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When 75-year-old Charlie Lloyd was only 3 years old, he and his younger brother waved American flags as convoys of soldiers and tanks passed by on their way to Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, and, ultimately, Europe.

“It made a strong impact on me,” Lloyd said. “We can never repay them for their service and sacrifice.”

Lloyd himself later served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, 271st Combat Communications Squadron, from 1961 to 1967, “but we never saw combat” like the World War II veterans did.

Lloyd worked in national sales management and then had his own business as an independent contractor, retiring three years ago.

When the TV mini-series Band of Brothers was in the headlines in 2001, Lloyd read about the Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable. Curiosity drove Lloyd to his first meeting, and he was hooked.

Lloyd heard that Band of Brothers’ Major Dick Winters was a member of the roundtable, but unfortunately Lloyd never got the chance to meet him due to Winters’ health issues.

Charlie Lloyd with a cardboard stand-up of local veteran Major Dick Winters, part of the World War II display at his local historical society.

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Blood of Heroes: A Visit to theNational World War II Museum

By Callie Corley

Walking up Andrew Higgins Drive to the corner of Magazine Street, the National World War II Museum rises against the New Orleans skyline like a giant stone vault, holding the history, and perhaps some secrets, of what’s been termed America’s “Greatest Generation.”

It’s a history touching every facet of American life. Sixteen million men and women served in the armed forces during World War II. Inside the museum’s five (soon to be six) buildings are the stories of those lives. For many, those stories are also passed down on family trees from generation to generation.

The Louisiana Memorial Pavilion is the place to start your journey through the museum. There you can buy tickets and talk to museum volunteers.

With a little luck, you’ll hear a firsthand account from one of the approximately 20 World War II veterans who volunteer with the museum. The Memorial Pavilion is also where you start your Dog Tag Experience.

With a general admission ticket to the museum, you receive a dog tag allowing you to follow the life of a World War II

participant. The Train Car Experience is your first stop with your dog tag, recreating the first leg of a journey that carried millions of Americans away from their families and into service.

Throughout the museum you check in at different stations, collecting the stories for your dog tag and learning more about the person whose life you’re following.

If your museum trip starts early, Jeri Nims Soda Shop is a great place to grab a snack or a quick breakfast, while The American Sector is a full-service restaurant serving lunch and dinner.

You can add a little flair to your visit with a live show at Stage Door Canteen, where music of the war years comes to life. Find the show lineup and ticket information online before your visit at www.stagedoorcanteen.org.

Once you leave the Memorial Pavilion, cross the street to the main portion of the World War II Museum. The newest addition, added in 2014, is Campaigns of Courage, considered the heart of the museum experience.

The Road to Berlin exhibit showcases the grueling challenges servicemen faced in the European theater, from the deserts of North Africa to Germany’s doorstep.

Photo by Callie Corley.

The Atlantic Wall was Hitler’s 3,300-mile defense network. This section was on Utah Beach. The marks are from the thousands

of American weapons fired on the German-held beach on D-Day.

Photo by Callie Corley.

The newest addition, added in 2014, is Campaigns of Courage. The Road to Berlin exhibit showcases the grueling challenges

servicemen faced.

Photo by Callie Corley.

Art Arceneaux received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his part in missions flown over Japanese islands during World War II. Talking with a veteran during your trip to

the museum brings history to life.

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The interactive experience brings together the entire campaign from battle to battle and reveals the strategy and the sacrifices that helped win the war.

The exhibit presents a uniquely personal perspective on the cost of war, with personal items, such as family photographs, strewn across a beach of real sand from Normandy. The Road to Tokyo exhibit is scheduled to open later this year.

Continue your journey through history with a stop at the U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. Replicas of six World War II-era aircraft, including B-17 My Gal Sal, are suspended in air and in time. The four-story viewing deck provides a 360-degree view of the aircraft.

The Vehicles of War exhibit offers a glimpse of what it was like on the ground, facing an attack from different war machines or being rushed from the battlefield with an injury. There you will also find the Medal of Honor Wall and “Final Mission: The U.S.S. Tang Experience.”

Set aside enough time to see

everything at the museum, including the Beyond All Boundaries movie (produced and narrated by Tom Hanks) and the Final Mission interactive experience. Each requires an additional ticket and happens at pre-set times throughout the day. Be sure to check times and prices online before you go at www.nationalww2museum.org.

Beyond All Boundaries is a 4-D experience that puts you on the front lines. Archival footage and narrations of

real-life stories bring to life a growing threat in Europe and news of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

The movie affects every one of your senses, enabling you to better understand the magnitude and weight of the war that changed the world. You feel the rumble of tanks as America enters the war and see and hear steam rising from the jungles as American troops fight for freedom.

The production also highlights the courage of Americans at home, as every

citizen—male, female, black, white, immigrant—answered the call and lived up to the demands of wartime.

One of the most emotional stories in the museum is that of the U.S.S. Tang. The interactive experience puts you inside America’s most-decorated World War II submarine on its last patrol.

The commander gives orders as visitors man battle stations. The experience combines actual tasks with an overhead projection of the submarine’s final, fatal fight. Standing at a duty station, the makeshift compartment rings with the sounds of firing torpedoes and mechanics.

There’s a sense of pride as crew members take down more enemy vessels, followed by panic with the realization your efforts aren’t enough to save the ship.

If you’ve already been to the museum, the new additions should bring you back on your next trip to New Orleans. You’ll leave feeling prouder than ever to be an American, knowing your cultural heritage runs in the blood of these heroes.

American assault troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The smoke in the background

is from supporting naval gunfire.

Photo by Callie Corley.

Static displays of restored World War II-era aircraft and vehicles.

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Ever wonder what the first Thanksgiving was like for the people who were there?

Here are two on-the-spot reports of American colonists remembering the historic feast:

William Bradford, in Of

Plymouth Plantation: “They began now to gather in the small harvest they had, and to fit up their house and dwelling against winter, being all well recovered in health and strength and had all things in good plenty.

“For as some were thus employed in affairs abroad, others were exercised in fishing, about cod and bass and other fish, of which they took good store, of which every family had their portion. All the summer there was no want; and now began to come in store of fowl, as winter approached, of which this place did abound

when they came first (but afterward decreased by degrees).

“And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many, besides venison, etc. Besides, they had about a peck of meal a week to a person, or now since harvest, Indian corn to that proportion. Which made many afterwards write so largely of their plenty here to their friends in England, which were not feigned by true reports.”

Edward Winslow, in Mourt’s

Relation: “Our harvest being gotten

in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruits of our labor. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week.

“At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some 90 men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which we brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain and others.

“And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.”

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High Blood Pressure Associated withLower Risk for Alzheimer’s

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However, authors conclude the connection may have more to do with anti-hypertension medication than high blood pressure itself.

“It’s likely that this protective effect is coming from antihypertensive drugs,” said co-author John Kauwe, associate professor of biology at BYU. “These drugs are already FDA approved. We need to take a serious look at them for Alzheimer’s prevention.”

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By Megan Joyce

Like a wet blanket summer forgot to take with it, the humidity hung heavy in the warm air outside the York Expo Center during early-morning preparations for the recent York County 50plus EXPo. Vendors and staff juggled dripping umbrellas while loading their rain-sprinkled exhibits into Memorial Hall – East.

But by the time the first EXPo guests started to trickle in before the 9 a.m. opening, the atmosphere both outside and inside the Expo Center began to clear and lift as the rain lessened and anticipation increased.

The 13th annual York County 50plus EXPo, a free, one-day event that provides information and resources for the area’s 50+ community, was presented by OLP EvEnts, the events division of Central Pennsylvania-based On-Line Publishers, Inc.

More than 90 exhibitors displayed products and services for travel, housing, medical services, nutrition, home improvements, finances, healthcare, and more.

“Basically we’re here just to get information for seniors. We’re new to the area and figured we’d stop on up,” said Pat Hogan of Glen Rock.

The Health & Wellness Area, sponsored by WellSpan Health, included ongoing, free screenings for stroke risk, posture, joint pain, balance and more, as well as free seminars on treatment options for pelvic floor

disorders and stroke care.Kmart’s booth was a destination

point for a long line of attendees, who seized the convenient opportunity to sit down for their annual flu shot.

Visitors also had the option of attending additional free seminars that covered government updates from Washington, D.C.; heart attack warning signs; hearing loss and hearing aids; group travel; and managing hip and knee arthritis.

This was the first visit to the 50plus EXPo for Connie Orwig of York and her husband.

“We’re not quite 65, and we wanted more information on some of the options that are available to us. Healthcare is one of them, but other things too,” said Orwig. “My mother lives with us, so [we’re researching home healthcare] in case we ever have a need in the future.”

EXPo goers eager to plan their next getaway stopped by the AAA Travel Fair, a special section of the EXPo floor sponsored by AAA Southern Pennsylvania. Within the red-ballooned area, representatives from a dozen AAA travel partners offered information on all kinds of travel, including cruises and group tours.

Student stylists from American Beauty Academy in Lancaster were busy throughout the entire event; additional tables were needed to accommodate the line of visitors interested in a free haircut or manicures. Plus, students from

McCann School of Business and Technology offered free blood pressure checks and chair massages.

Falls Free York, an area dedicated to fall prevention, returned to the York County 50plus EXPo again this year. Organized by the York County Area Agency on Aging and local businesses and organizations, Falls Free York was underwritten by the Embracing Aging Initiative of the York County Community Foundation and encouraged visitors to learn about falling hazards in the home.

Area staff offered gait/balance screenings, cane and walker checks, foot screenings, assistive-device demonstrations, and more.

Carol Wilson of Hanover had taken part in the balance and gait screening and found it a helpful indicator of her current physical-therapy progress.

“I have muscle issues with my hip and my leg. [With the test], I can see where my scale is and how close I am to getting at my goal,” Wilson said. “This is the first I ever came here; this is really wonderful.”

The day’s entertainment and presentations included Drayer Physical Therapy explaining urinary incontinence; song performances by Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre; AAA Southern Pennsylvania discussing group travel; and PK Dennis with York County Penn State Extension offering advice on container gardening.

Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre performed several musical numbers

from their current lineup of shows. Kim Meredith, author of Listen for the Whispers, advised the audience to listen to their intuition; and former White House Chef and Central Pennsylvania native John Moeller discussed his 13 years spent working in the White House kitchen under three presidents.

“Between the chefs, the butlers and the maids, we’re the closest ones to [the first family] on a day-to-day basis,” Moeller said. “There’s no Secret Service agent looking over my shoulder saying, ‘That’s a little too much salt you’re putting in the food there.’”

Finally, Evan Forrester of FOX43 presented RSVP of the Capital Region’s Most Valuable Volunteer Award for York County to Alan Dubs, who has given more than 1,250 hours in just his first two years as a volunteer at Ferguson Elementary School.

“He focused on their educational needs, but as time went on he discovered the students needed something more … He offered himself to them as a male, father, and grandfather figure,” Forrester said.

Dubs was humble in his acceptance of the recognition.

“I felt honored and filled with joy because of the journey I’ve gone through with my family to bring me to this place where I could receive this award,” Dubs said.

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Honored Volunteer Supports Elementary Students

York County’s 2015 Most Valuable Volunteer, Alan Dubs, has lived in York city and surrounding communities his entire life.

He attended York city public schools and did well until his senior year. As his subjects in school increased in difficulty, his grades dropped.

Due to his low self-esteem, Dubs did not know how to reach out for help. This pattern continued into his college years, leading him to withdraw from Penn State University after two years.

Over the next few years, his family was evicted from their home on numerous occasions and lived in a homeless shelter three times. They finally returned to York city, where they received welfare assistance and food stamps and lived in public housing.

There were many ups and downs with many hard lessons learned.

As time passed, Dubs injured himself in his place of employment, resulting in his taking early retirement. The opportunity arose for him to offer his

talents to RSVP as a volunteer in Ferguson Elementary, his daughter’s school.

In his two years as a volunteer, Dubs has given more than 1,250 hours to the school’s fourth- and first-graders.

He focused on their educational needs, but as time went on, he discovered the students needed something

more. The students needed someone to care, listen, and share life’s struggles, since most of them came from broken homes. He offered himself to them as a male, father, and grandfather figure.

He used to be the one who didn’t know how to ask for help. Dubs is now the one giving help to those children in need.

RSVP of the Capital Region enables volunteers to make a difference throughout eight counties in South-Central Pennsylvania. They have partnered with the York County 50plus EXPo for this public recognition of an exceptional and generous individual.

Congratulations to Alan Dubs, RSVP’s Most Valuable Volunteer in York County for 2015.

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The York County Area Agency on Aging’s APPRISE program will offer free, personalized counseling during Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period, which began Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7.

The annual enrollment period is when Medicare beneficiaries can review their coverage and determine if health and prescription plans continue to meet their needs.

By comparing plans and making changes by Dec. 7, Medicare will have enough time to process those changes to ensure that the new coverage will begin on Jan. 1, 2016.

Medicare beneficiaries throughout the annual enrollment period will be able to receive one-on-one counseling assistance offered by trained APPRISE counselors at different locations throughout York County.

Prescheduled appointments are necessary and can be made by calling the APPRISE scheduling line at (717) 771-9042 or (800) 632-9073.

Dates and locations for the sessions are as follows:

Nov. 4, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Red Land High School 560 Fishing Creek Road Fairview Township

Nov. 9, 9:30 a.m. to noonKennard-Dale High School393 Main St., Fawn Township

Nov. 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Red Lion Senior Center20-C Gotham Place, York Township

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Nov. 23, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Red Lion Area High School200 Horace Mann Ave., Red Lion Dec. 1, 2, and 3, 9 a.m. to noonYork County Area Agency on Aging100 W. Market St., York

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Bert and IBy Bill Levine

A few years ago, spurred on by my budding genealogical interest and incipient old age, I conducted a brief search for my mother’s maternal family but gave up when I found enough turn-of-the-century “Mollie Jacobsons,” my grandmother’s name, to fill up a tenement block.

But one known twig of my mom’s maternal family tree has sprouted at least some muted excitement over the years. My mom’s cousin was Bert Parks, whose real name was Bert Jacobson.

Born in Atlanta, Ga., in 1914, Bert was the Wink Martindale of the 1950s. He was host of more early TV game shows than you can shake a shtick at—12 in all. Unlike your average ’50s quiz-show host, Bert was scandal free, maybe because his shows like Party Line, introduced in 1947, topped out with grand prizes of $5.

My cousin Bertie was most famous for hosting the Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979, during the golden age of the pageant.

No one cared back then that the talents of the 50 beautiful contestants

ranged from baton twirling to baton dropping. In those days, a contestant whose ad-lib answer was “wishing for world peace” was viewed as a statesman and not a bimbo.

Watching the Miss America telecast was a big deal in those days, like a Super Bowl with Velveeta and cheese whiz, and of course with Bert emceeing it was a really, really big deal in our den.

But for me, it wasn’t a wholly satisfying experience. Why couldn’t Cousin Bert get us free tickets to Convention Hall in Atlantic City and backstage passes to meet the contestants in swimsuits? In fact, until very recently I was quite disappointed that I never was able to glom onto Bert’s fame so that our kinship impacted my life.

Early on as a kid, I asked my mom

for some tangible evidence that we were related to truly one of the great mediocre talents of mid-20th century America. She just gave me a shoebox.

I rummaged through it and came up with a tenuous connection to Bert, a Christmas card from 1959 that just featured his kids. It wasn’t even signed “to my favorite cousin.” In fact, it bugged me that Jewish Bert would even be sending out Christmas cards.

In 1961 my parents went on a trip to New York, where they saw Bert on Broadway as Harold

Hill in The Music Man. They did go backstage to see Bert, in my significant absence. What’s worse is that the only gift they brought back from the Big Apple was an unsigned Playbill of The Music Man with Bert on the cover, eschewing the minimum New York City kid’s gift of

a Statue of Liberty keychain. The only benefit I ever enjoyed, until

recently, as Bert Parks’ cousin was to use the connection in those awkward ice-breakers that require you to provide an interesting fact about yourself. I was always able to under-whelm my fellow strangers with the fact that Bert was my cousin.

This saved me from having to use my second most interesting fact, which was that my Irish terrier, Ginger, modeled a flea collar on the Channel 4 news show.

Then in 2013, Bert changed my life. I looked up his Wikipedia entry, having forgotten just when he was host of Country Fair. There, in the first line, was the revelatory blurb: “Parks was born to Aaron Jacobson, a Jewish merchant who had immigrated to the United States from Latvia.”

Latvia—my mom’s maternal family was Latvian. Bert had given me the gift of my heritage. What more could I have asked from him?

I could only think of one thing. I wished he could have introduced me to Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Miss America 1965, my favorite Miss America because her talent was ventriloquism.

Berk Parks

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If you haven’t checked your blood pressure lately, you may not be aware of some of the risks associated with hypertension.

Here’s what high blood pressure can do to you:

Heart attack. Your coronary arteries can be damaged and blocked, as high blood pressure causes atherosclerosis.

Stroke. Hypertension can cause the arteries in your brain to weaken, potentially leading to a stroke if they clog or burst.

Heart failure. Narrowed arteries

caused by hypertension can increase your heart’s workload, which may lead to an enlarged heart unable to supply enough blood to the rest of your body.

Kidney failure. High blood pressure can also caused narrowing of arteries in the kidney, inhibiting their ability to filter blood and regulate hormones and fluids in your body. Ultimately, kidneys can shut down if the arteries grow blocked.

Vision loss. In the eyes, hypertension can cause bleeding, as well as swelling of the optic nerve—both of which can damage your eyesight.

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The answer to “What’s for dinner?” frequently depends on who’s doing the cooking.

A survey by consumer research organization GfK looked at cooking habits around the world, gathering data from more than 27,000 people in 22 countries.

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Dear Savvy Senior,What can you tell me about lung cancer

screenings? My husband was a longtime smoker but quit many years ago, so I’m wondering if he should be checked out.

– Concerned Spouse

Dear Concerned,According to recent recommendations

from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force—an independent panel of medical experts that advises the government on health policies—if your husband is between the ages of 55 and 80, is a current smoker or quit within the last 15 years, and has a smoking history of at least 30 pack-years, he’s at high risk for lung cancer and should talk to his doctor about getting screened.

Pack years are determined by multiplying the number of packs he smoked daily by the number of years he smoked.

You’ll also be happy to know that lung cancer screenings—which are recommended annually to those at risk—were covered by all private health insurance plans and Medicare starting in early 2015. The Medicare screening, however, will only cover high-risk beneficiaries through age 74.

Lung cancer kills around 160,000 Americans each year, making it the most deadly of all possible cancers. In fact, more people die of lung cancer than of

colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined.

Lung cancer also occurs predominantly in older adults. About two out of every three people diagnosed with lung cancer are 65 or older, and the risk of lung cancer peaks at age 71.

Lung Cancer Screening

The goal of annual screenings is to detect cancer early before symptoms appear, so it can be cured. The five-year survival rate among people with lung cancer when it’s caught in its earliest stage is 77 percent, versus

only 4 to 25 percent for people whose cancer has spread.

To get screened for lung cancer, your husband will need a low-dose computed tomography (CT) chest scan, which is a painless, noninvasive test that generates detailed three-dimensional images of his lungs.

For the screening, he will be asked to lie on a table that slides through the center of a large, doughnut-shaped scanner that rotates around him to take images.

Each scan takes just a few seconds, during which time he’ll be asked to hold his breath, because movement can produce blurred images. The entire procedure takes only a few minutes from start to finish.

You also need to be aware that a lung CT screening has its downsides. First, it exposes you to some radiation—about the same as a mammography but more than a chest x-ray.

Lung CT screenings aren’t foolproof either. They can produce a high rate of false-positive results, which means they frequently detect small spots (abnormalities) on the lungs that are suggestive of cancer but aren’t cancerous.

These false alarms lead to more testing and sometimes lung biopsies, as well as unnecessary worry and anxiety.

PreventionBecause smoking causes 80 to 90

percent of all lung cancer cases, the best way to avoid lung cancer is to not smoke, and if you do smoke, quit. Even if you’ve been a smoker for a long time, quitting now still decreases your risk.

Other factors that can increase the risk of lung cancer include exposure to secondhand smoke, radon, asbestos, and other toxic chemicals or fumes. For more information on lung cancer screenings, call the American Lung Association at (800) 586-4872 or use their online tool (www.lungcancerscreeningsaveslives.org), which will help you determine if your husband needs to be screened.

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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you’ll enjoy a monthly peek back at the world in 1995!This month, the television highlights of 1995:

• An estimated 150 million people watch as the not-guilty verdict is read in the O.J. Simpson verdict.

• Seinfeld broadcasts its 100th episode.

• The Today Show becomes the highest-rated morning news program (and would remain so until 2012).

• The History Channel, ESPN Classic, The WB, The Golf Channel, and Outdoor Life Network all launch.

• The Walt Disney Company announces that it will purchase ABC and ESPN.

• As the World Turns broadcasts its milestone 10,000th episode; All My Children celebrates its 25th anniversary with a primetime special.

• Robert MacNeil anchors The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour for the last time.

• The top 10 shows in the Nielsen ratings are ER, Seinfeld, Friends, Caroline in the City, Monday Night Football, The Single Guy, Home Improvement, Boston Common, 60 Minutes, and NYPD Blue.

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The Beauty in Nature

Small Birds Wintering in Local Woods

Several common kinds of small birds winter in deciduous woodlands and older suburban areas with their

many tall trees, including those here in Central Pennsylvania.

But each wintering species uses a different part of the woods to get its food. Some species feed from forest floors, while others use various parts of the trees, reducing competition for food among the various types of these birds, though there is some overlap.

Resident Carolina wrens and wintering winter wrens have brown feathering that camouflages them on the dead-leaf floors of wooded bottomlands near streams where they search for food. Both species scratch among fallen leaves and poke through brush piles and log piles after a diversity of invertebrates not covered by snow.

Little, mixed groups of resident Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice,

and wintering golden-crowned kinglets flutter vigorously around twigs and buds in their search for tiny, hibernating insects and insect eggs. These tiny birds also hang upside down on those tree parts to inspect them more closely.

Chickadees and titmice are gray as winter woods, except the chicks have black crowns and bibs. Kinglets are olive with an orange stripe on top of males’

heads and a yellow one on females’. All these species blend into their woodland habitat.

Resident white-breasted nuthatches and wintering brown creepers eat dormant insects and insect eggs from crevices in tree bark. Nuthatches walk up and down vertical trunks and peer into cracks for food, which they pull out with tweezers-like beaks. They are the only birds in North

America that walk down a tree trunk headfirst.

Creepers fly to the base of a tree and spiral up it toward the top, while looking into crevices for food, which they extract with their thin, curved-down bills. When they reach the top of a tree, they flutter to the base of the next one and spiral up it.

Nuthatches, which are mostly blue-gray on top, and creepers, which are brown above, blend into the bark, making them invisible until they move.

Four kinds of resident woodpeckers—downies, hairies, red-bellied, and pileated—chip into dead wood after invertebrates wintering there. They have stout beaks for chiseling, two toes in front and two in back to better grip the bark, and stiff tail feathers to prop them up on trunks. The hammering of these woodpeckers on dead wood gives away their presence.

Look for these birds in local woods and older suburbs in winter. They are interesting to experience.

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

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Carolina wren.

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Admiral RickoverThrew Him Out Not Once, but Twice

When Bill Houley was growing up in Rochester, N.Y., he gave little thought to the military.

But he did give some thought to college. To give him a leg up on that, his parents sent him to the prestigious prep school, Phillips Academy Andover.

He did well there and was accepted at Yale. But he recognized that going on to an Ivy League college, as so many of the Phillips graduates did, wasn’t exactly his cup of tea. He was looking for high adventure, which led him to decide on trying for an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

And in 1955, at age 17, he was lucky enough to get it.

At the academy, one of his officer mentors took him aside and asked if he had given any thought to the submarine service. That would give him ample chance for the close friendships and camaraderie that Houley was looking for.

So, when he was required to select a service as a senior, he chose submarines.

In those days, the Navy required officers to serve a year aboard a surface ship before service in submarines. So Houley did that and then attended Naval Submarine School in 1960. Next came a three-year tour of duty aboard a World War II-built diesel electric sub.

Diesel subs were small, cramped, and slow. But Houley liked everything about the experience—especially during the deployment to the Mediterranean. That provided time to play tourist and enjoy visiting such exciting

places as Rome and Paris. At the same time, however, he

requested nuclear propulsion training. And that meant being interviewed by Adm. Hyman Rickover, who approved all officers who served in nuclear subs.

The admiral was famously a no-nonsense guy with a prickly personality. Although he was widely seen as a genius who was dedicated to his service and was essential to the coming nuclear Navy, he was not noted for small talk

and making friends. Houley says, “He was feared, honored,

immortalized, but not really likeable.

When he was first promoted to admiral, he had not been on the promotion list sent by the Navy to Congress for approval. His name was added to the selection list by the Congress itself.”

When Rickover interviewed candidates, he was known for often asking questions for which there were no answers. The admiral’s staff had warned Houley to speak quickly and tersely. There was to be absolutely no baloney.

So how did the interview with him go then?

“Saying it was a disaster is painting too nice a picture,” Houley says. “After throwing me a few questions for which I had absolutely no answers, the admiral quickly lost patience and snarled, ‘Why are you so stupid?’ and threw me out of his office.”

The staff said Houley had to prove himself and suggested that he not give up. They gave him a stack of books that

Robert D. Wilcox

Rear Admiral William P. Houley, addressing recruits at Naval Station

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he was to study for 40 hours a week for six months. He returned to his diesel sub deployment, and, although his hectic schedule gave him little time to study, he was later able to face the admiral again.

That time, things didn’t go any better. “The admiral had a yellow-lined pad

on his desk,” Houley says. “After a few minutes of conversation, he took a pencil and dashed a straight line on the pad from upper left to lower right. Then, turning it to me, he demanded, ‘Do you know what this is?’ I confessed that I didn’t, and he said, ‘It’s a graph of your life,’ and he threw me out of his office for the second time.”

This time, the staff sent Houley to Naval Guided Missiles School, and he studied hard. Of some 30 officers, he scored second, with a score just a hair shorter than the leader. So, after graduation when he was to face Rickover for the third time, it went better, although the admiral, reviewing his grades, sniffed that he was “bottom of the barrel.”

At the time, however, the Navy was going through a rapid transition to nuclear power, and experienced officers were much in demand. So even though Rickover was not happy with him, Houley was boosted along the career path he sought.

After attending the Navy’s Nuclear Power School, he spent several years in nuclear submarines at sea and in fleet operations in positions of increasing

responsibility, finally qualifying as engineer and for command of a nuclear-powered submarine. This included approval for command by Adm. Rickover.

As he rose in rank and position, he had increasingly important responsibilities, including serving as commanding officer, U.S. Naval Submarine School at Groton, Conn., and as commander, Submarine Group TWO, where he was the admiral responsible for 39 nuclear submarine crews.

He then served in several positions on the staff of the chief of naval operations, where he was selected for flag rank in 1987. He retired from the Navy in 1994 as a two-star rear admiral.

After Navy retirement, Adm. Houley worked with a number of firms and returned to the Defense Department, where he served as the first director, defense reform, under then-Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen.

In retirement in 2012, he came to Central Pennsylvania to join several other of his Navy buddies in a comfortable retirement community. The record, let it be said, shows that, as absolutely essential to the Navy as Adm. Rickover was, his judgment of leaders was occasionally less than perfect, as the stellar career of Bill Houley so amply makes clear.

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

Volunteers Needed for Park Program

The York County Department of Parks and Recreation is seeking volunteers to help with Project FeederWatch, a research and educational project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon that monitors winter bird species across North America.

For the 20th consecutive year, volunteers at Nixon County Park will monitor the birds at the Nature Center feeders. Data is forwarded to Cornell so scientists can evaluate trends in populations, diseases, rare sightings, etc.

Volunteers are needed to fill one-hour time slots each Tuesday and Wednesday, beginning Nov. 10 through early April.

Hours are 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.The feeding stations at the Nature

Center provide a chance to view winter birds in the park. The beautiful, serene indoor setting of the Nature Center is accessible for those with disabilities and provides an opportunity for individuals with reduced mobility to participate in the program.

Volunteers need no prior birding experience. Those interested in assisting with FeederWatch should contact Kelsey Frey at Nixon County Park at (717) 428-1961.

For information on this and other programs, go to www.yorkcountyparks.org.

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Some Advice for Helping Friends in Mourning

When someone you know loses a loved one to death, you want to reach out but may feel

unsure of what to say or do.Perhaps you haven’t lost someone close,

and it’s difficult to appreciate what your friend is going through and anticipate their needs.

Allow me to share some advice.Don’t agonize over what to say. Keep it

simple and heartfelt—for example, “I’m so sorry,” “My heart goes out to you,” “I’m here for you,” or perhaps even “I’m at a loss for words.” Avoid platitudes such as, “It’s for the best” or “You still have a lot to be thankful for.”

Let your friend do the talking and listen attentively and non-judgmentally. Refrain from giving advice.

Accept silence. Sometimes a bereaved person may not feel like talking but would appreciate companionship. Remember, too, that body language—such as a touch of your hand or a hug—can also express support and caring, often better than words.

Keep in mind that grief affects one’s body, mind, and soul and that, although there may be similarities, no two people

grieve alike.Don’t

underestimate the pain your friend is experiencing and don’t discourage tears or urge them to “be strong.” Don’t try to withhold your own tears, either; they’re simply a sign that you care.

Share memories of your friend’s loved one—kind or funny things they did or words of wisdom they shared with you.

Find a favorite photo of the deceased person, frame it, and give it to your friend.

Encourage your friend to practice self-care, getting adequate nutrition, exercise, and sleep and scheduling regular medical checkups, as well as avoiding unnecessary stress.

Offer to help in practical ways, such as fielding phone calls, preparing meals, running errands, or walking a dog. Make concrete offers (for example, “I’m going to the grocery store—what can I get you?”) or simply go ahead and do things like

deliver a casserole or tend a garden.

Many newly bereaved people experience a spiritual crisis, so don’t be alarmed if this happens with your friend. Listen empathically to doubts and fears. If they

persist, encourage your friend to speak with a religious leader.

After the FuneralContinue to stay in touch after the

funeral is over. That’s when the reality of the loss, with all its implications, sets in, and grieving people need support more than ever.

Don’t avoid the subject of the deceased person or mention of their name. It’s comforting to the bereaved to know that others still remember their loved one as time goes by.

Be patient. Since grief saps energy, take the initiative in the relationship, calling and arranging visits.

Recognize that timelines for healing

vary from one person to the next. Don’t pressure friends into doing things they don’t feel ready for, such as sorting through and disposing of a loved one’s belongings.

Encourage friends to seek professional help if they’re not able to function in day-to-day life (suggestive of clinical depression) or they appear stuck in one phase of grieving (denial or anger, for example).

Remember special occasions throughout the year that are likely to be difficult: birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as the anniversary of death. Call or send a card to let friends know you’re thinking about them.

Above all, keep in mind that bereaved people don’t expect friends to provide answers to difficult, often philosophical questions—such as “Why did this happen?”—or to take away their pain.

What they do want and need is the comfort of knowing they are not alone.

Lisa M. Petsche is a social worker experienced in grief counseling. She currently works in hospice palliative care.

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Transitions Healthcare – Gettysburg595 Biglerville Road • Gettysburg, PA 17325(717) 334-6249 • www.transitionshealthcarellc.com

Number of Beds: 135Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: YesPrivate Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: PHCA, PACAComments: Fully staffed Transitions Healthcare employees in skilled nursing and sub-acute rehab. Tours are encouraged!

Tel Hai Retirement Community1200 Tel Hai Circle • Honey Brook, PA 19344(610) 273-9333 • www.telhai.org

Number of Beds: 139Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: NoSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: YesScheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: CARF, MHS Alliance, Leading AgeComments: Dedicated short-term rehab neighborhood with Tel Hai’s own therapy department dedicated to intensive therapy with goal of returning home.

Nursing & Rehabilitation CentersThe listings with a shaded background have additional information about their center in a display advertisement in this edition.

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York County

Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m.Green Thumb Garden Club Meeting: Raised Bed GardeningEmmanuel Lutheran Church2650 Freysville Road, Red Lion(717) 235-2823

Nov. 3, 7 p.m.Surviving Spouse Socials of York CountyFaith United Church of Christ509 Pacific Ave., York(717) 266-2784

Nov. 5, 7 p.m.Martin Leese Lecture Program: Carlisle Indian School – Hanover InvolvementHanover Area Historical SocietyWarehime-Myers Mansion305 Baltimore St., Hanover(717) 632-3207

Nov. 6, 10:30 a.m.Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York CountyJohn Rudy Park400 Mundis Race Road, York(717) 428-2210

Senior Center ActivitiesCommunity Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public

Library Programs

Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club

Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., Dillsburg, (717) 432-5613

Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814

Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220

Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Hanover, (717) 632-5183

If you have an event you would like to include, please email information

to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.

York County Department of Parks and Recreation

Nov. 15, 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Exploring Birds and More from the Tropics, Nixon Nature CenterNov. 28, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1 to 2:30 p.m. – Birds of Prey, Nixon County Park

Calendar of Events

Social Security News

Helping Veterans and Active-Duty Military Members

By John Johnston

On Veterans Day, the nation honors the men and women who risk their lives to protect

our freedom. Social Security honors veterans and

active-duty members of the military every day by giving them the respect they deserve. A vital part of that is administering the Social Security disability program.

For those who return home with injuries, Social Security is a resource they can turn to. If you know any wounded veterans, please let them know about Social Security’s Wounded Warriors website (www.socialsecurity.gov/woundedwarriors).

The Wounded Warriors website

answers many commonly asked questions and shares other useful information about disability benefits, including how veterans can receive expedited processing of disability claims.

Benefits available through Social Security are different from those from the Department of Veterans Affairs and require a separate application.

The expedited process is used for

military service members who become disabled while on active military service on or after Oct. 1, 2001, regardless of where the

disability occurs. Even active-duty military who

continue to receive pay while in a hospital or on medical leave should consider applying for disability benefits if they’re unable to work due to a disabling condition. Active-duty

status and receipt of military pay don’t necessarily prevent payment of Social Security disability benefits.

Although a person can’t receive Social Security disability benefits while engaging in substantial work for pay or profit, receipt of military payments should never stop someone from applying for disability benefits from Social Security.

Learn more by visiting www.socialsecurity.gov/woundedwarriors.

Social Security is proud to support the veterans and active-duty members of the military. Let these heroes know they can count on us when they need to take advantage of their earned benefits.

John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.

Heritage Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 292-7471, www.heritagesrcenter.orgNov. 9, 10:30 a.m. – Veterans Day Program with Roy

JusticeNov. 12, 9 to 11 a.m. – Big Bucks BingoNov. 19, 12:30 p.m. – Old-Fashioned Sing-along with

Pianist Ruth Kryshner

South Central Senior Community Center – (717) 235-6060, http://southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.comTuesdays, 10 to 11 a.m. – Stretch YogaWednesdays, 9 to 9:45 a.m. – Intermediate Line Dancing;

10 to 11 a.m. – Beginner Line DancingWednesdays, 12:45 p.m. – HoopFit

Susquehanna Senior Center – (717) 244-0340, www.susquehannaseniorcenter.orgMondays, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Chorus PracticeTuesdays, 6 to 10 p.m. – Bluegrass/Country Music Jam

Session

Windy Hill On the Campus – (717) 225-0733, www.windyhillonthecampus.orgNov. 20, 5 to 8 p.m. – Friday Night Dance

Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visit their website for more information.

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However, “seeing and meeting World War II vets in a forum where they shared their World War II experiences was compelling,” Lloyd said.

Lloyd didn’t miss a single Thursday-night meeting for two years, and eventually offered his assistance if they ever needed it. He now coordinates the speakers and handles many other responsibilities.

The Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable began as the Capital Area World War II Roundtable in 2003.

It was founded by William S. Jackson, former member of Gov. Casey’s and Gov. Ridge’s World War II Commemorative Committee; Fred Taylor, Harrisburg attorney and legal representative to the majority leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; and Jack Thomas, president of the Hershey Civil War Roundtable.

The group first met at a public library to gather critical first-person narratives of all branches of the service. Winters, a

Central Pennsylvania resident, was one of the first speakers.

The group’s name was changed to Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable in 2011. As the group grew over the years, it was forced to find larger facilities to accommodate everyone, now meeting in a Methodist church.

The Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and has no dues or memberships. Any donations it receives are given directly to the veterans, Lloyd said.

About 150 to 175 people—authors, historians, and interested citizens—and two to three dozen World War II veterans attend the roundtable the first Thursday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m.

After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, “we honor and recognize this generation for their service,” Lloyd said. “The role they played in preserving our way of life was at a most critical period in our history. We’re here because they were there.”

Each veteran is given a badge with their name, branch of service, and theater of operations of where they served, so attendees can know whom to thank for their service, he said.

Every month the free forum has a different speaker, with a question-and-answer session at the end.

“My role has been to be speaker chair for two years,” Lloyd said. “It’s been a challenge to get speakers to share their experiences with us. It’s been a challenge because of attrition. There are 800,000 (World War II veterans) left today and every day almost 500 die. (The veterans) are now in their early to mid-90s.”

Lloyd has formed relationships with other World War II groups, such as the Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project, Lancaster Oral History Club, Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, and the Dr. Harold C. Deutsch World War II History Roundtable from Edina, Minn.

The groups help each other locate

speakers. But it is still difficult to find people to get their message out, he said.

Some of the speakers at the Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable have included an Auschwitz survivor; bomber pilots and tail gunners; a survivor of the Malmedy Massacre; and a veteran who took part in one of the largest Naval battles in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the South Pacific.

The group’s November speaker is a veteran who had been in charge of the guards at the Nuremburg Trials and had to face Hermann Goering, the second-most powerful man in Germany behind Adolf Hitler.

A submariner who had been to the Battle of Midway is scheduled for December.

For the last two years, the Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable has been working with the National World War II Museum to capture World War II vets’ experiences on tape to be preserved in the National Archives, Lloyd said.

“We fully understand our clock is ticking. Because the veterans are in their 90s, there’s a sense of urgency to get their stories down as quickly as possible. Our goal is to get as many (veterans’ stories recorded) as we can,” he said.

Soon all that will be left will be the historians and authors, and “you just can’t beat firsthand accounts,” Lloyd said.

As for Lloyd himself, in July he crossed an item off his “bucket list” by traveling on a two-week battlefield expedition crafted by the roundtable’s business sponsor, Specialty Tours—and he has more than 1,500 photos to prove it.

If anyone is aware of a World War II veteran who would be a candidate for sharing his or her story at one of the group’s monthly meetings, please contact Lloyd at (717) 503-2862 or charlie.centralpaww2rt@gmail.com or write The Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable, P.O. Box 215, Hummelstown, Pa. 17036.

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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! Submissions should be 200 words or fewer and photos are encouraged. Email preferred to mjoyce@onlinepub.com or mail nominations to 50plus Senior News, Volunteer Spotlight, 3912 Abel Drive, Columbia, PA 17512.

York Retiree Serves Local CaféBrenda McCleary is the RSVP of the

Capital Region Volunteer of the Month for November.

McCleary volunteers at Healthy World Café, where she helps in the kitchen with food preparation, serving meals, cleanup, and whatever needs to be done.

She was born in York and graduated from William Penn Senior High School. She has two sons, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

She worked at Schmidt & Ault Paper Company/St. Regis/Stone Container for 33 years in various administrative positions until the close of the facility in 2000. After it closed, McCleary went to work for 14 years at P.H. Gladfelter until she retired in 2014.

She is a member of OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at Penn State, where she takes classes in various subjects. RSVP of the Capital Region

is proud to have her has one of its volunteers who makes a difference in York County.

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

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