50plus LIFE Cumberland County September 2018

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September 2018 • Vol. 19 No. 9

Senior Scams Evolve: Ploys Continue to Defraud Older Adults page 4

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highlights from senior games page 17

Grief Relief

Victor Parachin

How Sheryl Sandberg Made Her Way Out of Grief but from undiagnosed coronary artery disease.

“Not everything that happens to us is because of us,” she writes.

Pervasiveness – Thinking that a traumatic event will color everything forever.

As she began to blame herself less and as the intensity of grief began to ease, she started to notice that “not everything was terrible. My kids were crying less and sleeping through the night. We had financial resources and a wide circle of support. I have a job I love.”

When Sheryl Sandberg’s husband, aged 47, died suddenly, she experienced a fear that was “constant” and a feeling that the “anguish would never subside.”

Sandberg, an American technology executive, recently authored the book, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy (with Adam Grant). There, Sandberg explains how she found the ways to climb out of bereavement.

She learned to become more resilient. “Resilience is like a muscle,” she writes. “It can be strengthened. But planting seeds of resilience and knowing they would eventually yield emotional stamina gave me hope.”

Permanence – The idea that the grief and pain she felt were permanent.

Photo Credit: Drew Altizer However, life is impermanent and changing constantly.

Sheryl Sandberg Gradually, “the fog of intense pain began to lift now and then.”

As she began to feel and function better, she realized “that dealing with grief was like building physical endurance — you discover strength you didn’t know you had.”

She avoided the three P’s. The three P’s, first written about by psychologist Martin Seligman, Ph.D., were the very tendencies that initially kept Sandberg from moving through grief.

They are: Personalization – The belief that she was at fault for what happened.

“At first I blamed myself for Dave’s death, worrying incessantly that I could have saved him if only I’d gotten to him sooner after he fell off the treadmill.”

An autopsy proved that her husband died in seconds — not from the fall,

She told others what she needed. Sandberg’s struggle and loneliness were compounded by daily interactions with others that made her feel worse “because others weren’t acknowledging what I was going through, out of politeness or awkwardness.”

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She decided to write about how she felt on Facebook. The impact of her posts brought immediate, positive support.

“Many began acknowledging what I was going through. They couldn’t make it go away, but they could say, ‘I see it.’”

my overwhelming feelings and my all-too-many regrets.”

On a daily basis for six months, Sandberg would write down three things she had done well that day. She learned that “people who suffer can bounce forward.” That’s the goal she had in mind for herself and her children.

She followed the platinum rule. Sandberg knew the “golden” rule: to treat others as you want to be treated.

When it comes to trauma, however, “we need to up our game and follow the platinum rule,” she says. “Treat others as they want to be treated.”

By becoming more in tune with a person’s suffering, we can respond with “understanding and thoughtful action,” she says.

She allowed herself to reclaim joy. “Slowly, very slowly, a new sense of perspective began seeping into my daily life,” she writes. “It is the irony of all ironies to experience tragedy and come out of it feeling more grateful.”

Sandberg began experiencing a greater appreciation for the parts of her life she took for granted: “family, friends, and simply being alive.”

She let herself bounce forward. To do this, Sandberg found that journaling was extremely helpful. Writing about her life after loss helped her “sort through

Victor M. Parachin, M.Div., is a grief counselor, bereavement educator, and author of several books, including Healing Grief.

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Senior Scams Evolve: Ploys Continue to Defraud Older Adults

By Ismat Mangla Last October, my family members received a phone call from a company dubbed Utility Savings Expert, whose website (utilitysavingsexpert.net) features the tagline, “We are here to help you,” but omits the second half of the sentence: “… separate you from your money.”

The pitch was enticing: Utility Savings Expert claimed they could help customers save up to 50 percent on various bills, including cellphone, cable, electric, and more.

All you had to do was share your account information in order for them to pay the bill on your behalf. Once you checked to make sure the bill was covered, you simply wired the company half the full amount due.

The offer was so tempting that my family members, who are retired and live on a fixed income, decided to try it with their Sprint phone bill. They gave the scammers their Sprint account information, and a few days later, sure enough, their $250 bill had been paid in full.

Satisfied, they agreed to send half the amount to the Utility Savings Expert company. The catch? They could only send payment via wire transfer, not check or credit card.

That should have been a glaring red flag, says Brandy Bauer of the National Council on Aging.

“Legitimate companies won’t require you to pay only by wire transfer or reloadable debit card,” she says.

It wasn’t until about a month and a half after they wired the money that they noticed something wrong.

Sprint was charging them an additional $250 because a payment made on their account weeks ago had been reversed.

Here’s what most likely happened: The scammers called the issuer of the credit card they used to make the payment and alleged that it was a fraudulent charge — so the bank reversed the charge.

Of course, the victims were out the money they wired and still had to pay their Sprint bill.

New Twist on a Familiar Scam Phone scams targeting older Americans are certainly not new.

In fact, a 2015 study by True Link Financial estimates that seniors lose more than $36 billion each year to various kinds of financial abuse, including scams that prey on victims by luring them to send money over the phone.

And that’s just the ones that are known: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates that only 1 in 44 financial crimes against elders is

actually reported.

What is new, however, is the way fraudsters lure their targets. Criminals continually invent new ways to entrap unsuspecting Americans — very often seniors — into giving out personal information or money over the phone.

The Evolution of a Scam Scammers are also experts at developing sophisticated and convincing stories to persuade you to work with them. When I called Utility Savings Expert posing as a customer to inquire about their services, I asked how they were able to offer these discounts.

“We have accounts and contracts with service providers all over the U.S.,” said Naveed, who declined to give me his last name. He added that the company earned gift cards from these contracts, which they used to pay the bills.

They could then pass on the savings to customers, whom they only charged half the price of the bill due. This explanation was convincing enough for my relatives to fall for the scam. (When I called the company a second time, no one answered or returned my calls.)

None of the scam experts I spoke to had ever heard of this particular phone scam, nor did a Google search turn up any information on the company. But neither were they surprised by the phone scam’s new incarnation.

“I’ve heard and seen a lot of phone scams, but not that one,” says Curtis Bailey, an elder law attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, who also hosts a fraud podcast called Scamcast.

“These scammers just continue to evolve and change. I can see how easy it would be for people to fall victim to this one, because who doesn’t want to pay less for a phone or utility bill?”

Frank Dorman, of the Federal Trade Commission, which handles these types of scams, says that the agency has never logged this particular scheme.

The FTC advises never to do business with someone unless you know and trust them — and especially never to send money or financial account information.

“In this case, a phone call to the utility company should reveal whether or not the utility has an arrangement with a third party, and if not, which is likely, report the scam to state and local law enforcement and the FTC,” says Dorman.

Another twist in this particular scheme: The scammers spoke to my relatives in Urdu, which is their native language. Bailey says that doesn’t surprise him at all, as fraudsters will often exploit affinity relationships to build trust. www.50plusLifePA.com

“A lot of people don’t understand that what makes scammers more effective is that they will push certain emotional levers, like fear and greed. But another one is sympathy,” says Bailey. “A victim might think, ‘I identify with the caller and trust him because he’s speaking my native tongue.’

“This is just another tactic these criminals use to generate a false sense of trust so the victim will be manipulated into sending money or give out personal information.”

The Likely Victims Indeed, True Link Financial’s study concluded that $6.7 billion worth of senior scams occur because the criminals take advantage of a trusting relationship to scam seniors.

Amy Nofziger, a fraud expert at AARP, says that scammers specifically target older Americans because they are more likely to be successful with them.

Older adults often don’t want to seem rude on the phone, and they are often more vulnerable because they are living on fixed incomes. Many older Americans have also built up some wealth, making them an attractive target.

And while cognitive decline can certainly contribute to a victim’s vulnerability, you don’t have to experience cognitive decline to be a victim. In fact, a new study in the American Journal of Public Health concluded that each year, 1 in 18 “cognitively intact” older adults becomes a victim of financial scams or abuse.

And once someone is the target of a phone scam or other fraud scheme, it’s very likely they will be targeted again, says Nicole K. Parshall, a staff attorney who specializes in consumer protection at the Center for Elder Law and Justice in Buffalo, New York.

“These criminals share ‘suckers’ lists — they are a commodity bought and sold between various scammers. They also target people who engage in certain activities, like playing the lottery or things like Publisher’s Clearing House,” she says.

Because these crimes often go unreported and cause a lot of shame and embarrassment to the targets, they are even more susceptible to falling victim more than once.

How to Avoid Being Scammed Whether a phone scammer is enticing you to save money on your utilities, threatening to shut off your electricity unless you pay an outstanding bill immediately, or pitching an unbelievably “low-cost” vacation opportunity, the most important thing you can do is to simply hang up the phone.

“We tell people to screen their calls and not pick up unless they recognize the number,” says Parshall. “And if you did pick up, the second someone asks for any personal information or anything to do with money, just hang up.

Don’t feel bad about it — you did not invite them in. They’re entering your space.”

If you have entered into a conversation with someone who is trying to sell you a product or convince you to engage in a service, tell them you need some time to think about it. No legitimate offer or service is going to evaporate after you hang up the phone.

“If something sparks your interest, hang up anyway, do your own research, and run it by a family member or friend,” says Parshall. “Sometimes just hearing yourself say it out loud is enough to give you pause.”

Giving yourself time also allows your more rational urges to kick in.

And remember that no legitimate company is going to limit your payment method, which is what Utility Savings Expert did. They claimed they could not receive payment by check or credit card — only wire transfers.

Similarly, a legitimate operation will never ask you to volunteer personal information, like your Social Security number or even account data. That’s another huge red flag.

If your utility company, for example, needed to contact you for an outstanding balance, they would never do it over the phone until you’d received numerous written notices from them. And even then, they would never ask you to offer personal information. www.50plusLifePA.com

If you are concerned, hang up and call your utility company using the number indicated on your written statement.

What to Do If You Become a Victim Prevention is vital in these situations because in most cases, it can be difficult to recover swindled money.

But if you have been defrauded, the first thing you should do is file a police report. That is an important step in getting things on the record — and may help in getting your money back from the bank.

For example, my relatives should file a police report and then take it to their bank to demonstrate that they were defrauded. In some cases, the bank might make you whole.

“With a wire transfer, your recourse is to go back to the bank, show them the police report, explain everything that happened, and they might replace the money,” says Bailey. “Every bank treats these kinds of situations differently.”

Parshall adds that while some police departments may give you pushback, persist in getting that report filed because it can be used to help you set up a permanent fraud alert, and as evidence, if the issue comes back to haunt you further.

Next, you may also want to report it to the FBI or to relevant state and federal agencies. You can file complaints with the Federal Trade Commission.

Your state’s attorney general office is also a good place to log the incident; they may have a division devoted specifically to such scams.

You should also check with your county or state to see if they have an organization devoted to helping seniors with financial fraud. Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services’ Adult Protective Services agency can be reached at (717) 736-7116 or (800) 490-8505.

“The biggest hurdle we have in getting people to open up and report these things is that they’re embarrassed, angry, [and] fearful, which makes them reluctant,” says Bailey.

“But we encourage people to speak out. The key is to be vigilant, be educated, learn as much as you can about the scams out there. Be open. Don’t be afraid to talk to your family about it. It goes both ways — from kids to parents and vice versa.”

I talked to my own relatives about their experience, who did feel some embarrassment at being duped. But they also said they learned their lesson and don’t plan to answer phone calls from people they don’t know in the future — a lesson that cost them $200. It’s a mistake they don’t plan to repeat.

This article originally appeared on the Experian blog (www.experian.com/blogs/ ask-experian/my-relatives-fell-for-this-new-scam-be-on-the-lookout).

Ismat Sarah Mangla is an award-winning veteran journalist whose writing has appeared in Time, Fortune, Money, CNNMoney, Quartz, MarketWatch, Al Jazeera America, International Business Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Detroit Free Press, and Michigan Alumnus magazine.

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and the fifth-leading cause of death for individuals age 65 and older. This devastating and debilitating disease is the ultimate thief — of memories, independence, control, time, and, ultimately, life.

And the disease is often dealt with in silence. Those facing the disease feel a stigma surrounding their diagnosis and often don’t seek the support they need.

At the Alzheimer’s Association, we hear from individuals daily that they “feel alone.” Family and friends stop visiting because of “abnormal” behavior — a symptom of the disease — and caregivers become more and more isolated.

We want patients and their families to know that there is hope, and there is help, through the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Pennsylvania.

September 29, 2018 Overlook Park, Lancaster

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There are more than 5 million Americans currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia and more than 15 million caregivers.

In Pennsylvania alone, there are more than 400,000 individuals diagnosed.

We are here to provide education and support to the millions who face dementia every day, while advancing critical research toward methods of treatment and prevention, ultimately to end Alzheimer’s disease.

We have offices locally and support groups throughout the region for those facing this disease to meet with others in similar situations.

We also host the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. This is the association’s largest annual awareness and fundraising event, which occurs during the fall. The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is a day of hope, an opportunity — a day we all come together to see that we’re not alone in our fight.

Some walk to honor and remember those they have lost. Some walk to share stories of living with Alzheimer’s or related dementias. Some walk so that future generations won’t have to face the debilitating and devastating effects of the disease. Some walk because they want to help make a difference and bring this disease to the forefront.

The money raised allows our chapter to contribute to research to find a cure.

These funds also help support programs and services that advance accurate and timely diagnosis of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

In addition, money raised ensures significant increases to affordable, highquality care and support for people with the disease and their caretakers.

Help us break the silence and start the conversation. Join us, along with thousands of others in your community, at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Local walks include: Saturday, Sept. 29 Overlook Park, Lancaster Registration at 8:30 a.m.

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Saturday, Oct. 6 City Island, Harrisburg Registration at 10 a.m.

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Saturday, Oct. 20 John Rudy Park, York Registration at 8:30 a.m.

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Register today at www.alz.org/walk or call our helpline, available 24 hours, seven days a week, at (800) 272-3900.

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Registration Open for Pa.’s LGBTQ Aging Summit Registration for Pennsylvania’s Inaugural LGBTQ Aging Summit is now open.

As a result of grassroots efforts made by numerous LGBTQ and senior advocacy groups, the summit will be held Oct. 9-10 in Harrisburg.

“As we developed Pennsylvania’s 2016-2020 State Plan on Aging, we heard from many stakeholders who were calling for increased cultural competency, a better focus on serving diverse and hard-to-reach populations, and overall improvement of awareness and access to services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer older Pennsylvanians and their caregivers,” said Secretary of Aging Teresa Osborne.

“We intend for this summit to serve as the catalyst to connect the aging-services network directly with the LGBTQ senior community so that together we can help drive muchneeded change to better serve this population.”

To plan for the summit, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging partnered with numerous LGBTQ and aging stakeholders.

“The summit will present a

great opportunity for LGBTQ older Pennsylvanians to directly engage with the provider networks responsible for caring for us as we grow older,” said LGBT Elder Initiative founder Heshie Zinman.

“By bringing together LGBTQ older adult communities and agingservices providers, we have the opportunity to better understand barriers to accessing services and to develop strategies that will improve the care of our LGBTQ seniors statewide.”

In addition to coordinating the first statewide LGBTQ aging summit, the Department of Aging is represented on Gov. Wolf’s LGBT Workgroup, has held training sessions to improve cultural competency inside aging services for LGBTQ older adults, and has participated in roundtable discussions to hear directly from the LGBTQ community on how to better meet their needs.

To learn more about Pennsylvania’s Inaugural LGBTQ Aging Summit or to register to attend, visit ltltrainingpa.org. For more on the Department of Aging, visit aging. pa.gov.

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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 www.pa-al-anon.org

Sept. 5, 7 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group Cumberland County Office of Aging 1100 Claremont Road, Carlisle (717) 240-6110 Sept. 6, 5:30-7 p.m.

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

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 www.pa-al-anon.org

Sept. 6, 5:30-7 p.m.

Smoking Cessation Support Group Ortenzio Heart Clinic Geisinger Holy Spirit 503 N. 21st St., Camp Hill (717) 763-2775

Tuesdays, noon Anchor Al-Anon Family Group Meeting The Harbor 55 W. King St., Shippensburg (717) 448-7881 Other meeting times/locations at www.pa-al-anon.org

Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m.

Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill (717) 557-9041 Sept. 10, 1:30-3 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church 310 Hertzler Road Upper Allen Township (717) 766-8806

Sept. 4, 6 p.m.

CanSurmount Cancer Support Group HealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 691-6786 Sept. 4, 6-7 p.m.

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

Sept. 10, 6 p.m.

A Touch of Sugar: Diabetes Support Group Wegmans 6416 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg (717) 763-2466 https://events.geisinger.org

Sept. 5, 1:30 p.m.

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

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Sept. 11, 6:30-8 p.m.

Carlisle Area Men’s Cancer Support Group The Live Well Center

Senior Center Activities 3 Alexandria Court, Carlisle (717) 877-7561 sirbrady12@gmail.com Sept. 12, 1:30 p.m.

Parkinson’s Support Group Bethany Village West Springfield Room 325 Asbury Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 877-0624 Sept. 12, 5-6 p.m.

Weight Loss Support Group Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital Auditorium 503 N. 21st St., Camp Hill (717) 761-7244, ext. 5 https://events.geisinger.org Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m.

Amputee Support Team Meeting HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 834-5705 www.astamputees.com Sept. 18, 6:30 p.m.

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregivers Support Group Cumberland Crossings 1 Longsdorf Way, Carlisle (717) 243-0113 Sept. 20, 1 p.m.

Caregiver Support Group Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren 501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg (717) 766-8880 Sept. 25, 6 p.m.

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

Library Programs Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642 Sept. 12, 1-2:30 p.m. – Wicked Wednesday Book Group Se pt. 24 – Oct. 15 (Mondays), 6-7:15 p.m. – Course: Foundations of U.S. Law and Government Sept. 28, 7 p.m. – Music at Bosler: Abby and Micah Dunn Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill, (717) 761-3900 Sept. 14, 4-7:30 p.m. – Blood Drive with Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank Sept. 20-23, times vary – Friends Fall Book and Media Sale Sept. 24, 7 p.m. – Fredricksen Reads: When the English Fall New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820 Sept. 3 and 17, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Monday Great Books Discussion Group Sept. 11, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Book Review Program: The History of Mt. Gretna Sept. 15, 2-4 p.m. – Children’s Book Writers Critique Group

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Big Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-4478 91 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, Newville Mondays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. – Zumba Gold Sept. 19 , 9:30 a.m. – MindMatters Program: Food, Glorious Food – Satisfaction without the Guilt Sept. 21, noon – Discussion/Presentation: Worried about Someone’s Driving?

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.

Community Programs

Free and open to the public

Mondays and Wednesdays, noon SilverSneakers Exercise Class Susquehanna View Apartments Community Room 208 Senate Ave., Camp Hill (717) 439-4070 jesseswoyer.com@gmail.com Sept. 12, 11:30 a.m.

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.

Sept. 29, 11 a.m.

New Cumberland Town Band Performance New Cumberland Borough Park 517 Front St., New Cumberland www.nctownband.org Sept. 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

New Cumberland Apple Festival New Cumberland Borough Park 517 Front St., New Cumberland (717) 319-4421

If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.

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Melinda’s Garden

Discover the Beauty of Double Tulips Melinda Myers

Celebrate the National Garden Bureau’s Year of the Tulip in a big way by planting double-flowered tulip varieties this fall for a showy display next spring.

Flower arrangers love the big, bold blossoms that resemble peonies, and you’ll love their impressive blooms in your garden and containers.

Plant double tulips in small, informal clusters of seven or more bulbs scattered throughout your gardens. Or combine them with other types of tulips, spring-flowering bulbs, and perennials. And be sure to add extras to enjoy as cut flowers.

Plant the early-blooming variety Margarita with grape hyacinths for multiple layers of color and fragrance.

These violet-purple double tulips are ideal for perennial gardens, and after they bloom, the perennials will help

mask the double declining tulip Monte Orange. bulb Its brilliant foliage. Add tangerine even more impact by blossoms have a pairing sunny them with yellow other earlycenter, and flowering the flowers pink and get even red tulips.

Photo credit: Longfield-Gardens.com Turn up Margarita is an early-blooming tulip variety that showier the heat produces stunning deep-purple to violet double as they mature. with the blossoms.

Combine warm tones this variety with yellow daffodils for of honey gold, apricot, and peach found in Foxy Foxtrot. This tulip greater impact and a longer display.

Fill in the mid-spring garden with looks great when paired with purple, pink, and even red flowers. Like other some classic Darwin Hybrid tulips, such as Blushing Apeldoorn, Apricot doubles, it makes a great cut flower.

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Then create a grand finale of blooms by planting a few of the latespring double tulips. Include Crème Upstar, with its sweetly fragrant pastel blooms that change from cream and pale yellow to apricot, pink, and rose.

It’s an exceptional cut flower for your spring bouquets.

Or add an array of jewel tones with a designer collection of double late tulips. The Parade of Pink Mix includes four varieties of fragrant double late tulips in white, pink, rose, and magenta.

Say a cheery goodbye to spring with the Yellow Pomponette/Sun Lover combination. These double latetulip varieties pair lemon yellow with blood orange, and together they make a nice addition to any sunny spot in the landscape. please see TULIPS page 14

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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori

The Oprah Exhibition Lori Verderame

“Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture” exhibition opened in June at the National Museum of African American History and Culture of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the exhibition will be on view through June 2019.

The exhibition explores the era that shaped Oprah Winfrey’s life and early career in television and continues to highlight the impact of her long-running television talk show, which dominated daytime television for 25 years.

Also, “Watching Oprah” shows how Winfrey and her work in broadcast journalism have influenced American popular culture.

Featuring original artifacts from Harpo Studios in Chicago and from

Photo credit: Lindsey Koren (Smithsonian)

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Photo credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Oprah Winfrey.

Suit worn by Winfrey on the car-giveaway episode, 2004.

the Smithsonian collections, such as photographs, video clips, other vintage materials, the exhibition was co-curated by Rhea Combs and Kathleen Kendrick.

Artifacts have been part of Winfrey’s allure for some time, and the television powerhouse is no stranger to art, antiques, and collectibles. At a recent auction of her personal belongings, Winfrey sold off many items that no longer fit the way she wants to live.

As is the case with many of my appraisal clients, Winfrey found as she prepared to sell her objects that the items she had bought and lived with sparked emotions, carry memories, and are difficult to part with.

An important tip I share with my clients when I consult with them and conduct in-home appraisal sessions or video chat appraisals is to select 10 precious objects that you just will not give up. After that, prioritize objects that you can sell by getting input from family members.

Did you know that Winfrey loves dolls? She noted in an interview that she was not allowed to have dolls growing up, so as an adult, she collected antique and vintage dolls.

Winfrey’s rare, dark-skinned Jumeau doll from the 1800s was an object she put a high priority on and was not willing to sell. You may have items like this in your collection too.

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The auction Winfrey sold off a massive raised hundreds 19th-century of thousands of French crystal dollars to further chandelier the education of all the graduates attributed to of Oprah’s Baccarat; an original canvas Leadership Academy for Girls banner for her film, The Color in South Africa.

The exhibition Purple; a brass at the Smithsonian bed designed will certainly especially for attract many napping; comfy sofas from her visitors and give Photo credit: Lindsey Koren (Smithsonian) movie-screening Oprah Winfrey speaking in June at the patrons a look room; a set of opening reception for the “Watching at how a talk show host with a library steps; Oprah” exhibit at the National armoires in Museum of African American History vision can have a and Culture of the Smithsonian major impact on various woods Institution in Washington, D.C. American culture and styles; chairs and the future of from her office at education around the globe.

Harpo Studios dating to circa 1996; Staffordshire lions; and the list goes Dr. Lori Verderame is the author, Ph.D. on.

Winfrey likes fine French antiques, antiques appraiser, and award-winning such as a French Empire period chaise TV personality on History channel’s The Curse of Oak Island. Dr. Lori provides with melon-shaped feet and a set expert appraisals and consulting services th of six 18 -century Louis XVI-style for art/antiques. Visit www.DrLoriV.com armchairs with hand-embroidered or call (888) 431-1010. upholstery.

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Chapel Pointe Breaks Ground on New Community

Tom & Randi LaNasa “MEMORY MUSIC”

Attention: RETIREMENT HOMES, CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS. Looking for entertainment?

We are currently booking our 2018 Christmas Show for holiday parties.

We are also booking our variety and specialty shows for 2019.

We have many variety shows featuring the music from the 1930s to the 60s.

Songs by legendary artists like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Kay Starr, Dean Martin, Patsy Cline, and the Mills Brothers.

John Hockensmith; Ruth Jarrett; Rev. Timothy Keller, president of the board of directors; and Deborah Sprague, executive director, break ground on Chapel Pointe’s second campus, Pointe Place.

A ceremony at Chapel Pointe in Carlisle commemorated the groundbreaking of Chapel Pointe’s second campus — an independent living townhome community — called Pointe Place.

Located along Ritner Highway, Pointe Place will provide a standalone community of 12 townhomes and a community building on 1.5 acres.

Each resident also has access to all of the healthcare services and recreational opportunities offered 2 miles away at Chapel Pointe.

The $5 million project began in July with scheduled completion in late summer 2019.

Specialty shows include …

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Fast Foot Facts • The human foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles and tendons.

• 75 percent of Americans will experience foot problems at one time or another in their lives.

• Humans have nearly 8,000 nerves in our feet.

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• Compared to fingernails, toenails grow much more slowly — about 1 mm a month.

• The average adult takes 4,000-6,000 steps a day.

• Sixty million Americans, or 25 percent of the U.S. population, have flat feet.

• Feet are spreading to support extra weight as our populations pack on the pounds. According to a 2014 study by the College of Podiatry in the U.K., the average foot has increased two sizes since the 1970s.

• Sweat glands in the feet produce approximately half a pint of perspiration daily.

• It’s rare that two feet are exactly the same; one of them is often larger than the other.

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The Bookworm Sez

Retirement Reinvention Terri Schlichenmeyer

You’ve handed in your keys.

It was a bittersweet moment, that pass-along. Cleaning out your workspace was no big deal, a last trip to the lunchroom felt like any other day. But those keys … that part really got to you.

Retirement Reinvention by Robin Ryan will help when your next thought is, “Well, now what?”

Even for the happy retiree, that’s a hard question to answer, and it’s doubly hard if you were forced to leave your job. “What next” needs planning — financially, personally, and socially — and you need to be sure that you don’t “fail at retirement.”

To begin, push aside the myths you’ve heard, and figure out what your new life looks like. Who will you be when you’re retired? What will

make you happy?

What will you do with the next 20-30 years?

How will you stay relevant and engaged while avoiding the stress of your old career?

If you are part of a couple, keep in mind that you will be together a lot more. If you are single, you may miss the social connections of work. It’s best to recognize issues now and learn to adjust to new ways of being.

Downsizing may be in your plans for the near future, but Ryan recommends you put that on temporary hold. Moving is expensive, hard, and a big adjustment; leaving a beloved home and a beloved job at the same time could be very difficult.

Make your hobbies pay off — and if you need ideas, start on Retirement Reinvention page 49. Consider

By Robin Ryan working part-time c. 2018, Penguin for a temp agency 284 pages that will take advantage of your interests and latent skills, or look for a “helper” position that allows flexibility.

Open a small business, become a tour guide around town, get a pet, or find a volunteer position with animals; in fact, volunteer anywhere you feel there’s a need.

Finally, before you do anything at all, “test-drive first.” Try on new tasks. Rent before buying. You’ll have a happier retirement when you step carefully.

Two or three decades of not hitting an alarm clock: It’s a wonderful thought — for a while, and then it might be scary. Oddly enough, it seems like leaving the work world can be a full-time job in itself, but Retirement Reinvention will make it all right.

With most books on retirement, money issues are front and center, but author Robin Ryan focuses on happiness within financial concerns: You’ll absolutely find money advice here, but it’s mixed with reminders that your future could be wide open. please see REINVENTION page 19

TULIPS from page 9 Check out Longfield Gardens’ article (longfield-gardens.com/article/ tulips-by-bloom-time) for a list of tulips by bloom time. Then make your selections so you can enjoy six weeks or more of tulip blooms in your spring garden.

Be sure to order early for the greatest selection of tulip and other spring bulb varieties. For best results, purchase large, firm bulbs from a reliable source, and store them in a cool, dark place until you are ready to plant.

Grow tulips in a sunny or partially shaded location with good drainage. Keep in mind that those shady spots in the landscape may provide sufficient sunlight for your tulips in spring before the trees leaf out.

Wait for the soil to cool to begin

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planting. This is usually mid- to late fall after a hard frost and before the ground freezes. Place the bulbs 4-5 inches apart on center and about 6-7 inches deep in properly prepared soil with good drainage. Add a lownitrogen, slow-release fertilizer and water thoroughly.

Then relax and enjoy your fall garden and all the beauty winter brings as you wait for the eruption of color in your garden and containers next spring.

Melinda Myers has written more than 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses’ How to Grow Anything: Food Gardening For Everyone DVD set and the nationally syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment TV and radio segments. www.melindamyers.com

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Fifties Flashback

‘Don’t Worry … He Sees Us’ Randal C. Hill

Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper once saw James Dean as an obnoxious attention-seeker in the Marlon Brando vein (she abhorred Brando) and even labeled Dean “another dirty shirttail actor.”

Then she saw East of Eden, underwent an instant conversion, and enthused, “I couldn’t remember ever having seen a young man with such power.”

James Byron Dean was born in Marion, Indiana, on Feb. 8, 1931, the only child of Winton and Mildred Dean. The family moved to Santa Monica, California, where Winton worked as a dental technician.

Mildred died of cancer in 1940, and Winton sent his young son back to Indiana to live with his grandparents on their Fairmount farm.

At Fairmount High School Dean excelled in dramatics and public speaking and lettered in baseball and basketball. After his 1949 graduation he returned James Byron Dean to California to live with his father and stepmother.

Dean considered becoming a lawyer but eventually pursued a stronger passion when he enrolled at UCLA to study drama.

Early in 1951 he left school to chase his acting dreams. He moved to New York, won some minor TV roles, and studied method acting in Lee Strasberg’s Actors Studio, where Dean’s idol, Marlon Brando, had once been a student.

In 1954 director Elia Kazan sought “a Brando” for the role of Cal Trask in Kazan’s forthcoming movie East of Eden, based on John Steinbeck’s novel.

Kazan hired the churlish actor, later allowing him to improvise a few East of Eden scenes. (Steinbeck had instantly disliked the sullen superstar-to-be when they first met.)

Two more Dean films followed. Rebel Without a Cause, his ticket to stardom, had him (at age 24) playing troubled adolescent Jim Stark. In Giant, Dean portrayed Jett Rink, a Texas ranch hand who strikes oil and becomes rich.

Away from the movie set, Dean nurtured a second passion: auto racing. On Sept. 30, 1955, he and Porsche mechanic pal Rolf Wutherich roared north from Los Angeles, bound for a race in Salinas, near the Bay Area. Dean was behind the wheel of his powerful new Porsche 550 Spyder.

That afternoon, at a deserted intersection near the central California village

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of Cholame, Dean ran his car into a 1950 Ford being driven by college student Donald Turnupseed, who had turned into the Porsche’s path.

Turnupseed and Wutherich survived the crash, but Dean broke his neck and died at the scene. His ironic final words to Wutherich: “Don’t worry, that guy’ll stop. He sees us.”

At the time, only East of Eden had been released, and Dean wasn’t famous yet. Rebel Without a Cause — his best-known work — premiered three days after his demise, and Giant wouldn’t open until 1956.

But his death created a tsunami of posthumous worship, and he remains to this day one of the iconic Tinseltown superstars of the 1950s.

James Dean once said, “If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, I mean, if he can live on after he’s died, then maybe he was a great man.”

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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Dear Pharmacist

Vitamin K2 is a Powerful Prostate Cancer Fighter Suzy Cohen

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Couples have I’m sure you won’t plans, but after see commercials the C-word is about it. dropped, those And K2 is not plans change to something you unite a couple have to buy; it’s in the medical commonly found process. in foods that most After skin of us already enjoy, cancer, prostate such as salads, green cancer is the most vegetables, and September is Prostate widespread cancer green super-foods, Cancer Awareness Month as well as some meat among men, affecting 1 in 7 and cheese. every single year. Prostate cancer is There are also supplements sold also the third-leading cause of cancer without a prescription at health-food death, after lung and colorectal cancer, stores; however, I encourage you to according to the American Cancer ask your physician if these are right for Society. you, as K2 can interfere with bloodThe good news is some significant thinning medications. strides are being made in the For people with cancer in the prevention of prostate cancer as well healing process, their No. 1 goal is as the treatment of advanced prostate to stop the spread of cancer to other cancer. In fact, we have now learned organs and tissues, termed metastasis. that one remarkable nutrient can When prostate cancer is caught early have wondrous cancer-fighting and on, before it has spread to many other preventative properties for all kinds of organs, the interventions are more cancers. useful.

You might have thought vitamin C Vitamin K2 has also proven to have or D3, but you’d be wrong. It’s actually neuroprotective effects upon the brain: vitamin K2. lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s and Vitamin K2 is proving to be a dementia; shuttling calcium out of marvelous ally in the war on prostate the arteries and to the bones, where cancer. In fact, K2 and vitamin D3 it hardens and strengthens them; work harmoniously together for a wide helping wounds and bones heal faster; range of diseases. improving skin; and — now hear this Higher levels of K2 and higher — reversing wrinkles as well. intake of K2 are associated with lower Vitamin K2 is found in foods such prostate cancer risk, and vitamin K2 as dairy products, meat, and dark, leafy deficiency status has been found in green, such as Swiss chard, spinach, most men with aggressive prostate and other greens. It is found in very cancers. high concentration in a popular Asian Researchers for the European fermented-soy dish called natto.

Prospective Investigation into Cancer Other foods high in vitamin and Nutrition have also found that K2 include ground beef, liver, and increasing one’s intake of vitamin K2 chicken, as well as cheese, egg yolks, may lower the risk of getting prostate and butter. cancer dramatically: by up to 35 This information is not intended to percent. diagnose, prevent, or treat your disease.

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New Faces, Cooler Settings for 2018 Senior Games

By Megan Joyce Although some sports require an outdoor setting — baseball, football — there are plenty that can be enjoyed indoors, away from the blistering sun of mid-July.

Such was the logic of the event planners for the 2018 Cumberland County Senior Games, which held more of its events in the temperature-controlled havens of Mechanicsburg High School and Mechanicsburg Place Senior Center than in years past.

The 2018 Cumberland County Senior Games, held July 19, were open to any Cumberland County resident or county senior center member over age 50.

“Every year gets better and better,” said Heather DeWire, of Cumberland County Aging & Community Services, which organizes the Senior Games. “This year, we moved more of our events indoors, and I believe that helped!”

Registration was up from 64 in 2017 to 71 this year. The roster included many new competitors, DeWire said, including their eldest participant, an 88-year-old female athlete.

In addition to Mechanicsburg’s high school and senior center, Mechanicsburg Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park served as an event site.

Sponsored by Cumberland County Aging & Community Services, the Borough of Mechanicsburg, Messiah Lifeways, and Mechanicsburg Area Parks & Recreation, the Senior Games combine sport, recreation, friendly competition, and fellowship.

“I think it shows the community that older adults have the same desire to compete, and win, as everybody else,” DeWire said.

“It also shows that even as you get older, you can still have an active lifestyle, which may lead to some people looking at their grandparents in a different light.”

DeWire related the story of one gentleman whose family showed up en masse to support him, including children, grandchildren, and even a great-grandson.

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said. “It was wonderful to see.”

As with last year, cornhole, Wii bowling, and shuffleboard proved the most popular event offerings. Other sports were bocce, ladderball, billiards, softball and football throws, basketball shoot, 25meter freestyle swim, and 100-, 400-, and 1,600-meter runs.

“There were no new events this year, but there will be next year,” DeWire said.

“We are looking to bring in a few new things to spice things up.”

Participants receive a survey asking for their feedback on the year’s Senior Games, which DeWire said strongly influences the planning and potential changes for next year’s events. “[The survey] helps us to edit things, add things, change things around, etc. We love hearing from participants!” she said.

“There were many positive comments again this year. They appreciated us moving more events indoors for sure!”

The one-day Senior Games require numerous days of planning on the parts of DeWire and Area Agency on Aging staff, but DeWire said their efforts are always amply rewarded.

“I love to see the new faces and really enjoy the repeat contestants year after year,” she said. “It’s great to see everyone getting along, making friends, and just really enjoying their day.”

For more information on the Cumberland County Senior Games, call Cumberland County Aging & Community Services at (717) 240-6110.

Photo credit: Cumberland County Communications Department

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Fresh Fare

Make it Mediterranean Just like forward-thinking culinary artists, many at-home chefs seek out the next trendy flavor to provide friends and family gathered around the table.

When pondering which trend you’ll dive into in the future, consider incorporating tastes from an especially influential international location: the Mediterranean Sea region.

Considered by the experts at Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) in the organization’s 2018 Trends Report to be one of the most influential parts of the world on the American food scene, flavors from the Mediterranean Sea focus on a diet heavy on fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, seeds, and nuts.

Take this hummus recipe, for example, which involves processing a host of beans, seeds, and seasonings to create a light, smooth dip to serve with anything from vegetables to crackers.

Because the fare is typically lighter, small bites and salads such as this tomato, feta, and basil salad provide easy-to-prepare versions of Mediterranean cuisine.

Incorporating vegetables (tomatoes and basil) along with the salty, milky flavors of feta cheese makes the salad a distinctly Mediterranean dish.

Find full results from the report and learn more about the organization at LDEI.org.

• 3 teaspoons sea salt

Tomato, Feta, and Basil Salad Recipe courtesy of Beth Vlasich Pav of Cooking by Design, LLC, on behalf of Les Dames d’Escoffier International Servings: 15-20

• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds

• 8 medium-size tomatoes, sliced into 1/8-inch slices • 1 block (8 ounces) feta cheese, sliced into 1/8-inch pieces

• 1/4 cup olive oil On large platter, arrange slices of tomato and feta so they overlap. Place basil leaf between each tomato and feta slice. Repeat.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Serve immediately.

Hummus Recipe courtesy of Beth Vlasich Pav of Cooking

by Design, LLC, on behalf of Les Dames d’Escoffier International Yield: 2 cups • 2 cans (15 ounces each) garbanzo beans • 1 medium garlic clove, peeled • 1 teaspoon sesame oil • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice • 2 teaspoons sea salt • 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper • 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds • 1 teaspoon olive oil

Drain garbanzo beans, reserving 1/2 cup liquid.

In food processor, process garbanzo beans, garlic, Photos courtesy of Beth Vlasich Pav. sesame oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper until incorporated. Stop and scrape down sides of bowl. Add garbanzo liquid and process until smooth.

Scoop mixture into medium bowl, add black sesame seeds, and mix gently.

Serve with drizzle of olive oil. Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds on top.

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• 2 small packages fresh basil, leaves picked off stems

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