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Vol. 20 No. 4

Friends on the Dance Floor Dance-Club President Enjoys Decades of Movement, Camaraderie By Rebecca LeFever Dotty Boyanowski wasn’t sure at first that a singles dance club was for her. But, the jive of the bands and quick movement on the dance floor at the Metropolitan Area Dance Club hooked her nearly 30 years ago, and she’s been going ever since. The newly divorced mother of two was asked by a neighbor, also divorced, to tag along to check out the venue. Boyanowski’s neighbor said she wanted to see the bands to find one for her daughter’s wedding. “The thought didn’t appeal to me,” Boyanowski said. “I said, ‘Well, I don’t want to go to a singles club.’” At the last minute, Boyanowski changed her mind. The two women attended the six-year anniversary dinner dance for the club. It was the first of many that Boyanowski would attend. In May, the Metropolitan Area Dance Club will celebrate its 33rd anniversary. Although reluctant to first get involved, Boyanowski, now 76, said she found lifelong friends at the weekly dances. She acts as president of the nonprofit group. For the better part of 30 years, the club was for singles only. It recently opened its doors to couples and holds dances at 6:30 p.m. every Saturday night at PA DanceSport, 585 E. Main St. in Hummelstown. please see FRIENDS page 14 Dotty Boyanowski, president of the nonprofit Metropolitan Area Dance Club, seated in the ballroom of PA DanceSport in Hummelstown, where the club holds its dances.

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The Beauty in Nature

Two Cropland Predators Clyde McMillan-Gamber ropland around New Holland in Lancaster County is intensely cultivated to the roadsides and harvested to the ground in autumn, providing little cover for wildlife, except in summer. Corn, alfalfa, and soybeans in the fields and tall grasses and other plants along roadsides are the only shelter wildlife has in those human-made habitats during the growing season. But a few species of adaptable birds, mammals, and insects, including predators, live in manicured farmland. I sometimes notice a red-tailed hawk, peregrine falcon, and other hawks in fields around New Holland. And I regularly see a pair or two each of American kestrels and red foxes living year around in about 2 square miles of farmland of few trees and no hedgerows a couple miles southwest of New Holland. One pair of kestrels roosts at

night and nests in a cavity in a black locust tree in a small line of tall wild cherry and locust trees on a slight rise in that cropland. Kestrels, being small hawks, eat mice, small birds, and larger invertebrates. I’ve watched those little falcons ingesting beetles, grasshoppers, and earthworms turned up by

plows in spring. They perch on roadside wires and poles to watch for prey. And that is where they consume much of what they catch.

American kestrel and red fox

However, kestrels perched on wires and poles in the open must stay alert. Peregrines and Cooper’s hawks, both of which hunt in croplands, are quick and powerful enough to kill kestrels for food. Though they are mostly nocturnal, I occasionally see a red fox or two trotting over harvested hay and cornfields during the day. These foxes prey on the same creatures kestrels do, but they also eat carrion, berries, and fruit. Foxes living in farmland can shelter in corn and hayfields in summer but are hard-pressed for cover the rest of the year. They raise pups in abandoned woodchuck holes and in rock piles and brush heaps piled in hedgerows between fields by farmers. American kestrels and red foxes make a living in croplands. And they add interest to that habitat. Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a retired Lancaster County Parks naturalist.

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Health Anxiety Can Make You Ill Gloria May, M.S., R.N., CHES ow nervous are you about getting sick from what’s “out there”? Are you constantly worried about catching or falling prey to some malady or contagion? Can you relate to the poor, anxious zebra trying to live on the plains while dodging a dozen hungry lions? Every day, even if we don’t get out of bed, our health and well-being— even our lives—are put at some level of risk. The goals of health educators are:

• To accurately frame these concerns so patients can better understand them • To work with patients on a reasonable plan for avoiding the risks altogether (or at least for minimizing their impact) • To help patients more effectively deal with the anxieties these dangers can provoke Which risks get your attention and which do you ignore? How influenced are you by the popular media as opposed to what your doctor tells you? How crazy with worry are you making yourself and those around you over what you perceive to be threats to your health and life? Factors that increase our anxiety levels over health matters include: Our dread of suffering. The threat of disease associated with misery (cancer, for instance) leads us to pay more attention to factors reportedly associated with it than to those associated with, for instance, heart disease, which, in general, is a condition not associated with pain. But with this, we tend to overlook the fact that heart disease kills more of us than does cancer. Exotic diseases. We panicked over the H5N1

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avian flu that killed a hundred people in Asia, yet many of us neglected to get immunized against the seasonal flu that takes the lives of thousands every year right here at home. Rare conditions. We are seemingly more concerned about getting brain cancer from our cell phones than we are about the perils of talking on them while driving or even crossing the street.

Sudden and catastrophic events. After 9/11, many folks chose to drive their cars to their destinations rather than board an airplane, even though intellectually they understood that the highways are more dangerous than the skies. Of course we should pay attention to life’s hazards; the issue is how much attention they deserve, how much fretting we should do about them, and to what extent we should readjust our lives in order to manage them. Here’s the irony: Excessive

worrying about your health can actually make you more miserable than whatever it is you are worrying about. Fussing over every little risk often results in physical symptoms like headaches, insomnia, fatigue, and diffuse muscle aches. Emotionally, those with a consistently high level of health anxiety can become irritable and snappy; mentally, they often exhibit poor problem-solving skills and spotty concentration. Remember, it isn’t the stress itself that makes us sick; it’s how we manage or fail to manage it. If you suspect you are overly preoccupied with health hazards or your friends and relatives are telling you it’s time to learn to manage your anxieties more effectively (“Lighten up!”), it’s time to let your doctor help you. Discussing your specific concerns will give you an “evidence-based” perspective (meaning based on research, not rumor), and your doctor may have recommendations for specific relaxation techniques: exercise, biofeedback, hypnosis, therapy, or medication. You don’t have to live your life like that zebra! Gloria May is a registered nurse with a master’s degree in adult health education and a Certified Health Education Specialist designation.

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Salute to a Veteran

He Served His Country in 3 Wars: WWII, Korea, and Vietnam Robert D. Wilcox lthough John Lauer was born in Mount Joy, Pa., he lived most of his young life in Harrisburg. After graduating from William Penn High School there, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps two weeks after we were attacked at Pearl Harbor. Little did he know then that his military service would last for 28 years … and take him to four continents stretching from Asia to Europe. First stop for Lauer was Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., for basic training. Then it was to Angel Island off the coast of San Francisco, where he was one of 7,000 men who squeezed aboard the former luxury liner SS Mariposa for a 20-day trip to Melbourne, Australia. They were accompanied by the HMS Queen Elizabeth and a single destroyer escort and zigzagged all the way across the Pacific. What was it like to have that many men on one ship?

“Well,” he says, “the Brisbane where, at RAAF bunks were stacked four Base Amberly, he was high, and you hardly had trained in stainless and room to turn over. aluminum welding of “But a bigger problem aircraft. And a year later, was the food. They served he crossed the Coral Sea to two meals a day, breakfast New Guinea, where he and midday. You got in spent two years patching this long line of guys and up C-47s. inched your way forward Then there was another for breakfast, and by the year on the nearby island time you got your food of Owi. He remembers and ate it, it was time to that a B-24 crash landed in get back in the line again the bomb dump there Private John R. (Bud) Lauer in to be able to get your “and about blew up the Australia in 1942. midday meal.” island.” When he finally got to He was then moved to Melbourne, what was that like? Tacloban, Leyte, the little town on whose Grinning broadly, he says, “With all the beach General MacArthur would later young Aussie men at war and with all wade ashore in his return to the those Aussie girls without them, believe Philippines. Then the bombs were me, it was paradise.” dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and But after two months there, it was to the war was over.

Lauer returned to the U.S. and was discharged as a staff sergeant. After a month, he thought better of that and reenlisted, giving up a stripe to do so. At Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., he got his staff sergeant stripe back and was trained in accounting and finance, and that’s what he did all the following years in the service. There was a five-year hitch in Panama, where he made tech sergeant. Then it was to Korea, where he spent five months in 1954 heading up the payroll section at his base before returning to the U.S. Not long after that, he was on his way overseas again, this time to a base near Taranto, Italy, where he again headed the pay section. He says the climate there was so great “that millionaires from all over the world had homes there to enjoy it.” Lauer was liked by a colonel there who once flew him on leave to Greece. Lauer then took a hydrofoil to a Greek island

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that was the place where he played a major role in Gregory Peck, David the resettlement of Niven, and Anthony 30,000 Vietnamese who Quinn were to later had been brought to Fort make the classic film Indiantown Gap. The Guns of Navarone. Working with a Then it was to a base Vietnamese interpreter, near Paris for a year he interviewed thousands The SS Mariposa that took Lauer before returning to the of Vietnamese in the and 7,000 other troops to U.S. Lauer spent 1967 course of settling them in Melbourne, Australia. at Malstrom AFB, their new homes and Montana, where preparing them for temperatures of minus 40 degrees were not meaningful work. unusual. There he headed the pay section He retired in 1982 and came to live in a and made master sergeant. retirement home in Lancaster County. That was followed by training in Thinking back, he says he fondly California on handling the automatic rifle remembers a Mrs. Gingrich, who was his before he was flown to Vietnam. Tan Son sixth-grade teacher. Nhut Air Base, where he landed, was a “She did more to set me straight than huge field that he says “handled more anyone else,” he remembers. “She traffic than O’Hare, in Chicago.” impressed on me the importance of Living off base, he came to the field by learning things … and then remembering bus one morning to find that 3,000 them.” Vietcong were assaulting the base. It came As if to prove that, he reels off the as a surprise to a base that was thought to names of all 67 Pennsylvania counties, in be “secure.” He was handed a rifle and alphabetical order, from Adams to York. helped turn back the Vietcong, who fought Then he asks with a grin, “How’s that to the last man before the assault was for something I learned 82 years ago?” quelled. Today, at age 94, he enjoys sharing When his hitch in Vietnam was over, yarns with other veterans and benefiting Lauer returned to the U.S. and retired from the many quiet diversions of a from the Army in 1969. He went to work pleasant retirement life. for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in and Industry for the next 12 years. As part of the Work Incentive Program, Europe in World War II.

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April 1, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Parents/Godparents with Special Cares Garden Spot Village Village Square Board Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6010 khorning@gardenspotvillage.org April 2, 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

Free and open to the public April 14, 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 April 17, noon Brain Tumor Support Group Lancaster General Health Campus Wellness Center 2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster (717) 626-2894

Community Programs April 2, 9, 16, 7 p.m. Six-Part Program – “Faith in the Crucible of Conflict: Stories of MCC Work Around the World” Garden Spot Village Garden Towers Classroom 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6000 April 7, 6 p.m. Red Rose Singles Meeting Park City Diner 884 Plaza Blvd., Lancaster (717) 475-3007

April 23, 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 April 28, 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 Free and open to the public

April 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pennsylvania Music Expo Continental Inn 2285 Lincoln Highway East Lancaster (717) 898-1246 www.recordcollectors.org April 18, 6 to 9 p.m. Music Fridays Downtown Lancaster (717) 341-0028

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Library Programs Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 April 9, 6:30 p.m. – Astronomy Enthusiasts of Lancaster County April 14, 1:30 to 3 p.m.; April 15, 6:30 to 8 p.m. – Scrabble Meet-Up April 29, 7 p.m. – Pet Portraits

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. April 6, 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Walking with Wildflowers, Covered Bridge on Kiwanis Drive off Golf Road April 14, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Natural Egg Dye April 25, 8 to 10 p.m. – Nighttime Star Watch, Stoner Park, Manheim Township

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Want to Get Smarter? Watch What You Eat Want to increase your brainpower? Cybernetic implants aren’t the answer (except in science-fiction stories), but some foods may actually help your brain work better. No guarantees, but try some of these mental boosters: Walnuts. A Spanish study found that people who eat a small handful of

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Mussels. Seafood is considered brain food, right? Mussels provide high levels of vitamin B12, which can help insulate your brain cells as you age. Asparagus. Eating your vegetables is good for you. Asparagus is packed with folate, which can decrease the risk of depression.

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Alliance Home Help

Garden Spot Village

(800) 444-4598 (toll-free); 717-283-1444 www.alliancehomehelp.com

(717) 355-6000 www.gardenspotvillage.org

Year Est.: 2010 Counties Served: Lancaster RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Year Est.: 2006 Counties Served: Lancaster RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: Providing non-medical companion, respite, and personal care services throughout Lancaster County. Caregivers matched specifically to you and your needs. Compassion, 24/7 on-call availability, trained, competent, and reliable. Medicaid Waiver approved.

Other Certifications and Services: Personal care and companionship services in your home with all the professionalism, friendliness, and excellence you expect of Garden Spot Village. Contact info@gardenspotvillage.org.

Caring Hospice Services

Good Samaritan Home Health

(717) 295-1700 www.caringhospice.com

(717) 274-2591 www.gshleb.org

Year Est.: 1997 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: Yes LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: No Medicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services: Caring Hospice looks at hospice care as an approach to end of life, not a place. We offer a very local, holistic approach with low patient-to-staff ratios. Contact us to learn more about the Caring Hospice experience, because life is for living. Joint Commission accredited.

Year Est.: 1911 Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc.

Good Samaritan Hospice

(717) 569-0451 www.cpnc.com

(717) 274-2591 www.gshleb.org

Year Est.: 1984 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: Providing all levels of care (PCAs, CNAs, LPNs, RNs), in the home, hospital, or retirement communities with specifically trained caregivers for Alzheimer's and dementia clients. Home care provided up to 24 hours a day to assist with personal care and housekeeping. A FREE nursing assessment is offered.

Year Est.: 1979 Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

ComForcare Home Care

Homeland Hospice

(610) 363-1485; (717) 824-3643; (717) 718-9393 www.comforcare.com

(717) 221-7890 www.homelandcenter.org

Year Est.: 2009 Counties Served: Chester, Lancaster, York RNs: Yes LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: “Best of Home Care” awards 2013 and 2014. 24/7 care from knowledgeable, screened, RN-supervised private caregivers. “Transitions of Care” hospital to home support. “Dementia Wise” certified HHAs. FREE HOME SAFETY EVALUATION!

Year Est.: 2009 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, York, Adams, Franklin, Mifflin RNs: Yes LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes

Other Certifications and Services: Good Samaritan Home Health is a Pennsylvania-licensed home health agency that is Medicare certified and Joint Commission accredited. We work with your physician to provide nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, and specialized care as needed.

Other Certifications and Services: Good Samaritan Hospice provides services to patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness. We are Pennsylvania licensed, JCAHO accredited, and Medicare certified. We provide services 24 hours per day with a team approach for medical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs.

Medicare Certified?: Yes Other Certifications and Services: Exemplary personalized care that enables patients and families to live each day as fully as possible.

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Intrepid USA

Senior Helpers

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(717) 738-0588 www.seniorhelpers.com/lancastercounty

Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Year Est.: 2002 Counties Served: Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: Skilled home health specializing in physical therapy, occupational therapy, skilled nursing, and speech therapy. PA licensed and Medicare certified. Many insurances accepted. Call to learn more about our clinical specialty programs.

Keystone In-Home Care, Inc.

Synergy HomeCare

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(717) 243-5473 www.synergyhomecare.com

Year Est.: 2004 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: Two- to 24-hour non-medical assistance provided by qualified, caring, competent, compassionate, and compatible caregivers. Personalized service with Assistance for Daily Living (ADL, IADL): companionship, meal prep, bathing, cleaning, and personal care needs. Respite care, day surgery assistance. Assistance with veterans homecare benefits.

Year Est.: 2012 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Live-In Care of PA, Inc.

UCP of South Central PA

(717) 519-6860; (888) 327-7477 (toll-free) www.liveincareofpa.com

(800) 333-3873 (Toll Free) www.ucpsouthcentral.org

Year Est.: 1997 Counties Served: Providing service to over 20 counties including Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Year Est.: 1962 Counties Served: Adams, Franklin, Lancaster, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: For everyone’s peace of mind, 24-hour personal care in the home you love, yours! Premier, professional caregivers. Extensive background checks. Free home evaluations.

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Visiting Angels

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(717) 393-3450; (717) 737-8899 (717) 751-2488; (717) 630-0067 (717) 652-8899; (800) 365-4189 www.visitingangels.com

Year Est.: 2007 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: Offering nonmedical home care to provide positive solutions for aging in place. Companionship, personal care and our specialized dementia care. No minimum number of hours. Medicaid Waiver approved. Convenient, free assessment.

Year Est.: 2001 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: A PA-licensed, non-medical home care company providing companion, personal, Alzheimer’s, & dementia care from two to 24 hours a day. Call for a FREE homecare assessment and to learn more about benefits available for veterans and their spouse.

Other Certifications and Services: Personal care, companionship, respite care, light housekeeping, meal preparation, medication reminders, errands.

Other Certifications and Services: UCP provides non-medical adult in-home care services to adults under DPW and aging waiver programs. PA licensed and working hand in hand with your service coordinator, UCP provides personal care attendants who implement your individualized service plan.

Other Certifications and Services: Visiting Angels provides seniors and adults with the needed assistance to continue living at home. Flexible hours up to 24 hours per day. Companionship, personal hygiene, meal prep and more. Our caregivers are thoroughly screened, bonded and insured. Call today for a complimentary and informational meeting.

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VNA Community Care Services (717) 544-2195 (888) 290-2195 (toll-free) www.lancastergeneral.org/content/ VNA_Community_Care.htm Year Est.: 1908 Counties Served: Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services: Home care specialists in physical, occupational, and speech therapy; nursing; cardiac care; and telehealth. Disease management, innovative technologies, and education help you monitor your condition to prevent hospitalization. Licensed non-profit agency; Medicare certified; Joint Commission accredited.

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Savvy Senior

Computers Designed Specifically for Seniors Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, What computers can you recommend for seniors with very limited computer skills? I am interested in getting one, but at 76, I need one that’s designed simplistically for me. — Inexperienced Senior Dear Inexperienced, There are actually several companies who make and sell computers designed specifically for seniors who have little or no computer experience. Here are some top options to check out. Desktops If you’re primarily interested in a home desktop computer, the Telikin (www.telikin.com, (800) 230-3881), which has been on the market for a few years now, is an excellent option. Ready to go right out of the box, this all-in-one, touch-screen computer provides a big-button menu that displays all your favorite functions on the screen at all times. By simply touching the menu option of your choice with your finger, you can get instant access to the Web, email, games, video chat, photo sharing, news, weather, and more. Available in three sizes: the 18-inch LCD touch screen with a 320-gigabyte hard drive that costs about $699; the 20www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

inch LCD touch screen with 500 (www.mygait.com, (866) 469-4248), gigabytes for about $999; and the 22which costs about $899 plus a $20 inch LCD touch monthly service fee. screen with 500 This mousegigabytes and a operated PC has a faster processor for 20-inch, highabout $1,179. resolution monitor; a All Telikin large-letter, colorcomputers come coded keyboard; with built-in one-click speakers, a Web functionality for all camera, a pages; a simple zoom microphone, a wired feature that lets you keyboard, and a magnify your email mouse. or webpage up to The Telikin Elite touchscreen computer 200 percent; and an They even offer “tech buddy” ergonomic trackball software that your loved ones can mouse that’s easy on the hand and wrist. download on their computers, so they It also comes with a built-in Web can access your Telikin remotely to help camera, DVD/CD player, unlimited you when need be. storage space, dozens of games, and a Running on Linux software instead of unique customer-service package that the standard Windows or Mac OS, the guarantees protection against viruses and Telikin is also virus resistant and comes spam, provides ongoing computer with a 60-day trial period, a one-year updates, and offers a help line if you ever warranty, and free tech support. get stuck or need assistance. It’s also worth noting that Telikin has a partnership with firstSTREET—a Tablets senior product direct-marketing If you’re interested in something company—that is also selling the 22mobile, there are several new seniorinch Telikin but has rebranded it as the specific tablets on the market you should “WOW! Computer for Seniors.” look into like the Claris Companion Another option to consider is the (www.clariscompanion.com, (866) 284MyGait Elite Computer 4939), which combines a computer,

digital picture frame, mobile phone, and passive monitoring device into one package. It has a 10-inch touch screen with huge text and buttons and amplified sound, and it comes in a thick bamboo frame that’s easy to hold on to, plus a stand that props it up. It also provides simplified access to email, text messaging, the Web, video chat, and photos. Along with exercise videos, medication, and other reminders, it gives family members the ability to easily monitor you if you need an extra hand. It even lets you or our loved ones personalize the tablet to handle your specific needs and abilities. The Claris Companion offers a variety of pricing packages, starting at about $100 with a two-year contract, plus a $59 monthly subscription fee. Another option to consider is the InTouch Senior Tablet (www.seniortouch pad.com), which is also a 10-inch tablet that provides simple, one-touch, bigbutton access to the Web, email, text messaging, your calendar, video chat, medication reminders, and more. The Senior Tablet costs about $400. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org

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FRIENDS

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While the studio that hosts the events is professional, those who attend on Saturdays go just for fun. “Anyone can come to our door,” Boyanowski said. What kept Boyanowski going for so many years was the sense of community created by the group. There is no age limit, but there is a lot of love. “One of the nicest things I’ve heard about our club is that they are a caring group,” Boyanowski said. If anyone has health issues, troubling times with family, or any other need, you can be sure a member will step in to provide support and encouragement. And they all love to dance. “I don’t profess to be the best dancer, but I like music and I like people,” Boyanowski said. “I just kept going.” Boyanowski said her neighbor lady eventually remarried, but the connection that Boyanowski found with the group kept her going. “I was married for 22 years and it was difficult to be single again,” she said. “Even though my husband and I would go dancing occasionally with a

group, after a while, you just don’t go that often. I just kind of felt that I wasn’t sure I belonged there. Actually, I guess it was for me.” The singles group was meant to be a social group with the possibility of

Current officers for the dance club include, from left, Gert Soulliard, secretary; Dotty Boyanowski, president; and Jeanne Smith, treasurer.

meeting someone. But for many of those who attended in the early years, Boyanowski said, they had reasons to be hesitant about meeting someone. Many went just for the fun of it.

Members of the Metropolitan Area Dance Club gather for holiday-themed dances, such as St. Patrick’s Day (left) and Halloween.

The group has regular dances, but also dinner dances for holidays, including a picnic dance in the summer. The most recent New Year’s Eve party had almost 80 people in attendance. Dances cost $15 for non-members and $12 for members. Members pay a yearly $40 membership fee. “Most of our bands have been playing for us a long time,” Boyanowski said. “When you get those musician personalities involved, it really is a good time.” The bands, which rotate at the studio, provide music for many styles of dance, including ballroom, swing, and line dancing. While being part of a group for so

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long has its benefits, there also have been struggles. “I like people and to be out among people,” Boyanowski said. “Some people have been there as long as I have, but when you start losing members, now, that’s tough.” Despite getting older and having recently celebrated the birth of a greatgreat-grandchild, Boyanowski isn’t slowing down. “I don’t feel that I’m that old,” she said. “My daughter says I don’t act my age. And I say, ‘Why should I start now?’ We have fun.” Getting involved in the club helped Boyanowski stay connected within her community and stay limber, she said. When she was asked to run for president recently, she said, she felt a bit reluctant. “I decided at the last minute just to do it,” she said, laughing. “Sometimes I get talked into things.” Even though the group now welcomes married couples, there are many who simply want to encourage people to dance. Anyone new is welcomed to dance with someone more experienced to learn new things, she said. That’s one aspect she believed helped her when she first got involved. One goal that Boyanowski has is to attract younger generations to the dance club. She believes there are more opportunities to get into dance than when she was a young adult, but it isn’t always taken advantage of. “It’s such a beautiful experience,” she said. “I wish more people would find the joy in that.” For more information on the Metropolitan Area Dance Club, call (717) 774-2171 and ask for Gert Soulliard.

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LANCASTER COUNTY

We hope you will join us for the first-ever Lancaster Celebrates Seniors event, combining the 15th annual Lancaster County 50plus EXPO and the 26th annual Lancaster Senior Games! 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: Spooky Nook Sports, Manheim. Produced by On-Line Publishers, Inc., the 50plus EXPO, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, May 5, is still a free, one-day event, offering visitors free access to exhibitors, health screenings, live entertainment, and seminars. Organized by the Lancaster County Office of Aging and a committee of community volunteers, the Lancaster County Senior Games will still be a weeklong event held May 5–9 and celebrating the athleticism and camaraderie of the county’s seniors. Registration ($10) is due by April 4; late registration ($15) will be taken until April 16. The combined mission of the organizers of Lancaster Celebrates Seniors is to serve the mind, heart, body, and spirit of the 50+ community! This event is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors. Please stop by their booths throughout the 50plus EXPO, have your bingo card signed, and talk with them about how they can assist you.

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Attending/Participating in Senior Games or 50plus EXPO? Avoid the congestion. Follow the signs to Root’s Market. Parking and shuttle service is FREE. Just follow the signs to Root’s Market from Spooky Nook. Shuttles will pick you up and drop you off at the entrance to Spooky Nook. When you are ready to leave, catch a shuttle and enjoy the ride back to your car. Limited handicapped parking is available at Spooky Nook. Additional handicapped parking is reserved at Root’s Market.

Directions to Spooky Nook Sports

2913 Spooky Nook Rd., Manheim

From Harrisburg and points northwest: Take I-83 North to exit 46-A to merge onto Route I-283 South. Take exit 1-A to merge onto PA-283 East toward Lancaster. Take the Salunga exit; turn left on Spooky Nook Road. The facility will be on your right.

From York and points west: Take Route 30 East across the Susquehanna River. Take the Prospect Road exit and turn left onto Prospect Road. After about 4.5 miles, Prospect Road becomes Spooky Nook Road. The facility will be on your right.

From Lebanon and points north: Take Route 72 South until you reach downtown Manheim; make a right onto PA-772 West. Turn left onto South Colebrook Road; then turn right onto Landisville Road. Turn right onto Spooky Nook Road and then a slight left to stay on Spooky Nook. The facility will be on your left.

From Lancaster and points east: Take Route 30 West and stay left at the fork onto Route 283 West. Take the exit toward Salunga and make a sharp right onto Spooky Nook Road. The facility will be on your right.

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What to Expect at the EXPO The 50plus EXPO is an event that’s a unique hybrid of information and leisure, all geared toward satisfying the needs of the area’s over-50 crowd. This day is about you and whatever is on your mind. Finances, health, leisure, travel—the knowledge you seek is all available at one of our more than 100 exhibitors. Each exhibitor booth is loaded with information and staffed by friendly people who are eager and willing to answer your questions. The EXPO will also offer a variety of health screenings free to each and every visitor, so be proactive about your health and take advantage of this convenient opportunity to give your body a little “tune-up”! The 2014 Lancaster County 50plus EXPO will include screenings for blood pressure, glucose, bone density, balance, and more. Be sure to make your way around the EXPO floor getting the listed sponsors to sign your bingo card, and return the completed card for a chance at winning a door prize. At the 50plus EXPO, you can spend an hour or spend the day. Socialize, become better informed, and, most of all—have fun! R VE R

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A not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, children’s home, and community service organization in operation since 1910

Open for Everyone.

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ntroducing a new kind of retirement community in Lancaster County

for those 55 and over looking for spacious, well-designed apartments in a great location.

For more information contact Jennifer Sciore toll-free at 1-888-230-0222 or jsciore@ presbyterianseniorliving.org

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Be sure you will receive the highest level of cardiac expertise available when you need it most. In Lancaster County, our hospitals are the only accredited Chest Pain Centers and Lancaster Regional the only Blue Distinction Center for excellence in cardiac care. There is no doubt—we know hearts. To learn more about our Cardiac Care Network, visit LancasterRegional.com.

Lancaster Senior Games

Lancashire Hall

Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 2829 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601 (717) 569-3211

These hospitals are partially owned by physicians.

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50plus EXPO – Brought to You By: decades of the 1960s and ’70s; it also examines where baby boomers are today and identifies the issues they face now—all with a mind toward representing the mid-state’s own boomer community. On-Line Publishers also works to inform and celebrate women in business through our Business Division. BUSINESSWoman includes professional profiles and articles that educate and encourage women in business. SUCCESS STORIES highlights the achievements of local professional women so that others may be inspired. It is a special insert in the March issue of BUSINESSWoman magazine. POWERLUNCH is an extension of BUSINESSWoman and is held in York in the spring and in Harrisburg during the fall. Executive women are offered the opportunity for networking, lunch, seminars, and information from a select number of exhibitors interested in marketing to women. The third annual Lancaster County women’s expo will be held Saturday, May 17, 2014, at Spooky Nook Sports. The women’s expo premiered in Dauphin County in March 2014 and will return to Lebanon County on Oct. 4 and Cumberland County on Nov. 8. This one-day event features exhibitors and interactive fun that encompass many aspects of a woman’s life.

For more than a decade, On-Line Publishers, Inc. has celebrated serving the mind, heart, and spirit of the 50+ community of Central Pennsylvania through our Mature Living Division of publications and events. OLP EVENTS, its events division, produces six 50plus EXPOs annually in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster (two), and York counties. These events are an opportunity to bring both businesses and the community together for a better understanding of products and services available to enhance life. Entrance to the event, health screenings, and seminars held throughout the day are free to visitors. 50plus Senior News is published monthly, touching on issues and events relevant to the 50+ community. The Resource Directory for the Caregiver, Aging, and Disabled is published annually in distinct county editions and contains information from local businesses and organizations offering products or services that meet the needs of these groups. 50plus LIVING is an annual publication and the premier resource for retirement living and healthcare options for mature adults in the Susquehanna and Delaware valleys. On-Line Publishers produces (((b))) magazine, Central Pennsylvania’s premier publication for baby boomers. (((b))) magazine reflects on the past, recalling the provocative and history-changing

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The Lancaster County Office of Aging The Lancaster County Office of Aging has been in existence since 1974 and strives to provide a variety of services that enable older persons to live independently and with dignity. The agency’s primary source of funding comes from the Pennsylvania Lottery. Federal and state legislation mandate services rendered by the Office of Aging. Agency programs meet many types of needs and range from basic help to the provision of skilled care. Certain programs are available to persons under the age of 60. All services are intended to keep people at home, where they most likely want to remain. Individuals may be asked to share in the cost of services, depending upon their financial resources. The Office of Aging also accepts contributions, which support ongoing operations and services to older persons and their families. For more information, call (717) 299-7979.

Staying Connected

When older Pennsylvanians make the most of programs supported by the Pennsylvania Lottery, we all beneﬁt.

Prescription Drug Programs Free Transit & Reduced-Fare Shared Rides Hot Meals Programs Property Tax & Rent Rebates Long-Term Living Services

The Lancaster County Office of Aging Lancaster County 50plus EXPO/Lancaster Celebrates Seniors

The 50plus EXPO committee is looking for volunteers to help at our 15th annual Lancaster County 50plus EXPO on May 5, 2014, at Spooky Nook Sports, 2913 Spooky Nook Road, Manheim, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you could help greet visitors, stuff EXPO bags, or work at the registration desk, we would be glad to have you for all or just part of the day. Please call On-Line Publishers at (717) 285-1350.

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Eager to ‘spring’ to a new destination?

Whether by land, by air, or by sea, find the travel information you need at the free Lancaster County

omen’s Expo May 17, 2014 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Spooky Nook Sports 2913 Spooky Nook Road Manheim

The women’s expo committee is looking for fun-loving women who enjoy socializing to greet visitors, provide administrative support, and help out as needed at the women’s expo.

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Please call On-Line Publishers today at 717.285.1350 to volunteer or for more information.

Admission to the 50plus EXPO and the Travel Fair are both free! (717) 285-1350

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Willow Valley Communities, a nationally recognized senior living organization with a 30-year tradition of excellence in providing Lifecare, is delighted to introduce Lancaster’s newest choices for seniors. SmartLife VIA Willow Valley is Lancaster’s only Lifecare at Home membershipbased program that is an innovative long- term care plan designed to help you stay in your home receiving the help you need should your healthcare needs change. Connections at Home VIA Willow Valley is a non-medical home care agency distinguished by Willow Valley’s exceptional, personalized, compassionate care to help you live at home with independence and peace of mind.

Thank you, sponsors!

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Proudly Sponsored By: Travel

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The Lancaster County Office of Aging

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Bronze Albright LIFE • AmeriHealth Caritas AseraCare Hospice • Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc. Conestoga View Nursing and Rehabilitation • CPRS Physical Therapy Easton Coach Company • Elite Coach • Lancaster County LINK Longwood Manor Personal and Memory Care PA Home Care of Lancaster Pennsylvania Captioned Telephone Relay Service Senior Living at Lancaster • St. Anne's Retirement Community Visiting Angels of Lancaster County

The 50plus EXPO is FREE to the community due to the generosity of our sponsors.

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Exhibitor Map & Exhibitor List Travel Fair

3-D Consultants ....................................................193 AAA Central Penn . . . . . . . . . . . .214-220, 223-229 AARP ....................................................................182 Advanced Tech Hearing Aid Centers .....................118

Health Network Laboratories ................................187 Hearing Aid Associates..........................................103

Albright LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Heritage Design Interiors ......................................174 Highmark Blueshield.............................................115 Humana MarketPOINT, Inc. .................................104 IDEAL Study, National Institute on Aging...............209 Isaac’s Famous Grilled Sandwiches .......................143 Juniper Village Senior Living..................................160 Keystone Villa at Ephrata.......................................177 Kitchen Saver........................................................159

AmeriHealth Caritas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232 AseraCare Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Auer Cremation Services of PA..............................210 Bath Fitter .............................................................116 Blue Ridge Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 Brethren Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Heart ofAid Lancaster and Lancaster Regional Hearing Associates..........................................103 Medical Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Lancashire Hall Nursing & Rehabilitation Center . .230

Campus Eye Center ..............................................107 Capital BlueCross..................................................196 CaptionCall...........................................................122

Lancaster County LINK to Aging and Disability Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Central Penn Nursing Care Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Lancaster County OOA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Century Spouting Incorporated .............................236

Lancaster Meals on Wheels...................................157

Charles F Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory Inc . .170 ComForcare Home Care.......................................203 Conestoga View Nursing and Rehabilitation . .144 CPRS Physical Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Cremation Services of Lancaster............................154 Dollar Energy Fund/PPL Epower Team ..................105 Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre ................................109 Easton Coach Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Elite Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Landis Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188 LeafFilter North, Inc. .............................................113 Leisure Lanes ........................................................149 Life is Better Traveling ...........................................185

The Pennsylvania Lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200-201 Pleasant View Retirement Community ..................138 PNC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127-129 Pure Sound Hearing Aids ......................................173 Re-Bath & More ...................................................176 Red Rose Transit Authority ....................................146 Red Rose Gastroenterology Transit Authority ....................................146 Regional Associates of Lancaster (RGAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Renewal by Andersen ...........................................162 RetireSafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 Ricker Sweigart & Associates .................................231 Robert E. Meyer – Independent Reliv Distributor ..233 RSVP of the Capital Region, Inc. ...........................141 Senator Mike Brubaker .........................................212 Senior Living at Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 Sherman Werst & Company Wealth Management..140 Smilebuilderz........................................................135 St. Anne’s Retirement Community . . . . . . . . . .192

Long Community at Highland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Stermer Brothers Stoves & SPAs ............................101 Sundance Vacations ..............................................124 Take Shape For Life...............................................179 Terry’s Enterprise ..................................................171

Longwood Manor Personal and Memory Care . .139

United Zion Retirement Community . . . . . . . .234

Masonic Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Visiting Angels of Lancaster County . . . . . . . . .213

Mennonite Home Communities . . . . . . . . . . . .172

WDAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 Weaver Memorials................................................167 Willow Valley Communities . . . . . . . . . . . .130-132

Gateway Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Messiah Lifeways at Mount Joy Country Homes....195 Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing...................................198 Nerium International ............................................181 O’Hanlon Kitchens, Inc.........................................168 Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.......................133

Geisinger Gold......................................................161

PA Home Care of Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Gentiva Home Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

PA Public Utility Commission ................................119 Passavant Memorial Homes Family of Services ......123

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Silver Sponsor

Pennsylvania Captioned Telephone Relay Service . .134

Travel Sponsor

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Family Chiropractic of Lancaster County ...............142 Fred F. Groff Inc; A Life Celebration Home ...........163 Freedom Village, Brandywine................................165

Groff’s Family Funeral & Cremation Services . .126 HCR ManorCare ...................................................151

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Woodland Heights Retirement Community...........186 Your Remodeling Guys..........................................211 Zimmer.................................................................190

Lancaster County 50plus EXPO/Lancaster Celebrates Seniors

Don’t Miss the Great Lineup of Demonstrations and Entertainment at the EXPO! 10 a.m. – Peggy Kurtz Keller, 2011 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Winner

A nurse, teacher, wife, and mother from Ephrata, Peggy Kurtz Keller sung the national anthem for her high school and is still singing it today at Clipper Magazine Stadium for the Lancaster Barnstormers. Peggy enjoys singing at the VA Hospital in Lebanon, for community and civic organizations, and in local theater.

1 p.m. – “Handwriting Says it All” by Mitzi Jones Mitzi Jones will discuss what a person’s handwriting says about them. To a handwriting analyst, it speaks volumes. Handwriting analysis answers questions and provides insight. What does a smiley face indicate? Large or small handwriting? A rounded or angular style? Come and learn a little about your personality through handwriting.

10:45 a.m. – Zumba Fitness Working out can be fun! Sandy Stotsky, instructor, and a few Zumba devotees will be moving to the music in this high-energy, calorie-burning, muscle-pumping, Latinbased cardio workout. Ditch the workout; join the party!

1:45 p.m. – Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre “Goin’ courting” has never been this much fun! Entertainers from the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre will present scenes from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Bursting with the rambunctious energy of the original film, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is all the boisterous romance that harkens back to the glory days of the movie musical.

11:30 a.m. – Stauffers of Kissel Hill Jodie Morris, garden center manager and employee for more than 17 years at Stauffers of Kissel Hill, will demonstrate how to use thrillers, fillers, and spillers to transform your container garden from ordinary to amazing. In addition to creating a flowering container garden, Jodie will also share some timely tips on growing vegetables or herbs in containers. One lucky attendee will be chosen at random to receive Jodie’s demonstration container garden.

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Chris Roda, 2013 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL, is a classically trained lyric baritone opera singer and has sung locally at numerous weddings, funerals, retirement-home concerts, and sporting events, as well as with the Lancaster Symphony Chorus and the Opera Lancaster Chorus. Chris also won first place at the 2013 Spring Sing talent competition. His voice covers several genres of music, most noticeably opera, show tunes, classical, and Neapolitan songs.

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Help us fight against Medicare and Social Security benefit cuts, and fight for a Consumer Price Index for Seniors (CPI-S) that will finally give older Americans a fair and accurate Social Security COLA by passing H.R. 2154, the CPI for Seniors Act! Help us save America from even more debt and higher taxes. Go to www.retiresafe.org to learn more about your benefits and how to protect them. Come talk to us at the 50plus EXPOs — We care about your thoughts and concerns!

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Many Great Prizes to be Given Away!

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Free Health Screenings

These are just a sampling of the many door prizes provided by the Lancaster Celebrates Seniors’ exhibitors. We thank the following companies for their generous contributions:

Albright LIFE Visa gift card ($25 value) AseraCare Hospice Treats and goodies gift basket from Stauffers of Kissel Hill ($100 value) Central Penn Nursing Care Inc. Weaver goodie basket ($75 value)

Landis Communities Two 1-pound boxes of Miesse chocolates ($15 value each) Leisure Lanes Fun pack: six bowling passes, two mini golf game passes, and two putting course passes ($45.50 value)

Century Spouting Incorporated Gift certificate any project (no service call) ($100 value)

Life is Better Traveling European wine basket with travel accessories plus a $100 on-board credit ($150 value)

Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Restaurant gift card ($50 value)

Masonic Village Masonic Village specialties gift basket ($25 value)

ComForcare Home Care Gift basket ($50 value)

Messiah Lifeways at Mount Joy Country Homes Gift certificate to Darrenkamp’s ($75 value)

CPRS Physical Therapy One-week wellness membership at any wellness center and a t-shirt ($15 value) Dollar Energy Fund/PPL Epower Team Conservation kit ($75 value) Elite Coach Elite tour gift certificate ($50 value) Family Chiropractic of Lancaster County One-hour massage ($100 value) Fred F. Groff, Inc. — A Life Celebration Home Dinner with limo up to $100 ($300 value) Freedom Village at Brandywine Spring-themed wine basket ($75 value) Gentiva Home Health Body and bath gift basket ($50 value) Juniper Village Senior Living Gift basket ($50 value) Lancashire Hall Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Gardening gift basket ($50 value)

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Albright LIFE Booth #112 Sugar screening

Nerium International One bottle of Nerium AD night cream ($110 value)

CPRS Physical Therapy Booth #120 Functional screenings (strength, balance, and flexibility) Health Network Laboratories Booth #187 Glucose screening Heart of Lancaster and Lancaster Regional Medical Centers Booth #206 Heel dexa (bone density scan)

Pure Sound Hearing Aids Booth #173 Video otoscope evaluations including digital ear-canal images Senior Living at Lancaster Booth #180 Blood pressure check Five-times-sit-to-stand balance test Pulse oximetry reading St. Anne’s Retirement Community Booth #192 Blood pressure check Take Shape For Life Booth #179 BMI

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Pennsylvania Captioned Telephone Relay Service PA Captioned Telephone Relay Service gift bag ($35 value) Robert E. Meyer — Independent Reliv Distributor One Reliv Now and one Reliv LunaRichX ($135 value) Senior Living at Lancaster Gift basket ($50 value) St. Anne’s Retirement Community Potted plant ($20 value)

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Take Shape For Life Gift basket ($25 value) United Zion Retirement Community Lovin’ Lititz basket ($25 value) Visiting Angels of Lancaster County Surprise-filled canvas bag ($45 value) Woodland Heights Retirement Community Gift card to Shady Maple ($25 value) May 5, 2014

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Board Room A (Upper Level) Presented by AAA Central Penn Travel Fair Sponsor 9:30 to 10 a.m. â€“ AAA Alaska Cruise Tours and Other Itineraries â€˘ Lancaster Health Campus â€˘ Oregon Pike-Brownstown â€˘ Womenâ€™s Digestive Health Center â€˘ Elizabethtown

Presented by: Beth Widhson, Holland America Cruise Lines

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10:30 to 11 a.m. â€“ AAA 2015 Wonders of the American West Presented by: Shannon McGee, Insight Vacations

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11:30 to noon â€“ General Info: Royal Caribbean Ships and Itineraries Presented by: Roxanne Steele, Royal Caribbean

12:30 to 1 p.m. â€“ AAA English & Scottish Discovery Presented by: Anthony Agostinelli, CIE Tours

1:30 to 2 p.m. â€“ AAA 2015 Tulips and Windmills Presented by: Walter Nadratowski, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises 2:30 to 3 p.m. â€“ AAA Marvels of Costa Rica Presented by: Carolyn Pugh, Pleasant Holidays

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50plus Senior News

Lancaster Senior Games

Since 1995, the mission of On-Line Publishers, Inc. (OLP) has been to enhance the lives of individuals within the Central Pennsylvania community. We endeavor to do this by publishing 50plus Senior News, produced through the Mature Living Division of OLP. Over the years, 50plus Senior News has grown to six unique editions in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. Now more than ever, Central Pennsylvania’s adults over 50 are a dynamic and inspiring population who refuse to slow down and who stay deeply involved in their careers, communities, and family lives, and 50plus Senior News strives to reflect that in its editorial content. Pick up a copy of 50plus Senior News for articles that will amuse you, inspire you, inform you, and update you on topics that are relevant to your life. Regular columns appearing monthly include topics like health, trivia, book reviews, nature, technology, leisure, veterans’ issues, and, most important, coverage and information about the goings-on in your county. Whether you’re looking for some light, amusing reading or seeking out information on weightier matters, you’ll find it in our excellent and timely editorial, which is supplied by both national and local writers for a balanced blend of nationwide interest and regional relevance. Many of your friends and neighbors have been highlighted within the pages—or even on the cover—of 50plus Senior News. Be sure to check out 50plus Senior News’ website at www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com, featuring editorial and photo content and offering you, its readers, a chance to offer your thoughts and commentary on the articles that reach you each month. You can even find 50plus Senior News on Facebook! The advertisers in 50plus Senior News offer goods or services to foster a happy, healthy life. They are interested in increasing your quality of life, so please call them when considering a purchase or when you are in need of a service. 50plus Senior News—reflecting the vibrant and energetic lifestyles of its over-50 readers … and truly Redefining Age!

Since starting in 1989, thousands of athletes have participated in Lancaster Senior Games, with an average of 850 people each year. Lancaster County residents take part in the Games for the camaraderie, the exercise, the socialization, and the fun they have with their peers. Oh, and the competition! If you are a Lancaster County resident, age 55 or older, you are invited to participate in the Games. Your registration fee of $10, due by April 4, enables you to compete in an unlimited number of events. Late registrations will be accepted until April 16, if space permits. The late registration fee is $15. Most of the Games’ events will be held at Spooky Nook Sports. Additional sites for selected events are Leisure Lanes, Overlook Golf Course, Evergreen Golf Course, Hempfield High School, Lancaster YMCA, and Willow Valley Communities. Please go to lancseniorgames.org for the full schedules of events. A registration form can be picked up at any Lancaster County Senior Center and the Lancaster County Office of Aging, printed from their website — www.lancseniorgames.org, or contact Kathy Kirchoff at kirchofk@co.lancaster.pa.us to receive one in the mail. Send your entire completed registration form and registration fee to Lancaster County Office of Aging, 150 N. Queen St., Lancaster, PA 17603 OR drop off the form at The Groffs Family Funeral Services, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. No credit cards will be accepted at either location and exact cash or check is required. Couples may send one check (payable to Lancaster County Office of Aging). We look forward to seeing you at the Games!

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Older But Not Wiser

Summer Smiled Sy Rosen thought being a grandparent was going to be easy, and my major job was to spoil my grandchild. Our first granddaughter, Summer, was born about seven weeks ago, and my plans were simple. When she was old enough, I would stuff her with ice cream and candy and bounce her on my knee while whispering in her ear, “You love Grandpa best.” Little did I know that being a grandparent would make me a nervous wreck. It all started when I got a slightly worried call from my daughter Ann. She told me that Summer hadn’t yet reached her milestone of making eye contact. Up until that point, I didn’t know about milestones and, believe me, ignorance was bliss. When Ann was growing up, the only milestones I worried about were her

dating, driving, and getting into college. I guess milestones have been around for a while, but because of the Internet, it seems like everyone is now talking about them. Anyway, according to Ann, when a baby reaches approximately 6-10 weeks of age, she’s supposed to be making eye contact. Summer just hit 6.5 weeks and she wasn’t doing that yet.

I told Ann to calm down, she was jumping the gun, and that Summer had plenty of time to reach this benchmark. And then, of course, I worried like a crazy person. I drove over to Ann’s and did my best to make eye contact with Summer. I quickly moved my body to whatever direction Summer was looking—if her eyes moved to the left, I

would quickly move to the left; when her eyes moved to the right, I would move to the right. It was a form of Grandpa Aerobics. It didn’t work, of course, and I went home still worried. On the plus side, I think I lost 4 pounds. And then, two days later, my daughter called and told me that Summer was making eye contact. My granddaughter was obviously a genius. So that milestone was accomplished, and I again resumed my master plan: bouncing Summer on my knee and whispering in her ear, “You love Grandpa best.” A few days later my daughter called, worried that Summer hadn’t made her social-smile milestone. Again I told Ann there was nothing to worry about— considering everything that was going on please see SUMMER page 28

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in the world, maybe Summer didn’t feel like smiling. Maybe she would start smiling when the national unemployment rate went down. I tried to joke, but of course I was worried about this benchmark, so I went over to Ann’s and started smiling like crazy at Summer, trying to get her to smile back. She must have thought I was a giggling madman. Anyway, I went home without having any success, but a few days later I got a call from Ann saying that Summer finally smiled. The next time I saw Summer (about 10 minutes later because I rushed over), she did smile for me—a wonderful, joyous, magnificent smile that made my heart soar.

I realized it wasn’t exactly the same accomplishment as her getting into Harvard (that will happen in a few years), but it was still pretty darn exciting. OK, with those two milestones accomplished, I can finally relax. Except, of course, when it’s time for Summer’s other milestones: raising her head, babbling, cooing, rolling on her back, reaching and grabbing, responding to her name, gesturing, pretend playing, sitting, crawling, walking, and saying her first word. Oh, man, who said being a grandparent was easy? Oh, that’s right; I did.

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Protection of our environment is an issue endorsed today by almost all Americans. This value extends over many past decades by some of our presidents. Lincoln protected California’s Yosemite Valley by setting aside land that later became a national park. President Theodore Roosevelt went much further by protecting 230 million acres as national forests, wildlife refuges, parks, and preserves. To borrow a phrase, the road to environmental doom is paved with good intentions. In the past century our population more than tripled from 92 million to 320 million. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported, in its 2007 National Resources Inventory: “Annually, we now lose about 1.6 million acres of working farms, ranches, and forests to fragmentation and development. Many of our rivers, lakes, coasts, and streams are polluted. Fish advisories and beach closures occur frequently.” We might add more details to this list of assaults on the environment: mountaintop removal to mine coal, poorly conceived damming of rivers and irrigation, ocean waters turning acidic, poorly secured nuclear waste, the infestation of invasive plants and fish, ozone depletion, and the battle between

resource-removal employment and a sustainable environment. Each generation inherits life. It should follow that each generation also inherits temporary custody of the lifegiving resources of the planet. As sojourners on Earth we are temporary stewards of its resources, obligated to protect them for the sustenance of ourselves, our children, and their descendants. Albert Camus, the French philosopher and novelist, offered this observation in his 1946 essay, “The Crisis of Man”: “I do not believe in guaranteed progress, or in any philosophy of history, but I think that, at least, man has never ceased to advance in the awareness of our destiny. We have not overcome our conditions, but at least we understand them better.” At the moment, it seems awareness and overcoming have yet to make their mutual acquaintance.

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Traveling in the Past By Andrea Gross s I sat squashed in the middle seat of the jumbo jet’s row 32—a woman with a screaming infant on one side of me, a man reeking of aftershave on the other—it was easy to fantasize about old-time travel. Was it really as unhurried, comfortable, and, yes, romantic as I imagined? My husband and I decided to find out. We’d fly in an open-cockpit airplane, sleep in a Victorian-era railroad car, visit a 1930s luxury ocean liner, and, for good measure, see some big-finned, gas-guzzling autos.

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Biplanes soar over Polk County, Fla., approximately midway between Orlando and Tampa.

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The Queen Mary, one of the world’s great luxury liners in the 1930s, is open to the public.

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There is no shortage of information in the media about how to improve your well-being through positive lifestyle changes such as eating more nutritiously, exercising, and not smoking. Did you know, though, that changing your mental attitude can also go a long way toward improving your life? Even if you don’t consider yourself a naysayer, make it a point over the next few days to scrutinize everything you think and say. You might be surprised. For instance, how much of your selftalk and communication with others contains the words “can’t,” “don’t,” “shouldn’t,” “couldn’t” and “never”? Do you often start sentences with “If only,” “I can’t believe” or “I hate it when”? And do you tend to use phrases such as, “it’s impossible,” “that’s terrible” and “why me”? Unfortunately, it’s much easier to be pessimistic and critical of ourselves, others, and the world in general than to be optimistic and enthusiastic. It doesn’t help that the mass media thrives on disaster, failure, and discord. All this publicity not only perpetuates the negativity but also creates more. And it’s true that misery loves company: when we complain aloud, other people usually join in, reinforcing the gloom. Negative thinking takes many insidious forms: doubt, worry, catastrophizing (magnifying the importance of upsetting events), focusing on our own shortcomings or those of others, seeing only the flaws in proposed plans, dwelling on what we perceive to be lacking in our lives, approaching life from the perspective of entitlement (believing that we are owed certain things), denial; inflexibility, hopelessness, and regarding the world as an uncaring, even hostile place. By-products of such thinking include self-absorption, depression; defensiveness, self-criticism, destructive criticism of others, sarcasm, distrust, blame, jealousy, bitterness, self-pity; avoidance, indecision, chronic complaining, low self-esteem, resistance to change, helplessness, and passivity. Negativity is harmful to your physical and mental health, generating stress that can lead to illness. Also harmful to your spiritual well-being, it’s a significant drain on your life energy. Here’s how to re-focus and accentuate the positive instead.

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I won’t be intimidated. Then I head to the living room and sulk until my wife leaves for work. Sometimes it is noon before my attitude is properly adjusted; morning television doesn’t help. No matter, because all mornings are still better than the one I lived through just after I retired. It was the first snow of the season when my wife crawled out of bed to start her workday; I hardly noticed. And I certainly didn’t think anything at all about the weather forecast from the night before.

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n most mornings, I get up with my wife to help her get ready for work. Certainly, she can get ready all by herself, and she often prefers that. This is because I sometimes get in her way. I can be more of a bother than a help. But if she wants breakfast, I’ll make it; if she needs help getting a lunch together, I’ll fetch what she needs to fill her little red lunch cooler; and when it’s cold and frosty outside, I’ll slog through whatever awaits outside the front door to start her car so the heater is always cooking when she gets in. I’m waiting for her to ask me to sit in the driver’s seat until the leather is warm (we don’t have those fancy heated seats). She has hinted at that. I’m big-hearted, but I will not be manipulated. Ordinarily, mornings are turmoil free. On the other hand, there have been mornings that were about as much fun as harvesting a bushel of Brussels sprouts. I’m always tempted to head back to the sack on those days, but after some rational thought, I declare that this is also my kitchen and

April 2014

Barnstormers’ Manager Named Senior Games’ Honorary Chair Lancaster Barnstormers’ manager Butch Hobson has been selected to serve as the honorary chairperson for the 26th annual Lancaster Senior Games, to be held May 5–9, 2014, at Spooky Nook Sports as well as a few offsite locations. Hobson has been in uniform almost continuously since beginning his professional baseball career in 1973. The game has taken him to lofty heights as a Major League player and a Major League manager. Signed by the Boston Red Sox out of the University of

Alabama in 1973, Hobson debuted in the American League in September 1975 and was an everyday third baseman for the Sox by the 1976 All-Star break. In 1977, Hobson put together his best season, clubbing 30 homers and driving in 112 runs. Two years later, he added 28 more long balls and 93 RBI for the Sox. Eventually, over seven big-league seasons, he cranked 98 homers and knocked home 397 while batting .248. His playing career ended as a Triple-A third baseman with the Yankees in 1985.

By 1987, he began the Between Hobson’s two managerial phase of his stints in this league, he career, heading up the New stayed in Nashua for two York Mets’ Class A team in more years, winning the Columbia, S.C. 2007 Cam-Am title and Two years later, he found another Manager of the his way back to the Red Year Award. Sox, taking over their Class Under his direction, AA Eastern League affiliate Butch Hobson’s Lancaster in New Britain, Conn. Barnstormers have seen Three years later, he was unprecedented success. His in Boston and ended up Butch Hobson, Lancaster 2012 team set a new Barnstormers manager running his old club from Atlantic League record by and 2014 Senior Games 1992 through the strikewinning 88 games, leading honorary chairperson. shortened 1994 season, up to the Atlantic League winning 207 games as a Championship Series, big-league skipper. where they fell inches short of the title. His managerial career took him to the Hobson will briefly speak at the Philadelphia Phillies organization and opening ceremony of Lancaster Senior eventually back to the Boston minorGames, which begins at 8:45 a.m. He league system. will stay and visit some of the Games’ Then, he became involved with a events until mid-morning. He will also young, independent league, joining the be joining Senior Games participants at Atlantic League’s Nashua Pride in 2000. the celebration dance at Willow Valley He won a pennant his first season, from 1–2 p.m. on Friday, May 9. and, in 10 other seasons he has taken The 2014 Lancaster Senior Games are eight teams to the playoffs and four more open to all county residents 55 years and to the finals and has amassed four older. For more information, visit Manager of the Year honors (2001, 2005, www.lancseniorgames.org or call (717) 2008, 2012). 299-7979.

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