50plus LIFE Lancaster County March 2019

Complimentary | Lancaster County Edition

March 2019 • Vol. 25 No. 3

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Interactive App Improves Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Although screening for colorectal cancer has been shown to decrease deaths from the disease, only about two-thirds of Americans are up to date with screening.

A 2018 study suggested that giving people an easy way to order their own screening tests may help increase the number of people who get screened.

In the NCI-funded study, people waiting to see their doctors for routine checkups were given a tablet computer loaded with an interactive app that provides information about the need for colorectal cancer screening, helps patients make decisions about screening, and allows them to “selforder� their own screening test. People who used the app, the study showed, were twice as likely to be screened as those viewing a video that did not provide information about screening or the option to order a test.

The “interesting and innovative� aspect of the approach used in the new study is that “once patients made a choice about screening, they had the opportunity to order the test themselves,� said healthcare delivery

including fear of the procedure and/or the preparation; lack of awareness of the need for screening; and absent or inadequate doctor– patient discussions about screening. Screening rates are particularly low among people with less education or low Clinical Trial Included Those incomes.

Researchers have Most Likely to Face Barriers to tested different approaches to increasing Screening The U.S. March is Colorectal Cancer colorectal cancer screening rates, such Preventive Awareness Month as small financial Services Task Force recommends incentives and mailed invitation letters and free testing kits, screening for colorectal cancer for average-risk adults ages 50–75 with and found varying levels of success.

In the study, David P. Miller Jr., a colonoscopy once every 10 years or a M.D., of Wake Forest School of stool-based test every year.

Medicine, and his colleagues tested the People with an abnormal stool Mobile Patient Technology for Healthtest result (signs of blood in the stool) are advised to undergo a colonoscopy CRC (mPATH-CRC) app, which they designed for people with low health to investigate the cause. literacy and low computer literacy, at Many factors contribute to low six community-based primary care screening rates in the United States, researcher Caitlin Murphy, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, who was not involved in the new study.

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practices in North Carolina.

The 450 study participants were 50–74 years old, scheduled to see a primary care provider, and due for colorectal cancer screening.

The mPATH-CRC app tells patients about the two tests most commonly used to screen for colorectal cancer in the United States — colonoscopy and fecal occult blood testing, which looks for hidden (occult) blood in patient stool samples — and helps them decide which test to use.

Patients were randomly assigned to use either the mPATH-CRC app or a control app that included a video about diet and exercise and did not give patients the option to self-order screening tests.

Primary care providers of patients who self-ordered a screening test with the app were notified and asked to approve or deny the test order. Patients who self-ordered a screening test received a series of automated followup email or text messages to help them follow through with the test.

App Improved Screening but Left Room for Improvement Of the participants assigned to the mPATH-CRC group, 30 percent completed a screening test within the study’s 24-week follow-up period, compared with 15 percent of people in the control group.

But the 30 percent screening rate “is still far from ideal,� Miller said.

Researchers did look at detection of colon polyps (precancerous growths) and cancers in both groups. They found 15 people with polyps and one with cancer among those who used the app, compared with only six people with polyps in the control group. “That suggests that for every 22 people who use the app, we’ll find polyps in one extra person — and that’s potentially one person we will prevent from getting colon cancer,�

Miller said.

The researchers were surprised to find that roughly half (53 percent) of patients in the mPATH-CRC group ordered a test for themselves via the app. This was a higher number than expected, Miller said.

Source: National Cancer Institute

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Fifties Flashback

Randal C. Hill

The Cat with 10 Million Lives

“There’s no place like home.”

We agree.

–L. Frank Baum

“Write me a story that precariously upon a first-graders can’t put huge ball. To nobody’s down.” surprise, the cat and all This was the challenge his accoutrements crash that William Spaulding, to the floor in a heap. a director at Houghton Undaunted, he Mifflin Publishers, then hauls in a huge offered to Theodor box that contains two Geisel one day in 1955 wild-haired, impish as he handed Geisel a list creatures called Thing of vocabulary words for One and Thing Two. 6- and 7-year-olds.

They proceed to run At the time, Geisel amok throughout the was a little-known house, flying kites Cover of the book children’s author who and scattering things The Cat in the Hat. wrote under the name everywhere.

Dr. Seuss. (Seuss was his When the children mother’s maiden name.) His fortunes and the fish realize that Mother will be — and his life — would change coming home soon, panic sets in. That’s forever when he accepted Spaulding’s when the irrepressible invader removes unconventional assignment. both Things, then zips about the house Geisel had scanned the list and in an ingenuous machine that quickly decided that creating and illustrating tidies up everything. such a book should be quite easy.

By the time Mother returns, the cat “I figured I could knock it off in a has slipped out, the house is back in week or so,” he admitted later. “It took order, and Mother is none the wiser. a year and a half.”

••• Geisel had underestimated just Published in March 1957 and how hard it would be to write a truly composed mostly of one-syllable words, compelling children’s tale that utilized a The Cat in the Hat sold 1 million copies mere 200 words. by the decade’s end and, in the process, Determined to outdo the ubiquitous made Dr. Seuss a household name.

— and boring — Dick and Jane books Geisel later proclaimed, “I have found throughout American elementary great pride in taking Dick and Jane schools, Geisel decided to write a funout of most school libraries. That is my to-read story predicated on the first two greatest satisfaction.” rhyming words that appeared on his His delightful classic has now sold list. over 10 million books, and The Cat They happened to be cat and hat. in the Hat has lived on through a 1971 animated TV special and a live••• action 2003 film. But when the movie Seuss’s clever creation tells of an was panned for its adult humor and outrageous anthropomorphic feline who wears an impossibly tall striped innuendo, Geisel’s widow, Audrey, disallowed any future films based on hat. One rainy day, this odd intruder drops by to relieve the boredom of two her husband’s works.

Theodor Geisel was childless by housebound youngsters, a girl called choice, but he always enjoyed telling Sally and her unnamed brother, who others, “You have ’em, I’ll entertain narrates the story. ’em.”

The cheerful cat sets about performing a bizarre trick that involves Although Randal C. Hill’s heart lives in balancing plates, books, a cake, toys, the past, the rest of him resides in Bandon, a milk bottle, and even the family Ore. He can be reached at wryterhill@ goldfish, all the while balancing himself msn.com. www.50plusLifePA.com

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By Jason J. Tabor

Island as an officer on a destroyer escort ship, a small vessel with a small staff that was tasked with patrolling waters in the Caribbean.

Visitors to historic Cornwall Iron Furnace in Freeland was in charge of the communications Lebanon have the opportunity to learn all about division of the operations the Revolutionary-War-era department (while also forge from local history serving as tactical signals buff-turned-tour guide Pat officer, cryptosecurity officer, Freeland. communications officer, “The furnace opened postal officer, Protestant lay in 1742 and has a lot of leader, and legal officer. historical significance.

After his stint in the Cannonballs and cannons military ended, Freeland used by the Navy during returned to the area and the Revolutionary War were began his career in education made here, but not a lot of as a sixth-grade English people know about it,” he teacher — a job he enjoyed says. for 17 years, first in Maryland Freeland, now retired As a Navy officer during the Vietnam War and then in Massachusetts from a wide-ranging, eclectic era, Freeland spent three years based in after moving there to career, lives with his wife Rhode Island on a destroyer escort. pursue a master’s degree in of 40 years, Vicki, close to educational administration where he grew up in Lebanon at Northeastern and Boston County. A fan of all things universities. historical, Freeland’s own Along the way, he and personal history could fill a Vicki married in 1978 book or two. and soon had a son and a “I never knew exactly what daughter.

I wanted to do with my life While in Massachusetts, when I was young, and I still a co-worker at his school don’t think I’ve figured it introduced Freeland to flying out,” he laughs. small single-engine planes, After graduating from and he soon received his own Cornwall High School, he pilot’s license. attended Lafayette College “My friend took me flying to earn a bachelor’s degree in a few times, and as usual, psychology, with the vague I wanted to know how all notion that he may one day The furnace’s “Great Wheel” weighs of those dials, levers, and become a school principal.

4 tons and measures 24 feet in diameter. instruments worked, and I He attributes his interest ended up becoming a pilot in education with his passion myself,” he remembers. for language, including a Tragedy was narrowly “passing familiarity with averted on one of Freeland’s French, Latin, German, and first solo flights when the Pennsylvania Dutch.” plane’s engine sputtered to a Shortly after his college stop shortly after takeoff. graduation, however, “I was relatively Freeland’s career plans were inexperienced, so instead put on hold when war broke of letting the plane spiral out in Vietnam and many downward and reduce speed, young men in the U.S. faced Cannonballs were cast in Cornwall for I just wanted to get back military conscription or the American Revolution. Pictured down on the ground as soon enlistment. here are “12-pounders.” as possible,” he laughs.

“It was 1966 and the draft He guided the plane back down to a rough had begun. I figured my best option would be to go landing on a dirt runway at 120 miles per hour, ahead and enlist in the Navy,” he recalls.

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he worked with a crew of volunteers to build and restore homes for needy cemetery at the edge of the airport. families in Lebanon.

“I lost a couple teeth that day, but kept flying for years afterwards,” he remembers.

But in 2016, Freeland was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel and liver cancer and After almost two decades in public education, Freeland would make the first told by his doctor that he may have only six months to live. Doctors advised him to discontinue the home renovations due to the possible infections that of many about-faces in his career.

“The best part of teaching could result. was dealing with the kids each “I started chemotherapy day. I loved teaching the kids, immediately, and within a few but ultimately I just got tired months the lab results showed of dealing with the parents day that the cancer had gone into in and day out,” he laughs. remission. I’m really lucky, but After teaching, Freeland I’m still here tickin’.” dabbled in real estate sales, Cancer may have slowed but ultimately found his niche him down a little bit, but at 75 doing home renovation and Freeland remains busy. maintenance, founding a “We see our grandkids company that would perform every day, and when I’m not these services for realtors before puttering around the house homes went on the market. or yard, working, I’m at the Forty-two cannon were cast at the furnace; 41 were taken by wagon to Revolution-era ships “I’ve always enjoyed furnace giving tours or doing in Philadelphia.

This one may not have proved tinkering, problem-solving, maintenance work,” he says. structurally sound. and being handy, so this was a In the casting house, the molten “One of the biggest lessons iron was tapped twice daily. Each much more natural fit for me I’ve learned through all of my tap was 2,800 pounds at 3,000 than sales,” he says. experiences is the importance of treating everyone you meet with respect. Every degrees.

Two years later, he would one of us has a story to tell, and we can learn a lot if we take the time to listen.” jump into a completely Visit the Cornwall Iron Furnace website at cornwallironfurnace.org or call different career field by chance, when his neighbor offered him a job in (717) 272-9711. computer software programming — a field in which Freeland had no formal On the cover: training.

Installed around 1841, this 20-horsepower, single-cylinder steam engine “It was the late ’80s, and software companies were getting huge and needing powered the furnace’s blowing equipment. to increase their staffing. I just dove into coding; I really loved it. There is something about problem-solving combined with creating something new that has always appealed to me,” he says.

Freeland contributed coding to what would become one of the world’s most popular business email and calendar programs, Lotus Notes, and would go on to co-author a Lotus Notes for Dummies book and other tech-related Proudly serving Manheim, Mount Joy, Mountville, and Norlanco since 1939 publications.

After retiring from the tech industry in 2002, he and Vicki moved back to In addition to our prescription drug and over-the-counter medications, we the Cornwall area to be closer to family, including their five grandchildren. provide durable medical equipment.

While living in Massachusetts, Freeland spent his free time volunteering as a tour guide at WGBH Boston, a PBS television and radio affiliate.

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A unique survivor of the early American iron industry originally built by Peter Grubb in 1742, Cornwall Iron Furnace underwent extensive renovations in 1856-57 under its subsequent owners, the Coleman family, and closed in 1883, according to its website (cornwallironfurnace.org).

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“I continue to do tours at the furnace and can supply lots of information about its history and the processes involved in the production of iron,” Freeland Manheim Mountville Norlanco (E-town) Mount Joy says.

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Grief Relief

7 Ways to Grieve Mindfully Victor M. Parachin

Mounting scientific evidence from scores of universities strongly suggests that mindfulness not only reduces stress, but also gently builds an inner strength so that future stressors have less impact on our happiness and physical well-being.

Simply stated, mindfulness is the natural human ability to be paying attention and aware of what is happening around us, to us, and within us. When we are mindful, we are more able to respond rather than react to issues, events, and people.

Mindfulness is an important quality to bring into the bereavement process. Here are seven ways to grieve mindfully.

1. Mindful breathing. Grief produces stress, and when you are stressed, there are physical changes, such as increased heart rate, fast breathing, and high blood pressure.

The shortest route to reducing this stress is to breathe deeply and slowly. When you breathe deeply, it sends a message to your brain to calm down and relax.

Here is a simple breath exercise to do when feeling stressed called CPR. It’s done with three inhales and exhales. First, inhale slowly and say, “I am,” and then exhale slowly and say, “calm.”

Second, inhale slowly and say, “I am,” and then exhale slowly and say, “peaceful.”

Third, inhale slowly and say, “I am,” and then exhale slowly and say, “relaxed.”

Do this for several minutes until you feel more calm, peaceful, and relaxed.

2. Mindful thoughts. When grieving, it’s easy to let the mind gravitate toward negative, catastrophic thinking.

However, it doesn’t need to be that way. Rather than having your mind manage you and your feelings, flip the switch and manage your mind, training it to think positively and optimistically.

Whenever negative thoughts emerge, replace them with positive ones. Move from “I can’t” and “I’m not able” toward “I can” and “I am able.”

3. Mindful words. Pay attention to the way you speak. Is your vocabulary positive and uplifting, or does it tend to focus on the negative and pessimistic?

Use words, phrases, and sentences that build up, encourage, inspire, and applaud yourself and all those you come in contact with.

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4. Mindful action. Take steps necessary to educate and inform yourself about the grief process. Read books and magazine articles, take workshops, join a grief support group.

Some of the many benefits of being in a self-help group include: • Emotional, psychological, and spiritual support in a safe and nonjudgmental environment • Sympathy and understanding from others who have experienced a similar loss • The opportunity to accelerate the healing process through sharing your own story and hearing the stories of other grievers

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• Coping skills to help you through the most difficult days of your grief journey • New friendships with people who “get it” and understand firsthand what you’re going through • In a grief support group, you will meet people who are adjusting and adapting to their loss; these women and men can become inspiring role models for you • Permission to grieve and permission to live a happy, productive life 5. Mindful eating. Grief disrupts appetite. Some grievers eat too little, while others overeat.

Practice mindfulness at meals. Be sure to mindfully eat fresh, healthy foods to keep your body strong during your grief journey.

If preparing meals for just yourself is uninspiring, use this as a reason to

invite company over for a meal or try a new restaurant with a friend.

6. Mindful exercise. To offset the shock and sadness of grief, engage in regular exercise most days of the week. Studies reveal that exercise can be just as effective for reducing depression as anti-depressant drugs.

Even if you feel you can’t possibly drag yourself out of bed, get up and get moving. Think carefully about an activity that appeals to you — hiking, biking, swimming, yoga, group fitness classes, dancing, kayaking — and do it.

7. Mindful possibilities. As grief eases and days become lighter and brighter, begin to be mindful about your future. One chapter of your life has concluded, and now is the time to begin writing a new chapter.

Be mindful about your ability to tap into inner strength, move forward, and reinvent yourself.

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

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Protecting Your Vision Protects Your Independence

By Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS

Always be ready to soothe dry eyes. Winter’s dry, cold air can leave eyes feeling dry and uncomfortable.

Eye drops — a longtime, go-to remedy — are now available in an eye mist that eliminates dripping and mess. The user holds the dispenser 3-4 inches from his face, closes his eyes, sprays, and blinks.

Plant-based liposomes collect on the eyelashes and, with each blink, form a moisturizing film over the eye, keeping in moisture. This kind of eye drop can be used as often as needed, even by contact lens wearers.

Just about every article on healthy aging will remind you to eat better, exercise more, get plenty of rest, and make sure you’re getting routine checkups with your dentist and doctor.

While I am passionate about all those things, this time, I’m focusing on taking care of your eyes.

It’s something I have a personal interest in.

As I get older, I’m noticing that my eyes are changing. And I’m paying more attention to keeping them healthy. Eye care may also need some seasonal adjustments. Winter’s dry air can bother eyes.

Think about how many times you depend on your eyes every day. From reading mail and paying bills to driving, your vision is massively important for your independence as you get older. Make sure you’re doing all you can for your eyes.

Here are some of my favorite tips: Tell your eye-care professional if family members have been diagnosed with an eye disease or condition. Some conditions are hereditary, which may put you at higher risk for developing them. Taking appropriate precautions and catching symptoms early may ultimately help preserve your vision.

Look away from the screen every 20 minutes. We don’t blink as often when we’re staring at the computer. If you’re not protecting your eyes, you may be increasing your risk for digital eye strain and dry eyes.

Also, every 20 minutes, it’s smart to look 20 feet away for 20 seconds.

Another option is to wear special computer glasses that have a blue light filter in the lenses. (A third option is to just cut your screen time!)

March is National Save Your Vision Month

Use protective eyewear when doing yard work. Blowing or raking leaves can send small pieces of plant matter flying into your eyes.

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Age 55 or over? Unemployed? The 55+ Job Bank is one of three services offered by Employment Unit at the Office of Aging.

Jobs are matched with those looking for work. Based on an evaluation of your skills and abilities, we can match you with a position needed by a local employer. Some employers are specifically looking for older workers because of the reliability and experience they bring to the workplace. There is a mix of full-time and part-time jobs covering all shifts, requiring varying levels of skill and experience, and offering a wide range of salaries.

The other services available through the Office of Aging are the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) and the regularly scheduled Job Search Workshops.

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During Women’s universities. She History Month, continued taking we celebrate classes while the efforts and working as a accomplishments of governess. women in America.

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Russia: Cruising the Waterways of the Tsars Andrea Gross

“Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” said Winston Churchill in a 1939 radio broadcast.

Things haven’t changed much in the intervening years. The world’s largest country is still a land of gilded domes and golden spires as well as grand art, great music, and blue waterways.

But it’s also a land that has been ruled by those who win revolutions as St. Petersburg is filled with magnificent well as by those who win domed cathedrals. elections; is sometimes officially communistic and other times casually capitalistic; and whose relationship with the United States has ranged from somewhat cooperative to outright confrontational.

An enigma indeed — which is, of course, exactly why my husband and I wanted to go there.

The first thing we learn is that Russia isn’t a particularly easy place for American tourists. Most find the language unintelligible, the alphabet indecipherable, and the regulations innumerable.

For example, individual travelers need an “invitation” from an authorized Russian travel agency verifying exactly where they’ll be staying each night during their visit. Spontaneity is not allowed.

Thus we opt for a riverboat cruise specifically designed for English-speaking passengers, which will let us travel in comfort and security.

Our first stop is St. Petersburg, the cultural gem of Russia. It’s here that I see my first onion-domed cathedral, proudly presiding over a watery maze that splinters the city into 100 islands connected by nearly 400 canals and bridges.

We spend three days amongst spectacular palaces, world-renowned museums, and magnificent gardens. We thrill to the performance of Swan Lake, which was first presented to the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg in 1895; tap our feet in rhythm to the rollicking music of the Cossacks; and are overwhelmed by the art of the Hermitage Museum, which has prehistoric artifacts as well as Greek sculptures and Impressionist paintings.

Experts say that if a person were to spend one minute per exhibit, it would take him 11 years to see it all.

Finally we visit a kommunalka, a communal home owned by several unrelated families. Each family has its own small room for living and dining, but they all share a common bathroom and small cooking area, which, in this case, consists of two stoves, a mini-refrigerator, and a few overloaded shelves.

I don’t want to leave St. Petersburg. It has an air of restrained elegance — historically important, regally proud, and visually stunning. But it’s time for the Viking Akun, our 200-passenger ship, to head south to Moscow.

For the next five days we cruise down the Svir and Volga rivers, stopping at a variety of small and midsize towns.

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Cathedrals abound in the small towns between St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Traditionally these dolls were painted in intricate designs; today many have more contemporary, and sometimes controversial, motifs.

One set, for example, depicts the largest doll as Putin and the smaller ones as former leaders of the Soviet Union, from Lenin to Yeltsin. Other sets are in the reverse, with Lenin outsizing Putin.

We opt for one that features the Disney characters Anna and Elsa.

All things considered, it seems a safer choice than the one that portrays Putin please see RUSSIA page 12

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RUSSIA from page 11 and Trump.

We visit a school, eat lunch with a typical middle-class family, and tour churches filled with outstanding art. Before we leave I decide to be purified in a banya, which involves taking a steam bath and birch-broom massage before plunging into the cold river.

Back aboard the ship we sit The Cossacks perform lively folk dances St. Petersburg is a city of islands in the Panorama Bar and enjoy in a private performance for cruise connected by nearly 400 bridges and the river views as we listen passengers. canals. to presentations on all things Russian, from the Volga to the vodka. Finally, sated with knowledge and food, the Viking Akun docks at Moscow.

Like St. Petersburg, Moscow is gilded with domes, but while St. Petersburg is magical, Moscow is muscular. The cars are flashier, the streets more crowded, the malls larger. There’s even a toy store that covers more than a block.

We tour the Kremlin, where we hear stories of Romanov tsars Matryoshka dolls, also called nesting or stacking and Communist leaders; enjoy the

festive ambience of Red Square; and lunch at the enormous GUM department store, where any thoughts of Russia as a country devoid of luxury goods are quickly dispelled.

But of course Moscow isn’t Russia. Nearly 80 percent of Russia’s people live west of the Ural Mountains, where traditions may be stronger but life may be harder.

“But in Moscow there are more billionaires than babushkas,” says our guide.

On the last night of our cruise a group of us reflects on our trip while we enjoy a Russian-inspired meal.

“Churchill was right,” says one man. “Russia is most definitely an enigma.”

For an expanded form of this story, see traveltizers.com.

Photos ©Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (andreagross.com).

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You are invited to join the Lancaster County Office of Aging team of volunteer APPRISE counselors who assist Medicare-eligible beneficiaries navigate the often-confusing Medicare system.

APPRISE counselors receive intensive training in Medicare Parts A, B and D, Supplemental Insurances, Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicaid, PACE Plus, and other health insurance-related topics. This training allows volunteers to provide unbiased assistance to consumers so they can make an informed decision and choose the plan that best meets their specific needs.

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Navigating the 3 Financial Stages of Retirement People often view retirement as just one more stage of life.

But that’s not exactly the case. Retirement isn’t just one stage; it’s at least three — although all three do share something in common.

“Every stage of retirement requires planning,” says Jack Teboda, president of Teboda & Associates, a financial services firm in Illinois.

“Otherwise, you could end up running out of money, or your health might take a turn for the worse and negatively impact your retirement savings because you hadn’t planned for it in those early years of retirement.”

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STAGES from page 13 Stage One: Adjust to a new lifestyle. Many new retirees brim with excitement when retirement begins. They can golf, visit museums, play with their grandchildren, travel, or catch up on their reading.

Not everyone adjusts well, though. It’s not easy to flip the switch overnight after you’ve spent several decades reporting to work every day.

Also, if your retirement income is largely dependent on your savings, you’ll want to be careful that you don’t spend too much in those initial years.

“Your adviser should be able to help you come up with a plan that will give you income for life so you don’t have to worry about running out of money,” Teboda says.

Stage Two: Staying socially connected. As the years pass, many retirees move closer to their children or move into a retirement community because it makes them feel more socially connected.

“Sometimes at this point, especially if they haven’t planned well, people may start to have even more worries that they will outlive their money,” Teboda says.

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“When people map out their retirement,” Teboda says, “they need to plan for that possibility because the cost of long-term care can be devastating to your finances.”

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“In each stage of retirement,” Teboda says, “it’s important to confer regularly with your adviser and to be ready to adjust your financial plans if necessary.”

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Dear Savvy Senior, I just turned 62 and am financially prepared for retirement, but I’m less certain about how to spend my time after leaving work. Can you recommend some resources or tools that can help me with this?

– Feeling Lost Dear Lost, This is a great question! Many people, when asked what they want to do when they retire, will say they want a mix of travel, play, and meaningful work. Specifics, however, tend to be few and far between.

But planning how to fill your time in retirement is just as important as the financialplanning aspect. Here are some resources that can help.

Online Tools A good starting point to figuring out what you want to do in retirement is at Life Reimagined (lifereimagined.aarp.org).

This is an AARP website (you don’t have to be a member to use it) that can help you rediscover what truly matters to you and focus on what you really want to do. It offers a variety of online exercises and programs that will hopefully spark some ideas and give you inspiration.

Encore.org is another good resource that helps people who are seeking work that matters in the second half of life. Click on “Resources” on the menu bar and download their free Encore guide, and consider purchasing a copy of their Encore Career Handbook by Marci Alboher, which is excellent.

Also check out the free e-book called The Age for Change, which can help answer the question: “What now?” You can download this from Coming of Age (comingofage.org).

And if you’ve never taken a personality test before, this too can be a good tool to help you figure out what type of activities or work you’d like to do. A good option for this is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment, which you can take online at mbticomplete. com.

Personalized Guidance If you want personalized help, you can also get one-on-one guidance from a retirement or life planning coach.

Some resources that can help you here include Life Planning for You (lifeplanningforyou.com), which has a free exercise called EVOKE to help identify a path that might suit you best in later life and provides a directory to registered life planners to help guide you.

Also see Retirement Options (retirementoptions.com), which will connect you with a retirement coach who will give you an assessment to help reveal your attitudes and opinions about work, family life, relationship, leisure time, and more.

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And check out the Life Planning Network (lifeplanningnetwork. org), a group of professionals and organizations that help people navigate the second half of life.

You can also find life and retirement coaching at the International Coach Federation (coachfederation.org).

Coaching sessions typically range from $75 to $300 or more and usually require four to six sessions to get the most out of the process.

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To look for job ideas, sites like RetirementJobs.com, Workforce50. com, and Retired Brains (retiredbrains.com) list thousands of jobs nationwide from companies that are actively seeking older workers.

FlexJobs (flexjobs.com) can help you find good work-at-home jobs.

CoolWorks (coolworks.com) and Backdoorjobs.com are great for locating seasonal or summer jobs in terrific places.

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And if you’re interested in starting a new business, the U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov/content/50-entrepreneurs) offers tips, tools, and free online courses to entrepreneurs who are 50 and older, as does the nonprofit association Score (score.org).

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

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Our Journey Together Cancer Support Group Lancaster Cancer Center Greenfield Corporate Center 1858 Charter Lane, Suite 202 Lancaster (717) 291-1313, ext. 143 March 6, 7-8:15 p.m.

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Dementia Caregiver Support and Education Group Masonic Village Health Care Center Courtyard Conference Room 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown (717) 367-1121, ext. 33764 March 21, 10-11:30 a.m.

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Library Programs Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 March 13 and 27, 12:30 p.m. – Painting Club March 16, 1:30 p.m. – Lititz Historical Foundation: The History of the Conestoga Wagon March 27, 6 p.m. – Documentary Film Feature: Won’t You Be My Neighbor

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Lancaster House North Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 299-1278 Mondays, 9:30 a.m. – Senior Exercise Class Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. – Bingo and Pinochle Fridays, 12:30 p.m. – Party Bridge Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 2993943 Mondays and Wednesd ays, 9:30 a.m. – Bowling League Hardcore Seniors March 5, 10 a.m. – Pottery Works March 8, noon – “Spring into Spring with Better Sleep” Presentation Lancaster Rec. Senior Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147 March 6, 10:45 a.m. – Phones for People with Hearing Problems March 11, 10:30 a.m. – Ukulele Lessons March 28, 10:45 a.m. – Heart Healthy by Giant Foods Nutritionist Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800 March 11, 10 a.m. – Save that Junk and Money March 18, 10 a.m. – Instrumental Peace Music March 27, 10 a.m. – Spotted Lanternfly Management for Homeowners Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989 March 8, 10:45 a.m. – Fresh Fruit Express March 15, all day – St. Patrick’s Day Celebration March 21, 9:30 a.m. – How to Manage Your Blood Pressure Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600 March 1, 10:30 a.m. – Chair Yoga with Maricelle March 20, 10:30 a.m. – Ceramics with Pottery Works March 27, 10 a.m. – Free Haircuts and Manicures Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770 March 14, 10:30 a.m. – Nutrition with Kilene Knitter March 19, 10:30 a.m. – Downsizing Presentation March 20, 10:30 a.m. – Ophelia Club and Trivia Rodney Park Happy Hearts Club Senior Center (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, noon – Pinochle Wednesdays, 1 p.m. – Varied Activities Thursdays, noon – Bingo Submit senior center events to mjoyce@onlinepub.com.

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2019 SENIOR GAMES REGISTRATION FORM

PLEASE PRINT

Please return ENTIRE form with signature.

Please check each event in which you wish to compete. Use only one form per person. A $10 registration fee must accompany each registration. Make checks payable to Lancaster County Office of Aging. (717) 299-7979. Registration and payment can be delivered to the Lancaster County Office of the Aging at 150 N. Queen St, Lancaster or Groff Funeral and Cremation Services at 528 W. Orange St, Lancaster from 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Mon.–Fri.

May 6-10, 2019 Spooky Nook Sports

Name Address Street # or Apt. # City Phone _________________________ Age on May 1, 2019 ______ Spectator Only? Yes First time participant Yes

Zip Gender: M__ F__

Township/Borough E-mail Address _________________________

75 Champ Blvd., Manheim, PA 17545

T-Shirt size (circle one): S M L XL XXL Lunch (circle days): Mon. Tues. Wed.

MONDAY, May 6, 2019

THURSDAY, May 9, 2019

DROP-IN EVENTS: 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Bench Press Bicep Curl Dead Lift 3-Point Shooting Darts Foul Shooting Wii

Pay at Leisure Lanes

9:30 a.m.

10: 15 a.m.

10: 30 a.m.

Badminton Age 55-69

7-9:30 a.m.

Golf Longest Drive

8:30 a.m.

Putting Contest

9 a.m.

Billiard Age 70+

11:30 a.m.

Badminton Age 75

10:45 a.m.

Putting Contest

12:30 p.m.

Pinochle Tournament

Pilates

11 a.m.

Billiard Age 55-69

Gerifit

1 p.m.

Singles Bowling Modified Bowling

Bocce Age 75-79 Bocce Age 70-74 Bocce Age 80

+

Ladder Golf Age 70-74 Ladder Golf Age 80+ Ladder Golf Age 55-69

+

1:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

Easy-Does-It Exercise Rock Climbing Demo Tai Chi

Swimming 25-yd Free 25-yd Breast 50-yd Free 50-yd Back 100-yd Free 100-yd Free Relay Badminton Age 70-74 Bocce Age 55-69 Ladder Golf Age 75-79

TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 DROP-IN EVENTS: 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Frisbee Throw Football Throw Hotshot Basketball Softball Throw 7:30 a.m.

8:45 a.m.

9 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

Noon 12:30 p.m.

2 p.m.

Walking-Men Walking-Women Table Tennis Age 55-69

Horseshoes Age 70-74 Horseshoes Age 75+

Chair Yoga Group Exercise Sampler

Tennis Age 75+ Tennis Age 55-69

Horseshoes Age 55-69

Zumba Gold

Tennis Age 70-74

Play Pickleball at Buchmiller Park (below) 9 a.m.

Pickleball Age 55-64

11 a.m.

Pickleball Age 70+

1 p.m.

Pickleball Age 65-69

FRIDAY, May 10, 2019 7:30 a.m.

Table Tennis Age 70+

$8.50 9-Hole Golf* SHOTGUN START at Evergreen Golf Course GOLF FEES MUST BE PAID WITH REGISTRATION *Attach names if wishing to golf with others.

Shuffleboard Age 55-69

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 DROP-IN EVENTS: 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) Javelin Throw (8-11 a.m.) Shotput Frisbee Golf Home Run Derby Soccer Penalty Kick 8 a.m.

9 a.m.

Running 100m 200m 400m 1600m 3000m Cornhole Age 55-64 Shuffleboard Age 80+

10 a.m.

Cornhole Age 70-79

11:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

Cornhole Age 80+ Cornhole Age 65-69

3:30 p.m.

$6.00 Pitch ‘n Putt 18-hole | SHOTGUN START at Evergreen Golf Course. | GOLF FEES MUST BE PAID WITH REGISTRATION *Attach names if wishing to golf with others.

Shuffleboard Age 70-79

$28.00 18-Hole Golf* SHOTGUN START at Overlook Golf Course

9 a.m.

$7.00 9 Pin No Tap Bowling Pay at Rocky Springs Entertainment Center

1-3:30 p.m.

Drop in

Celebration Dance at Viva Center at Woodcrest Villa, Gamber Auditorium, 2001 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, Pa 17601

RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY • PLEASE READ & SIGN

To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, I have no physical restrictions which would prohibit my participation in the events that I have selected in the Lancaster Senior Games.

I have prepared myself for the event(s) which I have entered by practicing prior to these Senior Games.

I am participating in these events voluntarily and at my own risk; I agree not to sue the Lancaster County Office of Aging and any other co-sponsoring organizations

or any other representatives for any injuries or other damages to me resulting from my participation in the Lancaster Senior Games to be held May 6-10, 2019 at the aforementioned locations.

I execute this release in consideration for the sponsoring of these Senior Games by the Lancaster County Office of Aging and any other co-sponsoring organizations.

If a lawsuit is initiated on my behalf against the Lancaster County Office of Aging or any other co-sponsoring organization and it results in a monetary award of damages to me or any other person or legal entity, I agree to reimburse the Lancaster County Office of Aging or any other co-sponsoring organizations for any moneys required to be paid by them.

The Lancaster County Office of Aging has my permission to have a physician attend to me if it is deemed necessary for my health, welfare and safety.

I acknowledge that I was, prior to the date of the release, advised that the Lancaster County Office of Aging strongly recommends that each participant consult his/her doctor in regard to practice, preparation and competition in this program or any similar activity.

I, the undersigned participant, hereby waive the right to any interest in pictures taken of me during the Lancaster Senior Games to be held May 6-10, 2019, at the aforementioned locations.

Registration Fee: $10/participant Late Registration: $15 (after April 5) Golfing Fee: $______

TOTAL FEES ENCLOSED: $__________ Couples can send one check.

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Date

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The Beauty in Nature

Hazelnuts and Alders Clyde McMillan-Gamber

American hazelnuts and speckled alders are wild shrubs native to northeastern North America. Both species have beautiful, intriguing parts early in spring that make them interesting.

Both bushes are fairly common, each in its sun-filled habitat. And both are part of the beauty and intrigue of early spring in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Hazelnut shrubbery flourishes in sunny woodland clearings and edges and along hedgerows between fields.

Their wooded, multi-stemmed crowns grow up to 15 feet tall. And they have unique flowers in March.

Each hazelnut shrub has male and female flowers. The many obvious male blossoms are 3-inch-long, pendulant catkins that sway back and forth in the wind. These attractive male catkins are yellow with pollen that is blown by the wind to female flowers.

The beautiful female blooms are clusters of two to five tiny, red styles protruding from each of several little, bark “vases” near the tips of slender twigs. The job of the styles is to receive pollen from male catkins and grow the nuts their shrubs are named for.

The nuts of American hazelnuts are lovely in and of themselves when ripe in September. They are warm brown and the diameter of dimes when mature. They developed in summer in green, leaf-like bracts that turn

Photo by Quadell, 14 February 2005.

Fruit cluster of an American hazelnut. Nuts are enclosed in leaflike bracts.

Cone cluster from female blossoms of a speckled alder.

brown on their twig moorings toward autumn.

Several kinds of birds and mammals eat those pretty nuts during fall and winter, including wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, blue jays, white-tailed deer, foxes, and various kinds of rodents.

Jays and squirrels stash many hazelnuts in tree cavities and holes they dig in the ground to house the nuts until they are consumed in winter.

Speckled alders grow almost exclusively on the edges of streams and ponds, where they associate with crack willows and red-twigged dogwoods. Alders often grow thickets of themselves along water, shading and cooling it.

Their many woody stems provide shelter for wildlife. And some beavers chew them off to use their stems in their dams and lodges.

Each alder has male and female blooms. The many attractive male catkins are 1 inch long and deep purple in winter. In March they grow to 4 inches, are pendulous, and are yellow with pollen.

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Female catkins on alders grow to a half inch. They are upright and dull red and receive pollen from male catkins. Little clusters of half-inch, woody cones grow where female blossoms were.

A tiny, golden-brown seed grows under each protective scale of each cone. When the seeds mature, the scales die, turn brown, and open to release their seeds into the wind.

Many seeds are eaten by mice and birds.

American hazelnuts and speckled alders benefit wildlife and have esthetic beauty to appreciate. But their greatest beauties are their unique flowers in March.

Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a retired Lancaster County Parks naturalist.

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March Used to Be the First Month of the Year Before the ancient Roman calendar was updated to include the winter months of January and February, the year started with March.

Named for Mars, the Roman god of war, March was the time of year in ancient Rome when military campaigns could begin anew as the inclement days of winter were past.

Here are a few other tidbits about March you might find interesting: It’s all about the weather. The phrase “in like a lion and out like a lamb” is often used to refer to this month.

The snow and bone-chilling cold weather at the beginning of March will often give way to warmer temperatures that allow for the first buds of the year to come forth by the time April rolls around.

However, there are times when the weather at the end of March makes one doubt that warmer days are ahead.

According to folklore, “borrowing days” occur when it rains during the last three days of the month because March has borrowed the weather from traditionally rainy April.

By comparison, the first three days of month are referred to as “blind days,” during which time farmers should avoid sowing their crops. Rainfall during blind days is considered an omen for a poor harvest later in the year.

Tom & Randi LaNasa “MEMORY MUSIC”

You must believe in spring, at some point.

Regardless of the weather, a change is on the horizon, and it has a lot to do with the sun.

The hours of day and night are nearly the same when the vernal equinox arrives, heralding the first day of spring for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere.

In places such as Australia, New Zealand, most of South America, a portion of Africa, and a bunch of tiny island nations in the South Pacific, this is the beginning of autumn.

In bloom. The daffodil is considered the flower of March, and if you planted bulbs last fall, you should enjoy blooms this month.

The daffodil is believed to symbolize deep love or regard. To give a gift of daffodils shows your unequivocal regard for the recipient.

In stone. The modern birthstone for March is aquamarine, but ancient Arabic, Hebrew, and Hindu practices associate the bloodstone with this month.

Tibetan mystics consider jade to be March’s birthstone.

A month of madness. The overwhelming insanity that rules this time of year has little to do with brackets and college basketball.

The phrase “mad as a March hare” references the aggressive behaviors the male of this species exhibits during mating season.

We Want YOU! •K orean war veterans (of all service branches) who served anywhere in the world 1950–1955 • Veterans (of all service branches) who served in Korea 1945–present

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Now booking our Christmas, variety, and specialty shows for 2019.

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

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

Specialty shows include …

Songs from the WWII Years • The Post WWII Years: 1945 – 1955 AMERICA: From Sea to Shining Sea Salute to the Rat Pack (or if you prefer, just Sinatra) Elvis & Patsy • Classic Country Please contact Memory Music to book your next event!

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Support a free Korea.

Come and enjoy the camaraderie of your fellow veterans at a monthly meeting of the local chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA).

We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at Wood Crest Villa — Eagle Commons, 2001 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601, starting with lunch at noon. This invitation includes spouses/companions and drivers. There is no charge for attendance. Dress code is casual.

We currently have 90+ registered members. Come join us. Hopefully, you will find it habit forming.

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Dear Pharmacist

6 Startling Reasons to Be Less Nice This Year Suzy Cohen

Do you currently strive to be superhuman — always loving, kind, and generous? Do you demand this of yourself, in all of your relationships? Inside you may feel resentful, burnt out, and unappreciated.

Depending on how nice you are, you might experience insomnia, depression, minor compulsions or phobias, resentment, nagging aches and pains, autoimmune problems, or chronic infections.

I propose that in 2019, you be less nice.

“Nice” often includes the following: • Don’t interrupt a person, even if they’re boring.

• A lways compliment; don’t tell the truth.

• Text back within 15 minutes.

• Like everyone’s Facebook post, even if you don’t.

• Let the neighbor’s dog urinate on and kill your lawn.

• Don’t say a word about her drinking.

• Don’t scold your son, even if he’s obnoxious and deserves it.

• Let your co-worker pile more on your desk and take credit for the work.

5. You’ll develop stronger relationships. You’ll lose toxic friends; you might become estranged from needy siblings. People don’t like to be cut off from their source of help, their battering board, or their support system.

Being less nice will ultimately translate to stronger relationships, as people will like you for who you are.

6. Your schedule becomes more reliable. Nice people have erratic schedules because they jump to it when others are in need.

When you become “not nice” and stop agreeing to someone’s sudden whim for you or perceived emergency, your schedule suddenly becomes more consistent, decluttered, and efficient.

So, at this point, let me ask you: Can you be less nice this year?

Being warm, enthusiastic, upbeat, affirming, and kind is important. I used to be a saint, but full disclosure … I’ve put down my crown! It’s exhausting.

This information is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat your disease. For more information about the author, visit suzycohen.com.

• Just say yes. Say yes to everything!

You’re nice, right? Saying no, or calling someone out, is not nice.

I submit to you that I am not a nice person. I propose that in 2019, you be less nice as a method of improving your health and mental well-being.

Let’s go over the six startling benefits of not being nice: 1. You have more time. When you stop saying yes to doing things and going places that don’t bring you enjoyment, you regain precious time in your own schedule.

Remember, people’s agendas are most important to them, but as they try to claim your time, once that time is spent by you, it’s literally gone forever.

2. You will have more energy. Not being nice is liberating sometimes, especially when you disconnect from a situation, person, job, or relationship that has been weighing on you for years.

On the days when you feel overly tired or spent, as yourself, “Whom am I meeting with today or what is on my agenda that is weighing me down?”

3. You will feel empowered. Have you ever wished your time was spent doing something different, but it was too late?

You have the power to say yes or no, as well as the power to decide what to do with your time. It’s not infinite, so spend it wisely.

When you say no to someone else’s plan for you, you are simultaneously saying yes to your own plan.

4. You’ll feel less anxiety and sleep better. When you spend months in frustration mode, or ruminate, you figuratively chew something in your mind over and over.

Every thought you have squirts out a chemical that locks you into “sympathetic alarm.” This blunts your parasympathetic nervous system, the one that allows you to rest and digest. www.50plusLifePA.com

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Melinda’s Garden

Houseplants 101 Melinda Myers

Lift your spirits and improve your indoor environment saucer. Allow the top few inches of soil to dry before by taking part in the indoor gardening movement. watering drought-tolerant plants like cactus.

An apartment or home filled with tropical, succulent, Water tropical and flowering plants that prefer moist and flowering plants can provide beauty, extend your conditions when the top few inches of soil are barely garden season, improve air quality, and create a peaceful moist, like a sponge that has been wrung out. environment in which to de-stress.

Reduce maintenance and improve plant health with Though some may find indoor gardening a bit gravel trays. Fill a tray or saucer with pebbles. Allow intimidating, don’t let past failures or the thought of excess water to collect in the tray. tending living greenery stop you from enjoying the The pebbles keep the pot elevated above the water to many benefits. Knowing some basics in care and making avoid root rot. As the water evaporates, it increases the needed adjustments to the growing environment can turn humidity around the plant. past failures into triumph.

When pest problems occur, consider an organic Water, humidity, and light are key to growing healthy approach safe for people, pets, and plants. plants. When you match these to a plant’s needs and the Manage fungus gnats — those tiny, fruit-fly-like growing media, you’re sure to experience success. insects found flitting around the house — with a Use a container with drainage holes to avoid naturally occurring bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis overwatering, which can lead to root rot and plant death. israelensis, found in Summit Mosquito Bits. Just sprinkle It should be no more than an inch or two larger in on the soil surface and repeat as needed until these pests diameter than the plant’s root ball. Growing in a larger disappear.

Photo credit MelindaMyersLLC pot results in the soil staying too wet, increasing the Mites, aphids, scale, and mealybugs can be controlled Succulents chance of root rot. with an organic horticulture oil like Summit Year-Round Select a quality potting mix that holds moisture but drains well. Cacti and Spray Oil. This product coats the pests and kills all stages, from egg to adult. succulents prefer a fast-draining mix, while tropicals and African violets prefer Repeat as needed to control any that were missed. Once the pests are a mix that stays moist, not soggy, yet drains well. managed, check the growing conditions and make needed adjustments to the Set your plant in a location that’s free from drafts of hot and cold air but in growing environment. the preferred light conditions. An east- or west-facing window usually provides The more plants you grow, the easier it becomes, and soon enough you may adequate light for most plants. find yourself immersed in a tropical or desert paradise inside the comfort of Keep cacti, succulents, and other plants requiring high light within two feet your own home. of an east- or west-facing window. Pothos, philodendron, Chinese evergreens, Melinda Myers has written more than 20 gardening books, including Small Space and those that tolerate low light can be placed near a north-facing window or Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses’ How to Grow Anything DVD series and up to 6 feet back or off to the side of an east- or west-facing window.

Shears, awnings, and trees can impact the light reaching your plants. Adjust the nationally syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment TV and radio program. www. melindamyers.com their location as needed.

Always water thoroughly and pour off the excess water that collects in the

Famous Authors’ Favorite Reads Have you ever wondered what some of today’s bestselling authors like to read? Wonder no more. Here is a sampling of writers and the books that have inspired them: Joan Didion. Before working on any of her novels, Didion reads Joseph Conrad’s Victory.

Gillian Flynn. The Gone Girl author says books such as And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer are her comfort food.

Tana French. One of the favorite reads of this mystery author concerns the fates of two families living on an Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota, as told

by Louise Erdrich in Love Medicine.

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Stephen King. The master of horror cites Katherine Ann Porter’s Ship of Fools as an all-time favorite.

Erik Larson. This nonfiction author loves Dashiell Hammett’s fiction classic, The Maltese Falcon.

George R.R. Martin. It should come as no surprise that the Game of Thrones author was inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series.

J.K. Rowling. Though she created a world of wizards with her Harry Potter series, Rowling’s favorite read is Emma, by Jane Austen.

Brian K. Vaughn. Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel, Invisible Man, ranks high on the list for this graphic novelist. www.50plusLifePA.com

Family Members Unaware of New Reverse Mortgage Guidelines “I called my son to ask questions about accessing the equity in my home through a reverse mortgage. I needed some help to cover my monthly expenses, but he was not in favor of it. Of course, he doesn’t live with me, and he doesn’t pay my bills. He just thought it was a bad idea.

“I asked him to talk to my loan officer, who was able to meet all of his objections. I am so glad that I didn’t just stop when my son said he didn’t like it!”

This scenario is repeated daily as wellmeaning children — who are not updated on the important changes that the U.S. government has put into place in recent years to make home equity loans safe for senior borrowers — prevent their parents from moving forward with a transaction that would truly benefit them.

Misinformation about reverse mortgages abounds, and so it is necessary to ask the tough questions and get accurate information.

The first objection that is often made is, “Mom, the bank will own your home!”

Actually, that is not true. Mom never gives up the title to her home.

“But Dad, there will be no inheritance for us kids!” This sometimes comes from children who do not realize that the property can be willed to the heirs.

With the government safeguards now

Relax.

in place, the heirs can refinance for 95 percent of the appraised value or sell the home as they choose, no matter the outstanding balance of the equity loan, when their parents pass away.

Rob Miller, President Since the federal government insures a reverse mortgage, no one will ever owe more than the value of the home. Once the mortgage is satisfied, the heirs will receive the additional proceeds from the sale, if they n NO MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS REQUIRED. LOAN have not refinanced.

IS DUE WHEN YOU MOVE OUT Many times seniors have worked all their PERMANENTLY, SELL THE HOME, lives to provide for their families. They have OR PASS AWAY. made hard choices and paid off the mortgage on their home. n NON-RECOURSE: NEVER OWE Rather than struggling to have funds to MORE THAN WHAT THE HOME IS pay the bills in retirement, they can now WORTH* unlock the equity in their home and provide for a more secure financial life in their n PAYMENT DISBURSEMENT golden years.

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Let Your Home Work for You.

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(610) 853-6500 or (888) 456-0988 RMiller@GlendaleMortgage.com, www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org

* If the heirs choose not to repay the loan and the home is foreclosed, they will not be liable for any deficiency.

Glendale Mortgage NMLS 127720 is an Equal Housing Lender.

Some products and services may not be available in all states.

Credit and collateral are subject to approval. Terms and conditions apply. If you qualify we will reimburse you for the cost of the appraisal at closing. This is not a commitment to lend. Programs, rates, terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

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If you are at least 62 years old and own your own home, a reverse mortgage may be a useful financial tool. There’s no limitations to how you use the money, so you can cover medical expenses, fund education for your grandchildren, or any other reason.

With a reverse mortgage, you can access the equity in your home without having to make monthly mortgage payments. The loan would come due when you sell the home, move out permanently, or pass away.

Call us today to see if you qualify!

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President, HECM Mortgage Specialist

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Pet of the Month

Phil This handsome new Pet of the Month is Phil, a neutered, 4-year-old male cat.

He’s a big boy who loves getting attention from his people. He will be your new shadow and follow you from room to room waiting for cuddles, pets, and snacks.

He enjoys chasing laser pointers and sitting in a sunny window. Stop by and meet this all-around great guy today.

Phil’s ID number is 221572. For more information, please contact the Humane League of Lancaster County at (717) 393-6551. www.50plusLifePA.com

Semi-Private and Private Yoga In our classes, we combine thoughtful sequencing, a dose of inspiration, and a spirit of playfulness to help you deepen your practice and awareness of your body. We seek to help others in nurturing their body, mind, and soul with yoga.

Our hope is that the practice you develop on mat will transfer off mat, leaving you feeling nourished, balanced, and refreshed.

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The Bookworm Sez

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If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt

What should you do?

When relationships break down, what then? Or you lose your job and your bank account is depleted, your home is in foreclosure, you’re a victim of discrimination — what do you do?

You ask yourself “What next?” and then you reach for help, and with the new book If You Ask Me by Eleanor Roosevelt, edited by Mary Jo Binker, the advice you get might be decades old.

Arguments on immigration, world issues, patriotism, and messy politics. Minority issues, equal pay, family problems, and constitutional matters.

Though these things may seem to be problems strictly of the modern age, from 1921 until 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of our 32nd president, also tackled these same topics in her books and magazine articles. In those 41 years, she ultimately penned more than 600 pieces.

If You Ask Me: Essential Advice People from every walk of life consulted Roosevelt for from Eleanor Roosevelt advice: politicians asked her and women sought her out.

By Eleanor Roosevelt, Men looked toward her wisdom and, says Binker, she had a edited by Mary Jo Binker particular affection for teenagers (and vice versa). c. 1946, 1974, 2018, Atria Books 7 28 12 35 245 pages 3 2 she wrote the words in this book generations Though 6

ago, her advice is still relevant, even when contemporary viewpoints are taken into consideration.

“She genuinely cared about people and their problems,” says Binker, consulting editor for the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project and editor of this book.

Roosevelt’s words were comforting, but she did not suffer fools.

In 1944, she wrote that she believed women should receive equal pay for doing “men’s jobs.” She was a big proponent of organized labor, as she stated later that same year, and she was famously, vociferously pro-racial equality and against antiSemitism.

Politically, Roosevelt used her experiences as first lady to back up her beliefs on democracy, the office of president, eliminating the Electoral College, and on dealing with political rifts within families.

She hoped that national healthcare would become a reality.

She called for calm in times of trouble. She firmly favored birth control and believed that the future would turn out all right.

The surprise inside If You Ask Me is twofold: In reading the words that editor Mary Jo Binker collected, one is reminded

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by their shiny relevance that everything old is new again.

Seventy-five years have passed, and the same old issues have returned like sharks to chum, giving readers a dreadful, treading-water feeling. So what’s changed?

In a word, us. In the other half of the surprise is a quaint, sweetly amusing look at a time when good girls weren’t “necking,” businesswomen in “taverns” was worrisome, and the first lady believed that “rock ’n’ roll” was a “fad [that] will probably pass” and that parents “needn’t take it too seriously.”

The amusement also comes from Roosevelt’s wit and her ladylike rebukes that could be delivered on razor blades.

Yes, she “cared about people”… but she could cut, too.

This book is obviously perfect for historians, but anyone can enjoy what’s inside these mostly-still-applicable words. It’s easy to browse and fun, too, so read If You Ask Me. That’s what you should do.

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

Print Books Remain in the Lead Books are alive and well in the digital age, but we’re consuming them differently from the way we have in centuries past.

The Pew Research Center reports that 74 percent of Americans say they’ve read a book in the past year, a figure that’s remained fairly constant since 2012.

We’re not all “reading” the same way, though. Print books may be the most popular format, with 67 percent of Americans reporting they’ve read one in the past 12 months, but the share of Americans consuming audiobooks has increased from 14 to 18 percent since 2016.

E-books are also a factor in our reading choices, though they’re not taking the place of paper for now. Thirty-nine percent of readers say they read only physical-print books, although 29 percent say they read both print and digital books.

Just 7 percent report reading books exclusively in digital format and say they haven’t read any dead-tree books in the past year.

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