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10 Ways to Get from March to May Dr. Leonard Perry
If you’re like most in the Northeast, you’re ready for spring to be here in March, when the days become longer than the nights once again. This is really true for most gardeners. While you can’t spend too much time in the garden yet, here are 10 projects to get you through until the real gardening fun gets underway in May. 1. If you haven’t been browsing seed and plant catalogs, or checking out these firms online, don’t wait. Lots of new varieties, particularly perennials, sell out quickly. If you’re starting flowers from seeds, you want to order them as some are started this month and many next month. 2. There are many home-andgarden shows, garden seminars, and
3. Easter is approaching, so it’s a great time to visit local greenhouse growers to see all the Easter flowers and even bring some home: Easter lilies, azaleas, potted bulbs, and even cut flowers.
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from around roses or tender perennials. Rake leaves from beds. Cut back perennials if you didn’t do so already last fall. 8. When days are slightly warm or sunny, you can prune any broken branches from shrubs and trees, or prune fruit trees to shape them.
Pruning when it is too cold may damage the plant tissues and set their growth back this spring. 9. If you didn’t clean your garden tools the end of last season, do so now. Check to make sure none need replacing, and to see if pruners or hoes need sharpening. You can do this
yourself with sharpening stones, those with diamond bits being the best. If you have mowers or power tools, now is a good time to get them tuned up. 10. If you have some springflowering trees and shrubs, such as forsythia, crabapples, or pussy willows, cut some branches to force
into bloom indoors. When buds show color, you can bring them into more warmth and use them in arrangements. They’ll remind you that spring is not too far off! Dr. Leonard P. Perry is an extension professor at the University of Vermont.
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application of that knowledge with someone who is an uncooperative If athletic ability is supposed attacker resisting your efforts,” he to dissipate with age, Ken Eberle’s said. “You cannot respond with body clearly hasn’t gotten the a predetermined, practiced set or message. pattern of [self-defense] techniques Eberle is closing in on the 50to the reality of an unpatterned year mark in his dedication to event—which is the reality of a the martial arts—but he achieved confrontation.” many of his most impressive Eberle appreciates Lee’s emphasis credentials in his late 40s and on developing one’s own martial beyond. arts style, rather than strictly Today, at 63, his accreditations adhering to one particular system. include a sixth-degree black “It would be like recreating belt in Korean Moo Duk Kwan Eberle with trophies earned a bowl of fruit through an karate and a brown belt in Isshinduring his early tournament days. artistic form, say watercolors,” Ryu Okinaman karate. He is a he said. “The pictures would be certified level-three instructor in different because of each person’s Jeet Kune Do and has attained expression of themselves, but some an intermediate level in Japanese styles would say everyone’s painting aikido. should look the same.” “I always consider myself the This philosophy has also student, always learning, and I made Eberle an effective PPCT enjoy instructing others to improve (pressure point control tactics) their lives and set an example that and STAR (survival tactics and one can still be active well into Eberle, third from right, doing response) instructor for law a Filipino Sinalwali double stick their ‘senior’ years,” Eberle said. enforcement officers. In addition drill during a recent Richard In 1969, Eberle was already a to educating officers, Eberle Bustillo seminar. Bustillo was an successful gymnast at his high has conducted training for the original student of Bruce Lee. school when he saw a karate county’s sheriff’s department and than only making corrections after courthouse staff. demonstration by Donald Von someone has been injured. Klopp, his school’s art teacher and He is most proud, he said, of his “Safety is really about selfan Okinawan Isshin-Ryu black law-enforcement students who have defense,” Eberle said. “The belt. actually applied their PPCT or Although Eberle would go on to increased awareness to potential STAR training and survived a lifetrouble areas is probably the biggest threatening confrontation. become a local 1971 All-Around benefit in both [martial arts and Champion in gymnastics, he had “Some of my students … have safety training].” already joined and achieved a had to use the skills they learned In the late ’90s, Eberle began brown belt in Klopp’s karate club in class, with great success,” Eberle pursuing Bruce Lee’s training in the meantime, finding that the said. “Their experience keeps the body control and attributes needed concept, “truth in combat,” training real and honest.” after attending a seminar by for karate were very similar to In 2002, Eberle traveled internationally known Jeet Kune those required for gymnastics. to Jeet Kune Do Unlimited’s Do instructor, movie star, fight After graduation, Eberle headquarters in Honolulu to test choreographer, and writer Burton regularly competed in local karate for apprentice instructor, despite Richardson, who founded Jeet tournaments, consistently placing being age 49 at the time. Not Kune Do Unlimited, one of the in the top three events: emptyonly did he successfully complete hand kata, weapons kata, and point top Jeet Kune Do schools in the seven different rounds of strenuous world. Eberle became a student and testing requirements, but he also sparring. a member of JKDU in 1999. He would eventually discover surpassed apprentice level and “Truth in combat” emphasizes that his “regular job,” that of was promoted directly to JKDU the use of self-defense tactics safety coordinator for High Steel instructor level one. Structures, marries quite well with that are truly effective in real-life To date, he is the only JKDU scenarios. Eberle said he could the philosophies and approaches member to have achieved this never understand how one trains in and, in 2007, Eberle was certified used in the martial arts, enabling so-called “deadly” techniques. him to spot potential hazards and further as a level-three instructor. “Knowledge is not power; it’s the correct them proactively, rather “The martial arts have enabled www.50plusLifePA.com
me to achieve and maintain a level of confidence, fitness, and flexibility better than most people half my age,” Eberle said. “I continue to challenge myself as an example to the students of the benefits of the martial arts through sparring and training along with my students.” In 2009, Richard Bustillo, an original student of Bruce Lee and the founder of the International Martial Arts & Boxing Academy, certified Eberle as an apprentice instructor in Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do. And in honor of his 60th birthday in 2013, Eberle returned to his tournament roots, entering the State Games of America national competition, where he earned a gold medal in the advanced elite black belt event, age 55-60 division, in forms, weapons, and sparring. In 2014, Eberle took on the Keystone State Games, where he was
a gold medalist, advanced elite black belt, age 60-64 division, in forms and a silver medalist in weapons. These days, Eberle conducts classes in self-defense mixed martial arts and Filipino battlefield kali private lessons from his home studio. He is currently in JKD Unlimited’s “Indonesian Silat for the Street” program. Eberle said the many varieties of martial arts all have something different to offer, making the opportunities for learning endless. “Over the years, I have discovered the body only moves in so many ways. What one does with those movements can depend on self-expression or be dictated by a particular style or system,” Eberle said. “After 45-plus years in the martial arts, I still and will always consider myself the student and see no reason to stop learning, improving, and sharing.”
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Study Finds EEG Can Help Tell Apart PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury A recent VA study points to a possible breakthrough in differentiating between post-traumatic stress disorder and mild traumatic brain injury, otherwise known as a concussion. The two disorders often carry similar symptoms, such as irritability, restlessness, hypersensitivity to stimulation, memory loss, fatigue, and dizziness. Scientists have tried to distinguish between mTBI and PTSD in hopes of improving treatment options for veterans, but many symptombased studies have been inconclusive because the chronic effects of the two conditions are so similar. The researchers used electroencephalogram, or EEG, a test that measures electrical activity in the brain. The size and direction of the brainwaves can signal abnormalities. Analyzing a large set of EEGs given to military personnel from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the researchers saw patterns of activity at different locations on the scalp for mTBI and
PTSD. They saw brainwaves moving slowly in opposite directions, likely coming from separate places in the brain. The researchers emphasize that these effects don’t pinpoint a region in the brain where the disorders differ. Rather, they show a pattern that distinguishes the disorders when the EEG results are averaged among a large group. The study linked mTBI with increases in low-frequency waves, especially in the prefrontal and right temporal regions of the brain, and PTSD with decreases in lowfrequency waves, notably in the right temporoparietal region. The differences in the levels of the waves may explain some of the symptoms of the two disorders,
suggesting a decline in responsiveness for someone with mTBI, for example, and more anxiety for someone with PTSD. Laura Manning Franke, Ph.D., the study’s lead researcher and research psychologist at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, noted that more low-frequency power has also been linked to cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Less low-frequency power has been linked to problems such as drug addiction. Additionally, spotting distinct patterns of mTBI and PTSD in separate parts of the brain is key for two reasons: First, the possibility these conditions can be confused with each other is reduced. That can help
improve diagnosis and treatment. Second, the patterns show that electrical activity appears to be affected long after combat-related mTBI, suggesting long-term changes in neural communication, the signaling between cells in the nervous system. “That could help, in part, explain the reason for persistent problems,” Franke said. Despite the new findings, Franke and her team believe more work is needed to better explain the differences in the patterns of both conditions in the brain’s electrical activity. Meanwhile, she said she hopes the research will play a role in helping medical professionals better diagnose someone’s condition through an individual EEG—whether that person has PTSD, a brain injury, or a combination of the two. For more information, visit the VA’s webpages for PTSD (www.research. va.gov/topics/ptsd.cfm) and TBI (www. research.va.gov/topics/tbi.cfm).
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Cradles of Power Terri Schlichenmeyer
Your parents had such high hopes “Betty” rode horseback to the for you. prisoner’s camp, bargained for the You were going to make it, and release of Robert and Andrew, make something of yourself. You’d brought them home, and the have a better life than they had: more following summer rode back to broker wealth, stronger health, bigger home, the release of her neighbors’ sons. The more opportunities. second trip resulted in “the fever,” and You were going to be somebody, she died that fall. even if, as in the new book Cradles Martin Van Buren’s father was of Power by Harold I. Gullan, it took a tavern keeper. John Tyler’s father everything they had. raised eight children and 21 wards. Walk through any bookstore or The only president not to marry library and you’ll learn that over the grew up “at the center of a circle of last 240 years, a lot has been written adoring females.” Chester Arthur’s about America’s presidents. We know parents had “Canadian connections” what history that caused a says about stir when he those men, ran for office. but what And, about the perhaps people who significantly, raised them? a number of George presidents Washington, used their for instance, mothers’ loved his maiden names mother very as their own. Cradles of Power much but, Sick of By Harold I. Gullan according to politics, you c. 2016, Skyhorse Publishing Gullan, she say? That’s 379 pages was a bit of fine; Cradles a nag. She also embarrassed her son of Power is really more biographical in by complaining so much about a lack nature anyway. of money that the Virginia House of From George W. to George W. Delegates granted her a pension. and the guy after him, author Harold Thomas Jefferson also loved I. Gullan writes of the influences his mother but “he wrote next to that shaped our presidents, for better nothing” about her. When her home or worse, going back sometimes for burned to the ground in 1770, generations. Jefferson’s main concern was not Because the new nation (or the Mom, but the loss of his personal journey here) could be a hardship, we library. clearly see how outside forces shaped When he was just a child, James early leaders and how modern times Madison’s father lost his father. led to different issues. Because there was a plantation to run Gullan does the occasional and his mother couldn’t do it, the comparison between sets of parents, 9-year-old future father of our fourth which is a viewpoint that becomes president stepped up to the plate. quite fascinating, and he doesn’t gloss Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson over negative aspects of our presidents’ had three sons. The eldest was killed childhoods. That offers a nice balance in battle; the younger two promptly and a great peek through history. joined the cavalry and were captured Perfect for parents or grandparents, by the British. this book might also be enjoyed www.50plusLifePA.com
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Support Groups Free and open to the public Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. Grief Support Group Mohler Senior Center 25 Hope Drive, Hershey (717) 732-1000 March 1 and 15, 7-8:30 p.m. ANAD Eating Disorders Support Group PinnacleHealth Polyclinic Landis Building, Sixth Floor, Classroom 1 2501 N. Third St., Harrisburg (717) 712-9535 March 8, 6-7 p.m. Alzheimer’s Support Group Brookdale Harrisburg 3560 N. Progress Ave., Harrisburg (717) 671-4700 March 14, 6-7 p.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Greenfield Senior Living at Graysonview 150 Kempton Ave., Harrisburg (717) 561-8010 March 15, 1:30 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group on East Shore Jewish Home of Harrisburg 4004 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 441-8627
March 16, 6-8 p.m. Harrisburg Area Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver Support Group Giant Food Stores – Second Floor 2300 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 580-7772 March 20, 6:30 p.m. Support Group for Families of Those with MemoryRelated Illnesses Frey Village 1020 N. Union St., Middletown (717) 930-1218 March 22, 7-8 p.m. Connections Support Group: Families of Memory Impaired Ecumenical Retirement Community Building 3, Second Floor 3525 Canby St., Harrisburg (717) 561-2590 If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.
Community Programs Free and open to the public March 1, 7 p.m. World Culture Club of Central PA Meeting Penn State Hershey Medical Center Fifth Floor, Lecture Room B 500 University Drive, Hershey www.worldcultureclubpa.org March 2, 7 p.m. Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable Meeting Grace United Methodist Church 433 E. Main St., Hummelstown (717) 503-2862 charlie.centralpaww2rt@gmail.com www.centralpaww2roundtable.org March 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 18th Annual Sew Much for Charity Event Trinity United Methodist Church 210 Main St., Hummelstown (717) 561-9964 March 9, 7:30 p.m. Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Roundtable Meeting Vietnam Veterans of America, Michael Novosel MOH Chapter 542 8000 Derry St., Harrisburg (717) 545-2336 centralpavietnamrt@verizon.net www.centralpavietnamroundtable.org
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Senior Center Activities Friendship Senior Center – (717) 657-1547 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Frida ys, 8–9 a.m. – Light Aerobics Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. – Mah Jong Fridays, 9:30 a.m. – Bridge Classes with Mr. Henning Mohler Senior Center – (717) 533-2002, www.hersheyseniorcenter.com March 6, no on – Scams Lunch and Learn with the Office of the Attorney General Rutherford House – (717) 564-5682, www.rutherfordcenter.org Mondays, 10 a.m. – Line Dancing Tuesdays, noon – Circuit Exercise with Personal Training Fridays, 11 a.m. – Chair Yoga Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visit their website for more information.
Library Programs East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg, (717) 652-9380 March 2, 6 p.m. – Mary Sachs Series: Basic SelfDefense for Women March 3, 6:30 p.m. – Build a Better Menu March 22 , 6 p.m. – Media Representation: Women, Work, and World War II Elizabethville Area Library, 80 N. Market St., Elizabethville, (717) 362-9825 Tuesdays in March, 10:30 a.m. – AARP Tax Help March 2, 6:30 p.m. – Friends of Elizabethville Area Library Meeting March 16, 6 p.m. – Thursday Theater … and More
March 12, 4 p.m. Concert: Hershey Baroque Chamber Ensemble Derry Presbyterian Church 248 E. Derry Road, Hershey (717) 533-9667
Johnson Memorial Library, 799 E. Center St., Millersburg, (717) 692-2658 March 11, 11 a.m. – That’s (P)interesting: A DIY Club March 20, 6:30 p.m. – 30 Kitchen Tricks in 30 Minutes
March 22, 7 p.m. Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Middletown St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Spring and Union streets, Middletown (717) 915-5555 gsk1308@gmail.com
Kline Library, 530 S. 29th St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-3934 Tuesdays in March, 12:30 p.m. – AARP Tax Help March 11, 3 p.m. – Meditation and the Art of Happiness March 16, 6:30 p.m. – Friends of Kline Library Meeting
March 28, 6 p.m. Susquehanna Rovers Volksmarch Walking Club Bass Pro Shop – Hunt Room Harrisburg Mall 3501 Paxton St., Harrisburg (717) 805-9540
Madeline L. Olewine Memorial Library, 2410 N. Third St., Harrisburg, (717) 232-7286 March 6, 6 p.m. – Crazy for Coloring March 18, 11 a.m. – Think Spring! Mixed Media Art
PARKS & RECREATION March 5, noon to 4 p.m. – Maple Sugar Festival, Fort Hunter Park March 15, 7 p.m. – Slavery and the Underground Railroad, Centennial Barn March 19, 1:3 0-3 p.m. – Flower Walk: Cold-Tolerant Plants, Wildwood Park
McCormick Riverfront Library, 101 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976 Wednesdays in March, 11:30 a.m. – Midday Getaway Northern Dauphin Library, 683 Main St., Lykens, (717) 453-9315 March 13, 6 p.m. – Crazy for Coloring William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library, 200 W. Second St., Hummelstown, (717) 566-0949 March 7, 6:30 p.m. – Novel Thoughts Book Club March 8, 6 p.m. – Second Wednesday Cinema March 21, 1 p.m. – Novel Thoughts, Too! Book Club
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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori
Wonderful Wall Designs Using Antiques Lori Verderame
Integrating antiques, vintage and other small keepsakes. items, and family heirlooms into The result of reusing these vintage a home’s interior design aesthetic travel items will be a nifty and stylish sparks memories and brings dazzle space that even travel-accessory to a room. Don’t be afraid to place designers like Louis Vuitton would something love. old alongside Forget painting something new one wall a different and contemporary. color than the While there other three and are traditional consider this ways to decorate feature-wall all four walls of a technique: wall room—paintings, world map! prints, wreaths, Cut out various and the like— pieces of printed there are also some wallpaper in the non-traditional shapes of the Vintage suitcase shelves. solutions that can world’s continents. make your walls Apply the wonderful. wallpaper shapes And, when it as they would comes to making appear on the bedroom walls say pages of an atlas wow, use vintage and create a cool objects in new and decorative ways. For instance, feature wall. to make a built-in Enhance the storage area or shelf cutout shapes with space on your wall, rub-on lettering try using whimsical to indicate famous Wallpaper wall map. vintage objects. cities, landmarks, Take a few wellor places that you worn yet vintage have visited. suitcases—available Also, use this at flea markets for feature-wall $15 to $50 each— method to make and carefully cut wallpaper cutouts them in half using a of a color wheel hand saw. Use sand for the bedroom paper on any rough of a budding edges that will artist, a map of the touch the wall. United States for a Then, attach the geography fanatic, half with the handle or a baseball to your wall studs diamond for your Transferware frame. using wall-bracket favorite Little hardware. A few League player. suitcases hung near each other will If you want to make a wall of your give your guest bedroom a travelcraft room both functional and fancy, ready look. To complete the look, use use a hanging, metal plate rack to an old makeup-carrying case on a please see WALL DESIGNS page 15 nearby table as a catchall for jewelry www.50plusLifePA.com
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Living Your Best Retirement
Explore New Career Options after Retirement People live longer, healthier lives these days, and that means many would-be retirees are opting to pursue new careers after leaving their jobs. If you’re thinking of trying a new career instead of retirement, consider these tips before you dive headlong into your new life: Update your technical skills. The rapid pace of
technological change may require that you get additional training for the career you’re thinking of pursuing. Check out your options with government, nonprofit,
and corporatetechnology training programs. Evaluate your talents and values. Talk to people you know well both professionally and personally and find out what they
think your strengths are. Get a good handle on your talents and values so your new career matches them. Enjoy the work. Do something you love, and let yourself enjoy the work. If, for example, you tended to be a workaholic in your former career, don’t make the same mistake in your new pursuit.
Work Past 70? Be Sure You’re Able If you’re planning to work until you’re 70 or older, be sure you’re actually capable of it. The 2015/2016 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey by Willis Towers Watson found that among workers age 50 or older, those who expect to be working longer may be least able to do so. The survey questioned
more than 5,000 U.S. employees and approximately 25,000 workers in 18 other countries. Among workers planning to
stay in the workforce after 70, only 47 percent consider themselves to be in good health, 40 percent say they’re “stuck”
in their jobs, 40 percent feel average or high levels of stress in their jobs, and 48 percent earn less than $35,000 a year. All these figures add up to the possibility that these workers will have to make some difficult decisions about finances and lifestyle if they hope to work longer.
Your guide to choosing the right living and care options for you or a loved one. Featuring: • Active adult and residential living • Independent and retirement living communities • Assisted living residences and personal care homes • Nursing and healthcare services • Home care, companions, and hospice care providers • Ancillary services
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After retirement, we know you want to live life on your own terms.
At Homeland Center, a licensed, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, you can pursue your favorite hobbies. Dine with friends and family and choose from a varied menu. Have a small party catered by our staff in one of our lounges. Read in the quiet of our library or stroll through one of our landscaped courtyards. Occupying a full city block in uptown Harrisburg, Homeland Center has served thousands of individuals and families since opening in 1867, and today, 145 residents call it home. Homeland accommodates all levels of care, and our residents stay with us as their needs change. A five-star rated CMS Skilled Nursing Care Facility, Homeland provides a range of services to our residents and community: Personal Care – Personal care at Homeland Center provides our residents with the support they need to live an active and healthy life with as much independence as possible. Skilled Nursing – Offering 24-hour expert nursing for either short- or long-term assistance, Homeland Center’s skilled care services are designed with residents’ comfort and well-being in mind. Specialized Dementia Unit – Homeland’s medical staff works with residents and their families to develop a comprehensive, customized plan of care. Short-term Rehabilitation – Many residents come for physician-ordered rehabilitation to regain an independent lifestyle and return home. Individualized treatment plans can include physical, occupational, and speech therapies along with wellness services. Homeland also offers a continuum of personalized, compassionate at-home care services: Homeland HomeCare – Our Certified Nurse Assistants provide an array of individualized care plans to meet the needs of independent living while ensuring safety in the home. Homeland HomeHealth – Designed to help you or a loved one recover at home, our team of medical professionals closely monitors and implements a physician-ordered plan of care. Homeland Hospice – Our expert team of nurses, social workers, therapists, and more is dedicated to providing compassionate care so patients and families can make the most of every precious moment together.
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Living Your Best Retirement Boomers Downsize to Tiny Houses By Jeffrey B. Roth Millennials and boomers are the two largest demographic groups who are driving the tiny-house movement. Tennessee Edwards, executive producer for Loud TV and the FYI network’s reality TV series Tiny House Nation, said millennials are the primary force behind the tinyhouse trend. But the number of boomers choosing tiny-house living is increasing. “Boomers are growing in the tinyhouse world,” Edwards said. “Boomers are catching on, and the good thing about tiny is that it’s a fit for anyone looking to change their lives and reduce the daily pressures of having stuff and to try and do more with less. That message relates to millennials and baby boomers and all in between. Less is more.” An average-size home in the United States is about 2,600 square feet, according to the website The Tiny Life. Living space for a typical tiny house is between 100 and 400 square feet, but in some cases may be larger. “Lots of people decide to get an RV when they retire, which is a similar concept since you downsize from a large home to a small space that gives you more freedom,” Edwards said. “With the growing popularity of tiny homes, we have seen an uptick in boomers wanting to go tiny, and it fits into their concept of seeing the country and living with less when they retire. I think the main concern for boomers is a place that gives them freedom—control of retirement funds—and a tiny home can give you all of that.” A Garrett County, Maryland, contractor who began specializing in building tiny houses in 2012, Hobbitat has completed more than a dozen custom-built tiny vacation homes—13 for Blue Moon Rising Center for Sustainable Education, an ecotourism venture located on Deep Creek Lake in the Allegheny Mountains, near the Maryland-West Virginia border.
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Known as the “Lake Tahoe of the with a built-in bed, which can be East,” the 3,900-acre lake features accessed from both sides, and closets. 65 miles of shoreline and is 12 miles The vacation hobs, by comparison, in length. A four-season resort, the include a three-quarter-size kitchen lake is about two to three hours without an oven; a small, underfrom Washington, D.C., making it a counter refrigerator; and no washer popular weekend or dryer. They and vacation are equipped destination. with a pull-down Sue and Murphy-type bed Bill Thomas, located in the loft. the owners of Others feature a Hobbitat, a nook with a small variation of the bed that can only word habitat be accessed from and not an one side—think allusion to J.R.R. accommodations Tolkien’s book found in sailboats, The Hobbit, said which provided a the tiny houses model of efficiency or hobs, as that is applied to they call them, the hob design, Sue encompass 250Thomas noted. 600 square feet. “I’ve been [very] At the time interested in these of interview, small houses for Bill Thomas was a long time,” said building a 573David Law, who square-foot hob works as a safety for David and manager for an Katharine Tiny houses, or “hobs,” built by Hobbitat airport authority Spaces at Blue Moon Rising development in the D.C. area. Law of at Deep Creek Lake, Garrett County, Md. “My wife and I Reston, Virginia, as are on the same a retirement home. David is 70 and page. The bottom line is that it seems Katharine is 60. Katharine works with to be the wave of the future.” the elderly by taking them to medical Law said many people of his and other appointments. generation downsize their living For a number of years, the Laws arrangements and un-clutter their have been in the process of downsizing lives by paring down their possessions. their living space from a 3,000Any remaining items they wanted to square-foot residence in Virginia’s keep, but would not fit in their smaller Shenandoah Valley to a 1,500-square- living space, were already consigned foot home in Reston; and now, they to a storage unit; other items are to be live in a condo/apartment with about given to their son and his fiancée. 1,100 square feet of living space. The “We really love the way they’re Laws’ hob is the first fulltime hob put together; they’re very cool. With residence Bill Thomas has built. everything built in ... there’s not much While there are hob plans available need for furniture, so I think our next on the Hobbitat website, no two hobs step is to have a fire sale. The whole are identical, Thomas said. The hob idea is to eventually pare down to the being built for the Laws includes a bare essentials.” washer/dryer, a stove and oven, and a Letting go of possessions accrued refrigerator. It features a loft bedroom over a lifetime is a very difficult chore,
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Law said. People, as they get older, get very attached to things. “Most people really won’t be willing to do this,” Law said. “Eventually what we’ll do is give up the storage room and put in a shed at the cabin. We’ve got a beautiful lot. [The Thomases] use a lot of repurposed things like the wood door they found, which was 100 years old. “The hob has a funky, cool, different kind of quirky appearance— it isn’t your standard carpet, drywall, or standard ceiling. It takes on the personality of the people it’s built for.” Three Tiffany lamps acquired over the years by the Laws are to be wired directly into the ceiling. The amount of possessions—clothes and a couple pieces of furniture that they plan to move into the hob—would fit in a large van. Their hob is located on the lake and will have a view of the Wisp Ski Resort, Law said. “Start unloading stuff,” he advised other boomers preparing to downsize. “Life’s not about collecting stuff—not about hoarding. The prices of the hobs are really fair. We won’t have to worry about a big mortgage.” The Thomases recommended that people interested in the hobs take a test drive by renting a hob at Blue Moon Rising. If couples considering a hob can’t get along with each other in a small space, living in a hob would only magnify relationship problems, Sue Thomas said. “Tiny houses contain all the necessities of a larger house, but do so in under 500 square feet,” Edwards said, noting that Tiny House Nation has been on the air for four seasons and Tiny House Hunting is in its third season. “Tiny houses are part of a social movement where people are drastically downsizing the space they live in.” For more information on Hobbitat, visit http://hobbitatspaces.com; for more information on Tiny House Nation and Tiny House Hunting, visit www.fyi.tv/ shows/tiny-house-nation. www.50plusLifePA.com
Dear Pharmacist
Pharmacists Don’t Just Lick, Stick, and Pour
Reach Active, Affluent Boomers & Seniors!
Suzy Cohen
When I worked in retail pharmacies, one of the most common questions I had was, “What side effects will this drug cause?” I remember some of my customers, especially the funny ones or those who gifted me with tokens like flowers, handmade jewelry, or pickled herring, which I craved during my pregnancy in 1993. I had a good relationship with all of my patients. I used to work 14-hour shifts, day after day, back in the ’90s and 2000s. I “floated” all around central Florida whenever a pharmacist called off. The pharmacy would be closed, and I was the pharmacist called upon to go open it. I thrived in this position, basically walking into a mess and catching the store up, making all the customers suddenly happy. But there’s a ton of mental chatter to reconcile in our brain when we are not sure that you need what the doctor prescribed, or if there’s a natural vitamin for that, or we realize the side effects will be far worse for you than your condition itself. We are never sure if we should say it out loud. People trust us. Americans have deemed us to be among the most honest professions, maintaining the highest ethical standards. That’s why pharmacists have been rated in the top two “most trusted professionals in the United States” yet again (Gallup survey). Pharmacists: 1. Keep you safe. As medication experts, we reduce risk of miserable side effects. Occasionally, one drug is intended, but another drug is prescribed by accident. Maybe Zyrtec for Zantac, Actos for Actonel, or Neurontin for Noroxin. Your pharmacist should catch these errors. www.50plusLifePA.com
2. Are accessible and fast. Pharmacists are always on duty if a pharmacy is open. You don’t have to make appointments weeks in advance to get advice. 3. Are intelligent. If you have a skin rash from poison ivy or a bee sting, your pharmacist can suggest an over-the-counter remedy; if you are constipated or have the flu, we’ve got your back. 4. Aren’t paid off. Pharmacists work for you, not the pharmaceutical companies that probably sent a drug rep over to your doctor’s office with delicious meals, trinkets, and trips. This colors the decisionmaking process of some (not all) physicians. 5. Can save you money. The pharmacy technician expertly runs your prescription through your insurance company online; they’ll check the cash price against your insurance co-pay in case it’s lower. Some will phone your insurance company to authorize cheaper alternatives. 6. Know about food, too. They’ll suggest you avoid grapefruit if you take statins or avoid MSG when taking sedatives. Bananas are constipating—you should avoid those with hydrocodone but eat them with some diuretics like HCTZ. Tips like this are worth their weight in gold. Your pharmacist may be high up and partially hidden behind glass (that’s for security reasons—they are in charge of millions of dollars of drugs!), but I highly recommend that you develop a relationship with your local pharmacist. We are on your side. This information is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat your disease. For more information about the author, visit SuzyCohen.com
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Tinseltown Talks
50 Years of The Carol Burnett Show Nick Thomas
A couple of years ago, visitors to Carol Burnett’s home might have observed the comedy legend glued to the TV set, binge-watching every episode of her old variety show. But it wasn’t a case of extreme celebrity vanity sweeping through the Burnett household. “I’d been getting calls from writers wanting to interview me about the show,” said Burnett from Los Angeles. “So I thought, maybe I should write a definitive history of the 11 years I worked on The Carol Burnett Show because, after all, I was there!” Her timing was perfect. In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox was published late last year as a prelude to this year’s 50th anniversary of the show, first broadcast in September 1967.
As she Scrutinizing the episodes, progressed through Burnett jotted down notes the viewing marathon, to help with the book Burnett says it was fascinating preparation. to observe the “I watched all cast evolve. the episodes— “We all over 270 of them—in improved a period of Carol Burnett, center, with Tim Conway, over the first Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, several weeks. I three or four and Vicki Lawrence in a 1992 years. Harvey fast-forwarded CBS publicity photo. (Korman) was through the brilliant from sketches that the beginning, but even he honed his I remembered, but really wanted to jog my memory about the ones I’d craft. “Vicki (Lawrence) was 18 and forgotten. Watching also helped me right out of high school at the start, remember behind-the-scenes stories so Harvey took her under his wing, and the great variety of guests that teaching her accents and giving her appeared each week.”
acting tips. She absorbed everything like a sponge, and millions of viewers watched her evolve into a brilliant comedienne.” Audiences were also treated to a parade of weekly special guests throughout the series, which collectively could be considered a history of Hollywood from the period. “We might have had more famous guest stars than any other TV show,” Burnett suggested. “My husband (the late Joe Hamilton) was producing the show, and we would say, ‘Let’s call so-and-so and ask him or her on the show.’” But their guest wish list wasn’t always fulfilled. “We wanted Bette Davis and had a standard fee for all our guest stars, but she asked for too much money,”
Stories of ordinary men and women called to perform extraordinary military service. Since 1999, writer and World War II veteran Col. Robert D. Wilcox has preserved the firsthand wartime experiences of more than 200 veterans through Salute to a Veteran, his monthly column featured in 50plus LIFE. Now, for the first time, 50 of those stories— selected by Wilcox himself—are available to own in this soft-cover book.
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recalled Burnett. “Of course, “I wanted to pay I’m proud of the her more, but we awards and they’re couldn’t because sitting on a shelf— everyone would have but I don’t go and wanted more.” polish them every In addition to day!” she laughed. its impressive guest Already an list, the show is author of several legendary for the other popular cast “breaking up” books on her life and laughing during and career, her filming. latest 320-page “People remember memoir on the those sketches and show has been The cover of Burnett’s book, think we did it all warmly received In Such Good Company: the time, but we by critics and fans. Eleven Years of Laughter, really didn’t,” she She says she wasn’t Mayhem, and Fun in the laughed. too concerned Sandbox. “Nor did we ever about finding an do it on purpose, audience for a book and it was mostly about a 50-year-old when Tim (Conway) TV show. was on. We’d “It still airs on tape two shows cable, and there on Fridays with are old and new different audiences. fans watching it. Tim would do it the But I really just way we rehearsed wanted to get the for the first taping, memories down on then go crazy for paper for myself, the second without and if others enjoy telling anyone what it, that’s the cherry he would be doing.” on top of the For all her sundae.” Publicity photo of television work, Carol Burnett. Nick Thomas teaches Burnett amassed an at Auburn University incredible collection at Montgomery, Ala., and has written of honors, including three personal features, columns, and interviews for Emmys just for The Carol Burnett over 600 magazines and newspapers. Show.
WALL DESIGNS from page 9 hold rolls of wrapping paper; blank, stretched canvases; or empty flea market frames, which are ready to be filled with mirrors, needlepoint pictures, or vintage prints. When it comes to antiques, don’t cry over broken antiques or family heirlooms. Don’t trash the broken pieces, either. Pick up the pieces and make something useful and special. Broken china plates are a common craft source, and you can also make a good-looking picture frame from old transferware plates of ironstone ceramic or from red terracotta pottery pieces. Be sure to use a tile grout in a www.50plusLifePA.com
secured wooden frame surround. Don’t forget to wear gloves in order to protect your hands from the sharp, broken ceramic pieces. When it comes to antiques, make them part of your home design and keep the memories of loved ones close to heart. Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and award-winning TV personality on History channel’s hit treasure-hunting TV show, The Curse of Oak Island, Dr. Lori Verderame hosts antiques appraisal events worldwide. Visit www. DrLoriV.com/Events, www.Facebook.com/ DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.
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A Perfect Cool-Weather Pairing Some foods just seem to evoke the smell, taste, and feel of chilly weather. As a beloved flavor, maple syrup can be much more than a breakfast condiment or pancake topping— it can be an impressive way to transform simple, seasonal snacks. A delicious beverage or dessert can be enhanced with the flavor of maple. For example, chef Megan Miller, of Baker Miller in Chicago, recommends the crisp, fresh taste of Homemade Maple Cream Soda as a beverage that pairs perfectly with the smoky kick of Stacy’s® Fire Roasted Jalapeno Pita Chips. For a sweet treat, chef Joanne Chang, of Flour in Boston, suggests New England Maple Apple Dip. This dip delivers the flavors of the season with maple syrup, fresh apples, and cinnamon as another delectable accompaniment to pita chips. By combining these seasonal ingredients, you can create delicious pairings and mouthwatering desserts. Find more chef selections and featured pairings at www.stacyssnacks.com. New England Maple Apple Dip Prep time: 5 minutes Servings: 6 • 1 cup cream cheese • 1/2 cup maple syrup • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon • Pinch of salt • 1/4 cup Greek yogurt • 2 apples, peeled and chopped into 1/4-inch cubes • Stacy’s Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips or Stacy’s Simply Naked Pita Chips Using food processor, blend cream cheese with maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt until smooth. Fold Greek yogurt into cream cheese mixture; mix in apples. Serve with pita chips. Homemade Maple Cream Soda Prep time: 1 minute Servings: 1 • 1/2 ounce maple syrup • 1 tablespoon warm water • Ice cubes • 6 ounces sparkling water • Orange or lemon, for garnish • Stacy’s Fire Roasted Jalapeno Pita Chips Stir maple syrup in warm water to dissolve. Add ice and sparkling water; stir and garnish with orange or lemon. Serve with pita chips. Family Features
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Groups with Big Hits in the ’60s Find the names of these groups with big hits in the’60s, based on the year, title, and minimal letter clues: 1. 1960 – “Save the Last Dance for Me,” The Dr_____ 2. 1960 – “Cathy’s Clown,” The E _____ Brothers 3. 1962 – “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” The Four S _____ 4. 1963 – “Surfer Girl,” The B_____ Boys 5. 1964 – “Little Old Lady from Pasadena,” J_____ and D_____ 6. 1964 – “Sound of Silence,” Si_____ and Ga_____ 7. 1965 – “Stop in the Name of Love,” The S_____ 8. 1966 – “I’m a Believer,” The M_____ 9. 1967 – “Somebody to Love,” Je_____ A_____ 10. 1969 – “Spinning Wheel,” B_____, S_____ and T_____ TV Shows that Started in the ’50s Fill in the blanks of the names of these television shows that premiered during the ’50s: 1. Gu _ _ _ _ ke 2. The Ho _ _ _ _ _ _ ners 3. Ca _ _ _ in Ka _ _ _ _ oo 4. Tr _ _ _ or Con _ _ _ _ _ _ _ es 5. Dr _ _ _ et 6. Am _ _ _ _ an Ba _ _ _ _ _ nd 7. My F _ _ _ _ d F _ _ _ _ a 8. Y _ _ _ H _ _ P _ _ _ de 9. Bo _ _ _ za 10. The Tw _ _ _ _ _ t Z _ _ _ Written by Alan Stillson. Please see http://stillsonworks.com
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Savvy Senior
Easier Screening Tests for Colon Cancer Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior, Are there any easier alternatives to a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer? I’m in my 60s and would like to be tested, but I hate the idea of drinking all that laxative solution and being sedated for the procedure. – Squeamish Jim Dear Jim, It’s a great question. While a colonoscopy is considered the gold standard screening test for detecting colon cancer and is widely recommended once adults reach age 50, only about half of Americans who’ve passed that milestone ever get tested. Why? Because most people, like yourself, dread the all-day laxative prep and sedation, not to mention the procedure itself. Fortunately, there are some easier alternatives, but be aware that if these tests uncover any suspicious results, you’ll still need to undergo a colonoscopy.
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Take-Home Tests There are two different types of tests on the market today that you can take in the privacy of your own home that require no laxative-taking/bowelcleansing preparation. The best option is the new FDAapproved Cologuard test (see www. cologuardtest.com), which has a 92
percent develop into sensitivity rate cancer, but for detecting they don’t look colon cancers. at the DNA. With You simply this test you send a stool simply take sample to the a sample lab. of a bowel Recommmovement ended annually, and mail it in both of these to the lab for fecal tests cost analysis. The only around lab looks for $25 and are both blood covered by March is Colorectal Cancer and cancerMedicare and Awareness Month related DNA most insurers. cells in your stool. Less Invasive Tests The Cologuard test, which is Two other tests to consider that are recommended every three years, less invasive than a colonoscopy but requires a prescription from your more entailed than the take-home doctor and costs $599 but is covered tests are the virtual colonoscopy and by Medicare and many private the sigmoidoscopy (both tests are insurers. recommended every five years). If, however, you find that the A virtual colonoscopy uses a CT Cologuard test is not covered by scan to view your colon instead of your insurer, and you can’t afford or a scope in the rectum, so it’s a less don’t want to pay the $599 fee, the invasive procedure than a traditional other option is the fecal occult blood colonoscopy and doesn’t require test (FOBT) or the fecal immunosedation. But, it still requires the same chemical test (FIT), which detects 74 bowel-cleansing prep. It’s also more percent of colon cancers. expensive, typically costing between These tests, which are also provided $400 and $800 and is not covered by by your doctor, check for traces of Medicare or most insurers. blood in the stool that could indicate A sigmoidoscopy exam, which cancer or large polyps that can is covered by Medicare and most
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Colon Cancer Numbers Colon cancer, which develops slowly over several years without causing symptoms especially in the early stages of the disease, is the second largest cancer killer in the U.S., killing around 50,000 Americans a year. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force—an independent panel of medical experts that advises the government on health policies— recommends colon cancer screening to all adults, ages 50 to 75. Earlier screenings are recommended to people who have an increased risk due to family history or other factors. Experts believe that as many as 20,000 lives could be saved each year if the screening rate went up to 90 or 95 percent. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org Brainteasers
Groups with Big Hits in the ’60s 6. 1964 – Simon and Garfunkel 7. 1965 – The Supremes 8. 1966 – The Monkees 9. 1967 – Jefferson Airplane 10. 1969 – Blood, Sweat and Tears
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insurers, uses a short, flexible scope inserted in the rectum like a colonoscopy to look at the lower colon only. This is a much faster and less involved procedure than a colonoscopy and one that doesn’t require sedation. You follow a clearliquid diet the day before the exam and take a laxative or enema the morning of.
1. 1960 – The Drifters 2. 1960 – The Everly Brothers 3. 1962 – The Four Seasons 4. 1963 – The Beach Boys 5. 1964 – Jan and Dean
TV Shows that Started in the ’50s 1. Gunsmoke 6. American Bandstand 2. The Honeymooners 7. My Friend Flicka 3. Captain Kangaroo 8. Your Hit Parade 4. Truth or Consequences 9. Bonanza 5. Dragnet 10. The Twilight Zone
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Bluebirds and Phoebes Trust. Honor. Integrity. Service. Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Though from different bird Today they also hatch babies on families, eastern bluebirds and eastern support beams under small bridges phoebes have much in common, over little waterways and under porch besides their first name. roofs in woodlands. Both are attractive and a bit larger However, eastern bluebirds than house sparrows. Males of both and eastern phoebes are feathered kinds sing lovely neighbors in songs to establish certain local nesting territories meadows shaded and attract by many trees mates for raising and bushes and young. Both divided by a nest in eastern stream with a North America, small bridge over including here it. There, the in southeastern nesting needs of Pennsylvania. each species are Each is a good Photo by John Benson met. The bluebirds neighbor to us raise young in Eastern phoebe. by eating pesky tree hollows in insects during the the pastures while warmer months, the phoebes rear the bluebirds in offspring under overgrown pastures the bridge. and fields and In summer over the phoebes in the years, I’ve seen bottomland woods families of lovely near streams and bluebirds and boulders. phoebes sharing Bluebirds and several humanphoebes arrive in made meadows our area in March in southeastern to nest, though Pennsylvania. Eastern bluebird. some bluebirds It’s exciting and are here all winter, inspiring to watch eating berries and roosting overnight both kinds of attractive birds in a treein little groups to share body heat in dotted pasture catching invertebrates tree hollows and nesting boxes. and feeding them to their fledged Being adaptable, both kinds raise youngsters. young in sheltered places, both Eastern bluebirds and eastern natural and human-made, and feed phoebes are another local example invertebrates to their progeny. of two species of adaptable life from Pairs of bluebirds hatch two two different habitats converging in a or three broods in abandoned habitat that suits both their needs. woodpecker holes and other tree Therefore, a meadow bird and a cavities or in birdhouses erected woodland bird perch in the same particularly for them in proper habitat watching for the same food. habitats, which are pastures studded They could be competitors for insects, with a few trees and shrubs. except bluebirds get more of that food Each phoebe pair produces one or off grass tips, while phoebes get more two broods per summer, traditionally of it from mid-air. on rock ledges, under overhanging Nature always has a way of working boulders, and near streams in woods. things out. www.50plusLifePA.com
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