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Beckerich displays his banner of sponsors at high camp (19,600 feet)of Aconcagua Peak, Argentina.

By Lori Van Ingen

Avid might be a tame word to describe James “Jim” Beckerich’s love ofclimbing.

Beckerich, who was a high school mathematics teacher for 36 years, aswell as a men’s soccer and baseball and co-ed floor hockey coach, enjoyedhaving his summers free.

It gave him the opportunity to follow his passion.Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Everest base camp, Machu Picchu

in Peru, Ixta and Orizaba in Mexico, and Cotopaxi in Ecuador—the 67-year-old has conquered them all.

And just last year, Beckerich climbed to 19,600 feet at Aconcagua Peak,the highest peak in South America and only second in the world to MountEverest, before running out of gas, just shy of reaching the summit.

But, he said, “there are amazing peaks right here in the United States.”Besides these adventures, for two months every summer, Beckerich takes

his Nissan, with his climbing gear and clothes, and drives to the Coloradopeaks—where he has climbed 40 of the 14,000-foot peaks—or other peaksaround the United States.

He also has scaled Mount Whitney and Mount Shasta in California,Mount Rainier in Washington, Mount Hood in Oregon, and MountWashington in New Hampshire.

Retired Teacher Has ScaledSome of World’s Tallest Peaks

Adventuresfrom on High

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DIYers are enjoying the process ofreclaiming, recycling, andrepurposing worn-out, vintage,

and antique objects. I have seen my fairshare of vintage teacups turned intocandlesticks or lamps, reclaimedheadboards repurposed into benches, anddrainage gutters reused for strawberryplanters.

While not everything should berepurposed, some junk can bereconsidered and made into some cool,contemporary stuff.

Here are some vintage and antiquepieces that have been re-done, whichmay provide a few ideas for those of youwho like Dumpster diving, yard-salehunting, and rehabbing old treasures.

• Old library card catalog cabinetrepurposed into a wine rack

• Oldarmoire guttedand turnedinto a liquorcabinet

• Oldclarinets andtrumpets madeinto gardenfountains

• Old butclean fishing creelrecycled into apocketbook

• Old wicker hamper reclaimed intoan oversized garden planter

• Vintage suitcases reused as coffeetable with glass top

• Old casementwindow as gardentable top

• Old feed bagmaterial re-sewnas throw pillows

• Old Ball jarsas miniatureplant terrariumsfor kitchen shelf

• Victorian (butclean) chamber potas magazine rack

And my favorite repurposing idea …of course, it has to do with jewelry. Takethose old 1950s wristwatches (just thewatch, not the entire band) and linkthem together with a single metal loop.

Link each loop to another wristwatchuntil you have linked enough to reacharound your wrist. This continuouschain link of wristwatches makes a cutebracelet.

For those of you who are all ready torecycle that old piece of furniture, besure you know the origin of what you arerepurposing and its value before youundertake your DIY project. It’s no fun ifyou find out that you repainted anantique library chair that once belongedto Noah Webster—worth $50,000—andcompletely devalued it.

Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author,and award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lorihosts antiques appraisal events worldwide.Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discoverychannel’s hit TV show Auction Kings. Visitwww.DrLoriV.com/Events, www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

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Get Help Navigating MedicareThe York County Area Agency on

Aging’s APPRISE Program will offer freepersonalized counseling duringMedicare’s Open Enrollment Period,which begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7.

The annual enrollment period is whenMedicare beneficiaries can review theircoverage and determine if health andprescription plans continue to meet theirneeds.

By comparing plans and makingchanges by Dec. 7, Medicare will haveenough time to process those changes toensure that the new coverage will beginon Jan. 1, 2015.

Medicare beneficiaries throughout theOpen Enrollment Period will be able toreceive one-on-one counseling assistance

offered by trained APPRISE counselorsat different locations throughout YorkCounty.

Prescheduled appointments arenecessary and can be made by calling theAPPRISE scheduling line at (717) 771-9042 or (800) 632-9073.

Dates and locations for the sessionsare as follows:

Oct. 20 and Nov. 17, 3:30 to 6 p.m. –West York Area High School, 1800Bannister St., West ManchesterTownship

Oct. 21, 3:30 to 6 p.m. – DallastownArea High School, 700 New SchoolLane, York Township

Oct. 23 and Nov. 10, 4 to 6:15 p.m. –South Western High School, 200Bowman Road, Penn Township

Oct. 27 and Nov. 20, 4 to 6 p.m. – YorkSuburban High School, 1800 HollywoodDrive, Spring Garden Township

Oct. 28 and Nov. 18, 10 a.m. to noon –Spring Grove High School, 1490 Roth’sChurch Road, Jackson Township

Oct. 30, 1 to 4 p.m. – NortheasternHigh School, 300 High St., Manchester

Oct. 31, noon to 3 p.m. –Susquehannock High School, 3280 FisselsChurch Road, Shrewsbury Township

Nov. 3, 1 to 4 p.m. – Red Lion AreaHigh School, 200 Horace Mann Ave.,Red Lion

Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m. to noon – Kennard-Dale High School, 393 Main St., FawnTownship

Nov. 19, 1 to 2:30 p.m. – Red LandHigh School, 560 Fishing Creek Road,Fairview Township

Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, 9 a.m. to noon –York County Area Agency on Aging, 100W. Market St., York


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Dan Cooper grew up in EastLiverpool, Ohio, the son of aNavy officer dad. Unlike

most sixth-graders, Cooper knewexactly that he wanted to do with hislife.

That early, he had his eyes set onattending the U.S. Naval Academyand becoming a naval officer. Andinstead of just dreaming about it, heknuckled down and prepared for it,seriously studying and gaining thebroadest knowledge he could get.

When he graduated from highschool in 1952, he was first turneddown for an appointment because hewas unable to pass the eye test. So heattended Washington & JeffersonCollege for a year before he was ableto gain a waiver for his eyes andbecome a plebe at the naval academy.

Graduating in 1957, he spent 18months as an ensign aboard anamphibious ship before he was able tovolunteer for submarine service. Aftersix months in submarine school, hespent three years as a junior officer atsea on a diesel submarine, after whichhe was selected to spend a year atHarvard, studying internationalrelations.

“Then,” Cooper says, “I was sentorders to be interviewed by AdmiralHyman Rickover, who personally metand selected every officer going intothe Navy nuclear power program.”

How did that go? “Not real well,” Cooper says. “The

admiral had a very confrontationalstyle, challenging everyone to realizehow rough the job would be andquestioning frankly whether they’d beable to handle it. He asked me sternlywhy I wasn’t doing better.

“What I learned later was that thiswas his style. He apparently never metanyone that he didn’t feel could dobetter. And he let them know it in nouncertain terms,” he says. “I’ll behonest: I hoped that as I furthered mycareer, he wouldn’t be around.

“Only later did I realize how muchhe meant to developing a safe nuclearNavy. He was tenacious, patriotic,absolutely dedicated, and supremelygifted in all the other ways he had tobe in order the fashion the nuclear

Navy we have today. Frankly, I can’tthink of one other person who couldhave pulled that off.”

In 1966, Cooper became executiveofficer on the USS Simon Bolivar, anuclear-powered ballistic submarinethat was longer than a football field.It carried 16 Poseidon nuclear missilesand had two separate crews of 14officers and 126 enlisted men.Rotating the crews’ time aboardallowed a much greater time at sea inthe sub’s mission of providing nucleardeterrence.

Cooper served for two years aboardthe Simon Bolivar before he wasassigned as an aide to the vice chief ofnaval operations. That was followedby two years as commanding officerof the USS Puffer (SSN-652), anuclear attack submarine operatingout of Pearl Harbor. Then came threeyears as commander of a submarinesquadron, home based in NewLondon, Conn.

In 1980, he was selected to flagrank (admiral), serving as comptroller,sea systems command. And after twoyears there, he served for three yearsas budget officer for the Navy. Hecontinued to get more responsibilities,becoming director of navy programplanning and budgeting and beingpromoted to vice admiral (three stars).

In 1986 he became commander,submarine forces, Atlantic fleet. Thenit was back to Washington again toserve for three years as assistant chief

of naval operations for underseawarfare, his last post before retiringfrom the Navy in 1991.

As an aside, he recalls that whenthe film The Hunt for Red October wasto be filmed, the script came to hisoffice to make sure it revealed nothingclassified.

He says, “I took the script home toread and told them the next day thatit revealed nothing classified and that,except for one off-color story thatdidn’t reflect well on the Navy, I sawit as a fine, G-rated film that I’d becomfortable in having my wife orgrandmother see.”

Did they delete that story beforereleasing the film? With a smile, hesays, “They did.”

You might think that aftershedding all the responsibilities heshouldered during his Navy days,retirement would become time for alife of relaxation … and perhaps someserious golf. But, when he was offeredthe job of undersecretary for veteransbenefits, Department of VeteransAffairs, he felt he had to say yes.

During his six years in thatposition, he testified beforecongressional committees severaltimes a year. That had been acommon experience for him duringall his years in Washington, when hetestified before Congress frequently asa submariner and navy budget officer.

He also remembers vividly the timewhen a young senator named BarackObama asked him for a personalbriefing on the many aspects of theVA with which the senator needed tobe familiar.

After retiring a second time in2008, Cooper did a detailed analysisof retirement communities and foundone in Central Pennsylvania where heand his wife, Betty, came in 2012 tolive in retirement.

As can be expected, his“retirement” is so full of activities thatmost people would consider it goingfull throttle. And he reflects that it’sfrosting on the cake that so manyother Navy men have discovered thesame retirement community.

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

What Do You Say to Admiral RickoverWhen He Barks at You,

‘Why aren’t you doing better?’Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

CDR Daniel L. Cooper atPearl Harbor in 1975, as he tookcommand of the nuclear-fueled

attack submarine USS Puffer.

There are several firms that cater tothe general public for testing ofindividual DNA. Most of them

actively promote their services and canbe found on the Internet.

The “big four,” with the main thrustsof their services, are: 23andMe (medical,genealogical, and personal ancestry);Family Tree DNA (genealogical, personalancestry); AncestryDNA (genealogical,personal ancestry); and Genographic byNational Geographic (populationgenetics research, personal ancestry).

The first three charge about $100 fora basic test, while NG charges about$200 for a more comprehensive test. Fora detailed comparison of these firms, seehttp://bit.ly/DNATestVendorsCompared.

The premise behind all of these tests isthat humans, like all living things, have agenome—a set of biological “plans” thatdetermines the details of our veryexistence: hair color; eye color; bodyshape; susceptibility to asthma, ortuberculosis, or color blindness; ability toprocreate; etc.—the very things thatmake us individuals.

These traits, however, have beenpassed down from our ancestors via thecoding described by substances calleddeoxyribonucleic acids: DNA.

We receive some of the DNA fromone parent, some from the other. Sinceour parents had parents, they, too,received some from each parent, meaning

that part of our DNA is from ourgrandparents—and from our great-grandparents and our great-great-grandparents, back to the first humans.

Our DNA is contained mostly ingenes, in our chromosomes, of which wehave 23 pairs. Most of our DNA is of atype called autosomal, contained in 22 ofthe 23 chromosome pairs. The 23rd pairis the one that determines our sex. Inmales, the pair comprises one X and oneY chromosome, and in females it has twoX chromosomes. Thus, the DNA in theY chromosome (Y-DNA or paternalDNA) is passed only from male to male.

Another key form of DNA ismitochondrial DNA (mtDNA ormaternal DNA), which can be passedfrom a woman to both male and femaleoffspring but cannot be further passed onby the males. These characteristics meanthat paternal and maternal DNA can(separately) be compared to known DNAcharacteristics of various ethnic andgeographic groups (called haplogroups)that existed in the distant past.

Last time, I noted that one of thegenealogical reasons for DNA testingincludes the desire to know one’s broadethnic or national origins. Many peopleare intrigued by such questions. Do theyhave black, or Jewish, or NativeAmerican ancestry?

While the test vendors use DNAanalyses to indicate a subject’s “ancestry

composition,” I believe many researchersput undue weight on such descriptions.

For example, my 23andMe ancestrycomposition shows 87.7 percentEuropean, with 75.1 percent SouthernEuropean and 59.9 percent Italian, and itfound that less than one-tenth of 1percent of my ancestry is Irish or British.

Those findings are not surprising,because I have found by traditional“paper genealogy” that most of myancestors back to the sixth generation inthe mid-1700s were from one of onlytwo towns in central Sicily. The partabout 5.1 percent being Middle Easternor African is intriguing but no moresurprising.

The “small print” says that theseestimates are for one’s ancestryapproximately “500 years ago, beforeocean-crossing ships and airplanes cameon the scene.”

Other results claim to define one’s

ancestry as far back as 5,000 to 50,000years, but I feel that such “ancestry”simply refers to stages or regions thatthe familial forebears passed throughduring the long history of mankind. Ihappen to believe that all mankinddescended from the first humans inAfrica, so that if the DNA studies wereall completely accurate, everyone’sancestral composition would be thesame: 100 percent African.

Next time, I’ll discuss what DNAtesting can do to answer the questionsI’m most interested in: thosesurrounding “personal ancestry.”

Coniglio is the author of a novella inspiredby his Sicilian research entitled The Lady ofthe Wheel, available in paperback atamzn.to/racalmuto or in an e-book atbit.ly/LadyOfTheWheelKindle. For moreinformation, check out his webpage atbit.ly/AFCGen or email him [email protected].


How Can DNA Results Help Our Search?

The Search for Our Ancestry

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New Resource Available to Help Older Adults Quit SmokingThe National Institutes of Health has

released a new Web resource to helpolder adults stop smoking.

Quitting Smoking for Older Adults, anew topic from NIHSeniorHealth, offersvideos, worksheets, interactive features,strategies, quizzes, and more for oldersmokers who want to or are thinking ofquitting.

In addition to lung and other cancers,smoking can cause heart disease, stroke,and chronic obstructive pulmonarydisease (COPD).

The recent surgeon general’s report,The Health Consequences of Smoking – 50

Years of Progress, provides new data thatlinks smoking to bone disease, cataract,diabetes, macular degeneration, anderectiledysfunction.

Research showsthat people whoquit smoking,regardless of theirage, are less likelythan those whocontinue tosmoke to die from smoking-relatedillness.

Although the rates of smoking have

declined in recent years for all agegroups, nearly 10 percent of adults over65—almost 4 million older Americans—

continue to smoke. “Most older

adults know thatsmoking isharmful, and manyhave triedunsuccessfully toquit, often anumber of times.

But stopping smoking is a difficult goalthat still eludes many older smokers,”says Erik Augustson, program director of

the Tobacco Control Research Branch atthe National Cancer Institute (NCI),which developed the topic forNIHSeniorHealth.

NCI has also included informationabout the challenges and advantages ofquitting when you’re older, smoking’seffect on medications, and how to handlewithdrawal, cravings, and more.

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Scandal is no stranger to any periodof American history, or to anysector of our society. It’s a

misconception that contemporary timeshave brought a severe decline in themorality of our public figures. Thefounders of our republic, otherwisedeeply revered, themselves had episodesof falling from grace.

We tend to not know or to forget thesins of the prominent in an earlierAmerica. Are leaders today more debasedthan those of the 18th and 19th centuries?Maybe the reporting of the follies of ourcontemporaries is more lurid anddetailed than the scandals of bygone eras.

Political figures of our developingcountry were not always role models.Aaron Burr, vice president in PresidentJefferson’s first term in office, asked theBritish minster to the United States for$500,000 to have Burr’s help inseparating Louisiana from the nation.

Two years later, in 1806 when he wasthen out of office, Burr told the Spanishminister to the United States that hisplan went beyond having westernterritories secede. He conspired tocapture our nation’s capital as well. Burrwas acquitted of the charge of treasonbecause his plan was not accompanied bydirect action.

Jefferson, admired for many qualities,reportedly fathered several children byone of his slaves, Sally Hemings, yearsafter his wife died. This scandal firstbroke as public news while Jefferson wasin his first term of the presidency. Hesimply ignored the charge. Today’s presswould not allow that news to lapse.

Alexander Hamilton, our firstsecretary of the treasury, had a three-yearaffair with a married woman thateventually becamepublic. He never heldpublic office after thedisclosure.

President GroverCleveland, presidentduring two separatedterms toward the endof the 19th century,acknowledged hispaternity of anillegitimate son 10years before he becamepresident. He wasunmarried at the time.Other paramours ofthe mother weremarried. Cleveland didthe magnanimousthing and assumedchild support to sparethe others. Ratherthan destroying himpolitically, his noblegesture attractedconsiderable praise.

President Harding(1921-23) had twoaffairs before enteringthe White House. Thelatter romance waswith a married womanthat lasted from 1905until 1920. He kept the matter quietduring his presidential campaign bypaying the woman for her silence, onlyto die of a heart attack while in office.

Some suspected the illicit romance droveMrs. Harding to poison the president, agossip unsupported by evidence.

Recent years haveseen scandalousbehavior among ourmilitary leaders butnever a betrayal ofallegiance to thecountry. That can’t besaid of all militarycommanders decadesago.

James Wilkinsonwas twice thecommanding generalof the United StatesArmy, from 1796-1798 and from 1800-1812. Teddy Rooseveltsaid of him, “In all ourhistory there is nomore despicablecharacter.” After hisdeath, it wasdiscovered Wilkinsonwas a paid agent ofSpain.

Anotherrevolutionary armycommander, GeneralCharles Lee, second incommand underWashington, disobeyedbattle orders issued byWashington, for whom

he held personal contempt as unfit tolead the revolution.

Lee previously had been held prisonerby the British. It was found, after his

death, that during that imprisonment hehad worked to assist British GeneralHowe.

Benjamin Church was the firstsurgeon general of the United StatesArmy during the AmericanRevolutionary War. He was also aninformer to British General ThomasGage. Church was convicted oftreasonous behavior.

No one matched the treachery ofBenedict Arnold, a Revolutionary Warhero who became disillusioned with thecause and bitter at those superiors whoclaimed personal credit for Arnold’saccomplishments.

Appointed to command the fort atWest Point, Arnold offered to surrenderto the British. His treason discovered, heescaped capture by Washington’s forcesand became a general in the British army,leading attacks in Virginia andConnecticut.

Scandals serve a purpose. Theydemonstrate to the ethically frail that themoral and ethical transgressions of eventhe wealthy and powerful can go awry,regardless of their skill in concealment.Follies of the prominent provide publicmorality lessons. The rest of us sin inprivate.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-researchanalyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth:The Higher-Valued Opinion of a SeniorCitizen and A Musing Moment: MeditativeEssays on Life and Learning, books ofpersonal-opinion essays, free of partisan andsectarian viewpoints. Contact him [email protected].

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Aman far better than I atarithmetic informs me that thenational debt is now more than

$17 trillion. My source for this bit ofominous-sounding financial informationis Oscar, the proprietor of Oscar’s Tap,our neighborhood haven for the jitteryand thirsty.

Oscar, along with mastery of thefoaming technique that makes the glassappear full when it really isn’t, subscribesto the Wall Street Journal, so heobviously understands finance.Apparently there was something new inthe world of big numbers; Oscar wasloaded with numerical information theother evening.

He waited a minute, letting the 17trillion figure sort of soak in, beforeadding that there are now more than 140million Americans working for a living,with most of them paying taxes andproviding about three-fourths of thegovernment’s income.

“Not to worry,” Oscar added ratherhastily, perhaps fearful that I wouldthrow up both arms, abandon myself tototal despair, and go home withoutpaying.

Then Oscar draped himself over thebar to make sure I could hear.

“I’m rounding off the numbers,” heexplained, recognizing a bit late themathematical naiveté of his audience,“but you get the idea.”

I didn’t, of course, but I couldn’timagine Oscar had it in him to make upall these numbers, so I guessed thatsomehow in response I was supposed to

divide 17 trillion by 140 million andthen do something about the three-fourths that was involved in this thing.

The trouble was that I couldn’tremember how many zeros are in atrillion — just one trillion, let alone 17of them. And I was trying my best torecall details of the 140 millionnumber — taxpayers, I think they were.All I could think of was “six-figureincome,” which I’d been told ratherpointedly my brother-in-law was making,but I suspected that number had nothingto do with this.

But did the figures include all thezeros in 140 million or not? I mentallypictured 140 million. There weredistinctly nine numbers in a row.Confusion was already reigning, and Ihadn’t yet had a sip from the draft beerOscar had put in front of me, spilling alittle to make an island out of thepaperboard coaster as he always did, andcalling into play his sodden bar rag.

He slopped it around a bit as I triedto picture in my mind the extended longdivision of the 140 million and the 17trillion. In a flash, I could rememberSister Mary Agatha of the Seven Sorrowsputting the long division problem on theblackboard. She always ended up withthe veil of her black habit streaked withwhite chalk dust.

But her numbers never had a lot ofzeros. Maybe one or two, after we fifth-graders had begun to get the hang of thething, but nothing like what a trillioncalled for. Bluntly, I think Sister MaryAgatha would have been just as thrown

by all these zeros as I was. The 140 and the 17 were no problem,

but I knew the answer couldn’t possiblybe dividing 17 into 140 and coming upwith whatever that was. It would besmall change to Oscar, and he’d hardlyhave brought the matter up if that’s all itwas.

And dividing the 17 into the 140would come up with a decimal of somesort, which Sister Mary Agatha alsotaught, but I was out with mumps thatweek.

“There’s really nothing to worryabout,” Oscar broke into my thoughts inthe nick of time. “It comes out to about80 G’s per head. But that’s over the next30 years or so, and we can just roll itover — most of it, anyway.”

Oscar paused to reassure me. “These guys on TV just want

something scary to talk about. Theydon’t understand how it works.”

Neither did I, and now I was leftwondering why Oscar had brought thesubject up in the first place, as I watchedhim scoop my five-dollar bill out of thepuddle on the bar, punch “no sale” onthe cash register, and put down a dollarand two quarters in the puddle.

Here was another financial challenge.Should I leave behind the dollar or thetwo quarters as a tip?

I left only the quarters. I figured ifOscar knows that much about highfinance, he doesn’t need a lot of my help.And, besides, I wonder if he made up allthose figures—just so $3.50 for a beerwith a lot of foam wouldn’t seem soexpensive.

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Dear Savvy Senior,What can you tell me about online

memorials? My uncle recently passed away,and some of the family thought it would beneat to create an online memorial to paytribute to him and accommodate the manyfamily and friends who are scatteredaround the country and couldn’t attend hisfuneral.– Grieving Niece

Dear Grieving,It’s a great idea! Online memorials

have become increasingly popular overthe past decade, as millions of peoplehave created them for their departed

loved ones as away to recognizeand rememberthem.

OnlineMemorials?An online

memorial is awebsite createdfor a deceasedperson thatprovides acentral locationwhere theirfamily and

friends canvisit to sharestories, fondmemories,andphotographsand tocomfort oneanother andgrieve.

Thememorialcan remainonline forlife (or aspecificperiod of

time), allowing people to visit andcontribute any time in the privacy oftheir own space.

Online memorials started popping upon the Internet in the late 1990s butwere created primarily for people whowere well known. But now, these sites arefor anyone who wants to pay tribute totheir departed family member or friendand ensure they will be remembered.

Content typically posted on an onlinememorial includes a biography, pictures,stories from family and friends, andtimelines of key events in their life, alongwith favorite music and even videos.

Another common feature is theacceptance of thoughts or candles offeredby visitors to the site who want to sendtheir condolences and support to thegrieving party.

An online memorial can also directvisitors to the departed person’s favoritecharity or cause to make a donation as analternative to sending funeral flowers.

How to Make OneTo make an online memorial, you can

either create an independent website oruse an established memorial site, which iswhat most people choose to do.Memorial websites are very easy to createand personalize and can be done in lessthan 30 minutes.

There are literally dozens of thesetypes of sites on the Internet today. Tolocate them, do an online search for“online memorial websites.” In themeantime, here are a few good sites tocheck into.

The biggest and most established sitein the industry is Legacy.com, which alsopublishes about 75 percent of theobituaries in North America each yearthrough its newspaper affiliations.Creating an online memorial throughthis site(see www.memorialwebsites.legacy.com)will run you $49 for the first year, plusan annual $19 sponsorship fee to keep itvisible.

Some other popular sites to check outare ForeverMissed.com, which offers afree, barebones option, along with apremium plan that runs $35 per year or$75 for life, and iLasting.com, whichruns $49 per year or $99 for permanentdisplay.

If you’re on a tight budget,consider LifeStory.com, which iscompletely free to use but requires you tolog in through Facebook to get to it.iMorial.com is free if you allow ads to beposted on your uncle’s page, or it costs$50 without ads.

Or, if your uncle used Facebook, youcan also turn his profile into a memorialfor free when you show proof of death.

Once his page is memorialized, hissensitive information will be removedand his birthday notifications will stop,but (depending on his privacy settings) itstill enables family and friends to postmemories and condolences.

In addition, you can also request aLook Back video, which is a short videocreated by Facebook highlighting youruncle’s pictures and most liked statusmessages.

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to theNBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org

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Do I need to spend my daysimagining something awful happening tomy husband, Bob, or to me? A caraccident? A heart attack? A house fire? If,God forbid, any of these things were tohappen, must I go through the agony ofthem before they even occur, if in factthey ever do?

No.Although I’ve recently written about

my little cat, Jordy, he’s had anotherremarkable experience in his short life.

A few months ago, I wrote that whenJordy was a kitten, his back leg wasdestroyed. Given no medical care,someone had left him to suffer. Bob andI don’t know the person who did this tohim, nor how it happened. Thank Godwe found him and adopted him.

After his leg was amputated, he was ahappy kitten. Now he slips, slides, falls,and bounces right back up, purring thewhole time.

But last week, Bob and I found Jordy

crying in pain, unable to get up. Tooearly in the morning to see our regularvet, we took him to an emergency clinic.Although the doctor wasgreat, she was unable tohelp him.

When I was apracticingpsychotherapist, Ilearned that traumas,particularly deaths, bringup older deaths withnearly the same intensityas if they had justhappened. Helplesslywatching Jordy cry, I relived the last dayof the life of my cat, Eddie.

Therefore, instead of imagining theworst-case scenario in the future andliving through it twice, I’m reliving theworst-case scenario of the past.

Two years ago, when Bobbrought Eddie’s body home from anemergency clinic, he gently placedhim, still warm, in my arms. Icradled him while I rocked him andsang to him for one last time.

I am only hurting myself by relivingthat day again and again. Only recentlyhave I allowed myself to relive the good

times, the funny times, likeEddie’s famous glare, hiseyes half shut in an intensestare, looking for anythingthat had been added to theroom or moved an inch sothat he could pounce on itand smash it tosmithereens.

I can choose what tothink. And now I have achoice with Jordy. I can

imagine the worst-case scenario or not. Jordy’s day turned out gloriously. Our

regular vet quickly diagnosed theproblem as an injury to the hip wherethe leg had been amputated.

That very afternoon, with no pain and

no crying, Jordy happily joined hisfamily as if nothing had ever happened.

Jordy sleeps between Bob’s knees. Bobdoesn’t move all night because heavenforbid he moves the cat. That night,Jordy slept soundly while Bob blissfullygroaned in discomfort.

Jordy wasn’t dreaming about whateverbad thing might come his way. Twitchinglightly, he was probably dreaming aboutthe chipmunk he loves to watch from thewindow.

I’ll always learn my most importantlessons from my cat.

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There’s no doubtabout it. If I livedin the days before

air conditioning and hadoodles of cash to spare, Itoo would escape thesweltering summers ofNew York City by buildinga mega-mansion in theHudson River Valley.

I would have it designedby one of the top architectsin the country, decoratedwith the finest art and antiques, andsurrounded by formal gardens equal to orbetter than those in Europe.

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During the late 19th and early 20th

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Springwood, Top Cottage, and Val-KillThe nearby homes of Franklin and

Eleanor Roosevelt are more modest whentaken individually, but the property,which comprises The Franklin D.Roosevelt National Historic Site at HydePark, contains three separate homes.

Springwood, where FDR spent manyof his pre-presidential years, is a mere20,000 square feet, and the antiques andart are mixed with family mementos. Ofcourse, the stuffed birds collected by thechild of the family might be lessinteresting had that child not grown upto be president of the United States!

After FDR’s father died, the home andsurrounding land passed to Sara,Franklin’s mother. From that time on,she not only controlled the familymoney, but to a large extent she alsocontrolled her only son.

For example, before allowing him tobuild a small retreat on a heavily woodedpart of the property, she made himpromise that he would never spend thenight in that house. She worried that ifhe needed medical attention, anambulance might find it difficult tonavigate the forest roads in the dark.

Roosevelt, who at that time wasprobably the most important man in the

world, protested but eventually agreed tohis mother’s demands, and Top Cottage,which is a cottage in the traditional ratherthan the Vanderbiltian sense of the word,was built in 1938.

Our 32nd president, says our guide,may have had his way with world leaders,but not with his own mother!

The only part of the estate that wasn’tunder Sara’s direct control was Val-Kill,

the Dutch Colonial home of EleanorRoosevelt. She wanted cozy andcomfortable, and that is exactly what shegot.

The knotty pine walls are coveredwith photos of family and friends, theoverstuffed chairs are mismatched, andthe dishes on the table look exactly likethose used by many middle-classhousewives in the mid-20th century—including my own mother-in-law.

Wilderstein and Locust GroveWe tour two other estates: Wilderstein,

the home of Margaret “Daisy” Suckley,who was a distant cousin and “closefriend” of Franklin Roosevelt—“Howclose,” says the guide, “is not known”—and Locust Grove, the home of SamuelMorse, a man who is best remembered asthe inventor of the telegraph and thecode that bears his name.

We’ll have to visit the other mansionson our next visit. As we’ve learned, theHudson Valley is the place to be in thesummer. The mega-rich of yesteryearhave told us so.

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Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted;story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt areburied in a garden on the Hyde Park

property.

Springwood, which was purchased byFDR’s father in 1866 and updated many

times thereafter, was modest compared tothe estates of its neighbors.

Eleanor Roosevelt’s home, Val-Kill, isthe only National Historic Site

dedicated to a first lady.

Locust Grove Estate was owned bySamuel Morse from 1847 to 1872.

He was an outstanding painter but isbest remembered as the inventor of

the Morse code.


When asked how it feels to beturning 100 years old, Mary Bartlettkept it simple.

“It’s just the same old, same old,”she said. “Life goes on. I’m gratefulto keep going.”

So, what’s her secret to longevity?“The way I see it, it is not a secret

at all. I was put here for a purpose,”Bartlett said. “When that is fulfilled,that will be the end of my life hereon Earth. My purpose is to be kindto others, love them, and help themas much as you can.”

Mary Bartlett was born on Sept.14, 1914, in Texas. She spent mostof her childhood in Dallas. Herfather, Frank, was a purchasing agentfor the Texas Pacific Railroad, whileher mother, Grace, stayed at home toraise Mary and her sister.

Some of her fondest memoriesinclude summers in west Texas,family sing-a-longs, and train trips toplaces such as New Orleans andYellowstone Park.

“Everything was family orientedback in those days,” Bartlett said.

She went on to spend her highschool years at Hockaday School forGirls in Dallas, followed by a year atSouthern Methodist University. Shepursued a degree in languages, with amajor in Latin and minor in Greek.

She is very proud of the fact thatshe graduated from the University ofTexas with a degree in languages. Itwas at the university where she mether husband, John Bartlett.

She and her husband spent 20years in St. Louis, Mo., raising theirtwo children, followed by moves toNew York City and Georgetown,Conn., where she stayed for 15years. Prior to joining SeniorCommons, she spent 14 years in thesouthern heat of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

“I loved living in Florida,” shesaid. “I would always go back; we

lived right on the water.”Although it’s not quite the same

as Florida, Bartlett has been enjoyingher stay at Senior Commons atPowder Mill. She loves playing bingoand attending the live concerts andother entertainment events.

“It’s safe,” she said. “I’ve neverlived in a nicer place with nicerpeople.”

Senior Commons at Powder Millhosted a surprise birthday party forher in September, and her familyalso celebrated with eventsthroughout her birthday week andweekend.

Bartlett’s advice for living a long,healthy life is to be active.

“I loved playing sports, both as achild and as a mother,” she said. “Iloved playing with the kids when Ihad the chance. My good health waspartly inherited from my parents,but I did try to eat healthy when Icould. I also stayed busy withvolunteering for differentorganizations throughout mylifetime.”

Looking back on her 100 years,she has no regrets.

“I’ve had a wonderful life and I’veloved every minute,” she said. “Iwouldn’t do anything different.”

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The Beauty in Nature

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Blue jays, gray squirrels, and easternchipmunks are interesting towatch gathering and storing nuts

and seeds during September and Octoberin the woods and suburbs of southeasternPennsylvania, as in much of NorthAmerica. These creatures obviously havememories that enable them to findstashed food.

Eachspecies storesfood forwinter in away differentfrom theothers. Groupsof blue jaysflash into pinoak trees withpatches of redor brownautumnfoliage amongthe green topick acorns,one at a time,and fly awaywith them tostash them intree cavitiesand behindloose bark orpoke theminto loose soil.

Each jayoffers abeautifulcontrast ofblue feathersamong thecolored oakleaves,particularly onsunny days.

Duringwinter, jaysvisit the places where they stashed acorns.They pull out the acorns, one at a time,crack the shells with their sturdy beaks,and eat the meat inside.

Gray squirrels are most obvious inSeptember and October, when theyrummage noisily through trees and deadleaves on the ground for acorns, walnuts,and hickory nuts.

Squirrels rustling through dry leavesmake one think of deer or bears in thewoods. They stash nuts in tree cavitiesand bury them one at a time in theground. During winter, they visit theircaches to eat stored nuts.

Only rodents have jaws strong enoughand teeth sharp enough to chew throughthe hard husks and shells of walnuts and

hickory nuts.Those foodsbelong almostexclusively torodents.

Easternchipmunks,which are akind of groundsquirrel,scamper noisilyover dead leafcarpets in thewoods and thelawns of oldersuburbs insearch of nutsand seeds forthe winter.They stuff thatfood into theircheeks andwhisk it totheirundergroundburrows.

There theypush that foodout of theircheeks withtheir frontpaws into astoragechamber andzip out to findmore. They dothat much of

each day, every day in fall. Chipmunks sleep in their snug dens

through winter, waking up occasionallyto eat stored food and then sleepingagain. Thus they spend the winter inrelative comfort and safety.

Watch for these birds and mammalsgathering nuts this autumn. They areentertaining.

Storing Nuts

Gray squirrel

Blue jay


By Christina Cardamone

More than 1,000 communitymembers descended upon the York ExpoCenter’s Memorial Hall – East to enjoy

the 12th annual York County 50plusEXPO, a free, one-day event thatprovided them with information andresources for the baby boomer andsenior communities.

More than 80 exhibitors representedproducts and services for health andwellness, housing, travel, finances, homeimprovement, and leisurely activities.

“We had a wonderful day,” CherylEisenhart, a WellSpan quality staffdevelopment assistant at the VNA, said.

Among the121 bloodpressurescreeningsEisenhartrecorded, shesaid thatrepresentativeswere also able toshareinformationabout theirWellSpan CallButton service.

Attendees were able to take advantageof free health screenings for stroke,spine, joints, rehabilitation, bloodpressure, ear, balance, bone density, andBMI.

Jim Smoker, a resident of ConewagoTownship and a first-time attendee of

the 50plus EXPO, came as a tai chai

demonstrator but ended up alsopartaking of the day’s festivities.

“I was surprised at the variety ofexhibitors, and I found some interestinginformation to utilize,” Smoker said,adding that “the availability ofindividuals who spent their timedescribing their services was quite nice.”

The York County Area Agency onAging and local businesses andorganizations returned to the York

County 50plus EXPO to provide Falls

Free York, an area dedicated to fallprevention. Here, attendees learnedabout falling hazards while undergoingcane- and walker-safety checks, lookingat fall-prevention products, or taking afew minutes for a balance screening.

Visitors took a break from walking bysitting down and enjoying the day’sentertainment. The line-up for the daybegan with a preview of Dutch AppleDinner Theatre’s 2014-2015 musicalshows, which include the regionalpremiere of Mid-Life 2: The CrisisContinues.

Dom DeSantis, founder of Be Safe inPA, demonstrated self-defensetechniques with the help of his son,showing the audience vulnerable areason an attacker’s body and sharingscenarios in which certain protectivemoves would be most useful.

Since 1946 the White RoseBarbershop Quartet has been

harmonizing in theYork community,and the groupserenaded theattendees of the

York EXPO withrenditions ofstandards tunesfrom the turn ofthe century as wellas arrangements ofmodern and morefamiliar melodies.

Drayer Physical Therapy offered aninteractive session emphasizing theimportance of exercise and suggestingways to keep moving and reduceparticipants’ risk for chronic injuries.Many of the exercises could beperformed seated and focused onstretching and strengthening muscles inboth the core and the limbs.

Matt Macis, a headline entertainer,brought his lively song-and-dance show

to the EXPO stage, engaging listenerswith his energetic blend of music,moves, and humor. Macis belted outfamiliar toe-tappers by Frank Sinatra andFrankie Valli & the Four Seasons, amongothers.

Regal Dance Clubs proved thatpeople of all ages and talents are capableof harnessing their inner dancer. Theywowed the crowd with their gracefulmoves and smooth routineschoreographed to a variety of Latin andballroom-inspired rhythms, such as thecha-cha, foxtrot, rumba, swing, tango,and the waltz.

“It’s only my second year [at the

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EXPO],” commented Peg Hengst of YorkCounty. “I like the dancing, and it’susually so interesting.”

Another special guest at the 50plusEXPO was the Spirit of ’45 Day Express,driven by Auston and Bonnie O’Neill.The O’Neills, originally from Virginia,have dedicated two years of their lives asambassadors of the Spirit of ’45movement, traveling across the U.S. toraise awareness of the 70th anniversary ofthe end of World War II in 2015. Thecouple and their motor home were parkedoutside the venue and greeted attendees

for the duration of the EXPO. The couplehas already logged more than 36,000miles.

Attendees mingled freely with the

EXPO exhibitors, making it a mutuallybeneficial event for everyone, noted ScottDombach, a representative for WDAC.

“A lot of people came through

consistently, and even though we are not

traditional retail, [the EXPO] keeps us infront of our listeners, and they alwaysappreciate that we’re here,” Dombachsaid.

“It gives us, the businesspeople, theopportunity to talk to a lot of differentpeople from different areas, and it getsyour name out there,” said Joe Trimarchiof Century Home Improvements byCentury Spouting, Inc. “Give them abrochure, give them a business card,because you never know when you’regoing to get that call that says, ‘I was at

the 50plus show in York.’”

OLP EVENTS will host two more 50plusEXPOs this year: on Oct. 22 at theCarlisle Expo Center and on Nov. 5 atSpooky Nook Sports, Manheim. For moreinformation, call (717) 285-1350 or visitwww.50plusexpopa.com.

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Last chance to be included — call now!Closing date: November 7, 2014

By John Johnston

October is “Talk aboutPrescriptions Month” and marksthe beginning of this year’s

Medicare Open Enrollment Period. It’sthe perfect time to talk about Medicareprescriptions and the Extra Help availablefrom Social Security.

Newly eligible Medicare beneficiariesand current beneficiaries who areconsidering changes to their MedicarePart D (prescription drug coverage) planshould act now. The Medicare OpenEnrollment Period runs from Oct. 15 toDec. 7.

The Medicare Part D prescription drugplan is available to all Medicarebeneficiaries to help with the costs ofmedications. Joining a Medicareprescription drug plan is voluntary, andparticipants pay an additional monthlypremium for the prescription drugcoverage.

While all Medicare beneficiaries canparticipate in the Medicare Part D

prescription drug plan, some people withlimited income and resources may beeligible for Extra Help to pay for monthlypremiums, annual deductibles, andprescription co-payments.

The Extra Help isestimated to beworth about $4,000per year. ManyMedicarebeneficiaries qualifyfor these big savingsand don’t even knowit.

To figure outwhether you areeligible for the Extra Help, Social Securityneeds to know your income and the valueof any savings, investments, and realestate (other than the home you live in).To qualify, you must be receivingMedicare and have:

• Income limited to $17,235 for anindividual or $23,265 for a marriedcouple living together. Even if your

annual income is higher, you still may beable to get some help with monthlypremiums, annual deductibles, andprescription co-payments. Some exampleswhere your income may be higher include

if you or your spousesupport other familymembers who livewith you, haveearnings from work,or live in Alaska orHawaii.

• Resources limitedto $13,440 for anindividual or

$26,860 for a married couple livingtogether. Resources include such things asbank accounts, stocks, and bonds. We donot count your house or car as resources.

You can complete an easy-to-use onlineapplication or get more information byvisiting www.socialsecurity.gov/medicare.

To apply for the Extra Help by phoneor have an application mailed to you, call

Social Security at (800) 772-1213 (TTY(800) 325-0778) and ask for theApplication for Extra Help with MedicarePrescription Drug Plan Costs (SSA-1020).

And if you would like moreinformation about the Medicare Part Dprescription drug program, visitwww.medicare.gov or call (800)MEDICARE or (800) 633-4227 (TTY(877) 486-2048).

While we’re on the subject of openseasons, the open enrollment period forqualified health plans under theAffordable Care Act is Nov. 15 to Feb. 15.Learn more about it atwww.healthcare.gov.

This Medicare Open Enrollmentseason, while you search for the Medicareprescription drug plan that best meetsyour needs—see if you qualify for theExtra Help through Social Security. That’sa winning prescription worth talking

about.

John Johnston is a Social Security publicaffairs specialist.

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York County

Calendar of EventsSouth Central Senior Community Center – (717) 235-6060,http://southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.comMondays, 9 a.m. – Acrylic Art Class

Wednesdays, 10:45 a.m. – Dancersize

Oct. 15, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. – Flu Shots

Windy Hill On the Campus – (717) 225-0733,www.windyhillonthecampus.orgOct. 30, 4 to 8 p.m. – Fall Back in Time Dance

Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.

York County Library Programs

York County Department of Parks and RecreationPre-registration is required for these programs. To register or find out more about these activities or anyadditional scheduled activities, call (717) 428-1961.

Oct. 4, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Hawk Watch, Rocky Ridge County Park

Oct. 5, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Cider Fest, Wallace-Cross Mill

Oct. 19, 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Fall Colors Walk, Nixon County Park

Programs and Support Groups Free or minimal charge

Oct. 3, 10:30 a.m.Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York CountyMeetingGlenview Alliance Church10037 Susquehanna Trail South, Glen Rock(717) 428-2210

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

Oct. 16, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Alzheimer’s Support GroupSenior Commons at Powder Mill1775 Powder Mill Road, York(717) 741-0961

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

Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220Mondays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Knitting and Spinning GroupOct. 23, 6 p.m. – Antique Appraisal Clinic

Senior Center Activities

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What’s Happening?

Between the Lines of the Headlines

NurseNews

Gloria May, M.S., R.N., CHES

Ilearned the art of successful nappingfrom my dad. Almost every Saturdayafternoon, he would put on his

pajamas, turn off the bedroom phone,and even don a sleep shade that lookedlike the one the Lone Ranger wore, onlywithout the eyeholes.

He loved being able to sleep for aboutan hour, awake refreshed, and go abouthis evening energized as if it were a newday.

If you too are a devotee of theafternoon snooze, you’ll appreciate myconcern over a recent headline, “DailySiesta Linked to Increased Mortality inOlder Women” and the article’s leadsentence, “Older women who take a

daily nap maybe at increasedrisk of death,researchers here[University ofPennsylvania]said.”

The secondparagraphreported thatin a particularstudy of some 800 women over age 69,those who self-reported a nap every daywere 44 percent more likely to die over aseven-year follow-up period than thosewho didn’t report a daily doze.

Should I urge my friends, family, and

readers to stayawake all day?What about alltheMediterraneancountryshopkeepers whoshut theirbusinesses in theafternoon so theycan take their

siestas? Are we women napping ourselvesto death?

And has all the research that to datehas extolled the physical and mentalbenefits of the “power nap” now beenscrapped?

Not until I got to the third paragraphcould I exhale. It said, “… the findingsare likely attributable to underlyingmedical conditions or sleep disorders.”

In other words, the naps themselvesweren’t the cause of premature deaths, aswas suggested in the headline, but wereassessed as signs that something else wasmedically awry with these women.

Taking a nap is not in itself an act thatwill shorten our lives (thank goodness!),but it took three paragraphs to get there!

Headlines are designed to quicklycatch our eye and, as such, are oftensensationalized and misleading.

Most of us are eager to know as muchas possible about our health, but when


World War II ended almost 70years ago, but the impact ofthe Holocaust still lives with

more than 200,000 survivors worldwide.Although it is difficult to accuratelycapture exact data on the number ofsurvivors, it is estimated that theiraverage age is 79.

And although so many brilliant andtalented individuals were killed in camps,fortunately there are individuals who,despite incredible obstacles, are alive andhave experienced successful creative lives.

Samuel Bak, 81: Painter and Writer An exceptional artist, whom some

acknowledge to be the greatest livingpainter of the Holocaust, has developedhis art from a young age.

He was born in Lithuania/Polandwhere, at the age of 9, he had his firstexhibition inside the confines of theVilna Ghetto. Surviving the war withonly his mother, they eventually settledin Israel, where he studied art at theBezalel Academy of Arts and Design inJerusalem.

A collection of his works is onpermanent display at Pucker Gallery inBoston, and many exhibitions of his arthave been in prominent museums andgalleries worldwide.

• 2001 – publication of his book Paintedin Words: A Memoir (printed in fourlanguages)

• 2002 – receivedthe HerkomerCultural Prize inLandsberg,Germany

Judith (Peto)Leiber, 93:HandbagDesigner

Born inHungary, Leiberwas preparing foruniversitymatriculation inLondon when shereturned home to be with her familydespite the new restrictions for Jews.

“Hitler put me in the handbagbusiness,” Leiber says. Because Jews werenot allowed to study, she had to learn atrade.

She met and married Gerson (Gus)Leiber, an American GI, in Budapest,and they settled in New York City. Sheworked for various handbag companieswhen, in the 1960s and withencouragement from her husband, shebegan her own company.

Judith Leiber’s worldwide success is anextraordinary story of hard work, smarts,and enormous technical and visual talent.Her handbags are on permanent displayat the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.;the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NewYork City; the Victoria and Albert

Museum inLondon; and herown museum, TheLeiber Museum,in Springs, N.Y.

• 1973 – CotyAmerican FashionCritics Award

• 1980 – SilverSlipper Awardfrom the CostumeInstitute of theMuseum of FineArts in Houston

• 1994 – Lifetime Achievement Awardfrom the Council of Fashion Designersof America

• 2010 – Visionary Woman Award fromMoore College of Art & Design

Yoram Gross, 87: Animation Artist ofStories for Children

Born in Poland, he loved music aboveall and says, “All I wanted to do wasplay Chopin.”

But he and his family were on OskarSchindler’s famous list. They decided totake their own risk escaping by movingand hiding places 72 times.

He later moved to Israel, where heworked and learned about documentariesand films, and then moved to Australia

where, with his wife, he honed hisanimation skills and created experimentalfilms.

Well known for his series Blinky Billand Dot and the Kangaroo, he tells storiesto the hearts of children that are rootedin the Holocaust experience and lacedwith lessons of survival, kindness, andtriumph.

• 80+ international awards for variousfilms

• 1995 – Received the Order of Australia

• 2011 – Autobiography, My AnimatedLife

The University of SouthernCalifornia’s SHOAH Foundation and theUniversity’s Institute for CreativeTechnologies are working on anextraordinary project to createholographic interviews available atmuseums worldwide.

Designed to be an interactive exhibit,it will inform, educate, and create apermanent remembrance for many years.After the remaining Holocaust survivorshave passed on, their legacies will remainvisible and audible in perpetuity, and thelessons should never be forgotten.

Judith Zausner can be reached [email protected].

Creativity Matters

Judith Zausner

The Family, oil on canvas painting bySamuel Bak, 1974, private collection.

3 Living Holocaust Survivorsand Their Creative Success

skimming the headlines, we need to keepin mind that:

• “News” is just that, fresh information,and it may not endure the test of time.The Journal of the American MedicalAssociation has reported that as many as athird of published studies arecontradicted or at least weakened bysubsequent research.

• A single study seldom provides a

definitive answer or a sound reason forany lifestyle or habit change.

• Studies like the “nap” study are called“observational studies,” meaning, in thiscase, that the women were merelytracked for a period of time; nothing wasdone to them like changing their diet orgiving them medication. Observationalstudies suggest areas for further researchbut rarely provide solid conclusions thatwould warrant big changes in your life.

• Animal studies provide direction forfuture research, not necessarilyconclusions for humans. Do not beoverly concerned about results ofresearch done on rats. It’s only abeginning.

• Studies funded by companies that havea vested interest in the outcomes shouldbe set aside until an independentresearcher takes a look. Follow themoney.

• If the news is either too good or toobad to be true, it probably isn’t.

Many folks lay at the feet of themedia the responsibility for improvingour understanding of medical and healthnews. It seems more reasonable that weshare in this task.

Gloria May is a registered nurse with amaster’s degree in adult health education anda Certified Health Education Specialistdesignation.

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Dear Mark: With apologies toGeneral Douglas MacArthur, thequestion still remains: What happensto old slot machines that have outlivedtheir usefulness? I have noticed thatsome of my favorite machinesmysteriously disappear, one casino at atime, until they are just a fleetingmemory of spinning reels and flashinglights. Gone, but not forgotten. Isthere a graveyard for our dearlydeparted friends?

– Leigh H.

Any time you see a slot machinedisappear from the floor, from thecasino’s point of view, that machine wasmisbehaving, or better stated,underperforming.

All machines, Leigh, need to showreasonable results, or their replacement isinevitable. A gaming machine’sperformance is measured by two factors:the amount of coins wagered daily (“coinin”) and the amount collected daily bythe casino (“win”).

If a machine’s performance falters everso slightly, a slot manager could decide achange is needed in the slot mix,meaning the placement and positioningof machines on the casino floor.

My guess here, Leigh, is that youmight also be inquiring about those 20th-century antique machines frommanufacturers like Mills and Jennings orsome of the later IGT or Bally machinesfrom the ’70s or ’80s.

Their resting places have a variety of

possibilities. The first being, as with anyslot machine, they are usually sent to afacility that strips them for usable partsand sorts the rest forscrap.

Also, stored in thebasement of manycasinos is that slotgraveyard you speakof, where they live outtheir lives collectingdust.

Some machinesmight go to a privatecollection, but,depending on locallaw, they may have tobe renderedinoperable. Many aman cave has onesitting in the cornerto pilfer quarters fromthe owner’s friends.

A collector likeyours truly would never part with his1934 Mills Star “Firebird” QT nickelmachine, as it pays for the free Guinnessor PBR, their choice, offered when somesucker is yanking its handle.

Then there are retail establishmentsspecific to the selling of older slotmachines in gambling towns like Renoand Las Vegas, where selling gamblingequipment is legal. Some of these storeshave a decent-sized collection on site.

If you are a want-to-be buyer of a“dearly departed friend,” it is importantto check state and local laws before you

pull the trigger (handle), although,generally speaking, antique slot machinesare legal in most states if they are over 25

years old. You can also do an

online search for “oldslot machines for sale,”or go to eBay, where aplethora of slots isalways for sale.

Even thoughNevada may be thegambling capital of theUnited States, the slotmachine was actuallyborn elsewhere, in SanFrancisco.

The first mechanicalslot machine, theLiberty Bell, wasinvented in 1895 byCharles Fey, a SanFrancisco mechanic.Fey’s machine housed

three spinning reels, each decorated withdiamonds, spades, hearts, and onecracked Liberty Bell per reel. When thebells lined up, they produced yourbiggest payoff: 10 nickels.

The original Liberty Bell used to beon display at the Liberty Belle Saloon &Restaurant in Reno, but since its closingin 2006, it is now exhibited at theNevada State Museum.

Back in the ’40s and early ’50s, thoseolder mechanical slots were chock full ofsprings and gears that were powered by aplayer pulling the handle, which started

the reels spinning. The problem withthese early machines was that they werelimited in the size of the jackpots becausethey could only accept one coin, whichrestricted the number of coins they couldpay out.

Once the electromechanical machineappeared, it allowed multiple-coin play,which included electrically poweredhoppers that could pay out much largerjackpots.

When the computerized slots wereintroduced in the ’80s, machines withprogressive jackpots were linked amongdifferent machines hundreds of milesapart, offered huge jackpots starting inthe millions.

Essentially, Leigh, slot machines keepadvancing and getting more complicated,necessitating new homes for the olderones. I will write in a future columnabout some new three-reel mechanicalslots with the feel of a traditional slotthat are now hitting the floor.

Gambling Wisdom of the Month:“Slot machines are the cotton candy andthe McDonald’s of the casino. Everyoneknows that they’re bad for you, but fewcan resist their junk-food appeal.” –Andrew Brisman

Mark Pilarski is a recognized authority oncasino gambling, having survived 18 years inthe casino trenches. Pilarski is the creator ofthe bestselling, award-winning audio bookseries on casino gambling, Hooked onWinning. www.markpilarski.com

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He said 50 percent of his climbs arerepeated, while 50 percent are newexpeditions.

“I’ve had amazing adventures,”Beckerich said. “It’s an amazing feelingwhen you get over the top. You’veworked all day to attain the pinnacle. If Icould bottle it, I’d sell it.”

But Beckerich only stays at thesummits for 15 minutes to half an hourbecause of how fast the weather canchange at those heights.

“You don’t want to give it disrespect.Lightning, hail, wind can strike at anytime.”

Although retired from teaching math,Beckerich is still teaching to the “curiousand committed” at a night school and acommunity college in his class“Adventures of a Lifetime.”

He also has given presentations atretirement communities, homelessshelters, sporting-goods stores, and local

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topics range fromchoosing anoutfitter andtraining tips, toorganizing gearlists and gettingthe right pre-tripmedical tests.

“My mission isto motivate,inspire, andeducate people ofall ages and interests in their quest tomake a difference on the planet, pursuetheir dreams, and make each day count,”Beckerich said. “If you take care ofyourself and are not afraid to take achance, there are a lot of adventures todo.”

Although he started out climbingalone, Beckerich doesn’t recommend it.

“Tragedieshappen,” he said,referring to arecent avalancheat Mount Everestbase camp. “Icamped theretwo years ago.”

He also had afall about sixyears ago in theColorado peakswhen he was byhimself.

“There was a mini-rock slide. I had toself-medicate and walk to get help. I hadto be medevaced to a Denver hospital. Iwas lucky; I just had a severe lacerationto my lower leg,” Beckerich said.

Now, after meeting other climberswith his same passion, Beckerich goeswith them. This summer he spent severalweeks climbing in the Denver area.

“Once you get started on adventures,people give you other places to go,” hesaid. Now on his wish list iscircumnavigating around Mont Blanc inthe Alps.

Beckerich said in order to takeadventures such as the ones he has goneon, you have to be in shape. He goes tothe gym once a day for a one-hourworkout and takes 1.5-hour to two-hourtreks through nearby parks.

He also has trekked through theAdirondacks on the Appalachian Trail “tomake sure I’m fit. The body has itslimitations … make sure your diet isgood, as well as your sleep habits andlifestyle.

“I’ve been a lucky person. I’ve had myhealth, the opportunity, and the financialability.”

For further information aboutBeckerich’s adventures, contact him [email protected].

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Beckerich taking a break above base camp,Plaza de Argentina.

In my day (I’ve gotta come up with abetter expression), there were nodesignated hitters or runners. There

were no closers. I remember seeing Bob Feller pitch a

double hitter on the 4th of July. No, Ididn’t. But I heard he did.

There was no instant replay backthen, like we’re going to have to put upwith from now on. What’s next? Laserbeams at home plate, so there’ll be nomore yelling at the ump?

I guess they’re trying todo away with humanimperfections. Pitchers arethrowing close to 100miles an hour these days,and we’ve got radar toprove it.

They do have a shortershelf life, but we don’t getas attached to players as weused to. So it’s not thathard to see them go.

I know—you’rewondering what myproblem is. But I’m notreally talking to you. I’mtalking to my grandkidsand pretending they’relistening.

I played ball with a $4bat and an $8 glove. Yourfolks are paying $200 fora bat and traveling 200miles for a playoff game.

Photographers and trophy stores aregetting rich off your Little League teams.Am I getting through?

So much for my baseball rant. Yes,their grandma and I were out there everyweekend this summer (and fall) to cheer’em on.

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Josie has been avolunteer with RSVPfor 20 months and hasvolunteered at YorkFood Bank for manyyears. She volunteersbetween 60 to 70 hoursa month at the foodbank, where she picksup donations,distributes food forfamilies, helps at shows,and works at the front desk.

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