York County Edition
April 2014
Vol. 15 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 18 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 in some areas of Central Pennsylvania 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. 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. One pair of kestrels roosts at night and
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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.
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.
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Keep It Positive: Change Your Attitude To Improve Your Life By Lisa M. Petsche 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 refocus and accentuate the positive instead. How to counteract negative tendencies • Limit your exposure to the news. • Use positive self-talk. Emphasize phrases such as “I can,” “I will” and “I choose.” • Be generous with praise and encouragement and cautious with criticism, giving only the constructive type.
• Cultivate a healthy sense of humor. Read the comics, watch a TV sitcom now and then, or rent funny movies. Don’t take yourself or others too seriously. • Accept realities you can’t change and focus on those you can influence. • Trust that there’s a valuable lesson in every type of adversity. And remember that no matter what happens, you always have a choice about how to respond. • Stay connected to people who care. Minimize contact with those who are negative or self-centered. • Find an outlet for expressing your thoughts and feelings, such as talking with a friend or keeping a journal. • Pick your battles. Don’t make a major issue out of every concern. • Don’t dwell on past mistakes, hurts, or other unpleasant events. please see POSITIVE page 6
Resource Directory This Resource Directory recognizes advertisers who have made an extended commitment to your health and well-being. Active Adult Communities Roth’s Farm Village Roth’s Church Road, Spring Grove (717) 633-7300
Entertainment Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 898-1900
Animal Hospitals Community Animal Hospital Donald A. Sloat, D.V.M. 400 S. Pine St.,York (717) 845-5669
Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020
Automobile Sales/Service Gordon’s Body Shop, Inc. 10 Mill St., Stewartstown (717) 993-2263 Sun Motor Cars 6677 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg (877) 316-3030 Coins & Currency Steinmetz Coins & Currency 2861 E. Prospect Road,York (717) 757-6980 Energy Assistance Low-Income Energy Assistance (717) 787-8750
Alzheimer’s Information Clearinghouse (800) 367-5115 American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383 CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400 The National Kidney Foundation (800) 697-7007 or (717) 757-0604
(800) 233-3008 V/TTY Home Care Services Senior Helpers Serving Adams and York counties (717) 920-0707 Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services (717) 630-0067 – Hanover (717) 751-2488 – York Housing/Apartments Elm Spring Residence 118 Pleasant Acres Road,York (717) 840-7676 Springetts Manor Apartments 50 Eisenhower Drive,York (717) 757-1565
Social Security Information (800) 772-1213
Housing Assistance Housing Authority of York (717) 845-2601
Healthcare Information PA HealthCare Cost Containment (717) 232-6787
Property Tax/Rent Rebate (888) 728-2937
Hearing Services Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com Minnich’s Pharmacy 976 S. George St.,York (717) 848-2312 Senior Move Management A Life Transition Service (717) 799-0648 Services York County Area Agency on Aging (800) 632-9073 Veterans Services Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771 Volunteer Opportunities RSVP of Capital Region, Inc. (717) 847-1539
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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:
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• 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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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.
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• Do something you enjoy each day: read, listen to music or take up a hobby.
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.
relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing, meditation, or yoga.
• Be receptive to learning new ways of doing things and try new activities.
• Seek help from your primary physician or a counselor if you continually feel sad, angry, or overwhelmed.
• Do nice things for others.
relationships, and seek beauty and tranquility — through appreciation of art and nature, for example. Count your blessings and learn to live in the moment, enjoying life’s simpler pleasures.
• Let go of the need for perfection, and be flexible about plans and expectations. Take things one day at a time.
• Set aside some quiet time each day – it nurtures your spirituality and helps to keep you grounded. Finally, focus on the good things in your life, such as supportive
Lisa M. Petsche is a clinical social worker and a freelance writer specializing in health matters.
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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 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
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• Look for the good in people and situations. Demonstrate empathy, give others the benefit of the doubt, and practice forgiveness.
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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.
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Social Security News
Small Changes Coming Up in 2014 At Social Security, our goal is to provide the best service possible to everyone who comes to us for help, whether they’re applying for disability benefits or getting verification of their Social Security number. By investing in new technologies and finding innovative, cost-effective ways to deliver service, we are able to reach this goal. Technology is vital to delivering quality service, and we continue to provide more options for customers to do business with us over the Internet or through self-service kiosks. We are making changes in the way we
provide some services so we can serve the providing Social Security number vast majority of Americans better and printouts. These printouts have no more efficiently. Most people won’t even security features and could be easily notice the changes. So misused or allow us to fill you in. counterfeited. Later this year, If you need Technology is Social Security will proof of your Social vital to delivering stop providing benefit Security number verification letters in and you do not quality service. our local offices. You have your Social can still get an instant Security card, you letter online by creating a personal my may apply for a replacement card by Social Security account at completing the Application for a Social www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount, or by Security Card and providing the required calling our toll-free telephone number at documentation. You’ll find the (800) 772-1213 to request one by mail. application online at www.socialsecurity. In addition, we will discontinue gov/online/ss-5.pdf.
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As always, we continue to work directly with other agencies to minimize the need for furnishing proof of your Social Security number. You may want to check out our webinar that aired live on Jan. 9, “Benefit Verification Letters Online, Easy as 1-2-3.” The webinar explains how to establish an account on my Social Security, how to get a benefit verification letter, and other services offered at our website. Watch the webinar at www.social security.gov/webinars. John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.
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Pre-registration is required for these programs. To register or find out more about these activities or any additional scheduled activities, call (717) 428-1961.
South Central Senior Community Center – (717) 235-6060, http://southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.com Tuesdays, 9 a.m. – Blanket Knotting Project Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – Line Dancing Class April 21 – Easter Dinner; Preregistration Required
April 5, 1 to 3 p.m. – History and Mystery of Raab Park, Raab Park April 6, 1 to 2 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. – Salamander Stroll, Nixon County Park April 13, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Natural Egg Dyeing, Nixon County Park
York County Library Programs Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 April 2, 2 to 4 p.m. – Tech Guru Visit
Windy Hill On the Campus – (717) 225-0733, www.windyhillonthecampus.org April 8, 12:45 p.m. – A Matter of Balance Class; Registration Required
Kaltreider-Benfer Library, 147 South Charles St., Red Lion, (717) 244-2032 April 3, 6 to 8 p.m. – Knit Wits
Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.
Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220 April 3, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Maximizing Your Social Security
Programs and Support Groups April 1, 7 p.m. Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784 April 4, 10:30 a.m. Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York County Meeting Glenview Alliance Church 10037 Susquehanna Trail South, Glen Rock (717) 428-2210 www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
Free and open to the public April 24, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Alzheimer’s Support Group Senior Commons at Powder Mill 1775 Powder Mill Road, York (717) 741-0961
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Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel
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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Fantasy Flights in Florida We begin in Florida, where a tall man who calls himself “Waldo the pilot” hands me a helmet, goggles, and scarf. Feeling like Snoopy, I climb into the open-cockpit biplane and, a few minutes later, I’m soaring above a patterned landscape of blue lakes and green farmland. The wind blows in my face,
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Biplanes soar over Polk County, Fla., approximately midway between Orlando and Tampa.
Trains are parked behind Chattanooga’s old Terminal Station, which now serves as a hotel.
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and the view, unencumbered by small, glass windows, stretches forever. This is not at all like sitting in the center seat of row 32! I’m at Fantasy of Flight, the brainchild of avid aircraft collector Kermit Weeks. In addition to the biplane flights, the attraction features a museum with 40 rare and vintage aircraft and several interactive exhibits. Visitors can climb through a real World War II bomber, tour the restoration area, or try hang-gliding through a state-of-the-art simulator. A place where fantasies come true? You bet! www.fantasyofflight.com Vintage Trains in Chattanooga No one knows exactly which train inspired “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” the song made famous by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, but there are several contenders parked behind the southern city’s grand Terminal Station. The station, which now serves as the
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lobby of a Holiday Inn, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The old baggage area has been turned into a restaurant that, in addition to downhome food, features up-and-coming Chattanooga performers. The trains have 48 sleeper cars filled with Victorian-era ambiance yet replete with queen-sized bed and wireless Internet connection. All that’s missing is the familiar clickety-clack rattle of the wheels as the trains carried their passengers into what was then one of the major terminals in the United States. Now really, couldn’t they have piped in the sound? www.choochoo.com An Auto Museum in Reno It’s hard to decide which car I prefer. Elvis’s 1973 Cadillac Eldorado Custom Coupe is certainly attractive, but John Wayne’s 1953 Corvette 2934 convertible also has a certain cachet. The National Automobile Museum in Reno showcases more than 200 classy cars, most of which were owned by Bill Harrah, the late casino magnate. To get the full flavor of the collection, I walk through the galleries in chronological order, starting with Gallery 1, which features cars from the 1890s to 1910s, and work my way up to Gallery 4, where the oldest car is from 1950. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
The Queen Mary, one of the world’s great luxury liners in the 1930s, is open to the public.
But it’s the “streets” that most capture my imagination. Here, parked in front of period-authentic shops and gas stations, the cars represent more than a mode of transportation; they depict 20th-century America. www.automuseum.org A Luxurious Liner in Long Beach Do I really want to spend the night aboard The Queen Mary? On one hand, the ship ferried the likes of Greta Garbo, David Niven, Charlie Chaplin, and Clark Gable across the Atlantic. On the other hand, since its retirement and subsequent opening as a museum/tourist attraction/hotel in Long Beach harbor, the ship has also become known as a haven for ghosts. (Not that I’d mind being visited by the ghost of Gable, but his is not among the 150 reported spectral sightings.) I settle for a tour that takes me through some of the 314 original staterooms. The standard rooms are small, but the larger ones remind me that once upon a time, journeying to a destination was as much fun as what you did when you got there. www.queenmary.com Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).
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Living Your Best Retirement
The Way I See It
The Way I See It: The Retirement Lesson Mike Clark 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
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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.
Any conscious thought I could muster about anything quickly faded into a dark, dreamy blankness. Then I was aroused from my deep slumber by a scraping sound—shovel blade on macadam, I thought. When I rolled over, I noticed again that I had the bed all to myself. I spread my arms and outstretched legs, pulled the cotton blanket over my shoulders, and nestled in the comforting warmth. There was another scraping sound—ice scraper on windshield, to be sure. I stirred slightly. Then there was the jarring explosion when the front door slammed shut. Weighty footsteps lumbered through the house and then, silence. By now I was sitting upright, awaiting an explanation about the ruckus going on downstairs. I sensed trouble, I tell you. My wife quietly slipped out the garage door, leaving me to ponder the meaning of her disruptive behavior. I knew she would clear things up when she got home from work. And she did. The next snow event gave me a chance for
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redemption. The snow blower was now strategically placed just inside the garage door, ready to attack. An ergonomic snow shovel sat just outside the front door, to the left. A shelf inside held a long-handled scraper and brush combination. She put it there, high enough that I didn’t even have to bend. My wife had made things quite clear about my post-retirement routine. This is a cautionary tale for any man who
cavalierly enters into retirement while his wife must still slog off to a job, especially during the endless, bitter days of snow and slush and sleet and rain. While that alarm is still ringing, make sure you are up and running with shovel in hand, or snow blower blowing. Have the car cleared of ice and snow, and get back inside to rustle up a lumberjack breakfast for that working lady of yours.
Did You Know? Current retirement statistics:
Mike Clark writes a regular column for The Globe Leader newspaper in New Wilmington, Pa. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational behavior/applied psychology from Albright College. Mike lives outside Columbia, Pa., and can be contacted at mikemac429@aol.com.
Amount Needed in Savings for Retirement
• Total number of Americans who turn 65 per day – 6,000 • Percentage of population that is 65 years of age or older – 13 percent
Monthly income need
Americans older than 50 account for: • Percent of all financial assets – 77 percent • Percent of total consumer demand – 54 percent • Prescription drug purchases – 77 percent • All over-the-counter drugs – 61 percent • Auto sales – 47 percent • All luxury travel purchases – 80 percent Source: Statistic Brain, January 2014 (www.statisticbrain.com/retirement-statistics)
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000 $7,000 $8,000 $9,000 $10,000
Savings needed for 20 years
Savings needed for 30 years
$166,696 $333,392 $500,087 $666,783 $833,479 $1,000,175 $1,166,871 $1,333,567 $1,500,262 $1,666,958
$212,150 $424,300 $636,450 $848,601 $1,060,751 $1,272,901 $1,485,051 $1,697,201 $1,909,351 $2,121,501
The above sums assume your portfolio will earn a 6 percent annualized return during the course of your retirement and endure 2 percent annual inflation erosion.
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• Average retirement age – 62 • Average length of retirement – 18 years • Average savings of a 50-year-old – $43,797 • Total cost for a couple over 65 to pay for medical treatment over a 20-year span – $215,000 • Percentage of people ages 30-54 who believe they will not have enough money put away for retirement – 80 percent • Percentage of Americans over 65 who rely completely on Social Security – 35 percent • Percentage of Americans who don’t save anything for retirement – 36 percent
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Salute to a Veteran
He Served His Country in 3 Wars: WWII, Korea, and Vietnam Robert D. Wilcox fter graduating high school, John Lauer 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 bunks were stacked four high, and you hardly had
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room to turn over. Brisbane where, at RAAF “But a bigger problem Base Amberly, he was was the food. They served trained in stainless and two meals a day, breakfast aluminum welding of and midday. You got in aircraft. And a year later, this long line of guys and he crossed the Coral Sea inched your way forward to New Guinea, where he for breakfast, and by the spent two years patching time you got your food up C-47s. and ate it, it was time to Then there was another get back in the line again year on the nearby island to be able to get your of Owi. He remembers midday meal.” that a B-24 crash landed When he finally got to in the bomb dump there Melbourne, what was that “and about blew up the like? island.” Grinning broadly, he He was then moved to says, “With all the young Private John R. (Bud) Lauer in Tacloban, Leyte, the little Australia in 1942. Aussie men at war and town on whose beach with all those Aussie girls General MacArthur without them, believe me, it was would later wade ashore in his return to paradise.” the Philippines. Then the bombs were But after two months there, it was to dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
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and 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.”
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Lauer was liked by of Labor and Industry a colonel there who for the next 12 years. once flew him on As part of the Work leave to Greece. Lauer Incentive Program, he then took a hydrofoil played a major role in to a Greek island that the resettlement of was the place where 30,000 Vietnamese Gregory Peck, David who had been Niven, and Anthony brought to Fort The SS Mariposa that took Lauer Quinn were to later Indiantown Gap. and 7,000 other troops to make the classic film Working with a Melbourne, Australia. The Guns of Vietnamese Navarone. interpreter, he interviewed thousands of Then it was to a base near Paris for a Vietnamese in the course of settling year before returning to the U.S. Lauer them in their new homes and preparing spent 1967 at Malstrom AFB, Montana, them for meaningful work. where temperatures of minus 40 degrees He retired in 1982 and now lives in a were not unusual. There he headed the local retirement home. pay section and made master sergeant. Thinking back, he says he fondly That was followed by training in remembers a Mrs. Gingrich, who was his California on handling the automatic sixth-grade teacher. “She did more to set me straight than rifle before he was flown to Vietnam. anyone else,” he remembers. “She Tan Son Nhut Air Base, where he impressed on me the importance of landed, was a huge field that he says learning things … and then “handled more traffic than O’Hare, in remembering them.” Chicago.” As if to prove that, he reels off the Living off base, he came to the field names of all 67 Pennsylvania counties, in by bus one morning to find that 3,000 alphabetical order, from Adams to York. Vietcong were assaulting the base. It Then he asks with a grin, “How’s that came as a surprise to a base that was thought to be “secure.” He was handed a for something I learned 82 years ago?” Today, at age 94, he enjoys sharing rifle and helped turn back the Vietcong, yarns with other veterans and benefiting who fought to the last man before the from the many quiet diversions of a assault was quelled. pleasant retirement life. When his hitch in Vietnam was over, Lauer returned to the U.S. and retired Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in from the Army in 1969. He went to Europe in World War II. work for the Pennsylvania Department
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Book Review
In Fear of Alzheimer’s: A Caregiver’s Journal By Carl Constein hen author Carl Constein’s wife, Amy, was diagnosed in 1980 with what was then a strange, new affliction, Constein made two resolutions: he would be the best caregiver he could, and Alzheimer’s disease would not put him down. He also promised to someday write a book in his wife’s honor. Now, 22 years after her passing, he has kept his word. With In Fear of Alzheimer’s, Constein writes about the disease and care but also tells the story of the lives and dreams of one beloved Alzheimer’s patient and her caregiver. The content of the book is divided into three parts: the story of Amy and Carl before and during her long malady, the devastating disease itself, and the
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Alliance Home Help
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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.
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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
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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
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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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Home Care Services & Hospice Providers Listings with a screened background have additional information about their services in a display advertisement in this edition.
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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.
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Year Est.: 2004 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No
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Year Est.: 2012 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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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.” personalities The singles involved, it group was really is a good meant to be a time.” social group The bands, with the which rotate at possibility of the studio, meeting provide music someone. for many styles But for many of dance, of those who including attended in the ballroom, early years, swing, and line Boyanowski dancing. Current officers for the dance club include, from said, they had While being left, Gert Soulliard, secretary; Dotty Boyanowski, president; and Jeanne Smith, treasurer. reasons to be part of a group hesitant about for so long has meeting its benefits, someone. Many went just for the fun of there also have been struggles. it. “I like people and to be out among The group has regular dances, but also people,” Boyanowski said. “Some people dinner dances for holidays, including a have been there as long as I have, but picnic dance in the summer. The most when you start losing members, now, recent New Year’s Eve party had almost that’s tough.” 80 people in attendance. Despite getting older and having Dances cost $15 for non-members recently celebrated the birth of a greatand $12 for members. Members pay a great-grandchild, Boyanowski isn’t yearly $40 membership fee. slowing down. “Most of our bands have been playing “I don’t feel that I’m that old,” she for us a long time,” Boyanowski said. said. “My daughter says I don’t act my “When you get those musician 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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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori
Top 10 Collectibles Lori Verderame have identified very valuable objects 3. Quilts and coverlets – Grandma’s for numerous clients that were quilt (and even pieces that have not overlooked by other appraisers over been sewn together) and coverlets in the years. In most homes, I can spot chenille and other materials command $25,000 worth of valuables that have monetary attention at auctions and been overlooked. antique shows. I have helped people consider the true value of their mother’s Lladro 4. Wooden chairs – Solid-wood collection and how to sell it, make construction retains value in rocking families take a second look at the money chairs, painted chairs, Windsor chairs, that could be gleaned from Grandpa’s and kitchen chairs of maple, oak, and rock collection, and point out how cherry. much that ugly 5. Precious metals painting in the guest (platinum, gold, silver, bedroom is really etc.) – Any item or pieces worth. of items made of precious Most families who metals hold their value are downsizing, and always will. cleaning out estates, or trying to deal with the 6. Artwork – Just because objects collection by you can’t identify it, don’t relatives over a lifetime know who the artist is, or do not know the real don’t like the piece doesn’t value of their stuff on mean it isn’t valuable. the market. Don’t overlook sculpture, I have compiled this paintings, or works on top 10 list of the paper. objects that are more valuable than you Photo courtesy of staff of www.DrLoriV.com 7. Cookie jars and think. Don’t overlook Solid-wood bamboo stoneware crocks these items because I side chair, circa 1920. have seen them change 8. Sports equipment people’s lives. (fishing rods, golf clubs, etc.) Don’t let these objects go without realizing the much-needed money that 9. Architectural objects attached to your they could bring to your family. Most home or business – Built-ins are big, and people know that vintage toys are wrought-iron railings, fireplace tiles, valuable, but did you know that computer parts can bring home the cash lighting fixtures, and door and cabinet hardware are only some of the items that too? bring considerable dollars. Don’t rely on an appraisal that only focuses on one thing—specialty 10. Boxes (yes, simple boxes!) – Pay appraisals—since no one collects only one type of thing. Don’t let anything go attention to wooden boxes of all types: with and without locking mechanisms, without an in-home appraisal that souvenir boxes, tea boxes, cigar boxes, covers everything. jewelry, knife boxes, and the list goes on. If you can put something in it, somebody 1. Costume and fine jewelry – Most wants to give you money for it. people think that only the real bling is worth money, but costume-jewelry Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, pieces command high prices, too.
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