York County 50plus LIFE February 2016

Complimentary | York County Edition | February 2016 • Vol. 17 No. 2

Finding Love After 50 page 14

Natural Protection for Your Heart page 8

Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori

Loving Our Collections Lori Verderame

Love is one of the most common reasons why we collect objects or hand down objects.

Objects come with emotions. Most people will not part with a particular item or group of items if they were handed down or amassed by a loved one, family member, or friend.

I feel this way about my father’s nutcracker collection and my mother’s canister set. I wouldn’t part with them no matter what!

And when someone stops collecting or is no longer able to collect, sometimes the collection is handed down.

If you can retain a collection for the long term, historically, that collection will increase in value over time. So, hold on to the collection if you can.

And, add to the collection when you can and start to familiarize yourself with the collection by learning

A vast collection of duck decoys becomes a late collector’s passion and his widow’s problem.

about its history and market value.

For many, the love of collecting is not only commonplace, but also comforting. At other times, a collection can be a burden and present new problems. When a collection comes

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For instance, when Frank, a longtime collector of duck decoys, passed away, his collection became the property and project of his widow.

Like most widows of collectors, Irene was happy that Frank enjoyed the process of collecting throughout their marriage. Now, with no children or interested relatives to take over the collection, Irene is left in a quandary.

She doesn’t want the duck decoys.

Reason No. 1 is that she can’t bear to display the duck decoys as they prompt heartache. The emotional collection reminds Irene of Frank’s passing.

Reason No. 2 is the overwhelming number of duck decoys now stacked in the basement.

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with information about decoys and their market value. She knows these buyers may take advantage of her.

She realizes that auctions may not be the best place to sell the collection because Frank got many of his best decoy bargains by buying at auctions.

If a buyer at an auction is getting a bargain, then the person selling the decoy at auction must have lost money on the transaction.

Since Irene can’t tell one wooden duck from another, she begins to worry. She doesn’t like the idea of

having strangers come into the house to make her an offer on the decoys.

She doesn’t know what a good offer looks like, either. If someone wants to make a killing on this collection and buy it for a song, she is in a vulnerable position.

Now, Irene doesn’t know how or if she should get into the market, and she doesn’t want to keep the collection. Like many other families of collectors, Irene never thought she’d be left alone with this vast collection.

Tips for this common collecting

problem include choosing one or two favorite decoys to keep as a remembrance in honor of Frank’s years of collecting.

Get an appraisal from an appraiser who does not have any financial interest in the decoys—doesn’t want to sell them, doesn’t want to buy them.

Be prepared to pay that appraiser for their expertise and time.

Ask the appraiser to tell you the retail value of the decoy collection, not an auction value or insurance value of the collection.

Take some time to consider the market information and then make a decision about how you will act.

Don’t be hasty. Get information so you can make a good decision.

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Wisdom from ‘the Oracle of Omaha’ Warren Buffett is one of the richest people in the world, so his advice on money should be worth heeding.

Here, in his own words, are some of his tips and aphorisms on saving, investing, and spending: Planning. “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long ago.”

Spending. “Price is what you pay; value is what you get.”

Patience. “No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”

Mistakes. “The rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

Borrowing. “I’ve seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage— leverage being borrowed money. You really don’t need leverage in this world much. If you’re smart, you’re going to make a lot of money without borrowing.”

Risk. “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”

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Values. “Live your life by an inner scorecard.”

Happiness. “Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and longstanding friends.”

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Services York County Area Agency on Aging (800) 632-9073

Alzheimer’s Information Clearinghouse (800) 367-5115 American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383 CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400

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Where We Belong: Journeys that Show Us the Way

You have to be somewhere today.

There’s no hurry or schedule to follow, but you must get there on time. You don’t have a map or itinerary and the destination might be a surprise, but once you arrive, as happens in the new book Where We Belong by Hoda Kotb (with Jane Lorenzini), you’ll be in exactly the right place.

It’s natural: a turn of the calendar, and you’re feeling some inner restlessness. It’s OK to admit it, says Kotb: You sense that there’s more to life, and you yearn to find it. The good news is that it’s never too late to start working toward that perfect spot in your world; in fact, here, Kotb introduces readers to people who did.

Michelle Hauser grew up in Mason City, Iowa, living sometimes with her mother and sometimes with her father.

By age 10, she skillfully ran a household; at 12, she landed a paying job because she sensed a need for self-sufficiency; at 14, she worked in a restaurant, where her love of cooking was cemented.

She ultimately became a chef, but throughout her life, she always harbored a dream of being a doctor. It would be even better if her two passions could unite …

Craig Juntenen never wanted children and had taken steps to ensure that it didn’t happen; his wife, Kathi, had known about his tenets when they were dating, and

Where We Belong: Journeys That Show Us the Way

By Hoda Kotb with Jane Lorenzini c. 2016, Simon & Schuster 272 pages she accepted them.

She was, therefore, very surprised when Craig came home after a golf outing and announced that he had an idea that ultimately changed their lives and their family, when two became five …

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Tips for Safely Shopping Online Abby Stokes

You can’t see or touch the merchandise, so what makes online shopping so appealing?

Well, the following three aspects, for starters: 1. Comforts of Home: You don’t need to leave your home (or office) to shop. Therefore, no parking hassles, no waiting in long lines, and no fighting for the last iPhone on the shelf.

2. Global Access: Stores all over the world are at your fingertips.

3. Savings: Online retailers save on personnel and other overhead costs.

They often pass the savings on to you.

Start with the Familiar Get your feet wet with a visit to the website of a “brick-and mortar” store

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For reasons of cost, most sites prefer all correspondence to be by email. I may be old fashioned, but when I have a complaint or question, I’d like the option to speak to a human being.

If you return to the website seeking out their telephone number, look for Contact Us, Customer Service, or About Us. Scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Shady Maple Conference Center Smorgasbord Building 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl

17th Annual

May 31, 2016 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

DAUPHIN COUNTY

Hershey Lodge 325 University Drive Hershey

June 8, 2016

13th Annual

We owe 1901), took his much of oath of office. our greater

understanding Feb. 12, of black history 1909: The to Carter G. National Woodson.

Association Born to for the former slaves, Advancement of Woodson Colored People worked hard was founded and against by a group the tide of of concerned prejudice to black and white obtain his own citizens in New education.

York City.

In earning

his doctorate Feb. 1, 1960: A Carter G. Woodson from Harvard, group of black Woodson was Greensboro, disturbed to find that during his N.C., college students began a studies, history books virtually sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s ignored the black American lunch counter. The event marks a population. So he decided to take watershed moment in the civil-rights on the challenge of writing black movement.

Americans into the history books.

He established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now called the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History) in 1915, and a year later founded the widely respected Journal of Negro History.

Then in 1926, he launched Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month, as an initiative to bring national attention to the contributions of black people throughout American history.

February was chosen as Black History Month for the significant events and people who figured prominently in black American history.

For example:

Feb. 23, 1868: W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP, was born.

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Dear Pharmacist

Natural Protection for Your Heart Suzy Cohen

Dear Pharmacist, Both my father and brother have suffered a heart attack. I’m worried because I’m 52 years old and my blood pressure is slightly elevated, but other than that, I am pretty healthy. All my tests are OK, but I am scared. Any suggestions?

– P.A. Just because your relatives have suffered a heart attack, doesn’t mean you will, so realize that in this moment, you are still healthy. Positive thoughts reduce stress hormones like cortisol, which damage the heart.

Because you have a family history of heart disease, remain vigilant about eating a healthy, well-balanced diet; doing aerobic exercise; and taking essential nutrients that help maintain

supplement or normal blood pressure and a trace-mineral supplement a cholesterol. few hours after Most you take your Americans medicine can take blood pressure drugs. mitigate side effects.

Pharmaceutically While blood speaking, there pressure or are more than cholesterol 100 different pills to tackle medications, high blood February is American Heart Month beta blockers, pressure. In some calciumchannel blockers, and digoxin may instances, these are helpful, but they be prescribed by your physician, it’s relax blood vessels temporarily, while important to realize that their effect the disease process continues. on your body is only temporary.

Many drugs used to lower blood pressure just so happen to be drug The under–lying disease and muggers of magnesium, zinc, calcium, inflammation will continue to and iron, so taking a multi-mineral destroy the delicate pipeline: your

Did You Know?

Certain antidepressants, decongestants, and painrelieving narcotics can alter heart rhythm. blood vessels, arteries, and capillaries.

This is why vitamin C, lysine, and proline help, because they keep your blood vessels flexible and help reduce plaquing.

I wrote a whole chapter on heart disease in my diabetes book, and right now, I’d like to share some of the most important supplements that could help a person reduce their risk of heart attack.

Obviously, ask your physician

Around Town

Senior Commons Carolers Spread Holiday Cheer Take a quick survey on issues important to people over 50. You will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card to Giant. You benefit and so does the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. They too will receive a $100 gift card. The drawing will be held on March 31, 2016.

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Senior Commons at Powder Mill staff and residents went caroling around York County on Monday, Dec. 21, bringing smiles to everyone’s faces.

Residents from Senior Commons donned Santa Claus hats and traveled to Villas on the Lake, a 55-plus community, Resident carolers included, from left, where they sang carols Dorothea Anderson, Arlene Hershner, Joyce Wilt, and Alice Evans. and delivered soup for the holidays.

“Our residents thoroughly enjoyed singing for other seniors to spread joy this holiday season,” said Shannon Shoff, marketing director.

“Some seniors might not get out as often during the holidays, so it was nice for our own senior residents to bring some holiday cheer to community members, and they all were very appreciative.”

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which supplement(s) are right for your individual condition: Arginine – It’s an amino acid that the body makes on its own. You can buy it too. In 2009, researchers at the University of Virginia found that it could help people with heart failure.

Ribose – It’s a naturally occurring sugar that the body uses to make ATP, your energy molecule. Ribose improves blood flow and provides much-needed oxygen to the heart.

Hawthorn – It’s an herb that increases the amount of blood your heart pumps, and it lowers blood pressure over time. Hawthorne turns on an anti-aging switch in your body (a gene called PGC-1 alpha), which

helps you burn fat more efficiently.

Fish Oils – They improve cholesterol ratios and reduce risk of blood clot formation.

Taurine – It’s an amino acid that helps regulate heart rhythm, regulate blood pressure, and lower blood pressure.

Sometimes potassium deficiency contributes to heart problems. If your doctor has told you that you’re low in this mineral, check in your medicine cabinet because some medications are drug muggers and can actually reduce potassium levels.

This information is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat your disease.

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The Beauty in Nature

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To me, February By late February in southeastern or early March, each Pennsylvania is hen begins laying an exciting month eggs in her cradle because midon the ground.

February is the Each goose lays four start of spring in to six eggs, while this area. each mallard lays Daylight each up to 15. Goslings succeeding day and ducklings take is noticeably about 28 days to longer, stirring hatch, so we see Male cardinal. the hormones of newly hatched several kinds of youngsters of geese local birds and mammals and starting please see CYCLES page 11 their reproductive cycles that we humans can observe. Their courting is  a welcome herald of spring’s arrival and a prelude to raising young.

By the middle of February, pairs of local Canada geese and mallard  ducks fly alone across the sky. Each   pair is looking for a place near an    impoundment or slow-moving    waterway in farmland to build a nest       on the ground and hatch offspring.    Toward the end of that month, most   pairs have decided on and defended   a spot, and the females of each pair  created a grass-and-feather nursery  among tall vegetation. www.50plusLifePA.com

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CCRC Continuing Care

Retirement Communities CCRCs offer a tiered approach to the aging process, accommodating residents’ unique and often changing needs.

Healthy adults entering a CRCC are able to live independently in a home, apartment, or condominium of their own within the community.

When assistance with everyday activities becomes necessary, they can move into personal care, assisted living, rehabilitation, or nursing care facilities. Some CCRCs have designated dementia areas within the community. These units address the progressing needs of people who have any form of dementia.

With a wealth of available resources, these communities give older adults the option to live in one location for the duration of their lives, with much of their future care already figured out — which equals both comfort and peace of mind.

Bethany Village

325 Wesley Drive Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 Stephanie Lightfoot Director of Sales & Marketing (717) 766-0279 www.bethanyvillage.org

Calvary Fellowship Homes

Chapel Pointe at Carlisle

Cross Keys Village The Brethren Home Community

Homeland Center

The Middletown Home

Pleasant View Retirement Community

502 Elizabeth Drive Lancaster, PA 17601 Marlene Morris Marketing Director (717) 393-0711 www.calvaryhomes.org

Cornwall Manor

1 Boyd Street, P.O. Box 125 Cornwall, PA 17016 Jennifer Margut Director of Marketing (717) 274-8092 info@cornwallmanor.org www.cornwallmanor.org

770 South Hanover Street Carlisle, PA 17013 Linda Amsley Director of Marketing/Admissions (717) 249-1363 info@ChapelPointe.org www.ChapelPointe.org

2990 Carlisle Pike New Oxford, PA 17350 Amy Beste Senior Retirement Counselor (717) 624-5350 a.beste@crosskeysvillage.org www.crosskeysvillage.org

Homestead Village

999 West Harrisburg Pike Middletown, PA 17057 Andrea Henney Director of Residential Services (717) 944-3351 www.MiddletownHome.org

Enhanced Senior Living 1800 Marietta Avenue P.O. Box 3227 Lancaster, PA 17604-3227 Christina Gallagher Director of Marketing (717) 397-4831 ext. 158 www.homesteadvillage.org

St. Anne’s Retirement Community

Serving from the Heart in the Spirit of Friendship, Love, and Truth

Willow Valley Communities

3952 Columbia Avenue West Hempfield Township, PA 17512 Mary Jo Diffendall Director of Marketing (717) 285-5443 mdiffendall@stannesrc.org www.StAnnesRC.org

600 Willow Valley Square Lancaster, PA 17602 Kristin Hambleton Director of Sales (717) 464-6800 (800) 770-5445 www.willowvalleycommunities.org

1901 North Fifth Street Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598 Barry S. Ramper II, N.H.A. President/CEO (717) 221-7902 www.homelandcenter.org

544 North Penryn Road Manheim, PA 17545 Amanda Hall Sales & Marketing Manager (717) 664-6207 ahall@pleasantviewrc.org www.pleasantviewrc.org

Woodcrest Villa Mennonite Home Communities 2001 Harrisburg Pike Lancaster, PA 17601 Connie Buckwalter Director of Marketing (717) 390-4126 www.woodcrestvilla.org

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CYCLES from page 9 and mallards around the third week in April.

On warm afternoons in February, male permanent-resident birds, including mourning doves, Carolina wrens, northern cardinals, song sparrows, tufted titmice, house finches, and eastern bluebirds, begin singing to establish nesting territories and attract females of their respective kinds to them for mating and raising young.

Those lovely birds sing in response to their waking hormones as each succeeding day has a longer period of sunlight.

With closed beaks and swollen throats, male doves coo through the day while perched on twigs and wires. And they engage in noticeable courtship flights of deep wing beats and gliding in circles above their nesting

territories to show off to their mates.

In our imaginations, male wrens might sing, “tea-kettle tea-kettle,” while male cardinals sing, “cheer, cheer, what cheer.” And titmice utter, “Peter, Peter, Peter.” All these songs sound cheery to us, lifting many human spirits weary of winter.

More striped skunks, opossums, raccoons, woodchucks, cottontail rabbits, and muskrats are killed on roads in February and early March than any other time of the year.

Probably most of them were males traveling over unfamiliar ground in search of mates.

February is a time of courting and mating to produce another generation of youngsters. And those preludes to reproduction help make that spring month interesting.

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York County

Volunteer Spotlight York Volunteer Feeds Café Patrons RSVP of the Capital Region’s York County volunteer of the month for February is D. Monine Seitz.

Seitz volunteers at Healthy World Café in the city of York.

She prepares and serves food for customers who visit the café for lunch.

Born and raised in York County, Seitz is married and has two daughters and five grandchildren.

She retired from York Bank & Trust’s operations department.

Seitz likes to bowl and also volunteers at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center and the Pullo Center.

RSVP, the nation’s largest volunteer program for adults aged 55-plus, works with volunteers to

D. Monine Seitz

help match their time and talents with volunteer positions in the community.

For more information, email YorkAdamsFranklin@rsvpCapReg. org or call Scott Hunsinger at (443) 619-3842 or the statewide Senior Corps of PA toll-free hotline at (800) 870-2616. www.rsvpcapreg.org

Do you know a 50+ volunteer who gives selflessly to others? Tell us what makes him or her so special and we will consider them for 50plus Senior News’ Volunteer Spotlight!

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Calendar of Events

Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Feb. 1, 9:30 a.m.

Green Thumb Garden Club Meeting Emmanuel Lutheran Church 2650 Freysville Road, Red Lion (717) 235-2823

South Central Senior Community Center – (717) 235-6060, http:// southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.com Tuesdays, 10 to 11 a.m. – Stretch Yoga W ednesdays, 9 to 9:45 a.m. – Intermediate Line Dancing; 10 to 11 a.m. – Beginner Line Dancing Wednesdays, 12:45 p.m. – HoopFit

Feb. 2, 7 p.m.

Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784

Feb. 5, 10:30 a.m.

Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York County John Rudy Park 400 Mundis Race Road, York (717) 428-2210

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

Parks and Recreation Feb. 14, 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Geology of York County, Nixon County Park Feb. 14, 6 to 8 p.m. – Sweetheart Hike, Heritage Rail Trail Feb. 20, 10 a.m. to noon – Eastern Penn Mushroomers Club Meeting, Nixon County Park

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Susquehanna Senior Center – (717) 244-0340, www.susquehannaseniorcenter.org Mondays, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Chorus Practice Tuesdays, 6 to 10 p.m. – Bluegrass/Country Music Jam Session Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visit their website for more information.

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Salute to a Veteran

Robert D. Wilcox

In World War II He Flew for the Yanks … and for the Brits

At age 94, Richard Boyd is a clear reminder of Hollywood’s handsome Errol Flynn. And he has a dashing past to match, virtually all of which was devoted to aviation.

The exploits started for him in 1941 in his native England, when he was 19 and volunteered for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a crewmember. He was selected for pilot training and began flying the Tiger Moth single-engine biplane.

And just before he was to solo, his whole world changed.

The chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, “Hap” Arnold, had proposed that a limited number of British young men be trained in our aviation cadet program. Boyd was one of five picked from his group and soon was on his way to the U.S. via a holding base in New Brunswick, where a

The Lancaster bomber in which Boyd flew his missions.

Flying Officer Richard E. Boyd in 1945.

group of soon-to-be cadets was being assembled.

Then, in 1942 he was sent to

Albany, Ga., to join the aviation cadet class of 42-I, flying the Stearman PT-17. Did he wear an American uniform?

“All but the forage cap, which earmarked me as a Brit,” he says.

In succession then followed basic flying at Macon, Ga., and advanced flying at Valdosta, Ga., where he

got his U.S. wings and RAF rank of pilot officer (the equivalent of our 2nd lieutenant).

He then shipped to Toronto in 1943, where he most memorably met and dated the winsome Rita Mary O’Gorman (more on that later).

It was there that he also was unexpectedly picked to be one of five pilots from his group of 60 to go to Texas to attend the Army Air Corps Central Instructors School at Kelly Field. Having completed that instructor training, he was assigned to Ellington Field in Houston, where he served as an instructor pilot in AT-9s and AT-10s.

In December, he was called back to the RAF, and he shipped from New York for Europe aboard the Queen Mary. What was that like?

With a chuckle, he says, “It was

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a madhouse. With 16,000 troops aboard, there were bunks stacked everywhere. Mine was actually on the bridge of the vessel.”

The Queen Mary was the largest and fastest troopship during World War II. In her seven years of wartime service, she ran an unescorted, zigzag course for 569,429 miles as she carried 765,429 troops across the Atlantic to England.

Arriving in Liverpool, Boyd was sent to Scotland to train to fly the British way. He laughs at the way a sergeant pilot said, “I understand that you trained in the American Air Force.” When Boyd agreed that he had, the sergeant said briskly, “Ah … we’ll soon correct that.”

That was followed by flying the twin-engine Wellington, then the four-engine Stirling, and finally the formidable, four-engine Lancaster.

That amazing bomber could carry almost its own weight with 33,000 pounds of fuel and bombs. It was the only plane that could handle the RAF’s giant, 22,000-pound, specialpurpose bomb, the Grand Slam.

While we think of the Brits as bombing in the night while we bombed by day, the RAF bombed a lot by day, as well. Boyd, for example, flew 11 missions by day and 22 at night.

At night, he was four times picked to be “marker crew,” which dropped flares to light up the target. He remembers one night when he had a problem with his radar over Dresden and had to face the flak during three runs over the target to hit it.

He also recalls a daylight mission when they were to bomb German troops at the east end of the Remagen Bridge over the Rheine, only to be called away at the very last minute upon learning that the Yanks had now crossed the bridge and actually were the troops below them.

For his wartime service, Boyd was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

On V-E Day, Boyd was at home on leave and was assigned to transport

command, where he flew Stirling bombers that had been converted to carry troops and equipment to Karachi, India, to fight the Japanese.

What was the closest he ever came to buying the farm?

Scratching his chin, he says, “That has to be the time after the war when I was flying in a York transport plane as an observer. We crashed on landing, and I spent six months in the hospital in a full-body cast. That’s a time I don’t even want to think about.”

Leaving the RAF in 1947, Boyd worked as a flight operations officer for British Overseas Airways. He had been corresponding regularly with Rita, that girl in Toronto, and only then when he had a real job did he feel that he could send the letter that said, “Will you marry me?” along with a one-way ticket to England on the Queen Mary.

Even though they hadn’t been together in person in four years, she came, they quickly married, and for 68 years have never regretted the decision.

In 1951, Boyd joined the Dutch airline KLM for five years before Swissair asked him to work for them and open a New York City office.

To do that, he and Rita came to New York, where they lived on Long Island.

Boyd became operations manager, North America, in 1969 and retired in 1986 after 30 years with the company.

With his complimentary airline tickets, he and Rita have literally traveled the world.

They came to Central Pennsylvania in 2013 to live in one of its retirement communities. And Boyd is proud of the space it gives him for a “war room” in which he keeps a treasure trove of aviation books, pictures, documents, and awards … all that reminds him of the lifetime he’s been privileged to spend in the cutting-edge world of aviation.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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York Expo Center

Memorial Hall East 334 Carlisle Ave., York

9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Crowne Plaza Reading Hotel 1741 Papermill Road Wyomissing

Please, join us!

This combined event is FREE for veterans of all ages, active military, and their families.

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Employers Job Counseling Workshops/Seminars Resume Writing Assistance Principal Sponsors: Sponsored by: Blue Ridge Communications PA National Guard Employment Outreach Services Veterans’ Affairs of Berks County

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Cover Story: On Life and Love after 50

Greetings, Introductions, and 10 Tips for Finding Love

Tom Blake

I am honored, especially on Valentine’s Day, to be introduced to your newspaper. I have a warm spot in my heart for Pennsylvania. My mother was born in Erie.

My column started when two female editors in Dana Point, Calif., gave me my first writing assignment. I had just gone through a divorce and thought dating would be easy. It turned out to be difficult, and I wrote about the frustrations of a single guy in his early 50s trying to date again.

I complained and whined that younger women wouldn’t go out with me and women my age expected me to pay for dates.

The editors felt that the single women in Southern California would have a field day taking potshots at my woe-is-me message.

They were right. When my first column ran, a woman said: “Who is this sniveling puke?” Another said, “Get the boy a crying towel.”

Women told me my writing became less controversial when I started dating my life partner, Greta.

I’ve written approximately 3,500 articles and newsletters on finding love in the later years, and writing on this topic has been good to me. I’ve published three books and have been interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today show and Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America—very humbling.

My writing scope has broadened to: “On life and love after 50,” as older singles deal with life issues often beyond the scope of just dating.

My advice is applicable to anyone age 50 to 90. Yes, I know people in their 90s who have found love.

While my articles target singles, approximately 35 percent of my readers are married. Many tell me that reading about the hardships singles endure encourages them to appreciate their spouses more. My advice to married couples is usually pretty simple: Stay together and work out any issues.

Let’s have fun together. Maybe we can help some older singles find love.

But to continue writing about senior dating, I need input from readers— your questions, comments, and stories about life and love after 50.

Email me at tompblake@gmail. com and I will respond within a day or two, unless I’m traveling overseas.

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One thing is certain: As more and more people become single later in life, there are always new and challenging issues.

People often tell me, “I never thought I’d be single at this stage in my life.” My hope is to help as many of them as possible.

Tom’s 10 Tips for Finding a Mate My life partner, Greta, and I had dinner with a widower friend of ours after Christmas. As we were leaving the restaurant, he said, “I don’t want to be alone anymore. But I don’t know how to meet a potential mate.

What do you advise?”

I put together a list that would help him get started. I call it Tom’s 10 Tips for Finding a Mate. The tips apply to both men and women.

1. Let friends, family, and acquaintances know that you’d like to meet other singles. That’s what Ken did with me. He let me know that he was rejoining the human race and

wanted to meet new people.

The more people he gets the word out to, the better his chances of finding someone. It’s called networking. And it works.

A week after Ken asked for advice, I received an email from a single woman in his city. I asked each one of them separately if they’d like to correspond. They said yes. Had Ken not mentioned his situation to me, I wouldn’t have thought about introducing them.

2. Get off the couch and out of the house. You won’t meet anybody sitting at home. You need to be where you will meet new people.

Sure, it takes energy and time, but it will give you a purpose. Attend weddings, reunions, church activities, dances, and accept all invitations to events.

Volunteer. Another widower I know volunteers at a nearby hospital twice a week and helps feed the homeless at his brother’s church twice a month. He’s met single women at both places.

3. Go out to enrich your life and meet new people. Do not go out solely to find a mate.

People looking too hard come off as desperate and end up turning off the opposite sex. Often, it’s when we

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4. Pursue activities you enjoy where both sexes are involved. For guys repairing old cars, you likely won’t meet a potential mate. Ditto for women who are quilting.

5. Get the body moving. Walk and exercise. Be friendly to folks you see along the way. Offer to walk with them if appropriate.

6. Keep expectations in check.

Meeting a potential mate won’t be easy, but don’t give up. It takes time.

7. Internet dating is one method of meeting potential mates. For people living in remote areas, online dating may be a necessity to meet new people.

For people 50-plus, online dating is risky. There are scammers and evil people looking for vulnerable and lonely singles. However, it has worked for lots of couples.

If a guy online sounds too good to be true, he is. Trust your instincts.

Don’t be naïve.

8. Smile and be friendly, positive, and upbeat. If you are in a postoffice line, or a grocery-store line, be assertive by striking up a conversation—but don’t be overly pushy about it.

9. Check out the website Meetup (www.meetup.com). There is no cost and they have clubs and groups across the U.S. that cover all kinds of special interests.

Pick some different ones and attend them. You will be enriching your life and making new friends.

10. Subscribe to my weekly On Life and Love after 50 e-newsletter at www.

FindingLoveAfter60.com. There is no cost. More than 1,000 singles ages 50 to 90 from across the country share their experiences, frustrations, and successes.

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Above all, recharge your batteries and get out and meet new people. I’m betting our friend Ken will be up and running in no time.

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