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Volunteer EMS chaplain Frank Poley is trained in CPR and first aid

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Frank Poley is there for families, patients, and EMS staff whenever tragedy

strikes.

“When suddenly someone loses a husband, wife, or even a child, I’m there

for them. I feel for them. I stay on the scene until a coroner comes and I stay

with the family as long as they want,” the volunteer chaplain said.

Poley, an ordained chaplain with the Penn Del district of the Assemblies

of God, doesn’t have any special training in chaplaincy.

“What prepared me is my deep faith in the Lord above. All I do is open

my mouth and God takes care of it. The right words come out,” he said.

“One thing God has given me is an overdose of compassion.”

Losing children is the hardest. The youngest one was only 5 days old

when there was a home accident in which a parent fell asleep and

accidentally smothered the child.

He also helped the family of a 1-month-old, where it was later determined

the baby died of shaken-baby syndrome caused by the father.

“The EMTs were crying their eyes out. They could be anywhere else, but

they chose to be first responders,” Poley said. “The doctor gave me the sign

the baby was dead and I had to tell the dad. I also had to reach out to the

mom, who was incarcerated. The warden allowed her to come to the hospital

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Dear Savvy Senior,

What can you tell me about elder

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If your siblings are willing, elder care

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While

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related to aging parents or other elderly

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Family disagreements over an ill or

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that an elder care mediator can help

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Caring for an Older Person and Facing

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Iam often asked to evaluate

autographs of famous people.

Some autographs are found on a

personal letter or note, on a glossy

photograph, or even on a piece of

scrap paper. There are some rules of

thumb when it comes to assessing

autographs.

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king. With all autographs, value is

increased if the autograph is

accompanied by some content

relating to the famous person who

signed their name. To have content

that relates to the signer with an

authentic autograph is more valuable

to collectors than just a simple

autograph.

For example, a letter signed by

Marilyn Monroe complaining about

her failing marriage to husband and

baseball great Joe DiMaggio is much

more valuable than just a cocktail

napkin with Marilyn Monroe’s

signature on it.

Master of the Mouse

One of best-known autographs is

that of the American entertainment

icon Walt Disney. Disney’s signature

actually became the logo for the Walt

Disney Company and for the Walt

Disney Classics Collection. The logo

is based on Disney’s signature from

the early 1940s and was used on

company artwork.

Walt Disney autographs were

signed by both Disney and by his

authorized employees. Over the years,

at least a dozen Disney Studios staff

members signed Walt Disney’s name

to comics, fan items, promotional

material, etc. The most common

authorized signatures of Walt Disney

were signed by Hank Porter during

the 1930s and 1940s and, later, by

Bob Moore in the 1950s.

Artist Bob Moore joined The

Walt Disney Studios as an

apprentice animator in 1940. He

contributed to animated classics

such as Dumbo, The Three

Caballeros, and Make Mine Music.

Moore was named head of the

publicity and marketing department

and designed Disney movie posters,

Christmas cards, logos, and

letterheads.

He was one of Disney’s official

“autographers” and he signed

numerous items (photographs and

letters) with Disney’s famous

signature. He designed Sam the

Eagle for the 1984 Olympic Games

and murals housed in Walt Disney

Elementary Schools located in

Tullytown, Pa., and Anaheim, Calif.

Walt Disney never drew the

popular Sunday newspaper Mickey

Mouse comic strip or comic book

nor did he sign all of his autographs,

either. Every piece of artwork was

“signed” with a Walt Disney

signature, but Walt Disney did not

provide every signature. Some

signatures came from a production

artist, not from Disney himself.

Sign Here!

Authentic Walt Disney

autographs, those that Disney signed

by his own hand, differ depending

on the stage of his life. The

signatures dating to the 1920s differ

from those of the early 1960s. He

signed his name in both cursive and

block print (known as Roman

lettering), and he used every type of

writing instrument to sign his

name, including pencils, markers,

fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and

crayons.

Disney redesigned his own

signature over the years, in very

much the same way he changed the

appearance of Mickey Mouse. The

most common Walt Disney

signatures date from the period after

1954, when Disney was seen

regularly on television, and up to

the time of his death in 1967 at age

65. These autographs are among the

most popular and collectible.

On Discovery channel’s Auction

Kings, I will highlight a collection of

famous autographs and their worth

while demonstrating the tricks so

you can spot a fake. It is interesting

to note that an authentic Disney

autograph can actually command

more money from collectors than

most autographs of our U.S.

presidents. About 40 of our

presidents’ autographs are worth less

on the collectibles market than an

authentic Walt Disney autograph.

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Disney’s autograph is the most

recognizable in the world.

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2 tablespoons unsalted butter

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1/4 teaspoon salt

White pepper, to taste

1 cup nonfat Greek-style plain yogurt

4 teaspoons chopped fresh dill

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department are also good in this recipe.

Anton Heidinger’s parents came to

the U.S. through Ellis Island

from their home in Austria-

Hungary. Settling in Union, N.J., then

Berkley Heights, N.J., they raised a

family of eight. Heidinger was the

seventh born.

He did exceptionally well in schools as

he grew up. And, when he was old

enough, he earned a wrestling

scholarship to the University of

Maryland. Instead, he opted for the

Navy, enlisting on Nov. 16, 1942, and

going through boot camp at Newport,

R.I.

He next trained in Boston to become

a machinist’s mate, responsible for the

continuous operation of the many

engines, compressors, gears, refrigeration,

and other types of machinery onboard

ships. He would be responsible for the

ship’s steam propulsion, auxiliary

equipment, and the deck machinery.

After his training, he was assigned as

a machinist’s mate to the USS Hilary P.

Jones, a destroyer that had made many

trips across the Atlantic while part of

hazardous North Atlantic convoy duty.

This time, the ship was headed for even

more dangerous combat in support of

the invasions of Italy and southern

France.

Although the ship arrived shortly

after the Anzio invasion, she joined

with other destroyers of her division to

cover landing and provide fire support

at the bitterly contested Anzio

beachhead. As she exchanged fire with

German shore batteries, Heidinger

remembers learning that the destroyer

USS Cooper had gone down in the

Pacific, with the loss of 191 men,

including his best friend.

“I felt so bad about that,” he says,

“because I had talked him into joining

the Navy, and now he was gone. And, it

made me realize that, in the

bombardment we were taking at Anzio, I

could die too.”

After a brief respite, the ship returned

to her gunfire support duties at Anzio

during April and early May, occasionally

engaging in escort and antisubmarine

patrol operations.

She joined with six other destroyers

and a Wellington bomber in one of the

most extended submarine hunts of the

war. It was called “Operation

Monstrous,” and it ended with the

sinking of the U-616 off northeastern

Spain on May 15, 1944.

During June and July, the ship acted

as escort ship for Mediterranean convoys

and took part in training for the

invasion of southern France.

On Aug. 13, the ship left Naples,

escorting French and British ships for

“Operation Anvil,” the southern France

invasion. There, during the assault,

she provided gunfire support and

acted as an electronic jamming

vessel, successfully preventing

radio-controlled bombs from

harassing the area.

She continued to range up and

down the coast in support of the

First Airborne Task Force,

destroying bridges, gun

emplacements, railroad facilities,

and coastal vessels. She was attacked

by a German E-boat on Aug. 21 but

destroyed the craft with gunfire. For her

outstanding record during this period,

the ship received the Navy Unit

Commendation.

After continuing convoy duties in the

Mediterranean, the ship returned to

New York. Following overhaul and

training, she sailed with her last

transatlantic convoy and was then

designated for the Pacific Fleet,

departing New York on April 24 for the

Panama Canal Zone and Pearl Harbor.

On June 2, she sailed from Pearl

Harbor for the advance base at Ulithi,

an atoll in the Caroline Islands and a

major staging area for the Navy, 370

miles southwest of Guam and 1,300

miles south of Tokyo.

She was there when the atomic bombs

were dropped that brought the war to a

close. She then escorted occupation

troops to Japan, entering Tokyo Bay on

Sept. 2, as the surrender ceremony was

under way onboard the Missouri. She

escorted two more occupation troop

convoys to Japan before returning to

Charleston.

Heidinger left the Navy on Feb. 16,

1946, as a Machinist’s Mate First Class

and went to work for Public Service

Electric and Gas Company in New

Jersey. He met and married Eleanor

Finken, and they came to Central

Pennsylvania in retirement seven years

ago. On Sept. 21, they will be

celebrating their 65th wedding

anniversary.

In his retirement, Heidinger can

reminisce with pride about his days of

having served his country well in two

oceans during World War II.

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The movie wasn’t so hot

It didn’t have much of a plot

We fell asleep, our goose is cooked

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– “Wake Up Little Susie”

When the Everly Brothers hit

the top of the pop and

country charts in 1957 with

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were so entrenched in American culture

that even though the song never

mentions “car” or “drive-in,” listeners

understood immediately that the teenage

sweethearts had fallen asleep at the drive-

in.

This year marks the 79th anniversary

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Hollingsworth Jr. experimented with the

concept by setting a Kodak projector on

the hood of his car and aiming it at a

bed sheet in his backyard. He stuck a

radio behind the screen for sound. After

fine-tuning his experiment, the first

drive-in theater opened outside Camden,

N.J., in June of 1933.

Drive-in movie popularity grew slowly

until the

Baby

Boom got

into full

swing after

World

War II. To

attract

young

moms and

dads,

many

drive-ins

let kids in for free. Parents got an outing

and saved babysitting money. They could

smoke and talk in their cars. Babies

could cry.

Competing for the family market,

drive-ins added playgrounds, miniature

golf, and pony rides. Sources differ on

the numbers, but thousands of drive-ins

popped up nationwide in the ’40s and

’50s.

Now-

adays, little

kids still

wear PJs to

the drive-

in for the

same

reason

Mom

dressed me

in them

before we

piled into

Dad’s ’49 Ford. No way will tykes stay

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Providing privacy for teenagers back

when stay-at-home moms made

afterschool trysts difficult added to the

drive-ins’ market and earned them the

sobriquet “passion pits.” (“What will we

tell our friends when they say, ‘Ooh, la

la?’”) When a girl’s blocking elbow

beeped the horn, it often triggered a

tooting return chorus.

The Harmony (Pa.) Drive-In found

that 50 spaces suited its needs. In Florida

the Ponce De Leon Drive-In got by with

60. In contrast, the Panther Drive-In in

Lufkin, Texas, made room for 3,000.

Big-city suburbs from Timonium, Md.,

to Long Beach, Calif., sported huge lots

capable of handling more than 2,000

cars.

Eventually, land values in urban areas

could not sustain huge lots shut down

half the year by weather. Most remaining

drive-ins are in rural areas.

These days, many “ozoners” back their

minivans or pickups into spaces rather

than watch out the windshield. Parents

unfold lawn chairs while kids plop

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with the reverse-car orientation and

saves car-battery juice. Unfortunately,

FM eliminates the entertaining

spectacle of watching someone drive off

with the speaker still attached to the

window.

Drive-in theaters may never return to

their former popularity, but they’re so

darn much fun that the remainders

seem to be thriving. Long lines form at

the Milford (N.H.) drive-in. The Capri

Drive-In in Coldwater, Mich., offers

hotel packages to aficionados who travel

long distances on their drive-in

pilgrimages. Our two college kids insist

that we drive 90 minutes to our nearest

drive-in several times each summer.

Maybe I’ll start wearing PJs again.

I’m usually asleep by the time one of

the kids drives us home.


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where wine was being consumed, the fingers of a

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Many Retirees Would KeepWorking, Study Finds

Some people dream of never working

again once they reach retirement.

Others—more than you might think—

are happy to keep on working.

A study by Prudential has found that

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this year would be happy to keep

working past their 65th birthday if given

the opportunity. That figure represents

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women.

Money isn’t the main factor, either.

The primary motivation for 68 percent

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remain physically and mentally active,

although 39 percent just don’t like the

prospect of sitting at home, and 54

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starting their own businesses once they

retire, and 5 percent are interested in

volunteering. But most don’t want to

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49 percent would prefer a part-time job

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Chester County

Calendar of EventsCoatesville Area Senior Center – (610) 383-690022 N. Fifth Ave., Coatesville – www.cascweb.orgVarious dates/times – Retirement Planning Seminar Series

Sept. 4, 10 a.m. – Walking Club Initial Meeting

Sept. 13, 10:30 a.m. – Garden Club: Fall Planting and

Garden Design

Downingtown Senior Center – (610) 269-3939983 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtownhttp://home.ccil.org/~dasc

Great Valley Senior Center – (610) 889-2121 47 Church Road, MalvernSept. 5, 11 a.m. – Yoga

Sept. 20, 11 a.m. – History Book Club: A Covert Affair

by Jennet Conant

Sept. 27, 2 p.m. – Metaphysical Discussion: Dreams

Kennett Area Senior Center – (610) 444-4819427 S. Walnut St., Kennett Squarewww.kennettseniorcenter.orgSept. 11, 1:30 to 4 p.m. – Tea Party: “The Fashion Show”

Sept. 13, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Free Blood Pressure

Screening

Sept. 23, 1 to 3 p.m. – Sunday Dinner with Friends:

“Welcome to Fall”

Oxford Senior Center – (610) 932-524412 E. Locust St., Oxford – www.oxfordseniors.org

Phoenixville Area Senior Adult Activity Center(610) 935-1515153 Church St., Phoenixvillewww.phoenixvilleseniorcenter.org

West Chester Area Senior Center – (610) 431-4242 530 E. Union St., West Chester – www.wcseniors.org

Support Groups Free and open to the public

Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.The Wellness Community of

Philadelphia: Support Group for

People with Cancer

The Cancer Center at

Paoli Hospital

255 W. Lancaster Ave., Paoli

(215) 879-7733

Sept. 4, 2 p.m.Grief Support Group

Phoenixville Senior Center

153 Church St., Phoenixville

(610) 327-7216

Sept. 5, 6 p.m.Memory Loss and Dementia Support

Group

Sunrise Assisted Living of Paoli

324 W. Lancaster Ave., Malvern

(610) 251-9994

Sept. 10 and 24, 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m.Caregiver Support Group

Adult Care of Chester County

201 Sharp Lane, Exton

(610) 363-8044

Sept. 12, noonFamily Caregiver Support Group

Sarah Care

425 Technology Drive, Suite 200

Malvern

(610) 251-0801

Sept. 18, 6 p.m.Family Caregiver Support Group

Sunrise of Westtown

501 Skiles Blvd., West Chester

(610) 399-4464

Senior Center Activities

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Community Programs Free and open to the public

Sept. 1 and 15, 5 to 10 p.m.Bingo Nights

Marine Corps League Detachment

430 Chestnut St., Downingtown

(610) 431-2234

Sept. 4, 11:30 a.m.West Chester University Retirees

Luncheon

Old Country Buffet

1090 E. Lancaster Ave.

Downingtown

(610) 269-1503

Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m.Concert Series: Sunnyside

Tel Hai Retirement Community

Chapel

1200 Tel Hai Circle, Honey Brook

(610) 273-9333

Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m.Exton PC Club – Using Quicken

Chester County Library Struble

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450 Exton Square Parkway, Exton

(484) 876-1221

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Sept. 11, 11 a.m.New Century Club Meeting

(Women’s Charity Club)

Days Hotel

943 S. High St., West Chester

(610) 436-9158

[email protected]

Sept. 19, 10:45 a.m.Medicare 101 Presentation by

APPRISE Program

West Grove Senior Center

West Grove Presbyterian Church

139 W. Evergreen St., West Grove

(610) 255-4477

[email protected]

Sept. 20, 6 to 8 p.m.Medicare 101 Presentation by

APPRISE Program

Phoenixville Senior Center

153 Church St., Phoenixville

(610) 935-1515

Sept. 27 and Oct. 4, 6 to 9 p.m.Training Workshop for Volunteer

ESL Tutors

Volunteer English Program in

Chester County

Kesher Israel Congregation

1000 Pottstown Pike

West Chester

(610) 918-8222

www.volunteerenglish.org

If you have an event youwould like to include, please

email information [email protected] for

consideration.

Senior Centers to CounselNutritionally At-Risk Seniors

Over the next three years, funding from The Pew

Charitable Trusts will allow the Chester County

senior centers to locate and assist approximately

1,000 Chester County seniors who need nutritional

assistance.

The Chester County Senior Center

Collaborative, through a grant provided by The Pew

Charitable Trusts, takes aim at Chester County low-

income and homebound seniors who are

nutritionally at-risk.

The grant provides funding for a nutritionist

who will locate, counsel, and provide information

for access to nutritional programs at the senior

centers and Medicare/Medicaid supplemental food

programs. The collaborative has contracted with

registered dietitian Carol Sweeney, MA, RD, LDN,

from West Chester.

On a yearly basis, the six county senior centers,

located in Coatesville, Downingtown, Kennett

Square, Oxford, Phoenixville, and West Chester,

provide 85,000 meals to Chester County senior

residents.

For more information about this program, call

the senior center near you or visit the Chester

County Collaborative website at

www.chestercountyseniors.org.


Creativity Matters

Judith Zausner

orget the old saying “less is

more.” Minimalists thrived on

that belief because it validated

their art, but the contemporary fashion

niche embraced by Iris Apfel makes a

different statement.

Turn your head 180 degrees and

open your eyes wide and your mind

even wider. There she is: a fashion

maverick; an irreverent renegade; a

defiant, creative spirit; and a marvel of

an exquisite opulence of wearables.

“I’m a geriatric starlet, my dear, don’t

you know,” she said. “All of a sudden,

I’m hot; I’m cool; I have a ‘fan base.’”

With a rising cult of diverse people

spilling

around

her

amazing

presence,

Apfel is

taking her

show on

the road.

The HSN

road, that

is. Middle America is fascinated and

wants this design eccentricity to be a

brand in their lives.

Naturally, much will be in

translation. For example, her classic

owl-shape eyeglasses will be featured in

a scarf print and tribal-type necklaces

are modified with respect to design and

price.

Apfel was always a fashion maven.

“My mother worshipped at the altar

of accessories, and I got the bug. She

always said, ‘If you have a good, little,

simple black dress and you have

different accessories, you can have 27

different outfits.” So she learned early.

“The fun of getting dressed is that it

is a creative experience and I never

know what it’s going to be.”

She assiduously edits her ensembles,

often wearing a basic architectural type

of garment that can be accessorized

dramatically. In 2005, the Metropolitan

Museum of Art in New York City

presented an exhibition about Apfel

called “Rara Avis (Rare Bird): The

Irreverent Iris Apfel.” It was so

successful that they created a traveling

version that could be viewed by other

audiences.

“Composing the elements of interior

and composing an ensemble are part

and parcel of the same thought process,”

says Apfel.

So she was a natural watching her

father in his business, working with

high-end mirrors that focused on

interiors. This passion for interiors

catapulted the careers of Apfel and her

husband, Carl. Serendipitously they

started working with Old World

Weavers in search of a certain cloth and

then began to travel worldwide looking

for both exotic fabrics and historically

based designs that could be replicated

by these foreign specialty mills. It was

through this

work that she

was asked to

consult for

the White

House

interior for

Presidents

Truman,

Eisenhower,

Nixon,

Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Reagan, and

Clinton.

Married 64 years, she and her almost

100-year-old husband wear the same

perfume called Yatagan by Caron,

which is hard to find so they store it in

big containers in the refrigerator. They

also wear similar, round spectacles. An

amazing couple, they have been very

successful in their fabric business and,

despite retirement from Old World

Weavers in the 1990s, it’s clear that

Apfel’s fame is soaring.

This radical fashion icon will be

featured in an upcoming documentary

by Albert Maysles while she continues

to design products for various

companies and has the magnanimous

vision to donate more than 900 pieces

from her wardrobe to the Peabody Essex

Museum in Salem, Mass.

Iris Apfel is an iconic legend with the

bravado and mastery of greatness.

“You only have one trip (one life), so

you might as well enjoy it.” – Iris Apfel

“In order to be irreplaceable one must

always be different.” – Coco Chanel

Apfel at Age 90:More is More

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When today’s geriatric seniors

were high school seniors, they

took for granted certain

informational resources would continue

to be available for many decades—

especially libraries.

Some of these resources no longer

exist (e.g., Sears’ mail-order catalog),

some are fading (e.g., the black-and-

white phone directory), and others seem

threatened (e.g., the postal service,

newspapers).

The postal service may yet reinvent

itself by resurrecting a modernized

version of the Railway Express, a

predecessor of today’s United Parcel

Service. The Railway Express was owned

by the railways.

Newspapers may survive by

concentrating their staff ’s reportorial

coverage to state, county, and local

topics, limiting their national and

international coverage.

Public libraries may never see their

own reincarnations but may simply

disappear as the Internet dominates the

informational-search domain and

electronic books (“e-books”) replace

printed versions.

E-books already have captured an

estimated 10 percent of all consumer

book sales as of October 2010, up from

3.3 percent in late 2009, according to

Read Write Web. Amazon.com reported

that during its fourth quarter of 2010, it

sold more electronic books than

paperbacks.

Public libraries are funded by

municipalities or counties. In budget-

cutting times, public libraries and parks

are the first to have their funding slashed.

The libraries today’s seniors visited in

their youth often were funded in large

part by the philanthropy of Andrew

Carnegie. From 1881 through 1917,

Carnegie helped start 1,689 public

libraries by requiring municipalities to

provide only the land while committing

to undertake the maintenance and

management of

the library.

By 2007 there

were 9,214

public-library

systems having a

total of 16,604

locations,

according to the

U.S. Census

Bureau. This is a

slight increase

from the 9,137

public-library

systems in 2002.

It is doubtful if

we will see any

growth in the

decade following 2007.

Fortunately, there are many public-

school “libraries.” As of 2007, they

numbered 76,807, according to the

Census Bureau. Frequently they are

called media centers because they fall far

short of being a traditional library with

well-stocked shelves.

Public-school libraries cannot provide

the services found at public libraries. The

latter have been indispensable resources

for all age groups. Today, public libraries

have become popular Internet-access

sites. The Census Bureau reports an

average of 12.5 Internet terminals per

public library location, ranging from an

average of 19.4 in Maryland to 4.5 in

Nevada.

The specter of closed libraries remains

a real possibility. Already one

municipality, Salinas, Calif., has closed

most of its library

locations because

of financial

constraints.

Boston

considered

closing four of its

26 branches in

early 2010 as the

state reduced its

share of funding

for the library

system from $8.9

million to a

proposed $2.4

million.

Other public-

library systems

that closed some of their branches are

Seattle, Denver, Honolulu, and cities in

Ohio, New York, North Carolina,

Oklahoma, and Michigan.

Before libraries are shut down, many

jurisdictions will choose to reduce library

hours. According to Public Library

Funding & Technology Access Study 2009-

2010, published June 2010, “just under

15 percent of libraries (up from 4.5

percent in 2009) report that they

decreased their operating hours in the

past year … further reductions in library

hours and closures in more locations

seem likely.”

The just-under 15 percent figure was

based on all libraries nationwide. The

study found the figure for urban libraries

alone was a painful 24 percent.

Like newspapers, libraries furnish a

fundamental service in democratic

societies by providing information and

education on which the electorate can

make informed choices. Some of us

received the better part of our education

in public libraries.

Samuel Clemens, better known as

Mark Twain (1835-1910), educated

himself in public libraries, such as they

were then. He preferred their expansive

resources compared to public schools.

That education took place in the

evenings while Clemens was employed as

a typesetter. Many of today’s seniors may

have shared this kind of educational

experience.

Like the movie theaters of past

decades, the public library may not

survive as a local institution. Its demise

would be one more loss of interaction

between individuals, families, and their

local communities.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research

analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth:The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen,a book of personal-opinion essays, free of

partisan and sectarian viewpoints. A MusingMoment: Meditative Essays on Life andLearning, was released in January 2012.

Contact him at [email protected].

Do Public Libraries Have a Future?

My 22 Cents’ Worth

Walt Sonneville


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“I would not be able to play Phillies

baseball if it wasn’t for you,” former

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Hunter

Pence told a captivated group of

approximately 100 people in July.

Veterans participating in residential

treatment programs at Coatesville VA

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members, a charity that supports

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play with Pence.

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“David would have absolutely loved

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Growing Things … A Labor of Love

At the 2012 Goshen Fair, Andy Kramaric, a

resident of The Meadows at Tel Hai, was the proud

winner of nine ribbons—five first place, two second

place, and two third place.

Born in Wallingford, Pa., in 1927, Kramaric’s

parents were émigrés from Croatia in the early

1920s. They raised their two sons on the land and

maintained gardens that blessed their dinner table

throughout their lives. Throughout his life,

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shared what he grew.

When he became a resident of The Meadows at

Tel Hai, his daughter, Margaret Kramaric, and her

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of the outdoors and interest in growing things.

The highlight was his trip to the fair to see his

vegetables on display—his first car trip in a year.

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SOLACE from page 1

with two guards.

“I only hug, hold, and love ’em,”

Poley said.

He also prayed over the infant and

was asked to tell the 6-year-old daughter.

When he told her he was a chaplain, she

said she knew him because he had

prayed over her previously when she was

sick. She asked him how her sister was.

“I said, ‘Jesus came and took your

sister, but you’ll have a chance to see her

again.’”

Poley recalled another incident when

he was called during off-duty hours.

“The husband died at the kitchen

table while the wife was there. I just held

her and reached out to her pastor. I

wanted her to be as comfortable as

possible. She got one of my hankies—my

pants are loaded with pockets and I

always have a few hankies since I go

through them.

“Two or three weeks later, a box

arrived with a note which said, ‘You were

there when I needed you. Enclosed find

all my dead husband’s hankies. I’m sure

you’ll put them to good use.’”

The EMS chaplaincy program began

in 2008 after a local pastor told EMS

Chief Bobby Pine about his brainstorm

following a bad accident in the area.

“He thought there should be an outlet

for providers to have counseling,

someone to talk to, after a bad call,” Pine

said.

There were chaplaincy programs for

police departments, but none for EMS

since they are “two different animals,” he

said.

At first, the program took heat from

EMS personnel because they didn’t think

chaplains belonged in the ambulances,

and there was a fear of the chaplains

being overtly religious and pushy.

But after a few months, the fears were

gone.

The EMS chaplains are all trained in

CPR and basic first aid so they could

help if they would ever be needed, but

their main responsibility is to provide

comfort, spiritually.

“It’s easier on my crew. We fix

something and transport. We’re not grief

counselors. Dealing with family is not

our forté. The chaplains go (to the

family) and allow us to do our job with

the patient,” Pine said.

Poley sometimes prays with his

charges, “but I’m not pushy. I ask them,

‘Do you mind if I pray for you?’ If they

don’t want me to, I back off.”

“We’re blessed to have Frank,” Pine

said. “Frank is dedicated to us, and it’s

worked really well for the program.”

Poley volunteers eight to 10 hours a

day three days a week, plus call-outs,

which are typically bad situations.

“In today’s day and age, with time

demands, it’s an unusual perk to have

from a volunteer,” Pine said.

The chaplains have become an

integral part of EMS.

“They are always there for us and us

for them,” Pine said. EMS provides the

chaplains with uniforms and helps with

joint fundraising with an area church.

As an EMS chaplain, Poley is there

not only for the bad news, but the good

news as well. Poley has performed

marriages at the station and gave another

away since her father couldn’t be there.

“They are like my kids, the

paramedics and EMTs. They are very

special people,” Poley said. “I’m thrilled

to be doing this. It has given me an

extended family (in addition to his five

daughters and seven grandchildren).”

Poley was born and raised an

orthodox Jew, but later converted to

become a Messianic Jew while living in

Florida. He retired as a Messianic rabbi

with ties close to the International

Alliance of Messianic Congregations and

Synagogues.

After he moved to Pennsylvania to be

with his wife’s elderly mother, Poley

worked for two years at Hersheypark

driving a tram. One day one of his

passengers fell off the back of the tram.

Since she was wearing a large cross, he

asked if he could pray for her while they

waited for an EMT. After they arrived,

she told him he should become a

chaplain.

Not long after that, the EMS started

its chaplaincy program, and Poley knew

that was where he belonged.

“I’m in my 70s. I can give a family

comfort. Why can’t others? There’s no

need for special training to love someone

in troubled times,” Poley said.

There are so many out there who

think retirement is a time to relax and do

nothing, Poley said. “Anyone can just sit

around, read, or watch TV and let their

life go by—why not walk up to

somebody and hold onto them?”

As long as you have the strength,

Poley believes you should take it and do

something with it.

“You are in the fourth quarter, and

the game is not over yet,” Poley said,

quoting Coach Bill McCarthy, founder

of Promise Keepers.

Don’t cut apples until ready to eat or

cook, as all but a few selections will turn

brown within an hour or two. You can

delay this by soaking slices in an anti-

browning product available at most

grocers or using a

mixture of one part

lemon juice to three

parts water.

For fresh eating—

the “dessert” apples—

try Fuji, Gala, or

Golden Russet for a

sweet flavor. For tart

apples, try Granny

Smith, Northern Spy,

or Winesap. Some taste

both sweet and tart

such as Jonagold,

Honey Crisp, and

Mutsu. Since taste is

quite personal, you’ll

want to try various ones to see which you

find best. If you don’t already have

favorites, don’t get too worried about

which apples are best for which purposes,

as many do well with multiple uses.

Some of the best for baking uses (pies

and other desserts, for instance) are

Cortland, Empire, Golden Delicious,

Idared, Jonagold, Jonamac, Jonathan,

Liberty, Northern Spy, Rhode Island

Greening, and Stayman Winesap.

For sauces, some make a more chunky

sauce such as Cortland, Empire,

Gravenstein, and Jonathan. Others make

a smoother applesauce,

such as McIntosh and

its types and Yellow

Transparent. Cook a red

apple with the skin on

to make the sauce pink.

For making cider,

your selection will

depend on whether you

like it sweet or more

tart. Cortland,

McIntosh, and Idared

make a more tart cider,

while Red or Golden

Delicious or Empire

make a sweeter cider.

For a sweeter aroma

from cider, try Jonathon and Baldwin.

Try some Rhode Island Greening or

crabapples for more astringent cider.

While much store cider may be only

one cultivar, making your own you can

experiment and try various combinations.

Dr. Leonard P. Perry is an extension professor

at the University of Vermont.

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