Lancaster County Edition
February 2014
Vol. 20 No. 2
Expanding Minds, Broadening Horizons Discussion Group Coordinator Sees World through Great Writers, Travel By Chelsea Peifer The moment you finish a great book is the moment you want to tell someone about what you read. Certain books stir questions and create a desire for discussion. But after high school and college, many people lose the groups and resources they previously had at their disposal to share about what they are reading. Book clubs can be a good fit for some readers, but a club tailored to deep discussion is something of a treasure these days. For the last five years, Dan Tepsic has had the privilege of coordinating the Great Books Discussion Group at his local library. “It’s an opportunity to read all of the great thinkers in the past,” explained Tepsic. “You get to read a vast selection, including economics, classic literature, poetry, politics, and religion. “You realize after reading all of these things that while the context has changed, human nature has not,” he said. The themes in historical literature are the same themes found in stories told and written in the present time. Group discussions commonly return to timeless themes of reality versus imagination, lust for greed, and so forth. please see HORIZONS page 18 Dan Tepsic seated in the meeting place of the Great Books Discussion Group.
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The Beauty in Nature
Suburban Hawks in Winter Clyde McMillan-Gamber any red-tailed hawks and Cooper’s hawks wintering in southeastern Pennsylvania spend nights in the densely needled boughs of tall coniferous trees in older suburban areas. These majestic raptors adapted to roosting in those trees in the suburbs to be protected from cold wind each winter night. Sometimes I see those handsome birds of prey flying into the tops of sheltering evergreens late in the afternoon and leaving those trees the next morning. And no matter how many times I see them entering or exiting those conifers, they are always thrilling. Red-tails and Cooper’s are similar in size and perch upright in the protection of trees to watch for prey, but the former species is chunkier.
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Red-tails are brown on top, which camouflages them in the trees so they can ambush prey, and white below with a darkspeckled belly band. Adults have orange tails, but immature birds have brown ones until they are 3 years old. Adult Cooper’s are light gray on top and pale rufous-brown below. Immature Coops are brown above and light underneath with dark-brown streaks.
Red-tailed hawk
Both age groups are camouflaged in the trees so they, too, can surprise unsuspecting prey. Red-tails mostly catch gray squirrels in suburbs and mice in surrounding farmland. Anyone who has too many squirrels on their lawn should be thankful for these raptors in their neighborhood. Cooper’s hawks snare sparrows, doves, starlings, and other kinds of birds, including those at
feeders. The forest-oriented Coop’s even chase birds through bushes to kill them. And recently, this type of hawk has been catching birds in cropland. Flocks of American crows, blue jays, and other birds instinctively distrust hawks and owls and loudly and persistently harass red-tails, Cooper’s, and other raptors. That annoyance is distressing to birds of prey and gives away their positions in the trees, alerting prey animals. But that boisterous interaction is interesting for us to experience. Watching red-tails and Coop’s retiring to conifers in suburbs during winter afternoons and leaving those trees the next morning is exciting. These stately hawks are a bit of the wild right at home. Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a Lancaster County Parks naturalist.
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Stained-Glass Windows Lori Verderame esopotamian potters discovered the method for making multicolored, opaque glass beads around 2,750 BC. Circa 1,100 AD, a window of colored glass was documented in Germany. Colored-glass windows were used in churches, monasteries, and other places of worship. Artisans, like worshipping pilgrims of the day who made pilgrimages to holy sites, traveled from church to church to work on stained-glass window projects during the medieval period. Most stained-glass windows were made of colored glass with images of saints painted onto the glass itself. The colorful images for each glass panel were kiln fired. This firing made the colored images a permanent part of the glass. The Arts & Crafts movement of the mid-1800s blossomed in England and America. A strong interest in handmade objects and quality workmanship was embraced by William Morris (1834-1896) and his company, Morris & Company. A popular artisan of the movement was Sir Edward BurneJones, who produced stained-glass windows for the Victorian collectors of the day.
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Burne-Jones’ counterpart in America was an accomplished designer named John LaFarge (1835-1910), who worked along with W.J. McPherson. LaFarge made opalescent glass pieces and created stained-glass windows in opalescent glass in the late 1870s. This process made it unnecessary to paint the glass and fire it in a kiln. LaFarge’s stainedglass windows were highly detailed and highly decorative. Other stained-glass masters included the artisans Louis Comfort
Tiffany, who was commissioned to produce stained-glass windows for public institutions and private clients, and Frank Lloyd Wright, who integrated stained-glass windows into his architectural works. Tiffany first began experimenting with glass art in 1873 and established the Tiffany Glass Company in 1885. Tiffany windows were made using many different types of glassmaking techniques: opalescent, etched, and enameled glass. They featured landscapes and figures and were produced for significant buildings, such as churches and private homes. Today, stained-glass windows continue to attract collectors and enthusiasts as the art form has evolved. Contemporary artists, such as Clifford Ross, work in colorful, stained-glass window art forms with the aid of advanced digital imagery technology.
In honor of Groundhog Day on Feb. 2, here are a few fun facts about groundhogs gleaned from the official site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club (www.groundhog.org), which celebrates the world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil: • The average groundhog is 20 inches long and normally weighs from 12 to 15 pounds. (Punxsutawney Phil weighs about 20 pounds and is 22 inches long.) • Groundhogs are covered with coarse grayish hairs (fur) tipped with brown or sometimes dull red. They have short ears, a short tail, short legs, and are surprisingly quick. Their jaws are exceptionally strong.
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• A groundhog’s diet consists of lots of greens, fruits, and vegetables and very little water. Most of their liquids come from dew on leaves. • A groundhog can whistle when it is alarmed. Groundhogs also whistle in the spring when they begin courting. • Insects do not bother groundhogs, and germs pretty much leave them alone. They are resistant to the plagues that periodically wipe out large numbers of wild animals. One reason for this is their cleanliness. • Groundhogs are one of the few animals that really hibernate. Hibernation is not just a deep sleep.
It is actually a deep coma, where the body temperature drops to a few degrees above freezing, the heart barely beats, the blood scarcely flows, and breathing nearly stops. • Young groundhogs are usually born in mid-April or May, and by July they are able to go out on their own. The size of the litter is four to nine. A baby groundhog is called a kit or a cub. • A groundhog’s lifespan is normally six to eight years. Phil receives a drink of a magical punch every summer during the annual Groundhog Picnic, which is said to give him seven more years of life. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
Fragments of History
He Taught the World to Sing and Swing Victor Parachin n New Year’s Eve 1913, a 12year-old boy celebrated the night by firing his mother’s .38
giving him a bugle and teaching him to play. Louis Armstrong fell in love with the caliber instrument, pistol. He learned to February is was arrested read music, and sent to and, before a the Negro year ended, Waifs Home was playing for 18 the cornet months. while leading What the home’s could have brass band. been a Though the devastating introduction experiencing to music was for a young important, boy proved perhaps as to be an vital was the auspicious, sense of life-changing discipline he time. The juvenile home had a band please see SING page 13 master who took an interest in the boy,
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Salute to a Veteran
He Saw Up Close the Havoc from the A-bombs on Nagasaki and Bikini Atoll Robert D. Wilcox hen Gene George was in high school in Watertown, Mass., in the early 1940s, nobody had ever heard of a nuclear bomb. The fact that we were secretly working to develop one was perhaps the best-kept secret of World War II. But for George, those were carefree days, with the greatest challenge being to play the saxophone in his high school’s marching band and playing in a small combo that performed weekends at a Chinese restaurant. When he graduated from Watertown High School in 1942, however, the draft was in full swing. And in September 1942, he was drafted. A friend had told him of the wonders of service in the Coast Guard, so he thought he’d give that a try. But problems with his teeth caused the Coast Guard to turn him down. The best they could offer him was to
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suggest he try importantly, the Navy. he had been When he did, one of the he found that men to the Navy was whom glad to have George had him. sold Soon he newspapers was on his as a high way to schooler. Sampson So they Naval were old The band put together by Charles E. (Gene) George Training friends, and (second from right, first row). Base in New that led to York state, a George’s huge, 2,500-acre base where more than being assigned to a cushy job in the 400,000 men were to train during the “broom closet,” as the guy who passed war. George was part of a company that out the brooms and mops rather then the was assigned to KP (kitchen police). guy who had to wield them. Remarkably, the Navy chief who was After basic, he trained at the Naval assigning men to specific jobs was Bob Medical Corps School in Portsmouth, Daughters, who had played second base Va., where he studied anatomy and first for the Boston Red Sox. More aid, learning to give shots and bandage
wounds. And that led to an assignment at the naval hospital in Portsmouth, where he served in the orthopedic ward. “I made a lot of lifelong friends there,” he says. “The head corpsman there was my best man when I married.” His next assignment was to the USS Sanctuary, a brand-new hospital ship that was headed for the Pacific. He says he was in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, helping to load supplies for the ship, when a lieutenant asked him if he could form a band to perform on the ship. How did he even know that George was a musician? “I don’t know,” George says. “I suppose he spotted my saxophone that I carried with me. In any case, I rounded up a talented 17-member group, some of whom had played with the big bands. The drummer, for example, had played with Glenn Miller and was a good friend of Glenn’s.”
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The Sanctuary passed might have been the through the Panama only one on our ship Canal and arrived in who wasn’t sick during Hawaii four days before that blow.” the surrender of the George later was Japanese on Sept. 2, assigned to the troop 1945. transport ship, the USS “We then sailed to Wharton, when it sailed Nagasaki, Japan,” he in the spring of 1946 to says. “Our band played take observers to the every night on the Bikini Atoll for the first promenade deck before nuclear bomb tests since the movies were shown. Nagasaki. In Nagasaki, I The Navy needed to remember that we investigate the effect of played at an afternoon nuclear weapons on tea at the Consulate. naval ships. One bomb Gene George in 2003 while “I looked out the named Abel was serving in Lancaster’s windows of the detonated at 500 feet Red Rose Honor Guard. Consulate and saw above the atoll, and everything simply another named Baker flattened, from the was detonated 90 feet Mitsubishi Aircraft Factory to the rest of under water. Each was the equivalent of Nagasaki. Everything was just a 23 kilotons of TNT, and the radiation wasteland. The blast went north and contaminated all the target ships. south and, for some reason, not so much Wasn’t George concerned about the east and west where the camps holding effects of the radiation? American POWs were. “Not then,” he says. “It was a “We picked up sick, injured, and question of ‘ignorance is bliss.’ None of ambulatory cases to bring them home. I us knew anything about what radiation remember that the captain who was our could do.” chief medical officer told our skipper And did he have any effect from it? that we had room for 1,100. The “Well,” he answers with a shrug, “I’m skipper, who was only a commander, anemic, and that might have had said flatly, ‘We’re taking them until they something to do with that.” quit coming.’ And we left for San George retired from the Navy in July Francisco with 1,176 aboard from six 1963 as a chief hospital corpsman. In different POW camps. civilian life, he worked as safety officer at “On the way, we were hit with a the Naval Supply Depot in typhoon, and I have to say that I would Mechanicsburg and is proud of having never want to do that again. We had two long served in Lancaster’s Red Rose destroyer escorts, and they tucked in Honor Guard, which honors our fallen close behind us so we could break the heroes. mountainous waves and prevent their He now lives in a Willow Street taking water down their stacks and retirement community—and still fits in sending them to the bottom. his World War II uniform. “We were doing 21 knots, and the Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in waves were coming at 22, so we were Europe in World War II. barely holding our own. I believe I
Valentine’s Day: It’s for the Birds Saint Valentine, whose day we celebrate on Feb. 14, was a martyr. Although his story is well known, some say the real reason we associate him with the spirit of love comes from above—specifically, birds. Medieval Christians observed that many birds mated at the time of the Saint Valentine’s feast. From that rose a belief that all birds chose their mates on Feb. 14. From that belief, many people assumed a connection to human www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
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How to Guard Against Wintertime Heart Attacks Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, When I had a mild heart attack about six months ago, my doctor told me I needed to be extra careful during the winter when recurring heart attacks are more common. Is this true? How can the seasons affect your heart? – Leery Senior Dear Leery, Everyone knows winter is cold and flu season, but most people don’t know that it’s also the prime season for heart attacks too, especially if you already have heart disease or have suffered a previous heart attack.
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snowstorm, usually a result of snow shoveling. Shoveling snow is a very strenuous activity that raises blood pressure and stresses the heart. Combine those factors with the cold temperatures, and the risk for heart attack surges. If your sidewalk or driveway needs shoveling this winter, hire a kid from the neighborhood to do it for you or use a snow blower. Or, if you must shovel, push rather than lift the snow as much as possible, stay warm, and take frequent breaks. • New Year’s resolutions: Every Jan. 1, millions of people join gyms or start exercise programs as part of their New Year’s resolution to get in shape, and many overexert themselves too soon. If you’re starting a new exercise program this winter, take the time to talk to your doctor about what types and how much exercise may be appropriate for you. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
• Winter weight gain: People tend to eat and drink more and gain more weight during the holiday season and winter months, all of which are hard on the heart and risky for someone with heart disease. So keep a watchful eye on your diet this winter and avoid binging on fatty foods and alcohol.
Therapeutics website at www.cet.org. • Flu season: Studies show that people who get flu shots have a lower heartattack risk. It’s known that the inflammatory reaction set off by a flu infection can increase blood clotting, which can lead to heart attacks in vulnerable people.
So, if you haven’t already done so, get a flu shot for protection. See www.flushot.healthmap.org to find a nearby vaccination site. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org
• Shorter days: Less daylight in the winter months can cause many people to develop seasonal affective disorder or SAD, a wintertime depression that can stress the heart. Studies have also looked at heartattack patients and found they usually have lower levels of vitamin D (which comes from sunlight) than people with healthy hearts. To boost your vitamin D this winter, consider taking a supplement that contains between 1,000 and 2,000 international units (IU) per day. And to find treatments for SAD, visit the Center for Environmental
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Jazz Happy and friendly pit bull mix Jazz is sure to strike the right chord with you! With her beautiful brindle-and-white coat and big ears that stick straight up in the air, Jazz has beauty to match her effervescent personality. At just 2 years young, Jazz is a pup who enjoys her playtime and would love to join an active family who will take her along on many fun adventures, even if that adventure only leads as far as the neighborhood park or backyard. Not only does she love showing off her active side, but Jazz is also a great cuddler! She loves to snuggle close to her people and isn’t stingy with her puppy kisses. Give Jazz a place in your life and the two of you will be making beautiful music for years and years to come! Jazz ID No. 21549449 For more information, please contact the Humane League of Lancaster County at (717) 393-6551.
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Panama: the Country, the Canal, and a 100th Anniversary By Andrea Gross ’m standing on the deck of a 24passenger catamaran, watching the sun rise over the Pacific. Yes, that’s right. The sun is rising over the Pacific. Here, in the Central American country of Panama, which is positioned between two continents and two oceans, I can see a bit of the Pacific that juts to the east, poking into a portion of the Atlantic. So when the sun rises in the east, it appears over Pacific waters. I find this intriguing but at the same time unsettling. But then, many things in Panama force me to rearrange my mind. The hot-pink hibiscus, the brightbeaked toucans, the swirling skirts of the dancers … Everywhere I look, the country pulsates with the psychedelic colors that inspired Paul Gauguin, and I’m on sensory overload for the first part of my trip. Then, bingo, I board the MS Discovery for my cruise through the
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picked up and carried with him for the rest of his life. When Armstrong was released from the Negro Waifs Home in 1915, he wasn’t old enough to work with a band, so he earned money from a variety of sources: delivering coal and beer, selling bananas, peddling newspapers, delivering milk, and foraging in garbage cans for food to bring home or sell to restaurants. Saving as many pennies as he could, Armstrong began to take trumpet lessons from Joe “King” Oliver, the outstanding exponent of jazz in the New Orleans area. By age 16, Armstrong and his horn were inseparable, and he was playing nightly. Within five years, he glided through the tiers of musical establishments, moving through nightclubs and riverboats to become one of the top brass musicians in the area. Then, in 1922, his teacher and mentor, Oliver, invited Armstrong to join his Creole Jazz Band in Chicago. Though he spent less than two years with Oliver, the time was a huge boost to Armstrong’s morale and provided him with greater experiences in public performance. During this time he
switched from the cornet to the trumpet. Additionally, while playing with Oliver, Armstrong met and married his second wife, Lil Hardin, who convinced him to form his own band and to start making phonograph records. In 1925, Armstrong learned that Chicago’s Okeh Records wanted to assemble a small combo of New Orleans transplants to record jazz, and Armstrong invited a few friends to join him in cutting some records. That group—called the Hot Five and later the Hot Seven—revolutionized jazz. Armstrong and his group developed the melodic, rhythmic style that all the big bands of the 1930s and 1940s would adopt. He brought swing dancing to the world, and the world loved him in return. Armstrong became the first black crossover musician, whose music appealed widely to black and white audiences. He also brought scat singing into existence. Armstrong created scat during a recording session for the Okeh. After dropping his sheet music by accident, he had to improvise vocally until the
recording director returned the sheets to him. As a result, Armstrong’s rasping, gravelly voice would eventually become as famous as the luxurious sound of his trumpet. In 1932 Armstrong made his first European tour; it was wildly successful, with Europeans gladly embracing his ebullient personality, talent, and natural public charm. It was during that European tour that he acquired the nickname “Satchmo” because a London music writer named P. Mathison Brooks inadvertently garbled his original nickname of “Satchelmouth,” which was given to him because of the size of his lips and teeth and the huge bellows his cheeks made when he played. As Armstrong became better and better known, an illustration of his lips and teeth on a billboard were enough to announce one of his coming performances. As his musical fame and reputation expanded, so did his opportunities. Armstrong began appearing in movies and Broadway shows and made guest appearances on various television shows during the 1960s. In 1964 his recording of “Hello,
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Dolly” became a huge hit, selling 2,000,000 copies and displacing The Beatles from the top of the hit list of bestselling records. Though Armstrong was not on the frontlines of the civil rights movement, in his own way he tried to make a contribution. “There has always been a misunderstanding of Armstrong and his unbelievable courage,” says filmmaker Ken Burns. “Here he was, refusing to go on a goodwill tour at the height of the Cold War, and people like Sammy Davis Jr. and Adam Clayton Powell denounced him. “You have this guy considered a throwback showing courage few AfricanAmerican entertainers were willing to do at the time.” Louis Armstrong died of heart failure July 6, 1971, at his home in Corona, N.Y. The house is now maintained by Queens College as the Louis Armstrong Archives. Very few people have ever risen as far in life as did Louis Armstrong. Beginning at the very bottom of American society, he emerged to become one of the most famous entertainers in the world.
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— Volunteer Opportunities — I frequently receive requests from our consumers who need help with regular monthly cleaning. Many of our consumers live in apartments or only use part of the house they live in due to mobility issues. Many also have health issues that limit them physically, so they can’t do the cleaning themselves. And since most agency consumers are on a limited income, they aren’t able to pay someone to do this task for them. Cleaning volunteers are asked to visit an assigned consumer once a month and spend about two hours doing light housecleaning such as vacuuming, dusting, cleaning the bathroom, and washing up linoleum floors. Cleaning volunteers are not asked to move furniture, turn mattresses, or do any other “spring housecleaning” types of chores. If you’re interested in learning more about this volunteer opportunity or others, please call me, Bev Via, at (717) 2997979 or email me at aging@co.lancaster.pa.us. Giving several hours of your time and energy can provide the assistance necessary for an older person to remain in his/her own home.
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Calendar of Events
Lancaster County
Support Groups
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Feb. 5, 7 to 8:15 p.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Willow Lakes Outpatient Center 212 Willow Valley Lakes Drive Willow Street (717) 464-9365
Feb. 20, noon Brain Tumor Support Group Lancaster General Health Campus Wellness Center 2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster (717) 626-2894
Feb. 10, 10 to 11 a.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Garden Spot Village Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6076 jmorton@gardenspotvillage.org
Feb. 24, 2 to 3 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group Garden Spot Village Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6259 jshaffer@gardenspotvillage.org
Feb. 26, 6 to 8 p.m. Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania Support Group Lancaster General Hospital Stager Room 5 555 N. Duke St., Lancaster (800) 887-7165, ext. 104
Community Programs
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Feb. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An Introduction to Centering Prayer The Spiritual Center at St. Thomas Episcopal Church 301 St. Thomas Road, Lancaster (717) 569-3241 Feb. 3, 6 p.m. Red Rose Singles Meeting Park City Diner 884 Plaza Blvd., Lancaster (717) 475-3007
Feb. 4, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Photography Display Opening Reception: “Churches of Lancaster” by Paul Brubaker Landis Homes – Harvest View Lobby 1001 E. Oregon Road, Lititz (717) 381-3550 www.landishomes.org
Feb. 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pennsylvania Music Expo Continental Inn 2285 Lincoln Highway East Lancaster (717) 898-1246 www.recordcollectors.org Feb. 21, 6 to 9 p.m. Music Fridays Downtown Lancaster (717) 341-0028
Library Programs Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 Feb. 13, 7 p.m. – Historical Treasures in the Collection of the National Civil War Museum Feb. 22, 1:30 p.m. – “Dining at the White House” by White House Chef John Moelle Feb. 28, 10 a.m. to noon – Literary Travelers Book Discussion: The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation Pre-registration is required for these programs. All activities are held at the Environmental Center in Central Park unless otherwise noted. To register or to find out more about these activities or any additional scheduled activities, call (717) 295-2055 or visit www.lancastercountyparks.org. Feb. 16, 1 to 4 p.m.; Feb. 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Feb. 23, 1 to 4 p.m. – Maple Sugaring Demonstrations, Sugar Bush of Central Park
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Senior Center Activities
Cocalico Senior Association – (717) 336-7489 Feb. 11, 10 a.m. – Shopping at Walmart Feb. 14, 10 a.m. – Valentine Party Feb. 20, 11 a.m. – Lunch Outing Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-4850 Feb. 3, 10:15 a.m. – JR’s Country Music Feb. 18, 10 a.m. – Cupcake Decorating Feb. 25, 10:15 a.m. – Trivia Contest Elizabethtown Area Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 Feb. 5, 1:30 p.m. – Bingo for Bucks Feb. 11, 9:30 a.m. – Zumba Class Feb. 20 and 27, 11:30 a.m. – Healthy Steps for Older Adults Lancaster House North Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 299-1278 Tuesdays, 1 p.m. – Varied Activities Thursdays, noon – Pinochle Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 299-3943 Feb. 7 and 21, 9:15 a.m. – CAP Nutrition and Food Demos Feb. 7, 10:30 a.m. – Consumers Corner Feb. 12, 10 a.m. – Haircuts and Manicures Lancaster Rec. Senior Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147 Mondays, 1:30 p.m. – Pickleball Thursdays, 9:15 a.m. – Chi Gung Feb. 13, 9 a.m. – Valentine Party Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800 Feb. 6, 10 a.m. – Washington’s and Lincoln’s Trivia Feb. 13, 10:15 a.m. – Music and Dancing Feb. 20, 10 a.m. – Fall Prevention Program Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989 Feb. 11, 10 a.m. – What is the Job Training Program for AARP Older Pennsylvanians? Feb. 14, 9:30 a.m. – Valentine’s Day Party Feb. 21, 10 a.m. – Dance Contest Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600 Feb. 14, 10:15 a.m. – Valentine’s Day Music Feb. 19, 10 a.m. – Sponsored Bingo Feb. 28, 10:15 a.m. – Penn State Nutrition Program Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770 Thursdays, 10 a.m. – Intergenerational Activity with Senior Buddies Feb. 3, 10 a.m. – February Trivia Feb. 13, 10:30 a.m. – Trip to Ferguson & Hassler Rodney Park Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, noon – Pinochle Wednesdays, 1 p.m. – Varied Activities Thursdays, noon – Bingo
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town (quickly becoming the go-to neighborhood for after-hours fun) to a 21st-century metropolis that is both an international business center and a popular tourist destination. The city’s history is fascinating, the atmosphere electric, but still, I’m glad when we head out to the rural areas. In line with our travel company’s philosophy that meeting local people is as important as seeing historic sites, we stop at an agricultural cooperative where farmers work together to bring their produce to market, a sugar cane farm where a husband and wife have a small candy-making business, a school where youngsters perform traditional dances and their mothers serve us a homemade lunch, and a private home where the owner teaches us to make one of his grandmother’s favorite dishes. At each place our hosts talk freely, giving us insight into their daily lives. I emerge from these visits well fed and well informed. We learn about yet another Panamanian lifestyle when we meet the Embera people, members of one of Panama’s seven indigenous tribes. I step out of our dugout canoe to find a village of thatched huts perched on stilts, an open-air schoolhouse, a soccer field, a
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There are several species of spider monkeys in Panama, and it is special, but not unusual, to see troops of 20 or 30 swinging from tree to tree.
Keel-billed toucans that live in the Panamanian rainforest often make forays into villages.
The gates open to allow the MS Discovery to enter the Gatun Locks.
meeting hall, a woman weaving baskets, and an entire community of people in traditional attire. The tribal spokesman explains that opening their village to outsiders allows the Emberas to earn a living while
continuing to live according to the ways of their ancestors. It’s a Margaret Mead experience, and I love every minute. In between people visits, we take mini treks through the rainforest. Unlike the men who built the canal, we’re slathered
with sunscreen, protected with insect repellent, and our only goals are to see a monkey, spot a toucan, and track a capybara. We aren’t charged with digging a path through a thick jungle where the temperature is often above 80 degrees and the humidity above 90 percent. Of the 80,000 men who worked on the canal, more than a third died of yellow fever or malaria. A normal trip through the canal takes 10 hours, but we have arrangements for a full daylight passage. Therefore, we enter on the Pacific, head northwest through two sets of locks that raise the Discovery 85 feet above sea level, cross the Continental Divide, and spend the night on Gatun Lake. The next morning we go ashore to visit the Gatun Dam and take our final rainforest trek, which reminds us of the travails that went into building the canal. Then we re-board our ship, go through the final set of locks, and descend to sea level in another ocean. I go to the upper deck and look to the west. Yes, the sun is setting over the Atlantic. www.gct.com/pma Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).
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OOA, OLP Collaborate for ‘Lancaster Celebrates Seniors’ By Megan Joyce This year, the Lancaster County Office of Aging and On-Line Publishers, Inc. have pooled their resources, brainpower, and collective community spirit to bring the county’s boomers and seniors the first-ever Lancaster Celebrates Seniors event. Lancaster Celebrates Seniors will combine the 26th annual Lancaster County Senior Games and the 15th annual Northern Lancaster County 50plus EXPO on Monday, May 5, at Spooky Nook Sports, 2913 Spooky Nook Road, Manheim. While the two events will retain their own identities and function independently, Lancaster Celebrates Seniors will offer local seniors the opportunity to participate in both the 50plus EXPO and the Senior Games in one convenient location. “It was a natural fit, as On-Line Publishers has supported our Lancaster Senior Games almost since the inception,” said Lon Wible, deputy director of the Lancaster Office of Aging, “and the Lancaster County Office of Aging has been co-sponsoring On-Line Publishers’ 50plus EXPOs throughout the
county for nearly 20 years.” athleticism and camaraderie of the county’s seniors. The 50plus EXPO, which will be held The majority of the Senior Games will from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, May 5, be held this year from May 5 to 9 at this has always been a free, one-day event, new location, although a few, such as offering visitors free access to exhibitors, health screenings, live entertainment, and golf and bowling, will be held off site. The 50plus EXPO and the seminars. Senior Games will The EXPO brings simply join together businesses and Lancaster at Spooky Nook people who can Sports for use their Lancaster products or Celebrates Seniors services on Monday, May together, said 5. Donna Anderson, president of On-Line “Having [the 50plus Publishers, which produces EXPO and the Senior Games] the 50plus EXPOs through OLP Events, under one roof, on the same day, will its events division. benefit us all—especially those who wish to participate in both,” Wible said. “The exhibitors love [the 50plus “While the EXPO will strive to EXPO] because they can meet with educate seniors and connect them with people face to face who are interested in available services, the Games provides the what they have to offer,” Anderson said. opportunity for participants to compete “Visitors love it because their needs in more than 40 different fitness and change from year to year, and they can sports activities,” he added. pick up information relevant to what’s Anderson first approached Wible and going on in their lives.” Jacqueline Burch, executive director of Organized by the Lancaster County the Office of Aging, with the idea to Office of Aging, the Lancaster County Senior Games has been and still will be a create a unique hybrid event that would be mutually beneficial while also clearly weeklong event celebrating the
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benefiting both events’ attendees. “Since that decision last fall, the two event committees have joined forces to meticulously plan out every aspect of the event,” Wible said. “The committee is working diligently to ensure each [event] retains its original purpose and identity while striving to offer greater choice to those who join us.” The Senior Games are traditionally held in June, but a move to May this year allowed the two events to coexist while also fitting in nicely with May’s designation as Older Americans Month. “We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have one huge event in Lancaster for seniors?’” Anderson said. “After all, without all of the work and commitment our seniors have made to the community, we wouldn’t be where we are today.” “Our ultimate goal is to provide seniors with opportunity,” said Wible. “Given the size of the Spooky Nook facility, those who join us will have much to choose from.” The Senior Games’ opening ceremony will kick off at 8:30 a.m. Monday, followed by the start of the EXPO at 9 a.m. Seniors will be able to participate in please see LCS page 18
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The group meets twice a month at their local library, and there are usually anywhere from six to 14 people in attendance. Each reading selection is between 20 and 40 pages, so the amount of reading required to be a part of the group is not overly intensive, said Tepsic. The Great Books Foundation in Chicago sponsors the discussion groups. The foundation began as a nonprofit organization in 1947 to promote critical thinking and to encourage the development of well-rounded individuals. Today the foundation continues to sponsor programs throughout the entire country, including some at high schools and colleges. Tepsic’s group is mostly retired individuals, but people of all ages are welcome to join the biweekly discussions. Variety makes the discussions more interesting, so people with all different backgrounds and personalities are encouraged to attend. “You can contribute as much as you want, or nothing,” said Tepsic. The group includes professionals ranging from a dietician to an accountant to lawyers, professors, and government managers. “Everybody brings their own expertise to the discussion,” Tepsic said. “It’s interesting how different people interpret things.”
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Turkey and Greece. “I enjoy travel within the United States as well,” he said. “Out West is some of the most beautiful country in the world, such as Yosemite National Park and the Grand Canyon.” A lot of their travels are coordinated through the Harrisburg Area Friendship Force, an organization founded by former United States President Jimmy Carter to promote personal relationships between different cultures and nations. It is a division of the People to People Ambassador Programs. The program sets you up with a family to stay with when you are in another country, instead of sleeping in a hotel or hostel. The people who host you are able to show you much more of the area than you would get to see without the friendship of locals, said Tepsic. He and his wife have made friends around the world through the Harrisburg Area Friendship Force. They have seen their friends from New Zealand several times since they stayed with them there, when they both happen to be visiting other countries and when the couple comes to stay with the Tepsics on their trips to the United States. The Tepsics love hosting others at their home and taking them to local sites like the state capitol building and Gettysburg.
“You really get to learn about people and their cultures and food,” he said. Food is a portion of the Tepsics’ retirement as well—not because they are suddenly indulging, but because they spend time each week delivering it to others through Meals on Wheels. Patricia is a coordinator and Dan is a driver. A natural outflow of their service has yet again been friendships. For some of the people Tepsic delivers to, that small interaction might, unfortunately, be the most social part of their week. “We wanted to give something back, and it’s just our way of contributing to the community,” Tepsic said. Playing tennis is another great joy in Tepsic’s life, and he has continued competing on several local teams even after having open heart surgery in 2004 and hip replacements in 2006 and 2008. He picked up the sport after serving in the Army for two years after college and has been competing in doubles ever since. Last year the team he is part of through the Harrisburg Academy went to the Eastern Regional Finals in Princeton. Having major surgeries has not slowed him down at all in tennis or in life. “I’ve been given a new lease,” Tepsic said. To find a Great Books Discussion Group in your area, visit www.great books.org or call toll-free (800) 222-5870.
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One person is assigned to lead the conversation at each meeting. They provide some background on that particular selection or author and steer the discussion when need be. The foundation sends out a catalog with different genres for local groups to choose from. Tepsic’s group’s recent readings have included works from John Locke, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tepsic himself is just the sort of “wellrounded individual” the foundation is looking to cultivate. Now 71, he retired at age 62 after working as the human resources coordinator for the Department of Corrections. He and his wife have two children and two grandchildren. They have always enjoyed traveling, but retirement has afforded them the time to take more trips than ever before. When it comes to world traveling, it can be hard to narrow it down to just one favorite, as each destination presents new experiences to savor. But if he had to choose, Tepsic said that New Zealand would be one of their favorite places to visit. They have traveled to about 20 nations so far, including Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico. Still high on their wish list of places to visit are
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