50plus LIFE Cumberland County May 2019

Complimentary | Cumberland County Edition

May 2019 • Vol. 20 No. 5

making your medical wishes known page 4

how to help a friend with depression

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special focus: better hearing & speech month page 14

Ms. Pennsylvania Senior America Pageant August 11, 2019

3 p.m.

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How to Make Philanthropy Fit into Your Financial Plans

By John Hagensen One of the universal truths is that, while money can help meet your needs and provide you with the basic necessities of life, it can’t make you happy.

However, it can be a powerful weapon of selfsatisfaction when used the right way — such as through philanthropic endeavors.

“Money can be an incredible tool when you align it with your values,” says John Hagensen, founder and managing director of Keystone Wealth Partners.

“It enables you to feel a sense of contentment that your money is working hard for you to help you accomplish goals that match your values.”

And if you value giving back to others — to your community, to your favorite cause, or to planet Earth — then money will enable you to accomplish that goal.

But as you look at your budget for 2019, you may not know where the money will come from to give to your favorite charity or cause.

The answer is that it is probably sitting right underneath your nose, Hagensen says. But it will take discipline to find it.

Hagensen practices what he preaches; his company has made a commitment to donate up to $10,000 to help create clean-water projects in Africa. That aligns with his values because he adopted two children from Ethiopia and wanted to give something back to their native homeland.

Hagensen has three tips for those who want to give to their favorite charities in 2019 but aren’t sure where the money will come from:

Write down your long-term and short-term goals. Compare those goals to how you are spending your money.

Spend intentionally. If you value traveling, then cut down your expenses at home so you can travel more. Align your expenses with what you value in life and your wants and needs.

Cut out all of the expenses that don’t align with your values. There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to what is important to people.

Most people think that a house is a necessity, but some people would rather live in a tent and travel all the time than own a home. It just depends on what you value, so make the most of your money.

“It usually does not take a major financial overhaul to give more to philanthropic causes,” Hagensen says. “It just takes a consistent approach that aligns with your values.”

John Hagensen is the founder and managing director of Keystone Wealth Partners (www. keystonewealthpartners.com) in Chandler, Ariz. He holds the financial designations of CFS, CAS, CIS, CTS, and CES. Hagensen is passionate about coaching his clients to remain disciplined and committed to a long-term financial strategy.

Write down your values. Spend a few minutes to really examine what is important to you. Make sure all your monetary decisions support your values.

If you have older children or grandchildren, include them in the discussion so you can create a teachable moment for them.

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a cardiac arrest but suffered massive brain damage and was in a coma. Eventually she was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state.

Thinking about potential medical issues and The case pitted her husband, who wanted the end-of-life care can be a bit daunting, but it’s feeding tube removed, against her parents, who important. There are legal documents, such as an argued that she was conscious. The legal challenges advance healthcare directive, in which one can involved Florida courts, the state’s legislature, specify one’s preferences. then-Gov. Jeb Bush, the U.S. Congress, President “It’s not just for older people; it’s important for all of us no matter what the age to have an advance George W. Bush, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the event of death, the document also directive. In my view, it’s part of estate planning, includes preferences regarding organ donation. just like a financial power of attorney and a will,” If donation is chosen, limitations about specific explains David Mills, Esq., Blakey, Yost, Bupp & organs and tissues and uses for them may be Rausch LLP, York. included. It also addresses palliative or He says that an advance healthcare comfort care. directive includes both a living will It’s not Mills says that some preferences and a healthcare power of attorney, just for older may be affected by religious beliefs. or POA. This comprehensive legal He notes that there is a form for those document provides the medical people; it’s of the Catholic faith that allows the community with a clear path for important person to state his or her wishes in treatment. for all of us many areas but indicates that the When a patient is admitted for no matter healthcare agent is to presume in favor hospital care, asking if he or she has of providing nutrition and hydration, an advance medical directive is as what the including medically assisted nutrition much a part of the admissions process age to have and hydration if they are capable of as providing information about an advance sustaining the person’s life. healthcare insurance. directive.

“The decisions in the living will are A living will specifies treatments all very personal decisions — there’s no that one may want or not want to right or wrong,” Mills says. sustain life when in an end-stage Similar to a financial power of attorney, in medical condition or in a state of permanent which one appoints someone as their “agent” to act unconsciousness. Treatments include dialysis, on their behalf in financial matters, the healthcare mechanical ventilation, surgery, antibiotics, power of attorney appoints someone to act on their chemotherapy, and radiation treatment. behalf with regard to health and personal care “This makes your wishes known in the event decisions. that you’re in the hospital and are in a coma,” It is invoked if the person can no longer stressed Mills. “The importance of having a living will was demonstrated by the Karen Ann Quinlan speak for himself or herself. It’s used not only at end of life, but also in the event that someone case.” is unconscious or in a coma. The form allows Quinlan was a New Jersey woman who, in the someone to appoint both a healthcare agent and an mid-’70s, mixed an anti-anxiety medication with alternate. alcohol while on a crash diet and lapsed into a Mills says that a living will not only specifies coma and then a persistent vegetative state. one’s wishes for treatment, but it also directs After doctors refused her parents’ request to the agent to act either solely in accordance with disconnect her respirator — which her parents the preferences as set forth in the living will or considered an extraordinary means of prolonging to use the preferences as guidance, allowing the her life and contended that it caused her pain — healthcare agent to make the final decision. they filed suit to have the apparatus removed.

He encourages people to review the living will A legal battle ensued and eventually the and their preferences with both the healthcare respirator was removed. The family consented to a agent(s) they have chosen and family members. He feeding tube, and she eventually died in 1985. also said that like a will, it’s a document that can Another clause in the living will focuses on using a feeding tube to supply food and hydration. be changed as one’s preferences change.

Another document some may consider is a Mills says that this clause is often called the Terri POLST (Pennsylvania Orders for Life-Sustaining Schiavo clause — named after the landmark endTreatment) form, which is intended to give of-life care case of the 1990s.

Schiavo, a Florida resident, was resuscitated after an individual control over end-of-life care and

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includes a directive for resuscitation or non-resuscitation if the individual has no pulse and is not breathing.

If the patient has a pulse and/or is breathing, the form indicates if he or she wishes to have comfort measures only; limited interventions, such as cardiac monitor and IV fluids; or full treatment.

There are also sections to indicate the patient’s preferences regarding antibiotics and artificially administered hydration and/or nutrition.

This form is usually completed by individuals with chronic progressive illness and/or frailty or by anyone of an advanced age that feels strongly about designating their goals and preferences for care, said Regina Cabezas, social worker for Landis Homes in Lititz.

“POLST is a voluntary form for individuals throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” Cabezas said, “and even though it is highly recommended, completion of the form is not required for admission to post-acute care areas or retirement communities, such as Landis Homes.”

At the time it’s completed, any

existing advance healthcare directive should be reviewed. The POLST also includes contact information for the healthcare professional preparing it and the individual’s designated emergency contact or healthcare POA. “I often say that having the POLST takes things ‘up a notch,’ as it moves from the wishes that someone expresses to becoming orders that must be followed,” Cabezas said.

Cabezas stressed that the advancecare planning process “should not be a two-minute task” but instead an honest, thoughtful conversation amongst all involved parties.

“This may make for some difficult and uncomfortable dialogue between the resident and family members, but ultimately it is the individual’s choice and one that ideally their healthcare power of attorney will follow in what can be a very emotionally charged crisis situation,” Cabezas said.

The key element with all of the documents is to ensure that an individual’s wishes for medical treatment measures — in the event they’re in a coma or facing end of life and cannot speak for themselves — are met.

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Fifties Flashback

It’s a Mad World After All Randal C. Hill

In Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice remarks to the Cheshire Cat, “I don’t want to go among mad people.”

The grinning cat responds, “Oh, you can’t help that. We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”

“How do you know I’m mad?” asks Alice.

“You must be,” explains the cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”

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If something affected the national psyche, Mad magazine wanted to poke fun at it.

Impressionable adolescents who read Mad were warned constantly about society’s half-truths, double standards, fine print, deceptive advertisements, and sneaky product placements.

The world is out to get you, implied

the messages, so be Angels. Howdy Doody. Barbie prepared. and Ken. All Along the way, Mad’s clever and suffered the sting invaluable lessons of Mad’s gleeful undoubtedly barbs, as did helped avid readers highly respected politicians and develop their critical-thinking established world skills. leaders.

“If you were Top-flight growing up lonely Mad caricaturists brought easily and isolated in a small town, Mad recognizable popwas a revelation,” culture celebrities Cover of first Mad magazine, 1955. said counterculture to its pages, and cartoonist R. Crumb. “Nothing I read recurring cartoon columns, such anywhere else suggested there was any as the triangle-headed Spy vs. Spy absurdity in the culture.” characters, kept young readers amused Everyone and everything were — and on their toes — during the fair game. Superman. The Ku Klux oppressive Cold War of the 1950s.

Klan. Wonder Woman. The Hell’s Mad first appeared as a 1952 horror comic book that was a satire on (of all things) other horror comic books.

New York funsters and comic-book veterans William Gaines and Harvey Kurtzman were Mad’s publisher and editor, respectively, and what their eight-times-a-year periodical brought to the nation’s teenagers eventually morphed into a bible of juvenileappearing blasphemy that took delight in flagrantly casting a wide satirical net and laughing at just about every rock-solid institution in America.

In 1954, Kurtzman adopted a forgotten and unnamed advertising image for Mad that had been around

since the 1890s. He dubbed him Alfred E. Neuman, and Neuman rose to fame as a grinning, jug-eared, gaptoothed simpleton whose motto was “What, me worry?”

As the Mad mascot, he came to symbolize everything vacuous about the publication. Neuman’s iconic portrait often replaced the faces of celebrities who were being lampooned in that particular issue.

For a while, Neuman had a lady companion, a cartoon character named Moxie Cowznofski. But Moxie made only a few appearances in the late 1950s, possibly because she looked too much like her “significant other.”

Mad kept the chuckles coming as it created a series of nonsensical words, such as furshlugginer (an adjective expressing contempt), blecch (a term synonymous with disgust), and potrzebie (a word with no meaning or definition whatsoever).

Unique in its controversial social satire, Mad would eventually influence such pop-cultural icons as National Lampoon, The Simpsons, and Saturday Night Live.

When the fun-loving William Gaines died at age 70 in June 1992, the New York Daily News headlined his obituary “What, Me Dead?”

Although Randal C. Hill’s heart lives in the past, the rest of him resides in Bandon, Ore. He can be reached at wryterhill@msn.com.

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Women’s Brains Age More Slowly than Men’s Good news for females: Your brains age more slowly than males’.

According to an article on the NPR website, researchers have found that the metabolism of women’s brains remains healthier and more youthful than that of their male counterparts, making women better equipped to be creative during the later years of their lives.

The findings come from a study of 205 brain scans of people ages 20–82. At first scientists studied brain

metabolisms to determine a person’s age.

Then they observed a significant difference between the age of some people’s brains and their chronological ages, leading to the discovery that older women’s brains, on average, were about four years younger in terms of metabolism than men’s brains.

The reason is unknown, but the scientists say a higher brain metabolism may give women an advantage in learning and creativity as they age.

At Your Fingertips Helpful numbers, hotlines, and local businesses and organizations eager to serve you—all just a phone call away. adult day care Life Time Adult Day Care 3 Crossgate Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 975-9762 Emergency Numbers American Red Cross (717) 845-2751 Central Pennsylvania Poison Center (800) 521-6110 Cumberland County Assistance (800) 269-0173 Energy Assistance Cumberland County Board of Assistance (800) 269-0173 Eye care services Kilmore Eye Associates 890 Century Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 697-1414 financial services Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (302) 573-4027 Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020 American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383 Arthritis Foundation (717) 763-0900 CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400 The National Kidney Foundation (800) 697-7007 PACE (800) 225-7223 Social Security Administration (Medicare) (800) 302-1274 www.50plusLifePA.com

Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania (717) 238-2531 Healthcare Information Pa. HealthCare Cost Containment Council (717) 232-6787 Hearing Services Duncan Nulph Hearing Associates 5020 Ritter Road, Suite 10G Mechanicsburg (717) 766-1500 Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY Home care Services Homeland at Home Serving all of Cumberland County (717) 221-7892 Hospice Services Homeland at Home Serving all of Cumberland County (717) 221-7890 Housing Assistance Cumberland County Housing Authority 114 N. Hanover St., Carlisle (717) 249-1315 Property Tax/Rent Rebate (888) 728-2937 Salvation Army (717) 249-1411 Insurance Apprise Insurance Counseling (800) 783-7067 Capital Blue (888) 989-9015 (TTY: 711) Medicare (800) 633-4227

Nursing/Rehab Homeland Center 1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg (717) 221-7900

Disease and Health Risk (888) 232-3228

Nutrition Meals on Wheels Carlisle (717) 245-0707 Mechanicsburg (717) 697-5011 Newville (717) 776-5251 Shippensburg (717) 532-4904 West Shore (717) 737-3942

Drug Information (800) 729-6686

Domestic Violence (800) 799-7233

Flu or Influenza (888) 232-3228 Health and Human Services Discrimination (800) 368-1019 Internal Revenue Service (800) 829-1040 Liberty Program (866) 542-3788

Orthopedics OSS Health 856 Century Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 747-8315 Personal Care Homes Homeland Center 1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg (717) 221-7900 Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com

National Council on Aging (800) 424-9046 Passport Information (877) 487-2778 (V); (888) 874-7793 (TTY) Social Security Fraud (800) 269-0217 Social Security Office (800) 772-1213 Veterans Services American Legion (717) 730-9100

Services Cumberland County Aging & Community Services (717) 240-6110

Governor’s Veterans Outreach (717) 234-1681

Toll-Free Numbers Bureau of Consumer Protection (800) 441-2555 Cancer Information Service (800) 422-6237

Medicare Hotline (800) 638-6833

Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771 Veterans Affairs (717) 240-6178 or (717) 697-0371 Not an all-inclusive list of advertisers in your area.

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers The listings with a shaded background have additional information about their center in a display advertisement in this edition.

Bethany Village – The Oaks

325 Wesley Drive • Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 (717) 766-0279 • www.bethanyvillage.org Number of Beds: 69 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: CARF; Eagle, LeadingAge PA Comments: Maplewood Assisted Living also available.

Conestoga View

900 East King Street • Lancaster, PA 17602 (717) 299-7850 • www.conestogaviewnursing.com Number of Beds: 436 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes

24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes

Homestead Village

1800 Village Circle • Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 397-4831 • www.homesteadvillage.org Number of Beds: 60 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: No 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: CARF-CCAC accredited, five-star rating. Small-care households make our community very attractive.

Convenient location and quality care.

Pleasant View Communities

544 North Pennryn Road • Manheim, PA 17545 (717) 665-2445 • www.pleasantviewrc.org Number of Beds: 133 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: No Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Delivering compassionate care that encompasses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs since 1955.

Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 1000 Claremont Road • Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 243-2031 • www.ccpa.net/cnrc Number of Beds: 282 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: No Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Featuring Transitions at Claremont, a dedicated, 39-bed, shortterm rehab unit. Claremont provides quality skilled nursing and secured dementia care.

Homeland Center

1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598 (717) 221-7902 • www.homelandcenter.org Number of Beds: 95 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: AAHSA, LeadingAge PA (PANPHA), NHPCO, PHN, HPNA Comments: A beautiful, full-service continuing care retirement community with a history of more than 150 years of exemplary care.

Mennonite Home Communities

1520 Harrisburg Pike • Lancaster, PA 17601 (717) 393-1301 • www.mennonitehome.org Number of Beds: 188 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: Equal Housing, LeadingAge PA Comments: Person-centered care with reputation for compassion and excellence. Established in 1903. Respite care available w/minimum stay.

Transitions Healthcare – Gettysburg

595 Biglerville Road • Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-6249 • www.transitionshealthcarellc.com Number of Beds: 135 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: PHCA, PACA Comments: Fully staffed Transitions Healthcare employees in skilled nursing and sub-acute rehab. Tours are encouraged!

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The Beauty in Nature

Warblers I’ve Enjoyed Clyde McMillan-Gamber

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except they are slimmer and have thin beaks and a yellow rump.

During winter, they mostly ingest berries, the reason they can winter in the north.

These are a few of my favorite warblers. Their relatives, and all life, have something of interest as well.

Life on Earth is quite intriguing, more than anything else.

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Several kinds of his nesting territory. warblers, which Common are small, colorful yellowthroat birds that winter in warblers are olive Central and South brown on top America, nest in and yellow below. forests and woody Each male also thickets in North has a black mask America, including over his eyes. He in southeastern sings “witchety, Pennsylvania. witchety, witchety” Yellow warbler Often called to attract a mate to “feathered jewels,” his nesting territory many kinds of among shrubbery these lively little near ponds and birds migrate small waterways. through here early Blue-winged in May, and some warblers hatch species stay here to young in rows of raise young. multiflora rose All species bushes between Photo by Tony Castro of warblers eat fields. This species Blue-winged warbler invertebrates is olive above and during the warmer yellow underneath months and feed the same to their and has a little light blue on each offspring. wing. Males emit an interesting, All warblers are small, and most buzzy song that sounds like an elf of them are difficult to see. Use inhaling and exhaling, “beeee-buzzzz.” field guides or get online to see the Louisiana waterthrushes “dance beautiful colors and patterns that and bob” as they walk along identify each species. woodland streams in search of aquatic I have fond memories of seven invertebrates. Those extra motions kinds of favorite warblers that I resemble debris bouncing in the particularly enjoy in southeastern current of the stream, which is a form Pennsylvania. Each species has at of camouflage. least one characteristic that makes it Waterthrushes rear offspring in interesting. leaf-lined notches behind tree roots in Palm warblers migrate through here stream banks. early in April, which is before most Ovenbirds walk on dead-leaf warblers do. They inhabit woodland forest floors to get invertebrates for swamps where they walk, while themselves and their young. Brown pumping their tails, along edges of above and white with rows of dark shallow puddles on leafy forest floors spots below, ovenbirds blend into leafto get invertebrates. carpeted forest floors.

This attractive species is brown on The usually invisible males ring out top, which camouflages it, and yellow “teacher, teacher, teacher” to attract below with a rusty cap. females to them for raising youngsters Yellow warblers are yellow all over, on woodland floors. making them striking among the Little flocks of yellow-rumped leaves of willow trees and bushes, warblers winter in southeastern where they nest by ponds and streams. Pennsylvania and through much Each male yellow warbler sings lively of the eastern United States. They ditties that attract a female to him in resemble sparrows to some extent,

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The Lost Girls of Paris Terri Schlichenmeyer

The frame was beautiful.

The picture inside it was of a stranger.

Who would give away that lovely piece of workmanship with a loved one’s portrait displayed? Who didn’t cherish it enough to keep it?

And in the new novel, The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff, who were the women in the picture?

Grace was running late.

That was unusual, and so was the reason: She’d spent the night in a hotel room with her late husband’s best friend.

Head down, embarrassed at such uncharacteristic behavior, she was surprised to spot a suitcase that had obviously been abandoned beneath a bench in Grand Central Station. She’d opened the suitcase and, in yet another unordinary action, took a handful of pictures that were inside.

It was a morning filled with uniqueness: Grace then barely missed witnessing an accident in which a woman was killed — the same woman, as it happened, to whom the suitcase belonged.

Eleanor was very protective of her girls.

She’d hand-picked each one of them, some for their fluent French and others for their dexterity.

When they signed on with the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), it was she who made sure they were physically fit and highly trained for the jobs they’d do to help with the resistance in German-occupied France. She was

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the one responsible for bringing them home at the end of World War II. In the meantime, Eleanor’s girls would do dangerous work. They’d be as prepared as possible for their tasks. She’d personally see to that.

Marie wasn’t entirely sure why she stayed with the SOE. Eleanor had given her ample opportunity to quit. She knew how much Marie missed her daughter, how much she hated training, and how unconfident Marie was in herself.

And yet, despite Eleanor’s offers and the danger involved, Marie couldn’t bring herself to quit. When her deployment within the SOE placed her in a flat above The Lost Girls of Paris a tavern that was known to entertain

By Pam Jenoff Germans, her determination doubled. c. 2019, Park Row Books It increased again when her very 377 pages survival was in question …

If you’re looking for something to carry around with you every day this week, check this out: The Lost Girls of Paris is a novel as thrilling as every espionage story you’ve ever read, as soft as every war romance you’ve ever heard, and as brutal as every war movie you’ve ever seen. Yep, that good.

Set at the end of and just after World War II, this novel captures readers’ imaginations from the outset, with the death of one of its main characters.

The intrigue never lets up from there, Photo credit Mindy Schwartz Sorasky as author Pam Jenoff takes a heroic Author Pam Jenoff. true story from the war and novelizes it without prettifying it; indeed, people die in this book — a lot. Further small details make this story, and they’ll sometimes make you forget it’s fiction.

For Jenoff fans, loving this book is a certainty. Anyone who enjoys spy stories will want to uncover it. Readers of all stripes, really, will find The Lost Girls of Paris to be picture-perfect.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old, and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 14,000 books.

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By Andrea Gross

United by Passion: Baltimore’s Unique Museums

One minute exist were it not I’m outside the for the passion American Visionary and dedication of Art Museum, some extraordinary gazing at a 55-footfolks. tall whirligig. It spins, it whirls, it An Idealist’s catches light and Determination: splatters it onto a The American nearby wall covered Visionary Art with fragments of Museum mirror and tile.

It took Rebecca Inside the Hoffberger 10 museum there’s a years to open a The mosaic wall of the AVAM was built with the help Art at the AVAM ranges from a most unusual auto giant “Bra Ball,” of at-risk students as a means of helping them learn to a giant ball created from the bras of breast cancer museum honoring created from the “outsider art,” a valuable job skills. survivors. bras of nearly 2,000 term that’s often breast cancer survivors. used by those on the inside to describe As you can tell, the AVAM is an works they don’t understand. extremely unusual place, one that celebrates This is art that owes nothing to the intuition and ingenuity of self-taught tradition (as does folk art) and little to the artists. surrounding environment (as does most A few hours later I’m at the Baltimore art). Rather it seems to burst forth from the Museum of Art, reveling in the bright colors creator’s soul — thoroughly original, often and exuberant style of paintings by French quixotic or quirky. In short, visionary. artist Henri Matisse. In addition to an Most works — like the haunting figure internationally acclaimed collection of art, carved by a tuberculosis patient — are the BMA is the proud owner of the world’s accompanied by a story, bringing voice to largest holding of Matisse paintings. the oft-anonymous and usually uncelebrated Finally, I find myself in front of the Flag artist. Some elicit tears, other bring laughs, House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum, all provoke thought. staring at a giant glass replica of the banner Today the museum, which has been Pickersgill’s home has been restored with furniture that inspired our national anthem. Behind designated America’s “official national reminiscent of the early 1800s. it is the home of the woman who stitched education center, repository, and museum the original flag, now a National Historic for self-taught, intuitive artistry,” is spread Landmark. over more than an acre that contains three Here, an overview of three truly unique museums, none of which would buildings as well as several outdoor exhibition areas.

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The Sisters’ Fervor: The Baltimore Museum of Art The building that houses the BMA is replete with a portico and classical Greek columns, just the sort of place where you’d expect to find 90,000 pieces of art and artifacts that span continents as well as centuries.

But it’s the Cone collection that has brought worldwide fame to the museum. Claribel and Etta Cone were Golden Girls from the Gilded Age, rich socialites with an eye for art and the money to indulge.

They traveled the world, and their “souvenirs” were works by some of the greatest late 19th- and early 20th-century artists, from Matisse and Picasso to Cézanne, Gauguin, and van Gogh.

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The Flag Museum features a life-size glass rendition of the giant flag sewn by Mary Pickersgill and her helpers.

There’s no way we can see everything at the BMA in one visit. We feast on the works of Matisse and then go outside to the sculpture gardens, where more than 30 works by acclaimed artists, such as Auguste Rodin and Alexander Calder, are spread across nearly 3 acres. www. artbma.org

Pickersgill’s home features a replica of the flag that became the known as the Star-Spangled Banner.

In Fell’s Point, near the home where Mary Pickersgill stitched the famous flag, a costumed interpreter relates the events of the War of 1812.

The Patriots’ Passion: The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum When, during the War of 1812, Commander George Armistead asked seamstress Mary Pickersgill to create a flag to fly above Baltimore’s Fort McHenry, she may have gulped, but she didn’t hesitate.

Instead she enlisted the help of five women and together, working near round-the-clock, they produced a large garrison flag that could be seen for miles around as well as a smaller flag that could be used in inclement weather.

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As the British pummeled the fort during the Battle of Baltimore, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key watched from aboard a small ship. The following morning, “in the dawn’s early light,” he saw the giant flag and knew that Baltimore was safe.

Thus inspired, he wrote the poem that later became the national anthem of the United States, and the giant flag that Mary Pickersgill and her helpers had made became known as the Star-Spangled Banner.

We visit Pickersgill’s home and the adjacent Flag Museum. The museum is filled with exhibits relating to the War of 1812, but it’s Pickersgill’s home — restored with period furniture — that gives me a tingly feeling. This is where history was made, one stitch at a time. www.flaghouse.org

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Better Hearing & Speech Month Savvy Senior

Jim Miller

Simplified Cellphones for Users with Hearing Problems

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some basic, simplified cellphones for seniors with hearing loss? My 82-year-old father needs to get a new cellphone for occasional calls or emergencies, but he needs something that’s easy to use and one that he can hear on.

– Looking Around Dear Looking, There are several simplified cellphones on the market today that are specifically designed for seniors — including those with hearing loss.

These are basic cellphones that come with big buttons, easy-to-navigate menus, SOS emergency buttons, and enhanced sound and are hearing aid compatible too.

Here are some top options.

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One of best is GreatCall’s Jitterbug Flip (www. greatcall.com, (800) 918-8543). This custom-designed Samsung flip phone offers a backlit keypad with big buttons, large text on a brightly colored screen, and “yes” and “no” buttons to access the phone’s menu of options versus confusing icons.

It also offers voice dialing, a powerful speakerphone, a built-in camera, and a variety of optional health and safety features: • The 5Star medical alert button would let your dad call 24/7 for help and speak to a certified agent who could identify his location and dispatch help as needed.

• The Urgent Care service provides access to registered nurses and doctors for advice, diagnoses, and prescription refills.

• GreatCall Link is a free app for family members. If your dad calls 5Star from his Jitterbug, app users will receive an alert on their smartphone.

If your dad prefers a smartphone, Jitterbug’s Smart2 has a 5.5-inch screen, front-facing speaker, a simplified menu, a voice-typing option, and a 13megapixel camera with flash.

As with the flip phone, Smart2 includes the 5Star urgent response button and the safety features listed above.

Another excellent option is the Doro PhoneEasy 626 sold through Consumer Cellular (www.consumercellular.com, (888) 345-5509).

This flip phone offers a backlit, separated keypad that can speak the numbers as you push them, which is a nice feature for seniors with vision problems.

It also has a big, easy-to-read color display screen that offers large text with different color themes.

Other handy features include two speed-dial buttons; shortcut buttons to texting and the camera; a powerful, two-way speakerphone; and an ICE (in case of emergency) button on the back of the phone that will automatically dial one preprogrammed number.

Another budget-friendly cellphone you should look into is the Snapfon ezTWO for seniors (www.snapfon.com, (800) 937-1532).

This is a bar-style phone that provides big buttons, a color screen, enhanced volume with a speakerphone, and a speaking keypad.

There is also an SOS emergency alert button on the back of the phone that can sound an alert when pushed and held down for five seconds. It then sends a text message to as many as five emergency contacts and calls those contacts in order until the call is answered.

Or, for an additional monthly fee, you can subscribe to their sosPlus monitoring service, which will dispatch help as needed.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit www.savvysenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior book.

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May is

Better Hearing & Speech Month Duncan-Nulph Hearing Associates

After more than a decade serving patients with hearing loss in the Mechanicsburg area, Duncan-Nulph Hearing Associates has become known for diagnosing hearing problems and helping patients find the best hearing devices to meet their needs.

Duncan-Nulph Hearing Associates’ patient base comes primarily from satisfied patients referring their friends and family members, as well as local physicians referring their patients for hearing healthcare services.

“Our patients appreciate the value of the service we provide,” said Drs. Duncan, Nulph, and Tewell.

Because Duncan-Nulph is privately owned, it has access to all of the major hearing aid manufacturers.

This provides the audiologists with the ability to find the best and most affordable solution for each patient’s unique needs.

“The hearing aids that people remember their dad or grandfather wearing are a thing of the past,” said Dr. Kristen Duncan, Au.D., coowner and audiologist.

“Today’s devices are smaller, more advanced, and offer more natural hearing. There have been continuous improvements in the ability to hear in many types of situations — like in crowded rooms with lots of background noise, quieter one-onone situations, and even in windy conditions,” said Dr. Danette Nulph, Au.D., co-owner and audiologist.

“Certain hearing aids can now be directly connected to your cellphone.

This can allow patients to hear phone conversations through their hearing aids,” Dr. Michelle Tewell, Au.D., said. “Plus, there are now hearing aids that can be placed on a charger vs. having to use disposable batteries.

Patients with dexterity issues find the

charger much easier.”

Duncan-Nulph Hearing Associates’ complete hearing healthcare program includes batteries at no charge for the life of the hearing instruments, plus all of the necessary follow-up services to ensure patients are successful with their devices.

“Our goal is to help people hear better — and we do that by establishing a long-term relationship, not by just selling hearing aids,” Dr. Tewell said.

In addition, Duncan-Nulph Hearing Associates offers custommade ear molds and specialty products (e.g., musician’s plugs and swim plugs), Bluetooth headsets, and assistive listening devices for televisions, telephones, and doorbells.

Dr. Kristen Duncan, Au.D., is a graduate of the doctoral program in audiology at the Pennsylvania

College of Optometry. Her special interests include patient counseling and hearing aid fittings using the latest digital technology.

Dr. Danette Nulph earned her doctoral degree in audiology from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. She has worked with pediatric through geriatric patients and has also obtained certification in tinnitus retraining therapy.

Dr. Michelle Tewell, Au.D., received her doctoral degree in audiology from Bloomsburg University. She has worked with a wide range of audiological services and patient populations, from pediatric to geriatric, in various settings.

Conveniently located in Mechanicsburg in the Rossmoyne Business Park, they can be reached at (717) 766-1500 or at www. dnhearing.com.

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May is

Better Hearing & Speech Month Quieting the Noise: 5 Ways to Reduce the Effects of Ringing in the Ears

By Dr. Leisa Lyles-DeLeon

An appointment with your physician – While less common, tinnitus can be an early indicator of a serious medical condition. It is best to receive a full checkup by your physician to eliminate more serious concerns.

Tinnitus refers to the perception of sound when no external sounds are actually present.

Often described as a constant “ringing in the ears,” tinnitus can present itself as a variation of different types of sounds.

This may range from sounds of whistling to swooshing to buzzing.

Tinnitus is not a disease, but rather a symptom of an underlying problem.

Treatment begins with identifying its cause.

Common causes of tinnitus include: Auditory trauma – Exposure to loud noises can trigger tinnitus. This is common in situations of occupational noise. Think construction workers, landscapers, or musicians.

Workers in these fields can regularly face noise decimals upwards of 95-plus.

Hearing is put in harm’s way when constant exposure over 85 decimals occurs.

Age-related hearing loss – Age is the strongest predictor of hearing loss among adults aged 20-69, with the greatest amount of hearing loss in the 6069 age group. Tinnitus can result directly from hearing loss.

Earwax buildup – Excessive wax in the ear can cause tinnitus. The earwax that our bodies naturally produce helps clean, protect, and lubricate our ears.

However, when too much wax builds in our ears, our eardrums can become irritated and/or hearing loss may occur, which can lead to tinnitus.

If you’re experiencing noise in your ears that extends for a period of time, you should consider the following:

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Hearing aids – Particularly for those also suffering from hearing loss, hearing aids can reduce the impact of tinnitus.

When your actual hearing is improved, your tinnitus may become less noticeable.

more tolerable.

Tinnitus maskers – If you’re not suffering from hearing loss, an audiologist can fit you with a tinnitus masker.

This device looks like a hearing aid but instead produces sounds that “mask” tinnitus. These sounds make the tinnitus

White- or pink-noise devices – White noise, such as the steady whir of a fan, can help mask tinnitus. The same is true for pink noise, which refers to a balanced mix of high and low frequencies (e.g., waves crashing or leaves rustling).

These devices can be particularly helpful at night while sleeping and can be found for as low as $20. There are also apps that can be streamed on your phone or tablet for as little as $2.

Tinnitus retraining therapy – While this can be a more costly option (it’s typically not covered by insurance), tinnitus retraining therapy has shown positive results for those suffering from tinnitus.

It uses a combination of sound therapy and counseling to try to reduce a patient’s focus on tinnitus. The objective is to disassociate tinnitus with negative occurrences and associate it with positive occurrences.

This can help reduce stress often associated with tinnitus, which can make it worse.

Cases of tinnitus vary greatly. In some cases, it’s hardly noticeable until someone brings it up in conversation. On the other end of the spectrum, it can be so disruptive that it interferes with every part of your day.

Ultimately, if you are feeling bothered in any way by noise in your ears, you should immediately schedule an appointment with your doctor.

Author and licensed audiologist Dr. Leisa Lyles-DeLeon has over a decade of experience in clinical audiology, the hearing aid industry, and education and research.

Lyles-DeLeon is a board member of the District of Columbia and a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and the American Speech Language-Hearing Association.

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May is

Better Hearing & Speech Month Hearing Loss: How to Cope and How to Help

Approximately 1 in 3 people between the ages of 65 and 74 has hearing loss, and nearly half of those older than 75 have difficulty hearing.

But, some people may not want to admit they have trouble hearing.

Studies have shown that older adults with hearing loss have a greater risk of developing dementia than older adults with normal hearing.

Cognitive abilities (including memory and concentration) decline faster in older adults with hearing loss than in older adults with normal hearing. Treating hearing problems may be important for cognitive health.

• In a group, include people with hearing loss in the conversation.

Signs of Hearing Loss Some people have a hearing problem and don’t realize it. You should see your doctor if you:

• Do not hide your mouth, eat, or chew gum while speaking.

• Find a quiet place to talk to help reduce background noise, especially in restaurants and at social gatherings.

• Stand in good lighting and use facial expressions or gestures to give clues.

• Face the person and speak clearly. Maintain eye contact.

• Speak a little more loudly than normal, but don’t shout. Try to speak slowly, but naturally.

• Speak at a reasonable speed.

• Repeat yourself if necessary, using different words.

• Have trouble hearing over the telephone

• Try to make sure only one person talks at a time.

• Find it hard to follow conversations when two or more people are talking

• Be patient. Stay positive and relaxed.

• Often ask people to repeat what they are saying

• A sk how you can help.

• Need to turn up the TV volume so loud that others complain

Source: National Institute on Aging

• Have a problem hearing because of background noise • Think that others seem to mumble • Can’t understand when women and children speak to you How to Cope with Hearing Loss If you notice signs of hearing loss, talk to your doctor. If you have trouble hearing, you should:

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• Let people know you have a hearing problem.

• A sk people to face you and to speak more slowly and clearly. Also, ask them to speak louder without shouting.

• Pay attention to what is being said and to facial expressions or gestures.

• Let the person talking know if you do not understand what he or she said.

• A sk the person speaking to reword a sentence and try again.

• Find a good location to listen. Place yourself between the speaker and sources of noise and look for quieter places to talk.

• The most important thing you can do if you think you have a hearing problem is to seek professional advice. Your family doctor may be able to diagnose and treat your hearing problem. Or, your doctor may refer you to other experts, like an otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat doctor) or an audiologist (health professional who can identify and measure hearing loss).

How to Talk with Someone with Hearing Loss Here are some tips you can use when talking with someone who has a hearing problem:

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Older But Not Wiser

To Tell or Not to Tell Sy Rosen

through the line four or five times. And the meal always ended with me being the lookout and my mom stuffing dinner rolls into her purse. We didn’t think of it as cheating or being dishonest. We thought of it as survival.

But my folks acted this way because they lived through the Depression … through bread lines and soup kitchens.

Maybe it was time for me to change. After all, I didn’t live through those hard times.

I decided to ask some of my friends how they would act if they were undercharged.

A few of them quickly said they would tell. They were very proud of themselves, but I wasn’t sure if I believed them.

I then asked my buddy Larry. Larry and I have similar qualities (we are both very cheap).

“It depends,” he told me.

“On what?” I asked.

“Well, if it’s a small mom-and-pop store, I usually tell. But if it’s a large department store, I don’t tell.”

“Suppose it’s a large mom-and-pop store?” I asked.

“Then I don’t tell, but I feel guilty about it.”

My cousin Carl said he doesn’t tell because people are always trying to take advantage of him, so it’s his way of getting even.

“It’s the way of the world,” he told me.

After listening to my cynical cousin Carl, I decided to let my daughter be my role model. It’s best to be honest. After all, these places are trying to make a living.

And from now on, if I am undercharged, I will always tell. I will usually tell.

Sometimes I will tell. Once in a while I will tell. And I am very proud of my decision.

Sy Rosen has written for many TV shows, including The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, M.A.S.H., Maude, The Jeffersons, Rhoda, Frasier, Northern Exposure, and The Wonder Years. He now spends much of his time telling jokes to his grandkids and trying to convince his wife that he’s funny.

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I was having breakfast with my daughter Ann and my two granddaughters, Summer and Sienna.

There was a Sunday buffet at a neighborhood restaurant and my daughter was treating, which is great for two reasons: it shows she’s a mature, responsible grown-up, and secondly, I’m kind of cheap.

The bill came, and the waiter said he didn’t charge for Summer and Sienna because children under 5 get the buffet for free.

Ann quickly corrected the waiter, telling him that Sienna was 2 but Summer was already 5. And so the waiter added an additional $7.99 to the bill — the cost of a child’s buffet.

OK, it wasn’t my role to say anything, and I knew I shouldn’t overstep my boundaries as a grandfather.

However, the first words out of my mouth were, “Ann, why did you tell him?

Summer wouldn’t have been charged.”

“Dad, she’s 5 ½, and I can’t lie about that.”

My instinct was to give a very reasonable, logical response, and so I asked, “Why not?!”

“Because I want to teach Summer to be honest.”

At this point I lowered my voice so Summer wouldn’t hear me. She wasn’t really listening anyway because on her last trip to the buffet line she had discovered the pastry section, and she was now thoroughly engrossed in the messiest ways to eat a chocolate éclair.

“OK,” I whispered, “but 5 ½ is very close to being under 5. Your Aunt Esther is 70 and she tells everyone she’s 48.”

“Dad, that’s different.”

I decided not to go into how my parents acted when I was growing up. Back then, if I was under 12, I could get into the movies for a quarter, and therefore I was under 12 until I had to shave.

If we did go to a buffet, it wasn’t considered a success unless we went

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Cumberland County

Calendar of Events

Support Groups Free and open to the public Sundays, 7:15 p.m.

Outreach Al-Anon Family Group Meeting Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road Camp Hill (717) 448-7881 Other meeting times/locations at https://pa-al-anon.org Mondays, 7 p.m.

Hope on Simpson Al-Anon Family Group Meeting First United Methodist Church 135 W. Simpson St., Mechanicsburg (717) 448-7881 Other meeting times/locations at https://pa-al-anon.org Tuesdays, noon Anchor Al-Anon Family Group Meeting The Harbor 55 W. King St., Shippensburg (717) 448-7881 Other meeting times/locations at https://pa-al-anon.org May 1, 1:30 p.m.

The Bridges Support Group for the Alzheimer’s Association The Bridges at Bent Creek 2100 Bent Creek Blvd.

Mechanicsburg (717) 795-1100 May 1, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group Cumberland County Office of Aging 1100 Claremont Road, Carlisle (717) 240-6110 May 2, 5:30-7 p.m.

Better Breathers Chronic Lung Disease Support Group Ortenzio Heart Clinic at Geisinger Holy Spirit 503 N. 21st St., Camp Hill (717) 763-2775

May 2, 5:30-7 p.m.

Smoking Cessation Support Group Ortenzio Heart Clinic at Geisinger Holy Spirit 503 N. 21st St., Camp Hill (717) 763-2775 May 2, 6:30 p.m.

Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road Camp Hill (717) 557-9041 May 6, 4-5 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group Messiah Lifeways Meetinghouse 1155 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle (717) 243-0447 May 7, 6-7 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Support Group Senior Helpers 3806 Market St., Suite 3 Camp Hill (717) 920-0707 May 7, 6 p.m.

CanSurmount Cancer Support Group HealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 691-6786 May 8, 1:30 p.m.

Parkinson’s Support Group Bethany Village West Springfield Room 325 Asbury Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 877-0624 May 8, 6:30 p.m.

Amputee Support Team Meeting HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 834-5705 www.astamputees.com May 13, 1:30-3 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church

Senior Center Activities 310 Hertzler Road, Upper Allen Township (717) 766-8806 May 13, 6-7 p.m.

A Touch of Sugar: Diabetes Support Group Wegmans, 6416 Carlisle Pike Mechanicsburg (717) 763-2466 https://events.geisinger.org May 14, 6:30-8 p.m.

Carlisle Area Men’s Cancer Support Group The Live Well Center 3 Alexandria Court, Carlisle (717) 877-7561 sirbrady12@gmail.com May 15, 2-3 p.m.

Life Enrichment Group for Blind or Low-Vision Adults Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania Penn Apartments 1 West St., Carlisle (717) 238-2531 May 21, 1 p.m.

Caregiver Support Group Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren 501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg (717) 766-8880 May 21, 6:30 p.m.

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregivers Support Group Cumberland Crossings 1 Longsdorf Way, Carlisle (717) 243-0113 May 28, 6 p.m.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 486-3596 apcoulson@comcast.net

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NARFE West Shore Chapter 1465 VFW Post 7530 4545 Westport Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 774-4031 www.narfe1465.org Visitors welcome; meeting is free but fee for food.

Branch Creek Place – (717) 300-3563 115 N. Fayette St., Shippensburg Carlisle Senior Action Center – (717) 249-5007 20 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle Mary Schaner Senior Citizens Center (717) 732-3915 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola Mechanicsburg Place – (717) 697-5947 97 W. Portland St., Mechanicsburg West Shore Senior Citizens Center (717) 774-0409 122 Geary St., New Cumberland Submit senior center events to mjoyce@onlinepub.com.

Library Programs Amelia Givin Library, 114 N. Baltimore Ave., Mt. Holly Springs, (717) 486-3688 Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642 May 2, 6 p.m. – Jefferson’s Daughters May 7, 14, 21, 1:45 p.m. – M indfulness: Practicing the Art of Living May 24, 7 p.m. – M usic at Bosler: The Flat Wheels (Folk Rock) Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill, (717) 761-3900 May 2 and 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Free Blood Pressure Screenings May 13, 7 p.m. – H omeowners: Beware of Summer Hazards May 28, 7 p.m. – C elebrating Pete Seeger with Hard Travelin’ Band East Pennsboro Branch Library, 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola, (717) 732-4274 John Graham Public Library, 9 Parsonage St., Newville, (717) 776-5900

Community Programs

Mondays and Wednesdays, noon SilverSneakers Exercise Class Susquehanna View Apartments Community Room 208 Senate Ave., Camp Hill (717) 439-4070 jesseswoyer.com@gmail.com

Big Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-4478 91 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, Newville May 1, 9:30 a.m. – MindMatters: Pennsylvania Barns May 8, 9:30 a.m. – The Frys’ Travel Adventures May 17, 12:30-4:30 p.m. – A ARP Safe Driver Refresher Course

Joseph T. Simpson Public Library, 16 N. Walnut St., Mechanicsburg, (717) 766-0171 If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.

New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820 May 6 and 20, 10:30 a .m. to 12:30 p.m. – Monday Great Books Discussion Group May 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – M eet the Candidates Night for Borough Office Seekers May 18, 2-4 p.m. – C hildren’s Book Writers Critique Group

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Melinda’s Garden

Growing Your Own Cut Flowers Melinda Myers

Keep your flower vases filled all summer long with beautiful blossoms picked right from your own garden and containers.

Growing seeds, plants, and tender bulbs that can double as cut flowers makes it easy to create casual, fresh-cut bouquets for your dinner table, guest room, or to share with family and friends.

For early spring flowers, look to spring-blooming bulbs like tulips and daffodils and cool-weather annuals like pansies and snapdragons. Clipping branches from trees and shrubs such as forsythia, quince, and daphne is another good way to bring spring into your home.

Your perennial garden can provide bleeding heart, iris, hellebores, peonies, and much more.

If the selection in your own spring garden is limited, strike up a trade with a friend. Pick some of theirs in the spring and share some of yours in the summer. Then make a note to add more springblooming bulbs and perennials to your landscape.

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fall bouquets. These spring-planted bulbs Photo credit Longfield Gardens combine nicely with For easy bouquets, other summer flowers, plant a color-themed and they continue to blend such as the bloom well after other Sugar Plum Mix from flowers have faded in the Longfield Gardens. heat of late summer.

The flower-packed spikes of gladiolas are available in a rainbow of colors that will inspire your creativity. These inexpensive bulbs are easy to plant and take up very little space.

Pop them into containers, flowerbeds, or even your vegetable garden. Start planting in mid-spring and continue every two weeks until midsummer for months of colorful flower spikes.

With dahlias, you can choose from dozens of different flower sizes, styles, and colors. For easy, eye-catching bouquets, plant a color-themed blend. Another option is to select colors that will harmonize with flowers that are already in your gardens, such as phlox, sunflowers, asters, and lilies.

Hybrid lilies are perennial garden favorites as well as fabulous cut flowers.

Plant the bulbs of Asiatic lilies, Oriental lilies, and Oriental-trumpet lilies in spring for color and fragrance that lasts all summer long. To ensure months of flowers, be sure to plant a few bulbs of each type of lily.

Annuals play an essential role in any cut-flower garden. Extend your budget by starting zinnias, sunflowers, larkspur, and cosmos from seed, and supplement with greenhouse-grown transplants of snapdragons, celosia, amaranth, and statice.

Foliage can elevate an ordinary homegrown bouquet from good to great, and your garden can provide all sorts of interesting options. Incorporate the leaves of perennials such as hosta, baptisia, artemesia, and sage as well as flower farmer favorites such as bells of Ireland, bupleurum, and dusty miller.

Shrubs such as ninebark, boxwood, viburnum, and holly are another source of attractive foliage and some offer colorful berries as well.

Cutting and arranging flowers is a fun way to exercise your creativity and bring the beauty of your garden indoors. The more you do it, the easier it gets, and you’ll soon be sharing your flowers with friends, neighbors, family, coworkers, and everyone who stops by.

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Art and Antiques

Easy Art Terms Dr. Lori Verderame

The art world can be a mysterious one. If you learn a little bit about the various media and materials used, you can take some of the mystery out of collecting art.

Here are some easy art terms to aid the novice: Oil: Paint made with natural oils (linseed, walnut, etc.) used as a binder with the color or pigment. Oil paint can be applied onto canvas, paper, wood panel, or linen support.

Acrylic: A synthetic (not natural) resin that dries faster than oil paint and binds the resin with the color or pigment.

Tempera: An age-old water-based paint using egg yolks as a binding agent. American master Andrew Wyeth was best known for reviving this Renaissance technique during the 1900s.

Watercolor: Similar to gouache but without the addition of gum. Water is mixed with ground color or pigment.

The result is a lighter-weight surface texture on paper.

Gouache: Similar to watercolor but with the addition of gum and water to the ground color or pigment. The result is a heavier surface texture on paper.

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as an oil on canvas, depending on the work’s artist, age, condition, subject matter, quality, and other factors.

While oil paintings are most traditional and oil paint is one of the oldest methods used by studio artists, acrylic has become widely accepted by collectors of 20thcentury paintings and contemporary artists.

Acrylic paint enjoyed widespread use in the late 1900s and continues to be used today by artists internationally. Oil paints were introduced in the early 1500s and were used with impressive results by the northern European artists of the time.

Tempera paint dates back to the Renaissance period (1400s) and beforehand. It was commonly applied to wooden panels and board and later on canvas and linen supports too.

Watercolors and gouaches are difficult to master and attract many artists and collectors. The delicacy with which these compositions are executed remains of interest to many collectors in various subjects.

Whatever medium you collect, be sure to review the artist’s credentials, sales records, condition, exhibition record (museum status), and subject matter as you build your collection.

Dr. Lori Verderame is an author and award-winning TV personality who appears on History channel’s The Curse of Oak Island. With a Ph.D. from Penn State University and experience appraising 20,000 antiques every year, Dr. Lori presents antique appraisal events nationwide. Visit www.drloriv.com or call (888) 431-1010.

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