50plus LIFE Lebanon County July 2019

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Little-Known Blood Disorder Mimics Typical Symptoms of Aging New research has revealed that hemochromatosis — a genetic condition that causes more than a million Americans to absorb too much iron from their diets — is a much more serious cause of disease and disability than previously thought.

Hemochromatosis is an iron-storage disorder July is that can cause the body to Hemochromatosis absorb too much iron from foods and other sources, Awareness Month such as multivitamin supplements with iron.

This extra iron can gradually build up in the body’s tissues and organs, particularly in the liver cells, heart, pancreas, joints, and pituitary gland. If left untreated, this iron buildup may lead to tissue and organ damage over time.

Hemochromatosis is easy to detect through blood tests and is treated by blood withdrawals, but carriers suffer from a lack of nationwide awareness of the condition.

Two new studies, published in The BMJ and The Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, showed that hemochromatosis, previously thought to be a lowlevel health risk, actually quadruples risk of liver disease and doubles the risk of arthritis and frailty in older people.

It also causes higher risk of diabetes and chronic pain, and a small number of patients develop liver cancer.

The research was led by a team from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, the University of Connecticut, and the NIA Intramural Research Program.

Hereditary hemochromatosis is caused mainly by specific inherited alterations (mutations) in the HFE gene. When an individual inherits two altered copies of the gene — one from each parent — they are at risk of developing high iron levels, which may lead to illness or organ damage over time.

However, most people born with two altered copies of the HFE gene will not develop serious complications. People who inherit an altered gene from only one parent are carriers for the disorder, but are not typically affected themselves.

In a study about 10 times larger than any previous look at hemochromatosis rates, the team reviewed data on 2,890 British people who carried the two mutations. They found that 1 in 5 men and 1 in 10 women with these mutations developed additional diseases as they got older, compared to those

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Hemochromatosis sufferers were also more likely to have chronic pain, decreased muscle strength, and to be frail as they aged.

Hemochromatosis symptoms, such as fatigue and muscle and joint pains, are easily confused as part of typical aging, and the disease often goes undetected until damage is done.

Men and women have the same chance of inheriting two copies of the altered HFE gene. However, men are more likely than women to develop complications and at an earlier age because women lose excess iron in the blood naturally during menstruation and pregnancy.

Men usually begin displaying symptoms between ages 40 and 60, whereas women typically present symptoms after menopause.

Hereditary hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic disorders in the United States. Known

in Ireland as “the Celtic Curse,” people of Northern European descent have a higher chance of having an altered HFE gene.

Hereditary hemochromatosis is more common among U.S. non-Hispanic whites and is less common among African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians.

Researchers hope that this increased awareness of the scope of the problem can help lead to increased testing and treatment, which should improve quality of life and reduce frailty and disability rates for those with genetic risk for hemochromatosis.

Anyone with a family history of the condition should talk to their doctor and consider being tested for hereditary hemochromatosis if they are experiencing severe fatigue, unexplained cirrhosis, joint pain, arthritis, diabetes, heart problems, or erectile dysfunction.

For more information, visit Hemochromatosis.org.

Symptoms of Hemochromatosis • Lack of energy • Abdominal pain • Memory fog • Loss of sex drive • Heart flutters • Irregular heartbeat

At Your Fingertips Helpful numbers, hotlines, and local businesses and organizations eager to serve you—all just a phone call away.

Social Security Information (800) 772-1213

Office of Aging Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging (717) 273-9262 Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com real estate Heart & Home Properties (717) 276-9951 Senior Centers Annville Senior Community Center (717) 867-1796

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Maple Street Senior Community Center (717) 273-1048

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Myerstown Senior Community Center (717) 866-6786

Emergency Numbers Poison Control Center (800) 222-1222 Food Resources Food Stamps (800) 692-7462

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Kidney Foundation (717) 652-8123

Medicare (800) 382-1274

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (717) 652-6520

PennDOT (800) 932-4600

Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging Meals on Wheels (717) 273-9262

Lupus Foundation (888) 215-8787 Hearing Services Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY Home Care Services Homeland at Home Serving all of Lebanon County (717) 221-7892 Hospice Services Homeland at Home Serving all of Lebanon County (717) 221-7890 Hospitals Medical Society of Lebanon County (717) 270-7500

Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers (800) 472-8477

Lebanon County Christian Ministries (717) 272-4400 Salvation Army (717) 273-2655 financial services Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (302) 573-4027 Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020 American Cancer Society (717) 231-4582 American Diabetes Association (717) 657-4310 American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association (717) 207-4265 American Lung Association (717) 541-5864 Arthritis Foundation (717) 274-0754 Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (717) 787-7500

WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital 252 S. Fourth St., Lebanon (717) 270-7500 Hotlines Energy Assistance (800) 692-7462 Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Hotline (800) 541-2050 IRS Income Tax Assistance (800) 829-1040

Recycling (800) 346-4242

Lebanon County Housing & Redevelopment Authorities (717) 274-1401 Lebanon HOPES (717) 274-7528, ext. 3201 Insurance Medicare Hotline (800) 638-6833 Legal Services Pennsylvania Bar Association (717) 238-6715

Northern Lebanon County Senior Community Center (717) 865-0944 Palmyra Senior Community Center (717) 838-8237 Senior Center of Lebanon Valley (717) 274-3451 Veterans Services Governor’s Veterans Outreach (717) 234-1681 Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771 Volunteer opportunitIes RSVP of the Capital Region (717) 454-8647

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teaching fitness, and helping run Pat’s bar and restaurant, The Downtown Lounge, in Lebanon.

After the birth of her first daughter, Sirae, Riley “We are at any given time a sum of our past opened her first fitness studio, Jump with Joy, experiences. I like to tell my students to gather up when she was just 23. their pebbles of knowledge and eventually it turns She also started a dog-grooming business to help into a hill, and that hill will continue to grow into keep the bar afloat during the lean early years of a mountain,” says fitness educator Joy Riley. the studio’s operation. Her second daughter, Kayla, Her own journey for knowledge and selfwas born shortly afterward. discovery most recently led her to the sandy “Striking beaches a balance of Bali, between Indonesia, family and surrounded career has by turquoise always waters, rice been very fields, and important lush greenery to me,” she while she says. “As busy completed a as I was, my 200-hour yoga focus was on certification raising my course. daughters to Riley has be happy and spent most of good mothers her life sharing themselves the knowledge by serving as she’s a good role accumulated model to with others, them.” currently as Riley began a professor Riley sitting in Sukhasana (comfortable seated pose) building of physical in the small, bamboo shala where she trained at the up her education at Power of Now Oasis in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia. accreditation Harrisburg and Area teaching certifications, leading fitness and Community College’s Lebanon campus, director exercise instruction classes at her studio and local of tennis at Lebanon Country Club, tennis pro community centers before becoming an instructor at Hempfield Rec Center, and yoga instructor at at HACC, where she has taught for the past 15 Healing Habitat in Palmyra. years.

A lifelong Lebanon resident, Riley was a “I love teaching at HACC; each new group natural athlete as a child, excelling at swimming, of students I teach is a new experience with its gymnastics, and tennis. She swam competitively as a student at Shippensburg University, where she own set of struggles and rewards,” she says. “It studied early childhood education and then taught is extremely gratifying to me as an instructor to work with students who are working hard to make pre-k classes for two years after graduation.

It soon became clear to her that her real passion positive changes in their lives.”

Most recently, Riley became a yoga instructor at for teaching revolved around physical education.

The Healing Habitat yoga and wellness studio in “Even while I was in college, I realized that I Palmyra after completing her certification class in had really fallen in love with physical fitness,” she Bali. says.

“I had some of the world’s best teachers from Fittingly enough, Riley met her husband of 37 India, and when I finished the four-week program, years, Pat, when they noticed each other working I was feeling a bit overwhelmed, like I had so much out at the local YMCA. more left to learn,” she says.

They married a year later, and Riley then Riley traveled to Bali in March 2018 to study divided her time between starting a family, www.50plusLifePA.com

while her husband, having recently retired after selling the bar to one of his former employees, joined her.

“He got to have a fun vacation while I was hard at work each day,” she laughs.

The yoga instruction took place on the beach, starting at 6:30 each morning and lasting until 4:30 in the afternoon. She, along with a group of other students, studied breath work, cleansing meditation, nutrition, and physical exercise each day.

“It was very challenging, but so rewarding. Most of my classmates were in their 20s and from all over the world. I took on a bit of a motherly role within the group, but we were all equal as students and learners,” she says.

“That role switch — becoming a student again — renewed my compassion for my own students. It reminded me of the importance of empathy for others and understanding other people’s learning needs and individual struggles.”

She credits her friend Emilie Charlotte, owner of The Healing Habitat, for inspiring her to go for her certification.

“As we get older and joint pain becomes more of an issue, yoga can provide beautiful healing powers for the body. I really fell in love with it, and of course me being me, I had to get certified and teach,” she laughs.

Riley views yoga as a philosophy and lifestyle that promotes health of the mind, body, and spirit.

“People associate yoga with stretching and poses, and while that is part of it, the physical aspects serve as a way of preparing the body for what is arguably more important: meditation.

“When I came out of Emilie’s classes at Healing Habitat, I felt physically, mentally, and spiritually sound,” Riley continued. “It’s a special community that provides support, uplift, and kindness in a safe, welcoming space, and I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of.”

Riley tells yoga beginners that choosing an instructor or class isn’t one-stop shopping.

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instructor you’re comfortable with,” she says.

One of the biggest lessons she’s learned from yoga is the importance of focusing on the here and now, being in the present, and appreciating the blessings in her life.

“We find ourselves spending so much time concerning ourselves with things in the past we cannot change or worrying about the future, but the only things we can truly control are happening in the present. We can support other people by uplifting them with kindness right now.”

Riley now relishes the five grandchildren she and Pat spend time with each week.

“I’ve been a grandmother for seven years now, and I love every minute of it,” she says. “They’re the love of my life!”

When not doing fitness instruction, Riley likes to recharge during “Riley Sundays,” where family members take turns hosting dinner and spending time together.

They have also made a yearly tradition out of taking family trips to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

“I’d like to slow a little bit and spend more time enjoying life with our grandkids, but I’m not ready for retirement yet. The fitness world has a way of keeping you young!”

Riley will turn 60 this summer, a milestone that has her feeling reflective, grateful, and optimistic.

“I see it as a new chapter … I have raised my family, run my household, and had many exciting careers. I am a survivor, and I still feel strong and capable. Life is not over after 50.

“Because our bodies may not be what they once were, we may lose some of our confidence,” she continued. “But stop — and realize that with wisdom and courage, we can enter this chapter of our lives with humility, grace, and pride over everything we have been through and should never feel bad about getting older.

“It’s a privilege that is denied to so many. Don’t stop exploring all the possibilities life has to offer.”

On the front cover: Joy Riley in front of the Ubud Water Palace, a Hindu temple in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, which was once the home of the royal family of Ubud.

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Mr. Disney’s ‘Black Sunday’ Randal C. Hill

July 17, 1955, was intended as an invited-guests-only, media-oriented day to celebrate the long-awaited opening of Disneyland.

Technically it was called the “International Press Preview,” but Disney employees — and even Disney himself — would afterward come to label it “Black Sunday.”

During the 1930s and 1940s, Walt Disney had visited several amusement parks with his wife and their two daughters. What he saw often tended to be rundown, trash-littered places that usually focused on scary “thrill rides.”

Disney began to envision something better. In 1948, he sketched out a small place that he dubbed Mickey Mouse Park, its primary attraction to be a boat ride. Over the years, though, his

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Sleeping Beauty's Castle, Disneyland, 1959.

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once-simple plan morphed into a spectacular venue that would draw people from around the world.

To raise much-needed cash, Disney sold his vacation home and borrowed against a life insurance policy.

Then, in October 1954, the fledgling ABC-TV network helped by offering priceless promotion for Disney’s dream through an hourlong Wednesday-night show called Disneyland.

In 1953, Disney had purchased 160 acres of orange and walnut trees near the farming town of Anaheim, 22 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. With a crew of 1,200 workers, construction began the next year.

By opening day in 1955, Disneyland’s price tag had reached $17 million (about $125 million in today’s money).

Disneyland officials expected 15,000 of their invited guests to show up for the opening, but over 28,000 excited folks, many wielding counterfeit tickets, jammed into the overcrowded park that day. One enterprising man charged $5 to people who wanted to climb a back fence by

using a ladder that he brought.

Much to Uncle Walt’s chagrin, his troubles were just beginning that day.

Around the park, workers frantically slathered on paint and hastily planted trees, and beds of weeds suddenly bore signs with Latin plant names.

Many rides were still under construction, and those that operated sometimes broke down. Too many passengers aboard the Mark Twain Steamboat nearly caused it to capsize.

Every park restaurant and concession stand ran out of food and beverages within hours.

A small fire broke out in Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. Adventureland, Frontierland, and Fantasyland had to shut down for the afternoon due to a gas leak.

The temperature that afternoon reached a sweltering 101 degrees, with the now-sticky fresh asphalt seizing women’s high-heeled shoes. While drinking fountains were available around the park, none worked on that fateful day. Plumbers had gone on strike, and Disney had to choose between working water fountains and working toilets.

“Well, you know they could drink Coke and Pepsi,” he grumbled, “but they can’t pee in the streets. Finish the restrooms.” ··· After opening day, adult park visitors paid a $1 admission fee — kids were 50 cents — while the park’s 35 rides each carried a separate cost of 25–35 cents each per adult, with children paying 10–25 cents each.

Two months after opening, the Magic Kingdom had welcomed its 1 millionth customer, the debacle of Black Sunday mercifully forgotten.

Although Randal C. Hill’s heart lives in the past, the rest of him resides in Bandon, Ore. He can be reached at wryterhill@msn.com.

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Jim Miller

Adaptive Gardening: Tips and Tools for Older Gardeners

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good tools and tips for senior gardeners? My 77-year-old mother loves to work in the garden but over the past few years has been plagued by injuries.

– Concerned Daughter

Laborsaving Tools The right gardening equipment can help too. Kneeling pads can protect knees, and garden seats or stools are both back and knee savers.

Lightweight garden carts can make hauling bags of mulch, dirt, plants, or other heavy objects much easier. And long-handled gardening tools can help ease the strain on the back by keeping your mom in a standing, upright position versus bent over.

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

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Warm Up With gardening, good form is very important as well as not overdoing any one activity. A common problem is that gardeners often kneel or squat, putting extra pressure on their knees.

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Lebanon County Reads Celebration Has Begun Representatives from the public libraries in Annville, Fredericksburg, Lebanon, Myerstown, Palmyra, and Richland are pleased to announce The Baker’s Secret by Stephen Kiernan as the 2019 Lebanon County Reads selection.

Partners for Lebanon County Reads include the Bishop Foundation, Congregation Beth Israel, and the Gannett Foundation.

Committee members narrowed down a lengthy list to five titles, and Lebanon County residents voted for the winner.

All Lebanon County libraries will have copies of the book available to read. Formats available include regular print, large print, audiobook on CD, and downloadable e-book and e-audiobook.

Local libraries will host book discussions over the summer. This year’s celebration concludes with the author lecture, hosted by Congregation Beth Israel, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

For more details, visit the Lebanon County Reads website: www.lclibs. org/lebcoreads.

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Traveltizers

Starstruck in Hollywood South

By Andrea Gross

Some people prepare for trips by researching facts and reserving accommodations. I prepare for them by watching movies. I hope that, in some mystical way, the film will help me better understand the culture of the place I’m about to visit.

This explains why the night before my husband and I leave Elvis Presley sang “Crawfish,” the opening song for Louisiana, with in the 1958 movie King Creole, from a grillwork my suitcase still not balcony in New Orleans. packed, I’m watching Steel Magnolias.

The film takes place in Natchitoches (pronounced Nack-a-tish), a small town 75 miles southeast of Shreveport.

It was written by native son Bobby Harling, depicts local events, and was

filmed there, thus showing the society as well as the scenery.

For millions of fans, Natchitoches represents the archetypical Southern community.

More important, the film pumped money into the town’s economy. State officials took note, and today Louisiana is one of the major film-producing areas in the world.

A shoot-out scene from Hard Target was filmed on Indeed, it is often Frenchmen Street near Decatur, not far from the called “Hollywood French Quarter.

South.”

Thus my husband and I embark on a road trip through Louisiana that takes us to places where many of these motion pictures were filmed.

We begin in New Orleans, hopping aboard a 10-passenger van that’s outfitted with video screens in front of each seat.

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I look out the The most opulent window to see a pink plantation is Houmas building with a green House, home to a balcony, and then museum-quality switch my eyes to the collection of art, video screen to see magnificent gardens, Elvis standing on that and an awardvery balcony as he winning restaurant. croons the opening It’s mostly used as an song of his 1958 hit entertainment venue movie, King Creole. and wedding site, In short order, we which made it the see the French Market, perfect place to film where Clint Eastwood ABC’s Revenge of the filmed Tight Rope; Bridesmaids.

The antebellum mansion on Houmas House St. Louis Cathedral appears in reflected glory in Frenchmen Street, En route to Plantation, as well as the magnificent gardens, This Property is Condemned, a 1966 film starring Shreveport, the where Jean-Claude Van makes it attractive as a location spot for projects Natalie Wood and Robert Redford.

Damme had a shootnorthwest hub of ranging from films to TV series and commercials. out scene in Hard Louisiana’s film Target; and the cemetery where industry, we stop in Baton Peter Fonda rendezvoused with Rouge, the film site of Showing his dead mother in Easy Rider.

Roots, starring Elizabeth Jonathan Rae, owner of New McGovern and Cicely Tyson.

Orleans Movie Tours, hands out Like Steel Magnolias, Roots bags of popcorn, and we munch celebrates life in a small away as we drive through the Southern town, one where Garden District, where the real community — and beauty stars are the grand old houses. parlors — are a fact of life.

Scenes were filmed in But it’s in Shreveport where virtually every room of the we see the true magic of the film house that was used as a industry, for while New Orleans retirement center in The Curious can turn its business district into Case of Benjamin Button, a generic downtown, Shreveport possibly giving it more on-screen has doubled for the North Pole, time than the star-of-record, the Bering Sea, and even the Oak Alley Plantation has been featured in films and TV programs starring heavyweights Brad Pitt.

Biblical City of Sodom. such as Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Fay Dunaway, and John Travolta.

Finally, we drive down a Before ending our starstreet in the Central Business studded Louisiana tour, we District, which often is used to represent Chicago in one movie, Dallas or New make our way to Natchitoches. The houses that were used in the film are private York in another. homes, and the people strolling down Front Street don’t have the dazzling smile “People don’t notice details,” Rae explains. “A row of tall buildings could be of Magnolias star Julia Roberts. But the atmosphere still resonates. anywhere.”

I ask a resident what it’s like to live in Natchitoches.

Like French director Jean-Luc Godard said, “Cinema is the most beautiful “Have you seen Steel Magnolias?” she asks. “That’s what it’s like. We’re a small fraud in the world.”

Southern community.”

Sometimes it really is a good idea to prepare for a trip by watching a movie. ··· Photos ©Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (andreagross.com).

Of the hundreds of movies that have been filmed in Louisiana, only one has won the film industry’s big prize, the Oscar for Best Picture.

That’s 12 Years a Slave, which was filmed on 11 Louisiana sites: five in New Orleans and six on various Louisiana plantations.

We stop first at the closest of these, Destrehan, located on the Great River Road that runs 70 miles between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

There we see the grand eight-columned main house, the slave quarters, and many of the outbuildings, including the mule shed that was used in the film to represent the gin house.

But it’s at Oak Alley, where films such as Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte and Interview with a Vampire were made, that I feel as if I’m living on a movie set.

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Games Link Seniors to Athletic Opportunities — and Each Other

By Megan Joyce Sometimes May can lob a chilly day into the midst of its springtime pleasantness, but you don’t become a senior athlete without acquiring a bit of grit.

Brian Wolfe, director of operations at Lebanon Valley Family YMCA at the VA, said such was the case during the Lebanon County Senior Games, held May 13–17 at several county locations.

“The weather was almost perfect,” Wolfe said. “We had a colder day for the 1-mile walk and bocce ball, but everyone toughed it out.”

The 34th annual Senior Games were “a great opportunity to connect active adults with others who share similar interests,” said Melanie Wells, community wellness coordinator for WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital.

Community partnerships are essential to making the games happen each spring.

Sponsors for 2019 were 50plus LIFE, Aetna Coventry, Community Health Council 50+ Festival, Juniper Village, Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging, Lebanon Valley YMCA at the VA, and WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital.

“There is a negative connotation around the word ‘senior,’” Wells said. “The wonderful folks who participated in Senior Games this year were some of the most energetic and funloving people I have met throughout my role at WellSpan.”

Events included table tennis, 100-meter swim, 1-mile walk, bocce ball, disc golf, billiards, horseshoes, softball throw, and basketball foul shooting, as well as cornhole — this year’s new event — and pickleball and miniature golf, which proved the most popular.

In addition to veteran game-players, the yearly competition gives interested participants the chance to try their hands at a new sport.

“During the cornhole competition, we played rounds, as opposed to the first person to 21 [points]. The average score was about nine,” Wolfe recalled. “We had a lady who never played before score 36 points. She was on fire, and it was fun to watch.”

Other new features introduced to the 2019 games were functional fitness and

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pickleball basic classes. And, instead of being held on the final day of the games, the awards ceremony and picnic moved to South Hills Park on May 29, in conjunction with National Senior Health and Fitness Day. Attendance was up by about 20 people this year, Wolfe said, to a total of 75. All players were over age 50; the oldest participant was 87.

“Senior Games encourages community members to stay engaged in physical activity while maintaining social connections,” Wells said. “Social health plays a very important role in achieving good health, especially as we age, and connecting folks together in active ways is a win-win for everyone.”

Wolfe said he and his team received “nothing but positive comments” from players.

“Some said it was the best year ever,” he said. “A few people said they would like us to extend the games next year because of how fun they are.”

As the event’s organizers begin eyeing 2020, Wells said she hopes to engage players in the coming year’s planning process to ensure their needs are being met and that the Senior Games continues to showcase the community’s athletic offerings to older adults.

“I met a few folks who were either new to the area or just retired and were participating in Senior Games for the first time … these individuals have now joined pickleball games at the YMCA and bocce that is played at Fairlane Avenue Park,” Wells said.

“Connecting people to resources and encouraging them to live healthy is so rewarding. I find so much joy in other people’s happiness.”

To request more information on the Lebanon County Senior Games or to learn about opportunities and activities the Lebanon YMCA offers, call (717) 273-2691 or visit www.lebanonymca.org.

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The Beauty in Nature

Summer Saltmarsh Sounds Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Saltmarshes are watery, grassy habitats between barrier island beaches and dunes along seacoasts and the mainland.

Saltmarshes along the Atlantic Ocean from New England to Virginia are alive with a variety of creatures in summer, most of which are there to Great egret raise young.

But only great egrets and snowy egrets, which are large and white, and laughing gulls, which are abundant in saltmarshes and noisy, are obvious to casual observers in summer saltmarshes.

The presence of gulls and other kinds of birds, however, is often noted by the sounds they make, some of them under the cover of the grass. Over the years of visiting Middle Atlantic States saltmarshes, I have heard all those iconic saltmarsh sounds.

Colonies of laughing gulls nest on grassy mats on the ground of saltmarshes.

Their boisterous cries sound like people laughing at some good joke.

These gray-and-white gulls, with black heads, scavenge invertebrates from marshes and catch small fish in marsh channels. But they also scavenge food littered by people on boardwalks and beaches, where gangs of these noisy gulls are most likely to be noticed.

Clapper rails are the size of small, long-legged chickens and are vertically slender to easily slip among grasses in their quest for invertebrates, without attracting predators.

Both sexes of this species are a camouflaging gray-brown and have vertically barred feathering on their flanks. Their calls are a descending “kek, kek, kek” and so on, or “cha, cha, cha, cha.”

Willets are a kind of large sandpiper that consumes invertebrates. They are not seen in saltmarshes until they fly and repeatedly call “pill-will-willet.” In flight, the white patches on their wings wave like banners, attracting attention to the birds.

Strikingly beautiful male red-winged blackbirds are visible swaying on grass tops and loudly calling “kon-ga-reeeee” to establish territories and attract mates.

Male red-wings are black with a red patch on each shoulder. Those red beacons are raised each time red-wings sing from their exposed perches.

Camouflaged, but attractive, female red-wings are brown and dark-streaked.

Three species of appropriately named small birds — seaside sparrows, saltmarsh sparrows, and marsh wrens — are also heard in coastal saltmarshes in summer. The sparrows nest among the tall grasses, but the wrens raise young in stands of cattails. And both sexes of each kind of bird are similar.

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Saltmarsh sparrows are brown and streaked, with a buffy stripe over each eye. Males cling to tall grass and sing a buzzy, gasping “chup, chup-sheeeeeee.”

Marsh wrens are brown and streaked above and white underneath.

This species builds bulky cradles of Willet grass and cattail leaves on standing cattail stems above shallow water. Males’ songs are bubbly, loud, and end with a guttural rattle, repeated boisterously over and over.

These are some of the iconic sounds heard in summer saltmarshes. Readers can listen for some of these birds when visiting the Mid-Atlantic seacoast.

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1969: A Space Odyssey Some Little-Known Stories about the First Moon Landing, 50 Years Later

By Randal C. Hill By the early 1960s, America was trailing the Soviet Union in space development.

This undoubtedly played a part in President John F. Kennedy’s appeal on May 25, 1961, to a special joint session of Congress when he pronounced, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”

Rocks, Walks, Heat Following NASA’s directive, Armstrong and Aldrin loaded nearly 50 pounds of moon rocks and soil into the Eagle, took photographs, and conducted tests.

The hardest task then facing the two was the planting of the American flag (which had come from Sears). The moon’s surface was rock-hard, and the astronauts only managed to hammer Old Glory a few inches into the surface, where it subsequently fell over from the Eagle’s takeoff blast.

The pair spent 21 hours and 36 minutes — almost a full day — on the moon. They stayed in their craft for over six hours after they landed, and they also took frequent breaks when they walked on the surface.

The thermally cooled underwear they wore inside their spacesuits helped them fend off the potentially lethal 200-degree Fahrenheit lunar surface temperatures, but Armstrong and Aldrin were always aware that their cooling properties could fail at any moment, so they purposely kept their ambles brief.

400,000 Helping Hands Eight years later, at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 thundered off the launch pad in a billowy cloud of smoke, destined for immortality.

Neil Armstrong, a 38-year-old civilian research pilot, led the three-man crew, which also consisted of Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, 39, and Michael Collins, 38.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon.

Media coverage naturally focused on the astronauts, but the total number of scientists, engineers, and service and Homeward Bound construction workers involved in the Apollo 11 project had surged to more than The men returned to the lunar module by 1:11 a.m. Then, just before they 400,000 by that crisp, clear summer morning. secured the hatch, Aldrin accidentally tripped the circuit breaker used to In the next 76 hours, the astronauts soared 240,000 miles, averaging over activate the main engine; after a moment of panic, though, he was able to push 3,100 miles per hour. They entered a lunar orbit on July 19, and the next day, the breaker back into the correct position with a felt-tip pen. at 1:46 p.m., their lunar module, Eagle, separated from the command module, Besides the American flag, the astronauts left behind several other items, Columbia, where Collins remained on board to monitor the situation. including a plaque that read: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the moon — July 1969 A.D. — We came in peace for all mankind.”

25 Seconds to Go Armstrong and Aldrin reconnected successfully with Collins and Columbia, The Eagle began its descent to the lunar surface two hours later. and at 12:56 a.m. on July 22, Apollo 11 began its journey home, safely However, when Armstrong prepared to set the craft down, he realized splashing into the Pacific Ocean at 12:50 p.m. two days later. that boulders and craters were scattered throughout the landing site, posing a It is estimated that over 550 million people worldwide had followed the potential hazard. He eased his craft over to a flatter, safer place nearby, but that history-making event on television. maneuver burned fuel that was already running dangerously low.

When the Eagle finally settled onto the moon’s Sea of Tranquility, the I Don’t Believe It! remaining fuel would have only lasted another 25 seconds before the landing Though etched in our collective consciousness, the celebration this month would automatically have been aborted in order to guarantee adequate fuel for of the 50th anniversary of the historical milestone will probably not change the the return flight home.

Armstrong immediately radioed Mission Control in Houston with his now- minds of a small group of conspiracy theorists who, to this day, and contrary to abundant evidence available, believe that NASA faked the July 20, 1969, moon iconic announcement, “The Eagle has landed.” landing.

In 2002, the Washington Post featured a news item concerning Buzz Aldrin.

What’d I Say? The former astronaut was leaving a Beverly Hills hotel when he was accosted by At 10:39 p.m., Armstrong descended from the ship as a television camera a conspiracy theorist who shrieked, “You’re the one who said you walked on the attached to the Eagle beamed the astronauts’ progress back to Earth. moon when you didn’t!”

When he opened the hatch and stepped onto the moon’s surface, he After calling Aldrin a liar, the man waved a Bible in Aldrin’s face and maintained that he had intended to say, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” but a possible momentary microphone glitch had him insisted that he swear the truth on it. The former astronaut settled the matter by knocking the accuser to the ground with a well-placed right cross to the jaw. announcing to the world, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Although Randal C. Hill’s heart lives in the past, the rest of him resides in Bandon, Aldrin followed Armstrong 19 minutes later, being careful not to lock the Ore. He can be reached at wryterhill@msn.com.

Eagle’s hatch, as there was no outer handle … and no Roadside Assistance number to call 240,000 miles away.

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VA Launches New Healthcare Options under MISSION Act The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs launched its new and improved Veterans Community Care Program on June 6, implementing portions of the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 (MISSION Act), which both ends the Veterans Choice Program and establishes a new Veterans Community Care Program.

The MISSION Act will strengthen the nationwide VA healthcare system by empowering veterans with more healthcare options.

“The changes not only improve our ability to provide the healthcare veterans need, but also when and where they need it,” said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie.

“It will also put veterans at the center of their care and offer options, including expanded telehealth and urgent care, so they can find the balance in the system that is right for them.”

Under the new Veterans Community Care Program, veterans can work with their VA healthcare provider or other VA staff to see if they are eligible to receive community care based on new criteria.

Eligibility for community care does not require a veteran to receive that care in the community; veterans can still choose to have VA provide their care.

Veterans may elect to receive care in the community if they meet any of the following six eligibility criteria: 1. A veteran needs a service not available at any VA medical facility.

2. A veteran lives in a U.S. state or territory without a full-service VA medical facility, specifically, veterans living in Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

3. A veteran qualifies under the “grandfather” provision related to distance eligibility under the Veterans Choice Program.

4. VA cannot furnish care within these designated access standards:

5. The veteran and the referring clinician agree it is in the best medical interest of the veteran to receive community care based on defined factors.

6. VA has determined that a VA medical service line is not providing care in a manner that complies with VA’s standards for quality based on specific conditions.

In preparation for this landmark initiative, senior VA leaders will visit more than 30 VA hospitals across the country to provide in-person support for the rollout.

The VA MISSION Act: • Strengthens VA’s ability to recruit and retain clinicians • Authorizes “Anywhere to Anywhere” telehealth across state lines • Empowers veterans with increased access to community care • Establishes a new urgent care benefit that eligible veterans can access through VA’s network of urgent care providers in the community VA serves approximately 9 million enrolled veterans at 1,255 healthcare facilities around the country every year.

For more information, visit www.missionact.va.gov.

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Lebanon County

Calendar of Events

Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

July 24, 6-7 p.m.

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Family Support Group Linden Village 100 Tuck Court, Lebanon (717) 274-7400

Annville Senior Activity Center (717) 867-1796 200 S. White Oak St., Annville July 1, 12:30 p.m. – Pinochle Club (New Players Welcome) July 9, 11 a.m. – Free Tai Chi Classes July 11, 11 a.m. – Line Dancing Class

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

Library Programs Annville Free Library, 216 E. Main St., Annville, (717) 867-1802 July 2, 6:30 p.m. – Adult Coloring Club Lebanon Community Library, 125 N. Seventh St., Lebanon, (717) 273-7624 Matthews Public Library, 102 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, (717) 865-5523

Myerstown Community Library, 199 N. College St., Myerstown, (717) 866-2800 Palmyra Public Library, 50 Landings Drive, Suite B, Annville, (717) 838-1347 Richland Community Library, 111 E. Main St., Richland, (717) 866-4939

parks and recreation All events held at Park at Governor Dick unless otherwise noted.

July 7, 1-4 p.m. – Music on the Porch: Bluegrass Jam July 12 and 20, 3 p.m. – Mindfulness Hike July 14, 8 a.m. – Fitness Hike

Penn State Extension to Offer Free Alzheimer’s, Dementia Programs Individuals interested in learning more about Alzheimer’s and dementia are encouraged to participate in three workshops offered by Penn State Extension and held at Lebanon Valley Agricultural Center, 2120 Cornwall Road, Suite 1, Lebanon.

“10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s,” offered 2–3 p.m. on Aug. 6, helps participants recognize common signs of the disease and know what to watch for in themselves and others.

To register, visit extension.psu.edu/10-warningsigns-of-alzheimers-disease.

“Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia,” offered 2–3 p.m. on Aug. 20, explores the

relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, explains the risk factors and the general stages of the disease, and offers helpful Alzheimer’s Association resources.

To register, visit extension.psu.edu/ understanding-alzheimers-disease.

“Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research,” offered 2–3 p.m. on Aug. 27, is designed for individuals of any age who are interested in healthy living and aging well.

To register, visit extension.psu.edu/alzheimersdisease-healthy-living-for-your-brain-and-body.

There is no cost to attend these programs. To register by phone, call (877) 345-0691.

Property Tax and Rent Rebates Deadline Extended The deadline for older adults and Pennsylvania residents with disabilities to apply for rebates on rent and property taxes paid in 2018 has been extended from June 30 to Dec. 31 this year.

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may file rebate claims on behalf of claimants who lived at least one day in 2018.

The maximum standard rebate is $650, but supplemental rebates for qualifying homeowners can boost rebates to $975.

Property Tax/Rent Rebate application forms and assistance are available at no cost from Department of Revenue district offices, local Area Agencies on Aging, senior centers, and state legislators’ offices.

Maple Street Senior Community Center (717) 273-1048 710 Maple St., Lebanon July 1, 3-6 p.m. – Monday Market at the Train Depot July 18, 9 a.m. – Breakfast at the Cedar Grill July 24, 3 p.m. – The Missing Apron at Applebee’s in Hershey Myerstown Senior Community Center (717) 866-6786 Myerstown Baptist Church, 59 Ramona Road Myerstown July 2, noon – I ndependence Day Celebration and Entertainment July 17, 11:30 a.m. – Blood Pressure Screening July 23, 11:15 a.m. – Soda Jerk Ice Cream Social Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center (717) 865-0944 335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown Mondays, 12:30 p.m. – Bingo July 8, 11:30 a.m. – Covered Dish Social July 26, 10:30 a.m. – Plants and Gardening Palmyra Senior Community Center (717) 838-8237 101 S. Railroad St., Palmyra July 17, 10:30 a.m. – “Eat Right” Consumer Education July 24, 10:30 a.m. – Ice Cream Social July 31, 10:30 a.m. – Multi Games Day Privately Owned Centers Senior Center of Lebanon Valley, Inc. (717) 274-3451 710 Maple St., Lebanon Washington Arms – (717) 274-1401 303 Chestnut St., Lebanon Submit senior center events to mjoyce@onlinepub.com.

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Bill Would Expand Access to Assistive Technology for Seniors, Disabled In mid-June, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), the ranking member and chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the 21st Century Assistive Technology Act, which would increase access to assistive technology — devices or services that help seniors and people with disabilities maintain their independence and live where they choose.

The bill, which comes following a hearing in the Aging Committee on the topic, would also help reduce the low employment and high poverty rates of older adults and people with disabilities by helping them live independently and maintain employment.

“Assistive technology helps millions of people live independently and remain engaged in their community, and improves the quality of life for seniors and people with disabilities,” said Casey.

“It is important that we update this bill to support the advances in assistive technology over the last 15 years, so that those who need it can be full participants in every aspect of their lives.”

“As our population ages, the need for care and support is

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increasing,” said Collins. “Advances in technology are working to bridge the ‘care gap,’ improving function in activities of daily living, helping to manage multiple chronic conditions, reducing risk of hazards, and making homes safer for seniors.”

The 21st Century Assistive Technology Act (S.1835) Act would update the Assistive Technology Act by clarifying that the program serves all people with disabilities, including veterans and older adults who developed disabilities later in life.

The Assistive Technology Act would also increase the funding authorized for programs that serve rural areas.

Assistive technology refers to any piece of equipment, product, or service that helps someone with a disability or functional limitation accomplish their daily needs, such as wheelchair ramps, hearing aids, screen readers, and even smartphones.

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Musicians Hall of Fame Welcomes Class of 2019 Aug. 27, 2019

Sept. 12, 2019

Radisson Hotel Harrisburg 1150 Camp Hill Bypass Camp Hill

Lebanon Expo Center 80 Rocherty Road Lebanon

9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Lebanon County Musicians Hall of Fame 2019 inductees included, from left, Jeanette Beck, Mike Yeagley for Joseph Carmany, Lynlee Copenhaver, Katherine Hoopes, Stanley Mark, Dawn Marks, and Jay Umble.

The 2019 class of the Lebanon County Musicians Hall of Fame was recently inducted during a ceremony held at Hebron Banquet Hall in Lebanon.

The Harmonia Music Association started the Lebanon County Musicians Hall of Fame in 2013 to recognize outstanding musicians and teachers who were born in Lebanon County or performed their craft in the county.

This year’s inductees were: Jeanette Beck, vocalist, musical director, and teacher; Joseph Carmany (posthumous), director of Washington Band of Annville, 1906-51; Lynlee Copenhaver, vocalist, voice and woodwind teacher; Katherine Hoopes, symphonic violinist, violin teacher; Stanley Mark, professional trumpet player and clinician; Dawn and Randall (posthumous) Marks, music teachers and performers; and Jay Umble, professional jazz guitarist, teacher, publisher.

Lebanon County APPRISE Team Earns BRAVO Award The Pennsylvania Department of Aging APPRISE program recently held its 2019 Annual Conference where six of the commonwealth’s APPRISE teams were recognized for their service to Medicare beneficiaries with BRAVO Awards.

The Lebanon County APPRISE team received the Secretary Award. The most prestigious award for an APPRISE local team, Lebanon County earned this for all-around excellence in the areas of collaboration, innovation, performance, and client service.

It was especially noted that the volunteers stepped up in the absence of a local APPRISE coordinator and kept the program operating at nearly the same level of performance until a new coordinator was hired.

APPRISE is a free health insurance counseling program designed to help Medicare beneficiaries understand the program.

“Navigating healthcare insurance and Medicare options can be an overwhelming process for anyone, so we are fortunate to have such dedicated APPRISE teams within our network of Area Agencies on Aging who can provide assistance to Pennsylvania’s older adults,” Acting Secretary of Aging Robert Torres said.

As a result of the APPRISE volunteer workforce, over 195,000 individuals received free, impartial insurance counseling in 2017-18.

For more information regarding the APPRISE program, call (800) 783-7067 or visit aging.pa.gov/insurance. www.50plusLifePA.com

9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

This event is FREE to attend.

Veterans (of all ages), the military community, and their families are invited to join us!

The Expo brings federal, state, and local agencies together with area businesses to provide information and resources to veterans and their families.

The Job Fair brings veterans and spouses who need jobs together with employers who can benefit from this rich source of talent to aid their organizations.

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Veterans Benefits & Services Medical/Nonmedical Resources Products and Services Available Support/Assistance Programs Education/Training Services

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Employers Job Counseling Workshops Employment Seminars Resume Writing Assistance Hosted by:

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