the search for a marriage
record.
The censuses, especially those of
the late 1800s and early 1900s,
carry much meaningful data about
our ancestors and are a valuable
source of information for the
genealogical researcher.
Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to
contact him by writing to 438 Maynard
Drive, Amherst, NY 14226; by email at
[email protected]; or by visiting
www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGene
alogyTips.htm.
The 1920 U.S. Census
The Search for Our Ancestry
Angelo Coniglio
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By Doris Brookens
Question: I received a notice fromSocial Security recently. It said myname and Social Security number donot match Social Security’s records.What should I do?
Answer: It’s critical that your name
and Social Security number, as shown on
your Social Security card, match your
employer’s payroll records and your W-2
form. If they don’t, you can take these
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• Give your employer the correct
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card.
• Contact your local Social Security
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call (800) 772-1213 (TTY (800) 325-
0778) if your Social Security card does
not show your correct name or Social
Security number.
Question: Are Social Securitynumbers reassigned after a persondies?
Answer: No. We do not reassign
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assigned more than 460 million Social
Security numbers, and each year we
assign about 5.5 million new numbers.
The current system has enough new
numbers for several more generations.
Question: How does Social Securitydecide if I am disabled?
Answer: If you are an adult, you must
be unable to work for a year or more
because of a medical condition or
combination of medical impairments.
Overall, we use a five-step evaluation
process to decide whether you are
disabled. The process considers any
current work activity you are doing. It
also considers your medical condition
and how it affects your ability to work.
To be found disabled:
• You must be unable to do work you
did before you became disabled and we
must decide you cannot adjust to other
work because of your medical condition.
• Your disability must last, or be
expected to last, for at least one year or
to result in death.
Social Security pays only for total
disability. We do not pay benefits for
partial or short-term disability. For more
information, read our publication
Disability Benefits at www.social
security.gov/pubs/10029.html.
Question: If I go back to work, willI automatically lose my Social Securitydisability benefits?
Answer: Social Security has several
work incentive programs to help people
who want to work. You may be able to
receive benefits and continue your
healthcare coverage during a trial work
period. For information about Social
Security’s work incentives and how they
can help you return to work, you should:
• Visit our special work site at
www.socialsecurity.gov/work
• See the Red Book on work incentives
at www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook
• Call our toll-free number at (800)
772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)
• Contact your local Social Security
office (www.socialsecurity.gov/locator)
Question: Is it true that if you havelow income you can get help payingyour Medicare premiums?
Answer: Yes. If your income and
resources are limited, your state may be
able to help with your Medicare Part B
premium, deductibles, and coinsurance
amounts. State rules vary on the income
and resources that apply. Contact your
state or local medical assistance, social
services, or welfare office, or call the
Medicare hotline, (800) MEDICARE,
and ask about the Medicare Savings
Programs.
If you have limited income and
resources, you also may be able to get
help paying for prescription drug
coverage under Medicare Part D. Call
Social Security at (800) 772-1213 (TTY
users should call (800) 325-0778) or
visit any Social Security office.
Also, see our publication, Medicare
(Publication 10043) at www.social
security.gov/pubs/10043.html. For even
more information, visit our website at
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Doris Brookens is the Social Security office
manager in Harrisburg.
Q&A’s for March
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Dwight W. “Bud” Huntington III,
88, of Susquehanna Township,
Dauphin County, quartermaster
of the submarine USS Pargo during
World War II, designed the ship’s battle
flag.
In the white center area of the flag on
blue background is an artist’s drawing of
a sub with a shark mouth chewing up a
Japanese flag. In the upper field appear
two classes of Japanese ships sunk by
Pargo: merchant ships (cargo, troop
carriers, and tankers) and war vessels.
The flag at the bottom of this set
represented mines floating loose on the
ocean, destroyed using small-caliber
guns. In the lower field are the same type
of ships, damaged but not confirmed
sinkings. The additional flag at the
bottom of this set shows a small island
bombarded by the ship after determining
the residents were Japanese marines.
The horseshoes were unique to Pargo,
added just after
commissioning
when the skipper
had yard workers
weld one on each
side of the bridge
structure for luck.
The dice
represented the
eight successful
patrols made by the
sub during the war.
The original
battle flag of the
Pargo hangs in the
Submarine Museum
in Groton, Conn.
Designed by
Huntington, it was
constructed by crew
member Howard
Iffland, TM1c,
using a small
portable sewing
machine.
During training,
Huntington said,
each man had to be
able to take over
another’s assignment
should the need
arise. He had to be
able to fire a
torpedo, start or
stop an engine,
know the location
of utility lines, etc.
Only then could he
wear the coveted
Submarine Dolphins
and draw 50 percent
extra submarine pay
plus 20 percent sea
pay.
“Submarine duty
was considered
hazardous, not only because of
mechanical breakdowns. Once we left
port, we had nowhere to turn for help.
For the most part, subs remained
independent from U.S. surface ships and
had to return to base for refueling,
munitions, food, and other supplies and
possible repairs.”
Like most subs that engaged the
enemy, Pargo had to cope with her share
of depth charges and aerial bombs.
“Valves would jam, glass would
shatter. Loss of electricity was common
and was switched to emergency lighting
until repairs could be made. Caulking on
the sub’s interior would rain down on us.
On occasion, the superstructure (outside
the pressure hull) would be dented (and)
decking broken loose in the affected area.
“Our own planes and those of the
RAAF would attempt to put us under if
we did not give the proper recognition
signal for the hour and location. This
His Sub’s Battle Flag Recorded Ships Sunk
Beyond the Battlefield
Alvin S. Goodman
Battle flag of the USS Pargo.
Map of Pargo wartime travels.
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happened
later in the
war when
we began to
see friendly
aircraft
operating
from
captured
bases,”
Huntington
said.
After his
discharge
from the
Navy on Dec. 16, 1945, Huntington
learned the mason’s trade. After
marrying (Mary) Carol Glignor on June
9, 1951, in Riverhead, N.Y., he took a
more permanent job working for a
surveyor in Chemung County, N.Y.,
then moved to Pottstown to sell life and
health insurance.
Huntington returned to Long Island
to work in the building trades. In
1958, he went to work for Met Life. In
1968 he joined Monarch Life and
became the general agent in
Harrisburg. Most of his life was in
sales, spending 10 years with ABP out
of Atlanta, Ga., selling paper products.
When he was let go by ABP at age
60, Huntington became an employee
of the State Public Utility
Commission, his last job being hearing
scheduler in motor carrier cases,
retiring in 1994.
“Our ship has held reunions across
the country since the 1960s. Last year,
it was held at Groton, Conn., where it
all began, with
only a half
dozen men
being able to
attend.”
The
Huntingtons
have a
daughter,
Laura Davis;
two sons,
Dwight W. IV
and Mark
Stephen; nine
grandchildren;
and five great-grandchildren.
He is a member of the U.S.
Submarine Veterans Inc., Tri-State Base
and Keystone Base, American Legion
Post No. 730, and St. Margaret Mary
RC Church.
Huntington has another unique
claim to fame. On his paternal
grandfather’s side, his family goes back
to the time when this nation was
formed. He is a direct descendant of
not one but two signers of the
Declaration of Independence—Samuel
Huntington (1732-96), attorney,
judge, and later governor of
Connecticut, and William Williams
(1731-1811), also of Connecticut,
merchant, politician, and minister and
another state delegate to the
Continental Congress.
If you are a mature veteran and have
interesting or unusual experiences in your
military or civilian life, phone Al
Goodman at (717) 541-9889 or email him
The crew of the Pargo (photo taken at Pearl Harbor
after the seventh patrol). Huntington is fifth from
right, squatting with the officers.
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low-income persons in Dauphin
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Appointments are necessary at most
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Speaking UpAbout UI
NurseNews
Gloria May, M.S., R.N., CHES
To be sure, urinary incontinence
(loss of bladder control) is not an
easy subject to broach, even with
your doctor or nurse with whom you are
encouraged to be completely honest!
But “UI” affects the lives of some 30
million people in the U.S. (85 percent of
whom are women) in a number of
negative ways:
• It causes those affected to withdraw
from social interactions, curtail traveling,
and forego overnights with friends and
family.
• It costs consumers billions of dollars
each year, mostly for pads and adult
diapers.
• It is the
underlying factor in
a great percentage
of falls and
subsequent hip
fractures incurred
by folks as they
rush to the
bathroom.
• It is often the
“last straw” in the decision to move a
relative into a care facility.
However, despite all these
consequences, studies show that only 20
to 30 percent of patients who are having
this problem mention it to their
healthcare provider. That means some 21
to 24 million people are suffering in
silence. (Is the thinking here that UI is a
“normal” part of aging? It’s not!)
But as of late, primary-care doctors
and nurses are being encouraged to
initiate the conversation, to not wait for
the patient to bring it up, and despite
whatever else the patient is being seen
for, to not forget to ask about UI.
You can expect to be asked if you have
had any “leaking episodes” in the
previous few months. If the answer is
yes, then:
• Were they minor leaks (dribbles) or did
you wet your pants?
• How many times a day do you feel the
urge to go to the bathroom?
• How many times a night do you get up
to go?
• Have you ever leaked when coughing,
sneezing, laughing, or lifting something
heavy?
• Have you ever been unable to get to
the bathroom in time?
• Do you often have the feeling you have
to go but when you try, nothing
happens?
Ultimately, you will probably be
referred to a specialist (a urologist) for
further tests and treatment.
Keep in mind that urinary
incontinence is not a disease; it’s a
symptom, and it could be:
• Temporary, caused
by drinking alcohol
and/or caffeine, both
of which are bladder
stimulants and
diuretics; by taking in
an excessive amount
of liquids; by
ingesting bladder
irritants, such as
spicy foods or
artificial sweeteners;
or by taking certain medications
• The result of a treatable medical
condition, such as a urinary tract
infection or chronic constipation
• Reflective of an underlying physical
problem or change that came about from
pregnancy and childbirth, from being
overweight or obese, from smoking and
its associated chronic coughing, from
kidney disease or diabetes, or from the
aging of the bladder muscles themselves
There is a broad spectrum of
treatment available for UI, once the
proper diagnostic tests are completed.
Options range from behavioral and
lifestyle changes to physical therapy
techniques, from medications to
insertable mechanical devices, from
injections to surgery.
The important message about UI is to
get started getting help. So, take a deep
breath and say something. Believe me,
your doctor or nurse has heard worse.
Gloria May is a registered nurse with a
master’s degree in health education and a
Certified Health Education Specialist
designation.
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Exercise Is the Antidote for Aging, Disease, and DeclineBy Dawn Williams
The changes come gradually, sneaking
up on us while we’re busy doing other
things.
Perhaps walking up a flight of stairs is
more tiring than it used to be. Groceries
feel like they’ve gotten heavier over the
years. Muscle strain and injury occur
more often, and a few hours of yard
work or home repair require days of
recovery.
Our waistlines grow thicker, flesh
becomes doughy, posture slackens, and
energy flags. We chalk up these
symptoms to the process of aging,
assuming they are inevitable and
attempting to endure them with as much
grace and good humor as possible.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
Statistics gathered during the last 50
years consistently show that people who
exercise regularly suffer a far lower
incidence of heart disease, hypertension,
stroke, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis,
and even cancer. Exercise is that powerful
and that important.
Beyond the ObviousWe know exercise is good for us, but
why, exactly, is
it so? Harvard
University
summarized
the most
relevant
research
findings on the
specific effects
of exercise.
Among them:
• Exercise
improves the
cardiovascular
system by
decreasing
resting heart
rate, heart
stiffness, and
vascular
stiffness; by
lowering blood pressure; and by
increasing the heart’s maximum pumping
capacity. It also decreases thickness of the
blood, all of which make the heart
stronger and more efficient, while
making its job easier to accomplish. The
effects of being sedentary are exactly the
opposite.
• Metabolism
slows with age,
but exercise
increases it while
reducing body fat,
regulating blood
sugar and insulin
levels, and
lowering
dangerous LDL
cholesterol as it
increases
beneficial HDL
cholesterol.
• The skeletal and
muscular systems
benefit from
exercise, too.
Muscle mass and
strength increase
over time, which
in turn build stamina and reduce the risk
of injury. Bones benefit from increased
calcium content and strength, reducing
the risk of osteoporosis and decreasing
the likelihood of fractures.
• Even our neurological functions are
improved through exercise. Physical
activity slows the loss of nerve
conduction and reflex speed associated
with aging, improves quality of sleep,
reduces risk of depression, and reduces
memory lapses and other cognitive
decline.
• Heart health drastically improves with
exercise, even for those who have already
developed cardiovascular disease. People
who are regularly active are 45 percent
less likely to experience cardiac-related
incidents in their lifetime, and some
research suggests that exercise may even
improve cardiac event-free survival in
coronary patients better than angioplasty.
Reaping the BenefitsResearch at Harvard School of Public
Health studied 13,000 subjects and
found that those who exercise for five
hours a week were 76 percent more likely
to age free of chronic illnesses, including
heart disease and cancer, than those who
worked out only 20 minutes a week.
Physical activity in this study was also
correlated with less mental and physical
impairment.
Even if you have been inactive for a
long period of time or have never
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exercised seriously, you can still reap the
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among those who were sedentary until
mid-life or later. It’s never too late.
The National Institutes of Health
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Conquering Your Fear of
TechnologyNo matter if you are young or old, the
quickly changing technology landscape
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And for older Americans, in particular,
mastering the use of computers and the
Internet may not come intuitively—but
the technology has boundless potential to
enrich lives for grandparents and
grandchildren alike. And learning how
may be easier than you think.
“If my mother can learn the
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thousands of people, mainly seniors, and
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is the first step.
Stokes offers some tips and
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Catch Up Email is basically like the postal
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Better yet, talk in real time, face-to-
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A search engine like Google can help
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Entertain Yourself If you love your television set, you’ll
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And if you’re a film buff, you’re in
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Poker champs and Scrabble lovers will
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computer or against other people sitting
at their computers somewhere in the
world.
“You don’t need to know how it works
to work it,” says Stokes. So learn to stop
worrying and love technology.
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Book Review
Sweet Freedoms: 50 Life Lessons from Life in the ’50sBy Ken Gaudi
“There was a time before
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there was no such thing as FM radios,
cell phones, MP3s, or CDs. Those days,
kids walked to school—rain or shine—
because there was no bus.”
Hilarious, heartwarming, and
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stories “based on a little boy’s adventures
during his age of innocence” while
growing up in the ’50s. Gaudi recalls the
days of stickball, gas for 28 cents a gallon,
penny candies, and when
children were called home
for dinner after a day of
outdoor play by a distinct
“whistle.”
Gaudi guides readers to
satirical but also moving
lessons in life that range
from knowing that
flatulence is uncontrollable
to how strength and
compassion can be birthed
from heartbreak.
In these stories for all
ages, readers will take a
journey into a past that
reveals how much our
society has strayed from
enjoying the sweet, simple
sovereignties of life and
that wisdom comes from
experiencing it.
Gaudi dedicated this
memoir to his
grandchildren, who
encouraged him to write
about his past.
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the Pennsylvania State Legislature. Gaudi
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trustees for Clarion University.
Currently, he resides with his wife,
Peggy, in Mechanicsburg, where he
spends his time reading, writing, and
playing golf and handball with friends.
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With her win came the grand prize of
a limousine trip for two to New York
City for dinner and a Broadway show,
which Keller took advantage of in
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additional friends. They saw Follies, the
musical about a group of past
performers who reunite in their soon-to-
be-demolished theater and reminisce
about days past while facing the realities
of their present lives.
“That show was really sentimental to
me,” explained Keller, who was once
very active in community theater at
Ephrata Playhouse. “When they closed
the old barn and did all the renovations,
the last show they did there was Follies,
and I was in it.”
Though understandably dazzled by
the big stage, it was a slightly smaller
stage closer to home that served as the
location for her most memorable
experience since becoming PA STATE
SENIOR IDOL. Keller was honored to
perform the national anthem at the 9/11
memorial event held at Clipper
Magazine Stadium in Lancaster.
Her performance started off an entire
day of activities, including a firemen’s
walk that featured firefighters from all
over the state who ceremoniously walked
the number of steps that would have
been walked in the 9/11 rescue
attempts.
“It was so incredibly moving; it was
just unbelievable,” remembered Keller.
“These guys were in full gear, just like
they were doing a rescue … It took
them like two hours of solid walking to
get to that amount of steps.”
Keller also performed the national
anthem for the region’s other minor-
league baseball teams, the York
Revolution and the Harrisburg
Senators—her Senators performance
was even punctuated by an aircraft fly-
by. Both opportunities were a direct
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She has also been a mainstay at On-
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“I think people look at me as a 50-
plusser, and I have a lot of energy; I’m
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doing and I’m not afraid to share of
myself,” she said. “As much as I give and
they give back to me, then I can give
more—it’s that cycle of return, that
growing energy.”
That “sharing of herself ” is another
change Keller has observed since
winning SENIOR IDOL last year:
Audiences are eager to know more about
her.
“I used to spend more time
introducing songs that I was singing, but
now it’s: ‘Tell us about you,’ ‘Why are
you here?’, ‘How did you win?’” Keller
noted. “They wanted to know more
about who am I as a person versus who
am I as a performer, so I told some
stories about myself when introducing
songs. I became more comfortable
sharing of myself in my performance.”
Keller also uses these platforms to
encourage others to audition for the PA
STATE SENIOR IDOL competition, citing
both her own enjoyable four-year
experience and the unique opportunity
for people over 50 to step up and claim
their talent.
She shares with them her conviction
that contestants should choose a song,
dance, or comedic routine that means
something to them and not to worry
about appealing to others’ tastes.
“I really think that if you’re going to
do this [competition] and take the time,
be true to yourself, do what you want to
do, and don’t worry about the judges,”
she said. “If you are true to yourself,
you’re gonna wow ’em.”
Although her year as the reigning PA
STATE SENIOR IDOL is winding down,
Keller looks toward her musical future
with eagerness and down-to-earth
ambitions, hoping to land a regular,
recurring singing opportunity for a
senior group or restaurant. And, as
always, her “bucket” is overflowing with
genuine thankfulness.
“I can’t even express gratitude enough
to On-Line Publishers for giving me this
opportunity,” she said. “If this [SENIOR
IDOL] program didn’t exist, I wouldn’t
have had the opportunity to be a
participant for four years and now to
have a venue to share what I love to do.
I hope I continue to be utilized as much
as they see fit, because I would love to
be.”
Bees do need to keep busy, after all.
For more information on the 2012 PA
STATE SENIOR IDOL competition,
including audition dates and locations
and a downloadable registration form,
please visit www.SeniorIdolPA.com or
call (717) 285-1350. If your business
would like to support the 50-plus
community, please call to learn more
about sponsorship opportunities.
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• Breakfast with Ben Barber and News with Dennis Edwards
• John Tesh with Music and Intelligence for Your Workday
• Bruce Collier & The Drive Home
• Mike Huckabee Three Times Daily
WE PLAY OVER1500 GREAT SONGS!
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Like people, words retire. A
growing number of nouns, verbs,
and adjectives, used by today’s
seniors, are considered archaic or quaint
by younger generations.
If you struggled studying the language
of Shakespeare, you have a lot of
company. Shakespeare’s vocabulary was
enormous for his era, partly because he
made up words. A dictionary of words he
used would have some 21,000 main
entries, almost three times the count of
famous modern authors.
Our country’s first dictionary of
American English was produced by Noah
Webster in 1806. His most popular
edition was released 22 years later when
he was 70 years old. It had approximately
70,000 main entries.
The current edition of the Oxford
English Dictionary, published by the
Oxford University Press, consists of 20
volumes and almost 22,000 pages. It
contains 300,000 main entries, reaching
back to the mid-eighth century. (The
count depends on how “word” is defined.
In this essay, “word” means the basic
word, called the “main entry,” e.g., run,
but not running. The average adult
American today has a vocabulary of
about 15,000 English words.)
Your vocabulary, like your first name,
can suggest the generation to which you
belong. Referring to grammar school, for
example, instead of elementary school,
could be an age-revealing disclosure.
Dated words have not escaped usage
at our nation’s “newspaper of record,”
The New York Times. In its July 29,
2011, edition it titled an article
“Governor Said to Have Irked Transit
Leader Who is Leaving.” Irked? Not
vexed, troubled, or annoyed? The word
irked soon began to appear in article
headings of the Washington Post after it
appeared in The New York Times article.
Some words indicate both your age
and the part of the country in which you
were raised. Words such as yonder, fixin’,
and fetch imply a Southern upbringing.
“I’ll carry (drive) you home” and “You
favor (look like) your mother” are
phrases heard in that region. In New
England, one might say that a high-
priced item is “dear.”
World War II veterans would
recognize the acronym SNAFU (situation
normal, all fouled up) and the terms
gizmo (an unnamed device) and Gob
(sailor). Yiddish words, such as schlep (to
carry), schmo (a fool), or chutzpah
(audacity), have found some usage
among those who wish to appear “cool.”
In disagreeing with another, do you
say, “You will rue the day”? Did your
adversary carp? Were you and your friend
gabbing, bantering, or engaging in
scuttlebutt? Did you find the complaints
piddling? Were you unable to sleep until
the wee hours of the morning?
Have you ever had to scram because a
ruckus was created by riffraff? When
your plans have gone amiss, did that raise
your ire? Did you bawl-out the person
responsible? Were you irked?
If you had no difficulty understanding
the oldfangled words while reading this
essay, you are a senior with scads of
smarts. If, however, this essay appears to
you as rigmarole, you are forgiven for
snickering at the oaf who wrote it.
Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research
analyst, is the author of MY 22 CENTS’WORTH: The Higher-Valued Opinion of aSenior Citizen, a book of personal-opinion
essays, free of partisan and sectarian
viewpoints. He recently completed the
manuscript for another book of essays, AMUSING MOMENT, scheduled for release
in January 2012. Contact him at
Our Words Retire Too
My 22 Cents’ Worth
Walt Sonneville
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Dear Savvy Senior,
Is there an age limit on being an organ
donor? At age 73, I’m interested in being a
donor when I die, but I am wondering if
they would still want my organs. What can
you tell me, and what do I need to do to
sign up?
– Willing But Old
Dear Willing,
There’s no defined cutoff age for being
an organ donor. In fact, there are many
people well up into their 80s that donate.
The decision to use your organs is
based on health, not age, so don’t
disqualify yourself prematurely. Let the
doctors decide at your time of death
whether your organs and tissues are
suitable for transplantation.
Donating Facts
In the United States alone, more than
112,000 people are on the waiting list
for organ transplants. But because the
demand is so much greater than the
supply, those on the list routinely wait
three to seven years for an organ, and
more than 6,500 of them die each year.
Organs that can be donated include
the kidneys (which are in the greatest
demand with more than 90,000 on the
waiting list), liver, lungs, heart, pancreas,
and intestines.
Tissue is also needed to replace bone,
tendons, and ligaments. Corneas are
needed to restore sight. Skin grafts help
burn patients heal and often mean the
difference between life and death. And
heart valves repair cardiac defects and
damage.
How to Donate
If you would like to become a donor,
there are several steps you should take to
ensure your wishes are carried out,
including:
Registering: Add your name to your
state or regional organ and tissue donor
registry. You can do this online at either
Donate Life America
(www.donatelife.net) or the U.S.
Department of Health & Human
Services’ organ-donation website
(www.organdonor.gov). Both sites
provide links to all state registries.
If you don’t have Internet access, you
can call your local organ procurement
organization and ask them to mail you a
donor card, which you can fill out and
return. To get the phone number of your
local organization, call Donate Life
America at (800) 355-7427.
Identify yourself: Designate your
decision to become an organ donor on
your driver’s license, which you can do
when you go in to renew it.
If, however, you don’t drive anymore
or if your renewal isn’t due for a while,
consider getting a state ID card—this
also lets you indicate you want to be a
donor. You can get an ID card for a few
dollars at your nearby driver’s license
office.
Tell your family: Even if you are a
registered donor, in many states family
members have the ultimate say whether
your organs may be donated after you
die. So clarify your wishes to your family.
It’s also a good idea to tell your
doctors and add it to your advance
directives. These are legal documents that
include a living will and medical power
of attorney that spell out your wishes
regarding your end-of-life medical
treatment when you can no longer make
decisions for yourself.
If you don’t have an advance directive,
go to caringinfo.org or call (800) 658-
8898, where you can get free state-
specific forms with instructions to help
you make one.
For more information on organ and
tissue donation and transplantation, visit
the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Donate the Gift of Life
website (www.organdonor.gov). Also see
the United Network for Organ Sharing
(www.unos.org) and Transplant Living
(www.transplantliving.org), which offers
information on being a living donor.
Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the
NBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org.
Organ Donation: You’re Never Too Old
Savvy Senior
Jim Miller
Free Tax Assistance OfferedThrough April 15 of each year, the
AARP Tax-Aide program offers free one-
on-one counseling as well as assistance
on the telephone and Internet to help
individuals prepare basic tax forms,
including the 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ,
and other standard documents.
The following are locations in your
area. Please call for an appointment or
visit www.aarp.org/money/taxaide for
more information.
Epiphany Lutheran Church1100 Colonial Road, Harrisburg
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(717) 657-8959
Mohler Senior Center25 Hope Drive, Hershey
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
(717) 533-2002
Susquehanna Township MunicipalBuilding1900 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg
Thursdays, 1 to 5 p.m.
(717) 909-9228
Swatara Township Building599 Eisenhower Blvd., Harrisburg
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. to noon
(717) 599-5077
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Locations in Dauphin, Lancaster & York counties
4601 Devonshire Rd., Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA
1-800-676-7846
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• Skilled Nursing
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• Respite and Vacation Stays
• Physical, Occupational, and
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Courtyard Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Crescent View Personal Care
West View Terrace Apartments
March is Women’s History
Month. We’re sure to see
reminders of the contributions
of such outstanding women as Marie
Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Amelia
Earhart.
You may not know her name, but
chances are Dorothy Fields had a bigger
impact on your life than more famous
members of her sex. For Dorothy Fields
was a songwriter, perhaps the greatest
female lyricist ever. She put us in the
mood for love.
Yes, “I’m in the Mood for Love” was
just one of her many hits. But it wasn’t
her first big hit—that distinction goes to
“I Can’t Give You Anything but Love”
way back in 1928.
As with so many of her other
enduring (and endearing) lyrics, snatches
of the song evoke as many memories as
the opening lines: “Diamond bracelets
Woolworth doesn’t sell, baby.” Or how
about her clever internal rhyme, “This
rover crossed over,” from “On the Sunny
Side of the Street”?
For what it’s worth, “The Way You
Look Tonight” gets my vote for the finest
popular song ever written. “With each
word your tenderness grows/tearing my
fear apart. And that laugh that wrinkles
your nose/touches my foolish heart.” She
wrote that with Jerome Kern, the
composer who changed American
musical theater forever with Show Boat.
“I had to leave the room because I
started to cry,” Fields would often recall
about the first time Kern played the
bridge of “The Way You Look Tonight”
for her. “It was so beautiful.”
That song garnered Kern and the 30-
year-old Fields Best Song Oscars. Photos
from the awards dinner show her sitting
next to George Gershwin, who used to
give her golf lessons. She never
collaborated with Gershwin or her one-
time teenage crush, Richard Rodgers,
with whom she used to walk hand-in-
hand across Central Park.
Though they didn’t write songs
together, she did work with Rodgers.
According to Fields’ biographer, Deborah
Grace Winer, Fields said “the only time
in my life an idea came absolutely from
God” was when she flashed on her dear
friend Ethel Merman playing Annie
Oakley.
Fields pulled Oscar Hammerstein
aside after a songwriters’ luncheon and
asked, “What do you think of Ethel
Merman as Annie Oakley?” Say no more.
Hammerstein loved the idea and asked
Fields to go back to the office with him
so that they could run it by Richard
Rodgers.
With Oklahoma! behind them,
Rodgers and Hammerstein had started
producing as well as writing shows.
According to Winer, Rodgers heard
Fields’ one-line pitch and immediately
responded, “You write it, we’ll do it.”
Annie, Get Your Gun was launched.
Fields and her brother, Herb, were to
write the book, Fields the lyrics, and
Jerome Kern the music. Unfortunately,
Kern no sooner returned from
Hollywood to tackle the project than he
was struck by a fatal stroke.
The Sunny Side ofDorothy Fields
Silver Threads
W.E. Reinka
please see FIELDS page 19
This Month in History:March
Events• March 4, 1830 – Former President John
Quincy Adams returned to Congress as a
representative from Massachusetts. He was the
first ex-president ever to return to the House
and served eight consecutive terms.
• March 19, 2003 – The United States launched
an attack against Iraq to topple dictator
Saddam Hussein from power. The attack
commenced with aerial strikes against military
sites, followed the next day by an invasion of
southern Iraq by U.S. and British ground
troops. The troops made rapid progress
northward and conquered the country’s capital,
Baghdad, just 21 days later, ending the rule of
Hussein.
• March 23, 1775 – Patrick Henry ignited the
American Revolution with a speech before the
Virginia convention in Richmond, stating, “I
know not what course others may take; but as
for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”
Birthdays• March 1 – American band leader Glenn Miller
(1904-1944) was born in Carilinda, Iowa. His
music gained enormous popularity during the
1940s through recordings such as “Moonlight
Serenade” and “String of Pearls.” On Dec. 15,
1944, his plane disappeared over the English
Channel while en route to Paris where he was
scheduled to perform.
• March 6 – Renaissance genius Michelangelo
(1475-1564) was born in Caprese, Italy. He
was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and
visionary best known for his fresco on the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and his sculptures
David and The Pieta.
• March 31 – Boxing champion Jack Johnson
(1878-1946) was born in Galveston, Texas. He
was the first African-American to win the
heavyweight boxing title.
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Dauphin County
Calendar of EventsBistline Senior Center – (717) 564-5633
Edgemont Senior Center – (717) 236-2221
Friendship Senior Center – (717) 657-1547
Heinz-Menaker Senior Center – (717) 238-7860
Highspire Area Senior Center – (717) 939-4580
Hoy/Latsha Senior Center – (717) 939-9833
Hummelstown Senior Center – (717) 566-6855
Jewish Community Center – (717) 236-9555
March 8 – “The Improbable History of the Sarajevo
Hagaddah” by Susan Leviton
March 13 – “Ghetto Terezin and the Experience of
Music” by Amy Wlodarski
March 27 – “London: Britannia Rules!” Lecture
Lick Towers Senior Center – (717) 233-0388
Lykens Senior Center – (717) 453-7985
Millersburg Senior Center – (717) 692-2657
Mohler Senior Center – (717) 533-2002,www.hersheyseniorcenter.com
Royalton Senior Center – (717) 944-4831
Rutherford House – (717) 564-5682,www.rutherfordhouse.org
Steelton Senior Center – (717) 939-0693
Just a snippet of what you may be missing …
please call or visit their website for more information.
Dauphin County Library Programs
Dauphin County Department of Parks and Recreation
March 4, noon to 4 p.m. – Maple Sugar Festival, Fort Hunter Park
March 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Volunteer Work Day, Wildwood Park
March 17, 8 to 10 a.m. – “Wandering Wildwood with Phil Lloyd,” Wildwood Park
AARP Driver Safety Programs
Programs and Support Groups
For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse.
March 17 and 24, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mohler Senior Center, 25 Hope Drive, Hershey, (717) 533-2002
March 23, 8 a.m. to noon – Lower Paxton Senior Center, 5000 Commons Drive, Harrisburg, (717) 657-1547
March 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mohler Senior Center, 25 Hope Drive, Hershey, (717) 533-2002
East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg, (717) 652-9380
Elizabethville Area Library, 80 N. Market St., Elizabethville, (717) 362-9825
March 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m. – Friends of the Elizabethville Library Meeting
March 29, 1 to 2 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. – Friends of the Elizabethville Library Book Collection
Harrisburg Downtown Library, 101 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976
Johnson Memorial Library, 799 E. Center St., Millersburg, (717) 692-2658
Kline Branch, 530 S. 29th St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-3934
Madeline L. Olewine Memorial Library, 2410 N. Third St., Harrisburg, (717) 232-7286
Northern Dauphin Library, 683 Main St., Lykens, (717) 453-9315
William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library, 200 W. Second St., Hummelstown, (717) 566-0949
March 6, 6:30 p.m. – Novel Thoughts Book Club
March 13, 6:30 p.m. – Friends to the Alexander Family Library Meeting
March 20, 1 p.m. – Novel Thoughts, Too!
Free and open to the public.
Senior Center Activities
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.Free Art Classes
Thrive
100 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg
(717) 238-1887 or [email protected]
March 14, 1 p.m.Eat to Live: Nutrition Strategies for Active SeniorsTraditions of Hershey
100 N. Larkspur Drive, Hershey
(717) 838-2330
March 15, 1:30 p.m.Hershey Area AARP Monthly Meeting
Spring Creek Church of the Brethren
335 E. Areba Ave., Hershey
(717) 832-3282
March 17, 10 a.m.Teamster 776 Retirees Club Anniversary Meeting
Union Hall
2552 Jefferson St., Harrisburg
(717) 233-8766
March 17, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Sew Much for Charity Event
Trinity United Methodist Church
210 Main St., Hummelstown
(717) 561-9964
March 21, 6 p.m.Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Seminar
Traditions of Hershey
100 N. Larkspur Drive, Hershey
(717) 838-2330
March 27, 6 to 7:30 p.m.Parental Loss Support Group
AseraCare Hospice
75 S. Houcks Road, Suite 101, Harrisburg
(717) 541-4466
If you have an event you would like toinclude, please email information to
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PPROFESSIONALLROFESSIONALLYY SSPEAKINGPEAKING......
Any adult, and especially someone
old enough to receive Social Security,
is at risk without a durable power of
attorney (POA). A will and advanced
directive for healthcare are important
too, but without the POA, your future
well-being might require court action
to get a guardianship. A trust can
preserve assets during your life and
give your beneficiaries protection
after your death.
Having legal documents is only
part of how you can prepare,
especially if you desire to make sure
that your spouse receives proper care
if you should be the first to pass
away. A common situation is when a
capable and alert spouse wants to
have a plan in place to ensure that
their spouse with dementia will
always get proper care. If you have
not thought of this, or if you think,
“If I die first, our children can look
after (your surviving spouse),” maybe
you should reconsider.
Some adult children have both the
opportunity and the inclination to
help their aging parents, and other
children do not. The helpful children
nearly always tell their parents: “I
don’t care about your money. All I
want is for you to get the best care.”
Uninvolved children are often the
ones who are most concerned about
“their inheritance.” Is it fair to burden
the helpful child and reward the
other, especially when you have a
choice?
Life care planning is a proven way
to respond to the challenges of
advancing age, dementia, and chronic
illness. The goal of a life care plan is
to get the best care possible for your
loved one, in the least restrictive
living environment, while preserving
the family’s wealth to the greatest
extent possible. By bundling asset
protection, investigation of available
public benefits, care assessment and
coordination, and nursing-home
advocacy into a single package, a life
care plan provides peace of mind for
you and your children.
The cost of a life care plan is offset
by proper use of trust planning, which
enables a wartime veteran or
surviving spouse to “take a victory
lap” and accelerate their eligibility for
a long-term care pension of between
$13,000 and $25,000 per year. If
skilled nursing care is needed, proper
representation preserves assets and
enables effective family participation
in the facility’s care-plan meetings to
reach a compassionate balance
between rehabilitation and comfort
for you or your spouse. Those who
are neither veterans nor nursing home
candidates can realize other financial
savings.
Life care planning offers a
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FIELDS from page 17
After long deliberations with
Rodgers and Hammerstein, Fields
gracefully gave up her role as lyricist
when Irving Berlin agreed to take over
for Kern because Berlin always wrote
his own
words.
Fields and
her brother
still wrote
the book.
But
Annie, Get
Your Gun
didn’t stop
Fields’
show. She
continued
to write for
Hollywood
and
Broadway
shows such
as A Tree
Grows in
Brooklyn
and Sweet Charity. With Seesaw, she
achieved a rarity few aging
songwriters match—having a first-run
hit on Broadway when she passed
away in 1974 at the age of 68.
Winer points out that as “the only
major-league woman songwriter of
the golden age of American popular
song and musical theater, Dorothy
Fields had been standing virtually
alone among men for almost 50
years.”
If we’re known by the company we
keep, consider that when the
Songwriters
Hall of
Fame
inducted
Dorothy
Fields in
1971, she
went in
with such
giants of
Tin Pan
Alley as
Duke
Ellington,
Johnny
Mercer, Ira
Gershwin,
and Hoagy
Carmichael.
Besides
those
mentioned, here are a few more of
Dorothy Fields’ memory-making
standards: “A Fine Romance,” “Lovely
to Look At,” “Pick Yourself Up,” “I
Won’t Dance,” “Don’t Blame Me,”
“Exactly Like You,” “You Couldn’t Be
Cuter,” “Remind Me,” “Hey Big
Spender,” and “If My Friends Could
See Me Now.”
Dorothy Fields working with Arthur Schwartz on
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in 1951.
March is Women’s History Month
St. Patrick’s Notable KinAs the nation celebrates this St.
Patrick’s Day on March 17 with frothy
pints of Guinness, many will raise
glasses to recognize the
hallowed patron saint
of Ireland (who is
actually British!).
While those
glasses are
raised, consider
cheering a few
other Irishmen who
made contributions to the world.
Did you know an Irishman, John
Philip Holland, invented the
submarine? Color photography was
invented by Ireland’s John Joly.
And guided missiles, the modern
tractor, and even a cure for
leprosy were all
invented by
Irishmen.
So as you
search for that
elusive four-leaf
clover, remember
that Ireland has given us
much more than just good beer!
(SPM Wire)
Don’t Forget toSpring Forward!
Sunday, March 11, 2012
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Can you belt it out like nobody’s business?
Do you belong on Dancing with the Stars ?
Are you wild and crazy like Steve Martin?
Pennsylvanians over 50 are invited to audition for the seventh annual
PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition!
Auditions held at regional locations
Win a limousine trip to New York City
with dinner and a Broadway show!
For more information or an application:
717.285.1350 www.SeniorIdolPA.com
Tues., April 24Body Zone
3103 Paper Mill Road
Wyomissing, PA 19610
Wed., May 2Broadway Classics
Theatre at theHarrisburg Mall3501 Paxton Street
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Wed., April 25York Little
Theatre27 South Belmont St.
York, PA 17403
Thurs., May 3The Heritage
Hotel Lancaster500 Centerville Road
Lancaster, PA 17601NEW
LOCATION!
Reserve your seats now for this annual sell-out!
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
510 Centerville Road, Lancaster, PA • (717) 898-1900
June 4, 2012 • 5:30 p.m. – Dinner; 7 p.m. – ShowDinner & Performance: $43 Adults; $32 Children 18 & Under
Performance Only: $28 (Limited Number Available)
Emcee:
Diane Daytonof Dayton Communications
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