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Jim Beckerich climbed 19,600 feet of Aconcagua Peak in Argentina in 2013.
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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How to Make anOnline Memorialpage 8
Traveltizers: Up Closewith the Upper Classpage 10
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Lebanon County Edition October 2014 Vol. 9 No. 10
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“If you imagine the worst-casescenario and it happens, you livedit twice,” says Michael J. Fox.
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 a
happy kitten. Now he slips, slides, falls,and bounces right back up, purring thewhole time.
But last week, Bob and I found Jordycrying in pain, unable toget up. Too early in themorning to see our regularvet, we took him to anemergency clinic. Althoughthe doctor was great, shewas unable to help him.
When I was a practicingpsychotherapist, I learnedthat traumas, particularlydeaths, bring up older deaths with nearlythe same intensity as if they had justhappened. Helplessly watching Jordy cry,I relived the last day of 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 Bob broughtEddie’s body home from an emergencyclinic, he gently placed him, still warm,in my arms. I cradled him while I rocked
him and sang to him for onelast time.
I am only hurting myselfby reliving that day again andagain. Only recently have Iallowed myself to relive thegood times, the funny times,like Eddie’s famous glare, hiseyes half shut in an intensestare, looking for anything
that had been added to the room ormoved an inch so that he could pounceon it and smash it to smithereens.
I can choose what to think. And nowI have a choice with Jordy. I can imaginethe worst-case scenario or not.
Jordy’s day turned out gloriously. Ourregular vet quickly diagnosed theproblem as an injury to the hip where
the 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.
Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationallysyndicated columnist. Her new book isCracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: StoriesFrom a Life Out of Balance. To find out more,visit www.saraleeperel.com or [email protected].
Such is Life
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Poison Control Center(800) 222-1222
Food Stamps(800) 692-7462
Lebanon County Christian Ministries(717) 272-4400
Lebanon County Area Agency on AgingMeals on Wheels(717) 273-9262
Salvation Army(717) 273-2655
Alzheimer’s Association(717) 651-5020
American Cancer Society(717) 231-4582
American Diabetes Association(717) 657-4310
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association(717) 207-4265
American Lung Association(717) 541-5864
Arthritis Foundation(717) 274-0754
Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services(717) 787-7500
CONTACT Helpline(717) 652-4400
Kidney Foundation(717) 652-8123
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society(717) 652-6520
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Hearing & Ear Care Center200 Schneider Drive, Suite 1, Lebanon(717) 274-3851
Melnick, Moffitt, and Mesaros927 Russell Drive, Lebanon(717) 274-9775
Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hardof Hearing(800) 233-3008 V/TTY
Good Samaritan Hospital252 S. Fourth St., Lebanon(717) 270-7500
Medical Society of Lebanon County(717) 270-7500
Energy Assistance(800) 692-7462
Environmental Protection AgencyEmergency Hotline(800) 541-2050
IRS Income Tax Assistance(800) 829-1040
Medicaid(800) 692-7462
Medicare(800) 382-1274
PA Crime Stoppers(800) 472-8477
PennDOT(800) 932-4600
Recycling(800) 346-4242
Social Security Information(800) 772-1213
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs(800) 827-1000
Housing Assistance & ResourcesProgram (HARP)(717) 273-9328
Lebanon County Housing &Redevelopment Authorities(717) 274-1401
Lebanon HOPES(717) 274-7528, ext. 3201
Country Acres Manufactured Home Park, LP1600 Kercher Ave., Myerstown(717) 866-5496
Medicare Hotline(800) 638-6833
Pennsylvania Bar Association(717) 238-6715
Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging(717) 273-9262
CVS/pharmacywww.cvs.com
StoneRidge Retirement Living440 E. Lincoln Ave., Myerstown(717) 866-3204
Annville Senior Community Center(717) 867-1796
Maple Street Senior Community Center(717) 273-1048
Myerstown Senior Community Center(717) 866-6786
Northern Lebanon County SeniorCommunity Center(717) 865-0944
Palmyra Senior Community Center(717) 838-8237
Senior Center of Lebanon Valley(717) 274-3451
Governor’s Veterans Outreach(717) 234-1681
Lebanon VA Medical Center1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon(717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771
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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.
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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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Caring Hospice Services(800) 390-2998www.caringhospice.com
Year Est.: 1997Counties Served: Berks, Chester,Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster,Lebanon, YorkRNs: YesLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: No
Medicare Certified?: YesOther Certifications and Services: CaringHospice looks at hospice care as anapproach to end of life, not a place.We offer a very local, holisticapproach with low patient-to-staffratios. Contact us to learn more aboutthe Caring Hospice experience,because life is for living. JointCommission accredited.
Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc.(717) 569-0451www.cpnc.com
Year Est.: 1984Counties Served: Cumberland,Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, YorkRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No
Other Certifications and Services:Providing all levels of care (PCAs,CNAs, LPNs, RNs), in the home,hospital, or retirement communitieswith specifically trained caregivers forAlzheimer's and dementia clients.Home care provided up to 24 hours aday to assist with personal care andhousekeeping. A FREE nursingassessment is offered.
Connections at HomeVIA Willow Valley(717) 299-6941www.ConnectionsAtHome.orgYear Est.: 2014Counties Served: LancasterRNs: YesLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No
Other Certifications and Services:Connections at Home VIA WillowValley delivers unparalleled,personalized care and companionshipin the home, hospital, or senior livingcommunity, by compassionate,reliable, dedicated caregivers who arebacked by the area’s most trustedname in senior living for more than 30years—Willow Valley Communities.
Homeland Hospice(717) 221-7890www.homelandhospice.org
Year Est.: 2009Counties Served: Cumberland,Dauphin, Lancaster, Schuylkill,Lebanon, Perry, York, Adams,Franklin, JuniataRNs: YesLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: Yes
Medicare Certified?: YesOther Certifications and Services:Exemplary personalized care thatenables patients and families to liveeach day as fully as possible.
Garden Spot Village(717) 355-6000www.gardenspotvillage.org
Year Est.: 2006Counties Served: LancasterRNs: NoLPNs: NoCNAs: NoHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No
Other Certifications and Services:Personal care and companionshipservices in your home with all theprofessionalism, friendliness,and excellence you expect ofGarden Spot Village. [email protected].
Good Samaritan Home Health(717) 274-2591www.gshleb.org
Year Est.: 1911Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin,Lancaster, Lebanon, SchuylkillRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: Yes
Other Certifications and Services:Good Samaritan Home Health is aPennsylvania-licensed home healthagency that is Medicare certified andJoint Commission accredited. We workwith your physician to providenursing, physical therapy,occupational therapy, speech therapy,wound care, and specialized care asneeded.
Good Samaritan Hospice(717) 274-2591www.gshleb.org
Year Est.: 1979Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin,Lancaster, Lebanon, SchuylkillRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: Yes
Other Certifications and Services:Good 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 medical,emotional, spiritual, and social needs.
Home Care Services & Hospice ProvidersAffilia Home Health(717) 544-2195(888) 290-2195 (toll-free)www.AffiliaHomeHealth.org
Year Est.: 1908Counties Served: Berks, Chester,Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster,Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, YorkRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: Yes
Other Certifications and Services:Home care specialists in physical,occupational, and speech therapy;nursing; cardiac care; and telehealth.Disease management, innovativetechnologies, and education help youmonitor your condition to preventhospitalization. Licensed non-profitagency; Medicare certified; JointCommission accredited.
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Intrepid USA(717) 838-6101; (717) 838-6103 (fax)www.intrepidusa.com
Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland,Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster,Lebanon, Perry, SchuylkillRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: NoHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: Yes
Other Certifications and Services:Skilled home health specializing inphysical therapy, occupationaltherapy, skilled nursing, and speechtherapy. PA licensed and Medicarecertified. Many insurances accepted.Call to learn more about our clinicalspecialty programs.
Senior Helpers(717) 738-0588www.seniorhelpers.com/lancastercounty
Year Est.: 2002Counties Served: Berks, Lancaster,LebanonRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No
Other Certifications and Services:A PA-licensed, non-medical home carecompany providing companion,personal, Alzheimer’s, 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)www.ucpsouthcentral.org
Year Est.: 1962Counties Served: Adams, Franklin,Lancaster, 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.
Senior Helpers(717) 920-0707www.seniorhelpers.com/harrisburg
Year Est.: 2007Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland,Dauphin, Perry, YorkRNs: NoLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No
Other Certifications and Services:Offering nonmedical home care toprovide positive solutions for aging inplace. Companionship, personal care,and 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)www.keystoneinhomecare.com
Year Est.: 2004Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland,Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, YorkRNs: NoLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No
Other Certifications and Services:Two- to 24-hour non-medical assistanceprovided by qualified, caring, competent,compassionate, and compatiblecaregivers. Personalized service withAssistance for Daily Living (ADL, IADL):companionship, meal prep, bathing,cleaning, and personal care needs. Respitecare, day surgery assistance. Assistancewith veterans’ homecare benefits.
Visiting AngelsCarlisle: (717) 241-5900; Chambersburg: (717) 709-7244
East Shore: (717) 652-8899; Gettysburg: (717) 337-0620
Hanover: (717) 630-0067; Lancaster: (717) 393-3450
West Shore: (717) 737-8899; (717) York: (717) 751-2488
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Year 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 hygiene,meal prep, and more. Our caregivers arethoroughly screened, bonded, and insured.Call today for a complimentary andinformational meeting.
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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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Support the Troops This Holiday Season!Keystone Military Families, a PA-based nonprofit, encourages you to brightenthe holidays for our troops overseas by sending or sponsoring a care package!
Below are just some of the items the troops have requested:
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• Small sewing kits and manicure kits
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• Body wash – men’s and ladies’ (small travel sizes, not hotel bottles)
• Deodorant – travel size
• Foot powder and foot cream for athlete’s foot
• Hand sanitizer – small-size bottles to carry with them
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• Hand and foot warmers for cold nights
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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel
By Andrea Gross
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.
As the weather heated up and thewinter social season wound down, myfamily and I would leave our Manhattanhome, take a steamship—or possibly arailroad—to the east bank of theHudson, and move into our 50-, or 60-,or 70-room manor house.
Once we were comfortably ensconced,
we’d picnic and party until the weathercooled and it was time to move back tothe city.
During the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, this seasonal migration was derigueur for financially successful andsocially prominent New Yorkers. Themen, who were mostly self-madeentrepreneurs or the scions of self-madeentrepreneurs, wanted to live as thoughthey had, in both the literal and
figurative sense, been to the manor born. Many of their opulent estates are now
open to the public and are located withinthe Hudson River Valley NationalHeritage Area, a 150-mile swath of landthat runs from Troy (just north ofAlbany) to New York City.
My husband and I anchor ourselves inthe Mid-Hudson region of DutchessCounty, which contains the summerhomes of the most interesting, or at least
the most well known, of thesuper-elites.
The Vanderbilt MansionOur first stop: the
Vanderbilt Mansion, ownedby Frederick Vanderbilt,grandson of railroad baronCornelius “Commodore”Vanderbilt.
As we tour the mansion,the guide tells us that atGrandpa’s death in 1877, hewas worth $105 million,which, if converted into
today’s dollars, would make him almostfour times as rich as Bill Gates.
When I hear this, I’m surprised thatthe house, although filled with carvedceilings, marble columns, heavy drapes,and delicate tapestries, has only 54rooms.
“This is the smallest of theVanderbilts’ 40-plus homes,” explains theguide. “His relatives called it ‘UncleFreddie’s cottage on the Hudson.’”
Up Close with the Upper Class
New York’s moneyed class likedto build summer estates along
the Hudson River.
The Vanderbilt Mansion wasextravagantly and elegantly
furnished, as befitted the wealthiestfamily in America.
A statue of FDR and ER sits outsidethe Wallace Visitor Center at theFranklin D. Roosevelt National
Historic Site.
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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.
The Vanderbilt Mansion gives a wholenew meaning to the word cottage.
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, shenot only controlled the family money,but to a large extent she also controlledher 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 theworld, 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 covered withphotos 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 the codethat 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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RSVP of the CapitalRegion has namedRobert “Bob” Boyer asits Lebanon CountyVolunteer of theMonth for October.
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Creativity Matters
Judith Zausner
WorldWarII
ended almost 70years ago, butthe impact of theHolocaust stilllives with morethan 200,000survivorsworldwide.Although it isdifficult toaccuratelycapture exactdata on the number of survivors, it isestimated that their average age is 79.
And althoughso many brilliantand talentedindividuals werekilled in camps,fortunately thereare individualswho, despiteincredibleobstacles, are aliveand haveexperiencedsuccessful creativelives.
Samuel Bak, 81: Painter and Writer An exceptional artist, whom some
3 Living HolocaustSurvivors and Their
Creative Success
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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 – received the Herkomer CulturalPrize in Landsberg, Germany
Judith (Peto) Leiber, 93:Handbag Designer
Born in Hungary, Leiber waspreparing for university matriculation inLondon when she returned home to bewith her family despite the newrestrictions for Jews.
“Hitler put me in the handbagbusiness,” Leiber says. Because Jews were
not 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 withencouragementfrom herhusband, shebegan her owncompany.
JudithLeiber’sworldwidesuccess is anextraordinarystory of hardwork, smarts,and enormoustechnical and visual talent. Her handbagsare on permanent display at theSmithsonian in Washington, D.C.; theMetropolitan Museum of Art in NewYork City; the Victoria and AlbertMuseum in London; and her ownmuseum, The Leiber Museum, inSprings, N.Y.
• 1973 – Coty American Fashion CriticsAward
• 1980 – Silver Slipper Award from the
Costume Institute of the Museum ofFine Arts in Houston
• 1994 – Lifetime Achievement Awardfrom the Council of Fashion Designersof America
• 2010 –VisionaryWoman Awardfrom MooreCollege of Art& Design
Yoram Gross,87: Animation
Artist ofStories forChildrenBorn in
Poland, he loved music above all andsays, “All I wanted to do was playChopin.”
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 Australiawhere, 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 andthe University’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 manyyears. After the remaining Holocaustsurvivors have passed on, their legacieswill remain visible and audible inperpetuity, and the lessons should neverbe forgotten.
Judith Zausner can be reached [email protected].
“Fortunately there areindividuals who, despiteincredible obstacles, arealive and have experiencedsuccessful creative lives.
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He said 50percent of hisclimbs arerepeated, while 50percent are newexpeditions.
“I’ve hadamazingadventures,”Beckerich said.“It’s an amazingfeeling when youget over the top.You’ve worked allday to attain the pinnacle. If I couldbottle 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 localhigh schools.
Beckerich’s topics range from choosingan outfitter and training tips, toorganizing gear lists and getting the rightpre-trip medical tests.
“My mission is to motivate, inspire,and educate people of all ages andinterests in their quest to make adifference on the planet, pursue theirdreams, 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 MountEverest basecamp. “I campedthere two yearsago.”
He also had afall about sixyears ago in theColorado peakswhen he was by
himself. “There was a mini-rock slide. I had to
self-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].
ADVENTURES from page 1
Beckerich taking a break above base camp,Plaza de Argentina.
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Lebanon County
Calendar of EventsSenior Center Activities
Annville Senior Community Center – (717) 867-1796200 S. White Oak St., AnnvilleOct. 6, 11:30 a.m. – Mat Hatter Tea PartyOct. 8, 11:45 a.m. – Understanding Memory SeriesOct. 21, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. – Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends Day
Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048710 Maple St., Lebanon
Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-6786Myerstown Baptist Church, 59 Ramona Road, MyerstownOct. 8, noon – Fall Celebration PartyOct. 16, 10:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Bus Trip: The Pines Dinner TheatreOct. 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bus Trip: Allenberry Dinner Theatre
Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.htmlOct. 7, 9:30 a.m. – Women’s Craft WorkshopOct. 20, 12:15 p.m. – Tastykake BingoOct. 31, 12:30 p.m. – Pinochle Club
Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237101 S. Railroad St., PalmyraOct. 7, 11 a.m. – Fall Fest at Days InnOct. 22, 10 a.m. – DVD Movie: October SkyOct. 27, 10:30 a.m. – Fall Color Fashion Show and Activities
Privately Owned Centers
Senior Center of Lebanon Valley, Inc. – (717) 274-3451710 Maple St., Lebanon
Washington Arms – (717) 274-4104303 Chestnut St., Lebanon
Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.
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All events held at the Park at Governor Dick unless noted.
Oct. 4, 4 p.m. – Volunteer Picnic
Oct. 5, 1 to 4 p.m. – Music on the Porch: Bluegrass and Country Music Jam
Oct. 11, 3 p.m. – Senior Walkabout
Oct. 22, 6 to 7 p.m.Personal Care Family Support GroupLinden Village100 Tuck Court, Lebanon(717) 274-7400
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.
“Good eye, Ashley!” “Good cut, Sophie!”“Good gawd, Wesley!”
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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].
Scandals of Past Generations
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Benedict Arnold. Copy of engraving by H. B. Hall
Thomas Jefferson. Copy of engraving by C. Mayer
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DIYers are enjoying the processof reclaiming, recycling, andrepurposing worn-out, vintage,
and antique objects. I have seen my fairshare of vintage teacups turned intocandlesticks or lamps, reclaimedheadboards repurposed into benches,and drainage gutters reused forstrawberry planters.
While not everything should berepurposed, some junk can bereconsideredand made intosome cool,contemporarystuff.
Here aresome vintageand antiquepieces thathave been re-done, whichmay provide afew ideas forthose of youwho likeDumpsterdiving, yard-sale hunting,and rehabbingold treasures.
• Old librarycard catalogcabinetrepurposed intoa wine rack
• Oldarmoire guttedand turned intoa liquor cabinet
• Old clarinets and trumpets madeinto garden fountains
• Old but clean fishing creel recycledinto a pocketbook
• Old wicker hamper reclaimed intoan oversized garden planter
• Vintage suitcases reused as coffeetable with glass top
• Old casement window as gardentable top
• Old feed bag material re-sewn asthrow pillows
• Old Ball jars as miniature plantterrariums for kitchen shelf
• Victorian (but clean) chamber potas magazine rack
And my favorite repurposing idea …of course, it has to do with jewelry. Take
those old1950swristwatches(just the watch,not the entireband) and linkthem togetherwith a singlemetal loop.Link each loopto anotherwristwatchuntil you have
linked enough toreach aroundyour wrist. Thiscontinuouschain link ofwristwatchesmakes a cutebracelet.
For those ofyou who are allready to recyclethat old piece offurniture, besure you knowthe origin ofwhat you arerepurposing and
its value beforeyou undertake
your DIY project. It’s no fun if you findout that you repainted an antiquelibrary chair that once belonged toNoah 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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Saxophone and trumpet fountains on displayat the Kansas City Home & Garden Show.
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A recycled plastic-spoon mirror won a 4-H ribbon at the Nebraska State Fair.
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