Avid hiker Nan Reisinger completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail last fall Here she pauses along Blue Ridge Parkway in southwestern Virginia

Living Your BestRetirementpage 6

A World-Class Eventin a World-Class Citypage 8

By Rebecca Hanlon

The grisly 2185-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail could not takedown Nan Reisinger The Central Pennsylvania resident is not the firstwoman to tackle the rocky slopes but she is the oldestAt 74 she has the strength and determination of someone decades

younger Reisinger isnrsquot going to spend her retirement years cooped up athome Instead she canoes in Florida skies in Connecticut and climbs the

steepest trails in Maine And she laughs at the idea that she might be gettingtoo oldThe record was held previously by a 71-year-old woman That was all

Reisinger needed to hear ldquoI decided to give it a tryrdquo she said ldquoListen I can beat that That was the

reason for it Strictly for the gloryrdquoWith her friend Carolyn Banjak Reisinger would leave her home to

complete the trek from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin inMaine Their goal was to finish before winter set inShe would make every last step from March to October with a 25-pound

pack on her back completely self-sufficient on what she considers one of thegreatest accomplishments of her life

Central PA Woman the Oldest

to Hike Appalachian Trail

2000 Miles ofHappy Trails

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If you are planning a trip this springconsider spending some of your well-deserved break time at one of the

worldrsquos most interesting museums andspecial exhibitions

St Petersburg Russia The newFaberge Museum features a 1500-piececollection of the famous ornamentaleggs Originally presented by the czars as

Easter gifts to their loved ones theFaberge Museum reunites these ultra-special art objects with the Imperial city Dating from 1885 to 1917 many of

these works of art have only just returnedto St Petersburg since the RussianRevolution Approximately 200 of the famous

Faberge eggs were acquired by Russianbillionaire Viktor Vekselberg from theestate of Malcolm Forbes for $100million and brought back to Russia for

this specialtymuseumlocated in theShuvalovPalace This is a

privatemuseum andadmission isby appoint -mentwwwfabergemuseumru

Washington DC The NationalGallery of Art is hosting a largeexhibition dedicated to the great mastersand their interest in drawing andprintmaking This show dedicated to the history of

metalpointmdashthe art of drawing with ametal stylusmdashfeatures nearly 100 originaldrawings by Leonardo da Vinci Raphael

Rogier van derWeydenRaphaelAlbrechtDuumlrer andRembrandtvan Rijnamong others If you miss

this show inWashingtonyou can visitthese fineworks of art as

they travel to The British Museum inLondon England from Septemberthrough December 2015 wwwngagov

New York NY The new WhitneyMuseum of American Art will open inMay in the trendy and accessiblemeatpacking district at WashingtonStreet and Gansevoort Street

The 200000-square-foot building wasdesigned by award-winning architectRenzo Piano and will provide theinstitution with greater exhibition andevent space The new building will take advantage

of its close proximity to the High Line anew outdoor park space in the areawwwwhitneyorg

Other interesting museums that areslated to debut in the second half of2015 include Kunsthaus Dahlem inBerlin Germany dedicated to postwarEuropean art and culture(wwwkunsthaus-dahlemde) the long-awaited National Museum of AfricanAmerican History and Culture on theNational Mall in Washington DC(wwwnmaahcsiedu) and the IKEAmuseum at the site of its first retail storein Aumllmhult Sweden (wwwikeacom) The Ringling Museum is a site with

Spring Break for Museum Lovers

Art and Antiques by Dr Lori

Lori Verderame

Ringling Museum of Art amp Sculpture Garden Sarasota Fla

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n Provider and leader of quality

healthcare in Central PA for more

than 147 years

n 50 renovated Personal Care Suites

n Applications being accepted for a

limited number

n Skilled Nursing Care Unit

accommodates 95 including a

24-bed Alzheimerrsquos Unit

717-221-7902wwwhomelandcenterorg

n Exemplary personalized care that enables

patients and families to live each day as fully

as possible

n Focused on pain relief comfort and support

for patients and families

n Providing hospice care in Adams Cumberland

Dauphin Franklin Juniata Lancaster Lebanon

Perry Schuylkill and York counties

n Call us for details on our full array of services

717-221-7890wwwhomelandhospiceorg

If you are planning a trip this springconsider spending some of your well-deserved break time at one of the

worldrsquos most interesting museums andspecial exhibitions

St Petersburg Russia The newFaberge Museum features a 1500-piececollection of the famous ornamentaleggs Originally presented by the czars as

Easter gifts to their loved ones theFaberge Museum reunites these ultra-special art objects with the Imperial city Dating from 1885 to 1917 many of

these works of art have only just returnedto St Petersburg since the RussianRevolution Approximately 200 of the famous

Faberge eggs were acquired by Russianbillionaire Viktor Vekselberg from theestate of Malcolm Forbes for $100million and brought back to Russia for

this specialtymuseumlocated in theShuvalovPalace This is a

privatemuseum andadmission isby appoint -mentwwwfabergemuseumru

Washington DC The NationalGallery of Art is hosting a largeexhibition dedicated to the great mastersand their interest in drawing andprintmaking This show dedicated to the history of

metalpointmdashthe art of drawing with ametal stylusmdashfeatures nearly 100 originaldrawings by Leonardo da Vinci Raphael

Rogier van derWeydenRaphaelAlbrechtDuumlrer andRembrandtvan Rijnamong others If you miss

this show inWashingtonyou can visitthese fineworks of art as

they travel to The British Museum inLondon England from Septemberthrough December 2015 wwwngagov

New York NY The new WhitneyMuseum of American Art will open inMay in the trendy and accessiblemeatpacking district at WashingtonStreet and Gansevoort Street

The 200000-square-foot building wasdesigned by award-winning architectRenzo Piano and will provide theinstitution with greater exhibition andevent space The new building will take advantage

of its close proximity to the High Line anew outdoor park space in the areawwwwhitneyorg

Other interesting museums that areslated to debut in the second half of2015 include Kunsthaus Dahlem inBerlin Germany dedicated to postwarEuropean art and culture(wwwkunsthaus-dahlemde) the long-awaited National Museum of AfricanAmerican History and Culture on theNational Mall in Washington DC(wwwnmaahcsiedu) and the IKEAmuseum at the site of its first retail storein Aumllmhult Sweden (wwwikeacom) The Ringling Museum is a site with

Spring Break for Museum Lovers

Art and Antiques by Dr Lori

Lori Verderame

Ringling Museum of Art amp Sculpture Garden Sarasota Fla

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multiple museum displays on the vastestate in Sarasota Fla It unites fine artand circus history in one of the bestmuseums in AmericaIf you are going to a hotel or resort

you will find fine art in the lobby

rooms and conference areas too And if you want to set sail over

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History is full of practical jokers somemore successful than others Check outthese three tales of hoaxes that seemedplausiblemdashbefore they fell apart

Irsquoll take Manhattan A carpenter bythe name of Lozier claimed in 1825 thatManhattan was in danger of sinkingbecause of overbuilding on the lowerend Lozier proposed that the lower end be

sawed off dragged into New YorkHarbor and then reattached He cameup with a plan and commissioned

numerous laborers When the day came

for the big move thelaborers gathered withsupplies and provisionsLozier never showed up

Not soelementary Sir ArthurConan Doyle created thefamous detective Sherlock Holmes buthis own deductive powers werenrsquot alwayssuperior to anyone elsersquos Two young girls 16 and 10 once sent

him a picture of fairiessupposedly photographedin the English village ofCottingley Doyle broughtthem national attentionPhotography expertsdeclared there had beenno touching up ormanipulating of thepicture

In the early 1980s the two girls (nowgrown women) had admitted that theyhad posed with paper cutouts of fairieswhich had been supported by hatpins

Out of the Stone Age In 1971 theworld was told that a tribe of Stone Agepeople never exposed to moderncivilization was found deep in thejungles of the Philippines There wasgreat hubbub about the discovery Then in 1986 a Swiss journalist

revisited the tribe only to find themliving in huts and dressed in t-shirts andshorts The group of people then revealedthat they had been instructed by agovernment official to pretend they werecave dwellers

Believe It or Not

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Panic kicked in like a lightningbolt The team in white coatsswarmed through the offices as

medicinal odor encircled meYes I was at the dentistrsquos officeldquoItrsquos so hot in hererdquo My face was

red from a hot flash I was givenwater I closed my eyes so I wouldnrsquotsee the needle Then came the spine-chilling sound of the drillTerrified I asked ldquoAre we almost

donerdquo ldquoWell we just startedrdquo Dr

Robert Lynch said Herersquos the thing It was my

husband Bobrsquos appointmentI was in the room while he was

having a cavity filled I was there tocomfort Bob who happened to beasleep Irsquoll tell you If he could givebirth hersquod sleep right through it I also had the notion that I could

desensitize myself from my fear ofthe dentist by watching theprocedure Hah Bernadette was assisting that day

As always she treated me like I washer best friendldquoDo you like your workrdquo I asked

her ldquoI do I love the peoplerdquo And I love her Which leads to what I believe is

one core of anxiety isolation The antidote Connection When Irsquom at my dentistrsquos office I

am frail and frightened I tell thestaff that Therefore what bringsdown my panic is that they care

equally as much about me as they doabout my teeth Irsquom not just apatient Irsquom a human being who isafraidOnce I saw a dentist for a root

canal I told him I was very anxiousHe said ldquoYoursquore old enough to stopbeing a babyrdquo My terror then soared So I did

something that Irsquom still surprised Idid As he was about to proceed Iremoved his equipment from my

mouth stood up from the chairmdashand abruptly left I sent him a letter to which he

never responded Who could relaxwhen being dealt with the way thisfellow dealt with me As Irsquove saidbefore ldquoIf someone doesnrsquot treat mewell because Irsquom afraid whoseproblem is thatrdquoRecently without knowing that I

had asked Bernadette the samequestion I asked Lisa a hygienist atRobertrsquos office ldquoDo you like yourworkrdquo She said ldquoOh yes I love the

peoplerdquo Lisa and I donrsquot socialize but

when wersquore together at the office itrsquosas genuine a bond as any other HowI am feeling is priority to her Just as it is with Robert and

Bernadette In all parts of my life it is the

connection I give and receive thathelps settle my angst Ruminating tomyself makes nothing better Insteadit fuels my isolation and anxietyldquoWersquore done now rightrdquo I asked

Robert ldquoJust aboutrdquo he said It was hard

to hear him over Bobrsquos snoring I put my head between my knees

so I wouldnrsquot pass out Bernadetteoffered me a cool towel and morewater Then Robert said ldquoAll donerdquo I

didnrsquot realize he was talking to Bobwhen he said ldquoYou did greatrdquo ldquoOh thanksrdquo I said ldquoIt was pure

hell but I made it throughrdquo As we left the office I said to my

husband ldquoYoursquore my inspirationrdquo He tenderly kissed my forehead

and said ldquoAnd yoursquore a doofusrdquoldquoWell Irsquom perfectly calm nowrdquo We got into our car I gave him a

big hug told him how relieved I wasit was over put on my seatbelt andpassed out

Saralee Perel is an award-winningnationally syndicated columnist Hernew book is Cracked Nuts amp SentimentalJourneys Stories From a Life Out ofBalance To find out more visitwwwsaraleeperelcom or emailsperelsaraleeperelcom

Such is Life

Saralee Perel

Dread Drama and the Drill

The Science of Spring FeverWhen the weather gets warmer

and your boss teacher or spouse askswhy your mind is wandering youmight try blaming your spring feveron physiologySpring feverrsquos symptoms usually

appear during the onset of the vernalequinox In the northernhemisphere people begin to feelmore energetic enthusiastic andamorous because of chemical changesin the body in part produced byincreased exposure to daylight

Scientist cite a number of factorsthat contribute to spring fever

bull Increased light sends signals to thebrainrsquos pineal gland which thenreduces its production of melatonina hormone that regulates our bodyclock and controls our mood andenergy levels As the days growlonger the chemical disappears andleaves people feeling more energizedand confident

bull Increased light also affects thehypothalamus the section of thebrain that regulates eating sleepingand sex drive

bull Our other sensesmdashsight smelland hearingmdashalso wake up asblossoms and spring breezes assaultthem Such stimuli can triggerstrong emotions from euphoria tosadness

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Taxes throughout HistorySome Surprising Facts

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inevitable taxes havechanged and variedwidely over timeConsider these ups anddowns

bull In the year 1913 thetax rates ranged from 1to 7 percent on incomesabove $3000 Theaverage annual incomethat year was $200

bull In Colonial America bachelors weretaxed in many communities because thepeople believed that unmarried men weretoo easily lured into mischief

bull In 2000 the IRS collected more than$2 trillion in revenue and processed 226million tax returns That was its lowest

collection rate since1954 at 39 cents forevery $100 (meaningthe IRS had to spend39 cents to collect$100)

bull Peter the Great czarof Russia imposed a taxon beards in the 17thcentury designed tomake Russian societylook more EuropeanCitizens who paid thetax and retained their

beards were required to carry a tokenwith them inscribed with the phrasesldquothe beard tax has been takenrdquo and ldquothebeard is a superfluous burdenrdquo

Peter the Great by Paul Delaroche

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Dear Savvy SeniorIs life insurance needed in

retirement Irsquom about to retire andhave been thinking about droppingmy policy to escape the premiums Isthis a good ideandash Over Insured

Dear OverWhile many retirees choose to

stop paying their life insurancepremiums when they no longer haveyoung families to take care of thereare a few reasons you may still wantto keep your policy Here are some different points to

consider that can help youdetermine if you still need lifeinsurance in retirement

Dependants Life insurance isdesigned to help protect your spouseand children from poverty in thecase of your untimely death But if your children are grown

and are on their own and you havesufficient financial resources to coveryou and your spousersquos retirementcosts then there is little need tocontinue to have life insuranceBut if you had a child late in life

or have a relative with special needswho is dependent on you forincome it makes sense to keeppaying the premiums on your policyYou also need to make sure your

spousersquosretirementincomewill nottake asignificanthit whenyou dieCheck outtheconditionsof yourpension orannuity (ifyou havethem) tosee if they stop paying when youdie and factor in your lost SocialSecurity income too If you find that your spouse will

lose a significant portion of incomeupon your death you may want tokeep the policy to help make up thedifference

WorkWill you need to takeanother job in retirement to earnincome Since life insurance helpsreplace lost income to your familywhen you die you may want tokeep your policy if your spouse orother family members are relyingon that income If however you have very little

income from your retirement jobthen therersquos probably no need to

continuewith thepolicy

Estatetaxes Lifeinsurancecan alsobe ahandyestate-planningtool If for

exampleyou own a

business that you want to keep inthe family and you donrsquot haveenough liquid assets to take care ofthe estate taxes you can sometimesuse a life insurance policy to helpyour heirs pay off Uncle Sam whenyou dieItrsquos a good idea to talk to a

disinterested third party (not yourinsurance agent) like an estateplanning expert or a fee-onlyfinancial planner to help youdetermine if your life insurancepolicy can help you with this

Life Settlement OptionIf you find that you donrsquot need

your life insurance policy anylonger you may want to considerselling it in a ldquolife settlementrdquo

transaction to a third-partycompany for more than the cash-surrender value would be but lessthan its net death benefit The bestcandidates are people over age 65who own a policy with a face valueof $250000 or moreOnce you sell your policy

however the life settlementcompany becomes the new ownerpays the future premiums andcollects the death benefit when youdieHow much money you can

expect to get with a life settlementwill depend on your age healthand life expectancy the type ofinsurance policy the premiumcosts and the value of your policyMost sellers generally get 12 to 25percent of the death benefitIf yoursquore interested in this

option get quotes from severalbrokers or life settlement providersAlso find out what fees yoursquoll berequired to pay To locate credible providers or

brokers the Life InsuranceSettlement Association provides areferral service at wwwlisaorg

Jim Miller is a regular contributor tothe NBC Today show and author ofThe Savvy Senior Bookwwwsavvyseniororg

Is Life Insurance Needed in Retirement

Savvy Senior

Jim Miller

Read the Fine Print in Your Retirement Plan

Few of us know all themechanics of our 401(k) or otherretirement plans That can causeunpleasant surprises when peopleretire or switch jobs Here are some important things

to learn

Trading limits Many plansallow you to move money but withstrings attached Donrsquot move long-term retirement

savings around for short periods of

time If you dowant to switchfrom time totime keep inmind that yourplan may allowonly a setnumber oftrades eachweek monthquarter or year

Account valuations Find out

how often the valueof your retirementaccount iscalculated You canget the most out ofyour money bytiming yourretirement ordeparture Most

organizations valueeverything the day

you leave but some value your

account weekly monthly orquarterly

Withdrawal options Someplans donrsquot allow retirees to keeptheir money in place Insteadtheyrsquore paid the lump sum to bereinvested elsewhere Other plans allow retirees to take

a stream of payments as an incomesource while the rest of the moneystays in the plan

ldquoNot knowing themechanics of ourretirement planscan causeunpleasantsurprises

ldquoLiving YourB

estRetirem

ent

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STARTING AT

Traveltizers Travel Appetizers Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

The elevator rises my stomachdrops Zooming upward at 15miles an hour it takes only 58

seconds to reach the observation deck ofthe CN Tower in Toronto one of theworldrsquos tallest buildings Now from 1465 feet above street

level I get a wide-angle view of Canadarsquosmost populous citymdasha labyrinth ofbuildings interspersed with green parkstraffic-filled freeways and not muchmore than a mile away the northwesternshore of Lake Ontario This summer Toronto will gain

international attention when it hosts thePan Am Games the third-largestinternational multi-sport competition inthe world (It is surpassed only by theOlympic Summer Games and the AsianGames) Held every four years since 1951 the

games bring together amateur athletesfrom more than 40 countries throughoutthe Americas who compete in 36 sports

They are followed 12 days later by theParapan American Games during whichathletes with physical disabilities compete

in 15 sportsThis means that during 16 days in

July and another nine in August Toronto

and its surrounding burgs will hostupward of a quarter million tourists aswell as thousands of athletes coachesand team officials We figure wersquod better learn how to

navigate the city now in preparation forthenAlthough the powers-that-be are

spending megabucks readying the areafor the games and while much of this isearmarked for transportation we suspectthat in many cases walking will still bethe easiest way to get around Thus wechoose to stay at the newly renovatedand centrally located Radisson AdmiralHotel The location is especially perfect for

sports enthusiasts Athletesrsquo Village themini-city thatrsquos being built forparticipants is less than a half-hour strollalong the waterfront and we only haveto walk across the street to get to RogersCentre the large multipurpose stadiumthat will be the site of the mostanticipated event of the games theopening ceremony which will be

A World-Class Event in a World-Class City

The CN Tower is Torontorsquos most famouslandmark and one of the worldrsquos tallest

buildings

Torontorsquos waterfront location will behighlighted during the Pan Am Games

A double-decker bus provides an easy wayto tour Torontorsquos many neighborhoods

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produced by Cirque du SoleilMeanwhile we pay an early visit to

the centre which is home to both theBlue Jays (Torontorsquos major leaguebaseball team) and the Argonauts (thecityrsquos professional football team) Itrsquos thenext-to-last game of the season and thecrowd goes wild as the Blue Jays beat thetop-ranked Baltimore OriolesA slightly longer walk gets us to the

Distillery Historic District an area thatwas once home to the largest distillery inthe British Empire We admire theVictorian architecture that has caused theneighborhood to be designated aNational Historic Site and explore thetrendy galleries boutiques and eateriesthat line the pedestrian-only streets I could happily spend the rest of my

vacation right here but wersquove moremuch more to see In addition to theDistillery District therersquos a FinancialDistrict Fashion District and GardenDistrict as well as a GreektownChinatown Little India and Little Italy In fact according to the Toronto Star

there are 239 separate enclaves in thiscity which bills itself as ldquoa city ofneighborhoodsrdquo We donrsquot know whetherto be dazed or amazed but we do knowthat we need help in order to visit even asmall proportion of them Thus we climb aboard a bright-red

bus where from our seats on the upper

deck we can get an unobstructed view ofstreet-level Toronto A nonstop tourwould take about two hours but ourticket gives us hop-on hop-off privilegesfor three consecutive days

Therefore we hop off in the TheatreDistrict (the third-largest live theatrevenue in the English-speaking worldafter Londonrsquos West End and New YorkCityrsquos Broadway) visit Casa Loma

Castle once the largest private residencein Canada and today a location site formovies such as Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows Part 2 and attend aneighborhood festival Finally we hook up with The Tour

Guys to get a more in-depth look at twoof Torontorsquos most fabled areasChinatown and Kensington Our guideentertains us with stories and peppers uswith facts as he leads us down alleywayspast walls filled with murals and art-graffiti and into small shops wersquod neverhave discovered on our own But before we leave therersquos one more

neighborhood we have to explore theone by our hotel that houses some of thecityrsquos top breweries Steam WhistleBrewing is known for what manyconsider to be some of the best Pilsner inthe world while Amsterdam Brewhouseoffers a variety of seasonal andexperimental beers I confess to not being an expert on

beer but the pretzels canrsquot be beat

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Photos copy Irv Green unless otherwise notedstory by Andrea Gross(wwwandreagrosscom)

Toronto is often called a ldquocity ofneighborhoodsrdquo

Plants sprout from a car in what is billed as theldquothe worldrsquos smallest parkrdquo

The alleys of Kensington one ofTorontorsquos most interesting and

diverse areas are filled with murals

Toronto has several majorChinese communities

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An active personmdashparticipating inKick rsquon Gliders a cross-country skiinggroup and the Harrisburg Bicycle ClubmdashReisinger enjoys a challengeBut this wasnrsquot her first time on the

trail She completed a section hike in2011 It took six years for her to pick uppieces of the trail whenever she had thetimeldquoI always wanted to do a thru-hike but

it was always toughrdquo she said ldquoI wasworking and never had time to give up sixmonths of my life to just walk in thewoods When I finished the section hike Ithought I was done with it Then I foundout I might be able to do somethingpretty neatrdquoIt was Banjak who told Reisinger she

should try to break the record It didnrsquottake much convincing The two took atrip to Florida to canoe before makingtheir way to Georgia to start the hikeThey would set off together on March 30Even though it was just the two of

them on the journey they had a slew offans Reisinger kept a journal and wouldmail pieces of it when they would reach arest stop Bill Stine a member of Kick rsquonGliders would post her stories onlineHer entries describe the many people

they met along their way including Tonyaand Tina from Germany whom they

fondly calledldquoTampTrdquo They alsomet Osprey a 74-year-old man whowished theldquobiddiesrdquo goodluck on theirjourneyThey hiked

through rain andhot sun Theydevoured eggsbacon and homefries when theyhad the rare stopat a restaurantalong the wayThey dreamed ofwarm beds andhot showersDespite her

age Reisingerembraced thelifestyle that ahike on theAppalachian Trailrequires She doesnrsquot know how muchlonger shersquoll be able to sleep under thestars or carry on her back everything sheneeds to surviveldquoSome people like the trail but they

hate that part of the experiencerdquo she said

ldquoI enjoy it I feellike a kid gettingready to build afort any time Ineed to set upcamp and makemy dinnerrdquoTired and

hungry the twoplanned a breakfor the end ofJune They wouldcatch up on billssneak in a dentistappointment andattend reunionsbefore headingback outIn the rush to

get home withjust a few milesbetween thewomen and thecomfort thatwaited the tripnearly ended for

ReisingerClimbing over rocky terrain her foot

got caught and sent her flying to theground With a throbbing knee she madeit home But she wondered if shersquod returnto the trail

X-rays showed the injury looked worseon the outside With rest the swellingsubsided Not wanting to let an injury sether back Reisinger headed back to theforestWhen they finally got back on the trail

the pair would have to make up about 5miles that were missed in PennsylvaniaSo they decided to save it for last Theyeach asked their families to meet them inthe end and help them cross the finishlineThe women would power through the

remainder of the hike making it throughthe toughest climbing in New Hampshireand Maine They reached their end pointon Oct 4 but it wouldnrsquot be until Oct19 that theyrsquod hike those last 5 miles intoPine Grove Furnace State ParkAbout 50 people showed up to join

them for the hike and a cookout thatfollowed It wasnrsquot just Reisinger andBanjak who celebrated that daymdashbut allthe people who had kept tabs on theirjourney through Reisingerrsquos blogldquoI never thought of giving up but I can

understand why sometimes people do giveuprdquo she said ldquoI think Irsquom in good shapebut I know I donrsquot have the stamina ofsomeone who is 25 So for me I thinkIrsquove done my last hike of the AppalachianTrail I think I can say I beat itrdquo

HAPPY TRAILS from page 1

Reisinger beneath a misty tree in George Washington National Forest in Virginia

Reisinger atop Mount Katahdin Mainersquos highest peak (5270 feet)

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Robert McRobbie grew up insuburban Albany NY and wasdeferred from military duty as he

studied engineering at Cornell Universityin the late 1950s However he left collegeduring hissenior year totake a jobwith UnitedEngineers adesign andconstructionfirm inPhiladelphia Hoping to

become anaval pilot hethen took theNavy test andfound that itbrought good news and bad news Thegood news was that he was virtually offthe chart on the many skills the Navyrequired The bad news was that hiseyesight was not keen enough to qualifyhim for flight training So he joined the Navy Reserve and was

assigned to a squadron based at the navalair station in Willow Grove Pa There hestudied for several months to become anavionics technician learning how toinstall inspect test adjust or repairavionics equipment such as radio andradar systems in aircraft The P2V was the plane his squadron

flewmdashand whose avionics he helped tokeep in top shapemdashas it served as ourNavyrsquos primary land-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft He got to flyoften in that planeHe explains that the P2V carried

sonobuoys that could be dropped in acircle around a submerged intruder suband would be able to pick up the slightestnoise made by the sub In its elongated tail the P2V carried a

magnetic anomaly detector that produceda paper chart of the subrsquos trail And it alsocarried a belly-mounted surface-searchradar that detected surface and snorkelingsubs at fairly long distancesWhen McRobbie flew in the airplane

as a crewman he would monitor theradar and interpret the signals from thesonobuoys Crews like his stayed sharp byroutinely flying practice missions againstour own submarines

His next assignment was to the USSEssex aircraft carrier that was goingthrough a major overhaul at the BrooklynNavy Yard There he worked in theavionics shop until the vessel was able to

proceed to itshome port atQuonsetNaval AirStation RIwhere hehelped tomaintain theshiprsquos wide-ranging storeof electronicand radarsystems They

cruised theNorth Atlantic patrolling between NovaScotia and Guantanamo What was it likeaboard the carrier McRobbie just shakes his head as he

says ldquoIt was a floating city hellip except thatit moved at 33 knots It was nearly aslong as three football fields with 2600officers and men aboard and 90 to 100aircraft It was stable in the sea and thefood was greatrdquoThen he chuckles about a reminiscence

of reaching ldquoGitmordquo ldquoA few of us went ashore to unload the

shiprsquos vehicles We stayed at the baseovernight But when we woke the nextmorning we found that the Essex had leftwithout us It had a big role to play inthe naval lsquoquarantinersquo on Cuba inOctober 1962 when it was discoveredthat the Soviets were shipping missiles toCubaldquoHaving no official duties we went to

the base commander and asked if hewould give us something to do He wasglad to have us as drivers to haul suppliesto the Marines who were there in thenearby mountains to deter any Cubanattempt to attack our base And wersquodbring Marines down every now and thenfor a hot meal and a shower We werethere a month before we were flown backto QuonsetrdquoBy that time McRobbiersquos hitch was

about up and he was discharged from the

He was at GuantanamoWhen an Atomic War was a

Hairbreadth AwayRobert D Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Robert EMcRobbie afterdischarge from theNavy in 1963 The USS Essex the storied ship

on which McRobbie served

The P2V whose avionicsMcRobbie worked on at

Willow Grove

please see ATOMIC page 14

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Year Est 1984Counties Served CumberlandDauphin Lancaster Lebanon YorkRNs YesLPNs YesCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified No

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Connections at HomeVIA Willow Valley(717) 299-6941wwwConnectionsAtHomeorgYear Est 2014Counties Served LancasterRNs YesLPNs NoCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified No

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Year Est 2009Counties Served Adams CumberlandDauphin Franklin Juniata LancasterLebanon Perry Schuylkill YorkRNs YesLPNs NoCNAs YesHome Aides Yes

Medicare Certified YesOther Certifications and ServicesExemplary personalized care thatenables patients and families to liveeach day as fully as possible

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Year Est 1911Counties Served Berks DauphinLancaster Lebanon SchuylkillRNs YesLPNs YesCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified Yes

Other Certifications and ServicesGood Samaritan Home Health is aPennsylvania-licensed home healthagency that is Medicare certified andJoint Commission accredited We workwith your physician to providenursing physical therapyoccupational therapy speech therapywound care and specialized care asneeded

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Year Est 1979Counties Served Berks DauphinLancaster Lebanon SchuylkillRNs YesLPNs YesCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified Yes

Other Certifications and ServicesGood Samaritan Hospice providesservices to patients and their familiesfacing a life-limiting illness We arePennsylvania licensed JCAHOaccredited and Medicare certified Weprovide services 24 hours per daywith a team approach for medicalemotional spiritual and social needs

Home Care Services amp Hospice ProvidersListings with a screened background have additional information about their services in a display advertisement in this edition

Senior Helpers(717) 920-0707wwwseniorhelperscomharrisburg

Year Est 2007Counties Served Adams CumberlandDauphin Perry YorkRNs NoLPNs NoCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified No

Other Certifications and ServicesOffering nonmedical home care toprovide positive solutions for aging inplace Companionship personal careand our specialized dementia care Nominimum number of hours MedicaidWaiver approved Convenient freeassessment

Keystone In-Home Care Inc(717) 898-2825 (866) 857-4601 (toll-free)wwwkeystoneinhomecarecom

Year Est 2004Counties Served Adams CumberlandDauphin Lancaster Lebanon YorkRNs NoLPNs NoCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified No

Other Certifications and ServicesTwo- to 24-hour non-medical assistanceprovided by qualified caring competentcompassionate and compatiblecaregivers Personalized service withAssistance for Daily Living (ADL IADL)companionship meal prep bathingcleaning and personal care needs Respitecare day surgery assistance Assistancewith veteransrsquo homecare benefitsMedicaid Waiver approved

Affilia Home Health(717) 544-2195(888) 290-2195 (toll-free)wwwAffiliaHomeHealthorgYear Est 1908Counties Served Berks ChesterCumberland Dauphin LancasterLebanon Perry Schuylkill YorkRNs YesLPNs YesCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified Yes

Other Certifications and ServicesHome care specialists in physicaloccupational and speech therapynursing cardiac care and telehealthDisease management innovativetechnologies and education help youmonitor your condition to preventhospitalization Licensed non-profitagency Medicare certified JointCommission accredited

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Senior Helpers(717) 271-7531wwwseniorhelperscomlancastercounty

Year Est 2002Counties Served Berks LancasterLebanonRNs YesLPNs YesCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified No

Other Certifications and ServicesA PA-licensed non-medical home carecompany providing companionpersonal Alzheimerrsquos and dementiacare from two to 24 hours a day Callfor a FREE homecare assessment andto learn more about benefits availablefor veterans and their spouses

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UCP of South Central PA(800) 333-3873 (Toll Free)wwwucpsouthcentralorg

Year Est 1962Counties Served Adams FranklinLancaster YorkRNs NoLPNs NoCNAs NoHome Aides YesMedicare Certified No

Other Certifications and Services UCPprovides non-medical adult in-homecare services to adults including DPWand aging waiver programs PAlicensed and working hand in handwith your service coordinator UCPprovides personal care attendantswho implement your individualizedservice plan

Visiting AngelsCarlisle (717) 241-5900 Chambersburg (717) 709-7244East Shore (717) 652-8899 Gettysburg (717) 337-0620Hanover (717) 630-0067 Lancaster (717) 393-3450West Shore (717) 737-8899 (717) York (717) 751-2488 wwwvisitingangelscomYear Est 2001RNs NoLPNs NoCNAs YesHome Aides YesMedicare Certified No

Other Certifications and Services VisitingAngels provides seniors and adults withthe needed assistance to continue living athome Flexible hours up to 24 hours perday Companionship personal hygienemeal prep and more Our caregivers arethoroughly screened bonded and insuredCall today for a complimentary andinformational meeting

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Family feuds are as old as mankindbeginning with Cain killing hisbrother Abel Disputes that age

into decades can fracture family solidaritythrough succeeding generations By thetime we reach our senior years it may betoo late to control further damageDuring the past few centuries there

have been celebrated cases of regicide(killing a monarch) and parricide (killinga close relative) to gain control of theroyal throne Fortunately commonersneed not worry about aristocratic plots inwhich we escape personal involvementYet too often we are locked in

unresolved estrangements withinfamilies Studies have concluded that 30

to 45 percent of families today haveexperienced feuds among relatives thatpersist over anextensive durationThis is lamentableespecially when theaged despair of everseeingreconciliation The problem is

most apparentduring holidayswhen an assembledfamily senses or witnesses the presence ofconflict and the absence of unwelcomedkinWell-publicized estrangements among

some siblings have occurred only afterthe siblings became aged Brothers Curtis

and Prestley Blake co-founded Friendlyrsquos IceCream Corporation in1935 They remainedfriends until they wereclose to 90 years ofage Then they had anacrimonious disputeover the future of thecompany The Andrews Sisters

were enormously successful as a vocaltrio but their family harmony began todrift the year they lost both of theirparents

Bandleaders Tommy and JimmyDorsey were estranged brothers forseveral years reconciling toward the endof their livesFeuds between parents and children or

their stepchildren can be difficult torepair if the parents are in their advancedyears Billionaire T Boone Pickens at theage of 85 sued his 58-year-old sonMichael for defaming him on Michaelrsquoswebsite Anthony Marshall the son of Brooke

Astor (Mrs Vincent Astor) was chargedwith unauthorized use of his wealthymotherrsquos estate Mrs Astor at the timewas 104 years of age

Family Feuds

My 22 Centsrsquo Worth

Walt Sonneville

ldquoToo often weare locked inunresolvedestrangementswithin families

ldquo

please see FEUDS page 14

Dauphin County

Calendar of EventsPrograms and Support Groups

Dauphin County Department of Parks and Recreation

April 1 8 to 10 am ndash Bird Walk Early Migration Wildwood ParkApril 12 130 to 3 pm ndash Flower Walk Dutchmanrsquos Breeches and Trout Lilies Wildwood ParkApril 25 10 am to 4 pm ndash Wetlands Festival Wildwood Park

Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

April 2 9 am to 2 pmDauphin County 50plus EXPOHershey Lodge325 University Drive Hershey(717) 285-1350www50plusexpopacom

April 8 6 to 7 pmAlzheimerrsquos Support GroupEmeritus at Harrisburg3560 N Progress Ave Harrisburg(717) 671-4700

April 14 6 to 7 pmAlzheimerrsquos Caregivers SupportGroupGraysonview Personal CareCommunity150 Kempton Ave Harrisburg(717) 561-8010

April 15 130 pmParkinsonrsquos Support Group on EastShoreJewish Home of Harrisburg4004 Linglestown Road Harrisburg(717) 441-8627

April 16 130 pmHershey Area AARP Chapter No3466 MeetingSpring Creek Church of theBrethren335 E Areba Ave Hershey(717) 832-3282

April 16 5 to 630 pmPanel Discussion Navigating YourWay through Caregiving OptionsArden Courts Memory CareCommunity2625 Ailanthus Lane Harrisburg(717) 540-7018susquehannaarden-courtscom

April 16 6 to 8 pmHarrisburg Area Parkinsonrsquos DiseaseCaregiver Support GroupGiant Food Stores ndash Second Floor2300 Linglestown RoadHarrisburg(717) 580-7772

April 22 7 pmPiecemakers Quilt Guild ofMiddletownSt Peterrsquos Lutheran ChurchSpring and Union streetsMiddletown(717) 915-5555gsk1308gmailcom

April 28 6 pmSusquehanna Rovers VolksmarchWalking Club Gander Mountain5005 Jonestown Road Harrisburg(717) 991-5232

Rutherford House ndash (717) 564-5682wwwrutherfordhouseorgMondays 10 am ndash QuiltingTuesdays 11 am ndash ZumbaWednesdays 9 am ndash Computer Assistance

Please contact your local center for scheduled activities

If you have an event you would like to include please email information to mjoyceonlinepubcom for consideration

Dauphin County Library Programs

East Shore Area Library 4501 Ethel St Harrisburg(717) 652-9380April 13 630 pm ndash Spring 2015 PennLive Book Club

Discussion Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

Elizabethville Area Library 80 N Market StElizabethville (717) 362-9825April 2 930 am ndash Friends of the Elizabethville Library

Meeting

Kline Branch 530 S 29th St Harrisburg (717) 234-3934April 23 630 pm ndash Friends of the Kline Library MeetingApril 23 to 25 ndash Book Sale Book Collection

William H amp Marion C Alexander Family Library 200 W Second St Hummelstown (717) 566-0949April 1 630 pm ndash Spring 2015 PennLive Book Club

Discussion Ordinary Grace by William Kent KruegerApril 2 6 pm ndash Friends of the Alexander Family Library

Knitting GroupApril 7 630 pm ndash Novel Thoughts Book Club

14 April 2015 50plus SeniorNews H www50plusSeniorNewsPAcom

Patti Davis daughter of Ronald andNancy Reagan had highly publicizedpersonal criticisms of her parentseventually reconciling In 2011 film star Mickey Rooney at

the age of 90 testified before the USSenate Committee on Aging that afamily member had abused him recentlyWhen families fight over the assets of

their parents or grandparents lawyers arelikely to reap all the rewards The legalexpenses of some feuds can drainvirtually the entire estate

Actor Peter Ustinov left a fortune saidto be in the ldquotens of millions of poundsrdquo(The Daily Telegraph Jan 24 2013)Almost all of his estate went for legal feesas his children and their stepmotherbattled for years in various courtsOne of the Ten Commandments

instructs us to honor onersquos father andmother It seems odd that we must becommanded to do so This commandshould include a clause requiring parentsto earn that honor With the divorce rateat about 50 percent of marriages

blended families with stepchildren andstepparents raise issues of the boundariesof filial obligations imposed by ScriptureFamily disputes should reach a

compromise that is preferred to a sought-after but unworkable dominanceBrothers Abraham and Lot followed thispath as reported in the Book of GenesisThey avoided a fight by negotiating adivision of land The benefit of settlement becomes

more apparent to family rivals as theyage When the battles of our youth and

mid-years become distant memoriesharmony should be within grasp in ourclosing decades

Walt Sonneville a retired market-researchanalyst is the author of My 22 Centsrsquo WorthThe 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 atwaltsonnevilleverizonnet

FEUDS from page 13

Navy as a second class petty officer inSeptember 1963 He worked for Rohm and Haas in

purchasing while he pursued his degreeat Drexel at night and earned a BS inmechanical engineering He then worked

for Honeywell first as a project managerand then as a manager in research anddevelopment After 23 years he retiredfrom Honeywell in 2001Friends told him of a retirement

community in Central Pennsylvania to

which he moved in 2007 Since he hadbeen using computers for some 30 yearsby then he has been a leading memberof the retirement communityrsquos computerclub and a regular source of counselwhen other residents need help of any

kind with their computers ldquoWhichrdquo he says with a smile ldquois

surprisingly oftenrdquo

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

ATOMIC from page 11

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As 50plus Senior News celebrates its 20th anniversary this year we hopeyoursquoll enjoy a monthly peek back at the world in 1995This month the technological innovations and milestones of 1995

bull The dot-com boom starts

bull Yahoocom domain is registered on Jan 18

bull The unmanned Galileo spacecraft arrives at the planet Jupiter

bull DVD optical disc storage media format is announced

bull The US Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir space stationon June 29 for the first time

bull Amazoncom is officially opened in July 1995 the domain eBaycomcomes online Aug 4

bull Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 10 on Aug 16 and InternetExplorer 20 on Nov 22 officially starting the browser war with Netscape

bull Microsoft releases Windows 95 on Aug 24 and sells more than 1 millioncopies within four days

bull The first computer network wiretap is authorized Oct 23 and leads laterto the arrest of Argentinean computer hacker Julio Cesar Ardita

bull Toy Story is released Nov 22 becoming the first movie that is completelycomputer generated

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