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By Alysa Poindexter
Dan Knaub may seem like an ordinary guy from Central Pennsylvania,
but underneath that cap and behind that cheery disposition is a man with an
extraordinary job as a marine biologist, videographer, and activist birthed
from a fascination with some of the largest creatures on Earth: 50-ton
whales.
From full-time banker to full-time founder and president of the Whale
Video Company—amongst many other notable titles—Knaub’s zeal for
whales has allowed him to take a dive into a thriving career centered on these
gigantic yet mysterious ocean dwellers.
He has created more than 50 programs on humpback whales used by
some of the nation’s largest whale nonprofit organizations, including the
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), the International Fund
for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and the Cetacean Society International (CSI).
It was Knaub’s first deployment trip to Vietnam in 1959—only days after
officially gracing adulthood—that he had his first whale encounter.
“I was 18 years and 2 days,” said Knaub. “I figured it was a great time to
see some things and do some things before I went to college.”
He had no idea that some of those “things” would include witnessing a
pod of sperm whales between San Francisco and Hawaii on a journey that
Diving Into a50-Ton Passion
Dan Knaub has spent many hours on the open water
over the course of hundreds of whale-watching trips.
Local Olympian Becomes
Honorary Chairperson
page 6
Silver Threads:
They Led Three Lives
page 19
please see PASSION page 16
Inside:
Former Banker Now Dedicated toWhale Conservation, Videography
Lancaster County Edition May 2012 Vol. 18 No. 5
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(717) 299-1211
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Harrison Senior Living – Coatesville
(610) 384-6310
Dental Health Associates
(717) 394-9231
Smoketown Family Dentistry
(717) 291-6035
Central PA Poison Center
(800) 521-6110
Office of Aging
(717) 299-7979/(800) 801-3070
Lancaster County Office of Aging
(717) 299-7979
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
(800) 638-6833
Internal Revenue Service
(717) 898-1900
Fred F. Groff, Inc.
(717) 397-8255
Richard H. Heisey Funeral Home
(717) 626-2464
Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home &
Crematory, Inc.
(717) 393-9661/(717) 872-5041
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Kearney A. Snyder Funeral Home
(717) 394-4097
General Surgery Practice &
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Hiep C. Phan, MD FACS
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Alzheimer’s Association
(717) 651-5020
American Cancer Society
(717) 397-3744
American Diabetes Association
(888) DIABETES
American Heart Association
(717) 393-0725
American Lung Association
(717) 397-5203/(800) LungUSA
American Red Cross
(717) 299-5561
Arthritis Foundation
(717) 397-6271
Consumer Information
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Disease and Health Risk
(888) 232-3228
Domestic Violence
(800) 799-7233
Flu or Influenza
(888) 232-3228
Alliance Home Help
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Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc.
(717) 361-9777
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Sadie’s Angels
(717) 917-1420
Visiting Angels
(717) 393-3450
DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen
(717) 367-9753
Hospice of Lancaster County
(717) 295-3900
Eastwood Village Homes, LLC
(717) 397-3138
The Long Community at Highland
(855) 407-9240
Medicare Hotline
(800) 638-6833
Neff’s Safe Lock & Security Inc.
(717) 392-6333
Health Network Labs
(717) 560-8891
Lancaster NeuroScience
& Spine Associates
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Conestoga View Nursing & Rehabilitation
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Harrison Senior Living – Christiana
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The Center for Advanced Orthotics &
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(717) 393-0511
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May•Grant Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Lancaster County Community
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(717) 397-1629
Neffsville Plumbing & Heating Services
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Prudential Homesale Services Group
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Symposium Mediterranean Restaurant
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The Long Community
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Luther Acres
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Have you ever spent a
Saturday morning going to
yard sales? The signs are all
around you, but you don’t want to
drive around aimlessly or waste
money buying junk. Whether you
are buying or selling, here are some
tips for making the most of your
time in the yard.
Don’t Forget the Cash
Yard sales are not like a quick trip
to the convenience store. You will
need more than just your keys, cell
phone, and credit card.
You need coins and small bills in
order to take home the best from a
yard sale. Don’t ask a yard sale seller
to break a $50 bill; it could be the
end of your negotiations.
Don’t Sell Everything
Some things aren’t supposed to be
sold on the front lawn. Don’t sell
original art or jewelry at yard sales.
There are not enough people
shopping at a local yard sale to
attract high prices. Yard sales are not
the place to get big bucks for your
heirlooms.
Don’t Get Up Early!
I have made it a lifelong rule that
there is no good reason, other than a
house fire, to get up before 8 a.m.
Don’t get up at the crack of dawn to
try to beat everyone to a yard sale.
You won’t miss a thing.
In fact, you can get the best prices
around lunchtime as most yard sale
hosts are ready to call it quits. By
noon, sellers are exhausted, and they
don’t care what you pay for that
Wedgewood cachet pot as long as
you take it with you. It is a great
time to negotiate or even get stuff
for free.
Don’t Buy Damage
Condition is a key to value. If you
pick up a tattered linen from a yard
sale, thinking that it is some
fabulous antique Amish quilt, you
are probably paying hard-earned
money for the same rag that you
might use to wax the car.
Someone else’s tattered piece isn’t
automatically a wonderful antique.
Don’t fantasize about a yard sale
find. If it is in poor condition, leave
it on the lawn.
Don’t Buy Parts
I always say that buying parts is
for auto mechanics, not yard sale
shoppers. Don’t buy incomplete sets
or games with missing pieces. Buy
complete games in their original
boxes whenever possible. Instruction
booklets increase value by 15
percent.
Don’t Let it Go Until You Know …What it’s Worth!
As an antiques appraiser with a
PhD and decades of market
experience, I know that most hosts
don’t bother to find out what their
objects are worth before they schlep
them from the attic out to the front
lawn.
Do your homework and you can
go home with some great stuff from
your neighbors’ yard sale.
PhD antiques appraiser, author, award-
winning TV personality, Dr. Lori
presents antique appraisal events
nationwide. Dr. Lori is the star appraiser
on the hit TV show Auction Kings on
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p.m. Visit www.DrLoriV.com,
www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call
(888) 431-1010.
Dr. Lori’s Yard Sale Don’ts
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County Watershed Needs Volunteer Retirees
The Lancaster County
Conservation District is looking to
expand its volunteer base for its
Water Quality Volunteer Coalition
(WQVC).
The WQVC is made up of
dedicated retired seniors throughout
Lancaster County. The goal of the
WQVC is to promote and educate
residents of the county on water
quality issues in local streams and
creeks.
Volunteers in the organization are
given training in monitoring their
local stream for chemical, physical,
and biological parameters. The
volunteers work in teams of three or
four individuals to sample local
water bodies on a monthly basis.
More than 45 percent of the
streams in Lancaster County are
impaired or polluted from past land
use decisions, and continual
monitoring of these streams is
needed to see if improvements are
being made by state-mandated
regulations, local volunteer efforts,
or other groups working within the
watershed.
The data collected by these
dedicated volunteers is used by the
state, the county, local volunteer
watershed organizations, and even
the federal government. This
information is of tremendous value
to not only the state, but the
community as well.
If you are interested in finding
out more about the program or
attending one of their monthly
meetings, please check out the
Lancaster County Watershed website
(www.lancasterwatersheds.org) or
contact Matthew Kofroth, watershed
coordinator for the Lancaster
County Conservation District
(mattkofroth@lancasterconservation.
org or (717) 299-5361, ext. 124).
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George Hershey, 55, of Blue Bell, Pa., recently won the Garden Spot
Village Marathon’s Men’s Grand Masters Division for runners 50 years
old and better, with a time of 3:24:49. Susan Rouse, 54, of Conroe,
Texas, was the Women’s Grand Masters winner, finishing in 3:41:59.
John Wallace, 20, of Denver, Pa., finished in overall first place with a
time of 2:40:41.
“We are thrilled to see so many runners and walkers of all ages
participate in the marathon, the half marathon, and the marathon
relay,” said race director Scott Miller, himself a marathoner, who is
also marketing director of the retirement community.
The oldest finisher in the full marathon was Eugene DeFronzo,
76, of Cheshire, Conn.
The Garden Spot Village Marathon is believed to be the first
marathon hosted by a retirement community. Beginning and ending
on the community’s campus, the USA Track & Field-certified course
runs along rural roads through Lancaster County.
To encourage a broad range of participation, the event recognizes
individual achievement in five-year age categories to ages 80-plus, and
the course remains open until the last participant has finished.
The event is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.
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The throng of runners at the Garden Spot Village Marathontakes off from the starting line.
Local Olympian Becomes
Honorary Chairperson
By Alysa D. Poindexter
With the 2012 London Olympics
quickly approaching, it only seems right
that local Olympian Sam Bigler would
become honorary chairperson of this
year’s Lancaster Senior Games.
Annually, the Lancaster Senior Games
honors a new chairperson, and Bigler’s
background in sports
and his support of the
local community give
him plenty of
credibility.
“I look at it as an
honor,” said a
humbled Bigler, of
Millersville.
Nominated by a
former athletic
director from his alma
mater, Millersville
University, Bigler is
not a stranger to the
athletic spotlight. The Columbia native
has dozens of awards and titles under his
competitive weightlifting belt—many
acquired abroad—yet he remains modest.
Competing in the 1976 Montreal
Olympics Games in Canada, Bigler
attempted to break the national record
for weightlifting, placing eighth in the
world.
“It’s better to have tried than not at
all,” said Bigler.
Our first local Olympian—Barney
Ewell of Harrisburg—competed in the
summer 1948 London Olympic Games.
Bigler is the first resident of Lancaster to
achieve Olympian status.
His weightlifting career began within
the walls of Columbia Junior/Senior
High School, where he worked his way
up from the bottom.
“I competed at a very low level in high
school,” he explained.
Bigler would go on to enroll at
Millersville, never stopping his pursuit of
weightlifting. Once his college career
began, Bigler bulked up on many
distinctive titles, becoming four-time
NCAA weightlifting champion, All-
American in his weight class, and five-
time PA State AAU Champion, among
others.
After a successful athletic college
career, he received his B.A. in elementary
education in 1973. But
Bigler’s athletic
passions continued to
burn.
“When I graduated
from Millersville
University, I still
wanted to keep
competing,” said
Bigler.
With help from the
university, Bigler was
able to obtain a
scholarship for
graduate school and
serve as a strength coach for various
athletic teams at the school as well. He
completed his M.S. in elementary
education with a reading specialist
certification in 1976 and continued
coaching until 1980.
Currently, Bigler works at the
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
as a reading specialist, preparing students
with technical vocabulary for their tech
careers, and is co-owner of CBS
Properties. He has been inducted into
many halls of fame and participates in
the Millersville Zoning Hearing Board
and serves on the Millersville Republican
Committee.
The Lancaster Senior Games will be
held June 11-15 at Franklin & Marshall’s
Alumni Sports & Fitness Center, Leisure
Lanes of Lancaster, Willow Valley
Cultural Center, Overlook Golf Course,
and Evergreen Golf Course. For more
information, call (717) 392-2115, ext.
128, or visit www.lancseniorgames.org.
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hy should seniors get
discounts?
The practice of senior
discounts is widespread. They are offered,
for example, at fast-food establishments,
museums, movie theaters, Amtrak,
Southwest and United airlines,
Disneyland, some colleges and
universities, and, thanks to the “Golden
Age Passport,” seniors receive free entry
into national parks.
From mid-life through the “Golden
Age,” median income declines as we get
older. The U.S. Census Bureau reported
that in 2007 the median income of
households headed by a person 45 to 54
years old was $65,476.
Median income for householders 55
to 64 years old declined to $57,386. For
those 65 years and older, it fell to
$28,305.
But don’t seniors have offsetting
“compensation” through paid-up
mortgages and minimal clothing and
transportation expenses? They do, but
they also have higher healthcare expenses.
The average annual expenditure for
healthcare in the period 2005-2007,
according
to the
Census
Bureau,
rose from
$2,792 for
individuals
45 to 54
years of age
to $4,967
for those 65 to 74 years of age
(prescription and nonprescription drugs
are included).
Poverty knows no age distinction, so
why not allow discounts to others? It
happens that discounts are offered to
easily recognizable groups—for example,
the military, children accompanying their
parents for lodging and meals (“kids eat
free”), and the aged.
Senior discounts can create an
awkward moment when patrons are
offered a discount at the cash register but
hesitate to
admit they
are in their
senior years.
They would
hope to be
carded when
purchasing
alcoholic
beverages—
an unlikely event—or asked if the adult
daughter “is your sister?”
Deference is extended to seniors in
considerations other than discounts
offered by retailers. Some electric utilities
will suspend turning off power to seniors
with past-due accounts during extremely
hot or cold periods. The IRS and AARP
have programs to assist low-income
seniors in tax preparation.
Meals on Wheels provides food to
seniors with limited mobility.
Interestingly, that organization, in its
2008 study, found that “seniors age 80
and over were less likely to be food
insecure compared to 60- to 64-year-
olds.”
One program that does not
discriminate by age is Medicare. It
provides benefits to needy children,
disabled individuals, and low-income
seniors.
Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research
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Book Review
Three Under a TreeBy John Kildea
“It couldn’t have been a more
beautiful spring day … There we
were, the three of us, sittin’ side
by side on a grassy knoll, our backs up
against a big old oak tree, mouth ajar
and eyes wide open. Having met only
hours before, we were strangers, it was
true, but nonetheless, quite relaxed,
chatting as if we’d known each other for
years.”
From the creative mind of John
Kildea, Three Under a Tree takes readers
into the minds of the last soldier killed in
the Civil War and the last American
soldiers killed in World War I and
Vietnam as they attempt to uncover what
has brought them
together.
The entire book is a
perfect blend of
historical fact and
inventive fiction. Each
chapter brings the reader
closer to unveiling the
secrets that truly link the
men together through
seemingly authentic
conversation.
It is thoroughly
engrossing as Kildea
provides readers with a
closer look into the lives
of the men who have
fought to protect our
country. They relate to
one another by sharing
personal stories before and
during their military
careers, despite being
from different time
periods.
Kildea provides a voice
to the soldiers of the past
through humbling
perspectives on topics that
are still relevant today.
Autographed copies of
the book are available
directly from the author by sending a
check or money order for $25 to John
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About the AuthorJohn Kildea worked almost 45 years as
an operating room nurse and spent 23 of
those years in the United States Army
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nursing and medical journals. In 2006,
he published his first book, No Names,
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a memoir of his time as an operating-
room nurse in Vietnam.
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6. Holder for 1 across
10. Luxury home features
14. Ready for battle again
15. Regrettably
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17. Available
18. Barber’s supply
19. Part of WATS
20. Liposuction, e.g.
23. Encirclement
24. Maximum
27. James, for one
32. Clavell’s ___-Pan33. Decorative pitcher
37. Emmy-winning Lewis
38. Hit TV show
42. Turbine part
43. Decorative inlay
44. Corroded
45. Supplement
47. Waders
50. ___ sin
54. Updating a kitchen,
e.g. (Brit.)
61. Start of something
big?
62. Stake driver
63. Like some calendars
64. Make waves?
65. Bugbear
66. Computer acronym
67. Deep black
68. Engine parts
69. Gave out
1. Video game
2. City near Sparks
3. These may be sowed
4. Doggerel
5. Drives
6. Oracular
7. “Wellaway!”
8. Hot stuff
9. 100 centavos
10. Booty
11. Title for some priests
12. Monkey
13. Corset part
21. ___ pole
22. Apply anew
24. Female organs
25. Phylum, for one
26. Paws
28. Howe’er
29. They go with the flow
30. Mountain ridge
31. Some messages
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The Church of Latter-Day Saints’
free site FamilySearch (now at
https://www.familysearch.org) is a
valuable resource for genealogical
researchers. It is undergoing design
changes that are almost complete.
The old site, in many ways more user
friendly, is now at http://www.family
search.org/eng/default.asp. As explained
on the old site, most of the records and
indexes on that site have been added to
the new one, and other features of the
old website have been or will be moved
in coming weeks. Unless I state
differently here, I refer to the new site.
It permits, but doesn’t require, free
registration with a username, password,
and email address. However, registration
is required for a very important feature
on the new site.
LDS work goes on continuously to
digitally index records and make them
available online, but still, many are
available only on microfilms (reels of
miniaturized photocopies of records) or
microfiche (small, flat sheets of
miniaturized images).
A widely used service of the LDS
church is the rental of these
microfilms/fiche containing varied
historical records: land dealings; civil
birth, marriage, and death records; and
church baptisms, etc., from widespread
sources. At the new site, you’ll see a page
with the main heading “Discover Your
Family History.” Select the link
“Catalog” just below the title. Click the
drop-down tab for “Search” and select
one of the options: Place-names, Titles,
etc.
I’ll give an example, searching for
records from Columbia, Pa.
Select “Place-names” and type
“Columbia” in the form. As you start to
type, a list of possible matches will appear.
Here I find trouble with the new site,
because the town of Columbia, Pa., won’t
appear as a choice unless you type
“Lancaster, Columbia.” On the old site, as
soon as you
searched for
“Columbia,” it
would give a list of
all Columbias with
records, from
which you could
choose
“Pennsylvania,
Lancaster,
Columbia.”
It may sound
trivial, but when
searching for
records from a
foreign town, you may not know the
name or correct spelling of that town’s
region, county, or province. FamilySearch
would do well to upgrade the site with a
more inclusive search engine. Be advised:
When searching by place-name, enter the
state, county, or province, if known, and
then the name of the town.
Anyway, once you click on “Search” for
“Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Columbia,” a
list of microfilms/fiche will appear.
Clicking on “Church Records,” for
example, gives a list of such records.
Selecting one—say, Saint John Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Columbia, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania; parish registers,
1881-1935—gives a page describing
available records and the film number
they are on (in this case, film 1723649).
Often the records are available online
at the FamilySearch site, and a link will
direct you to them. If not, go to or
contact your closest Family History
Center (FHC) to determine if the film is
there.
If the film you
want is not on
hand, it can be
ordered for viewing
at an FHC. A
change in
procedures at most
FHCs now requires
microfilms/fiche to
be ordered online.
They’re no longer
to be ordered and
paid for in person
at the FHCs. You
need a working
email account and must be willing to pay
for film rentals by credit card or by using
the online PayPal system.
Online ordering requires registration.
Go to FamilySearch and, in the upper
right-hand corner, click on “Sign In.” If
you’re not yet registered, this will take you
to a page that has a button entitled
“Create New Account.” Click there and
select “FamilySearch Account” for the
general public or “LDS FamilySearch
Account” for LDS church members. Fill
in the information blocks and then click
“Register.” You’ll be directed to open your
email to complete the registration.
Once registered, to order a film, go to
https://www.familysearch.org/films. You’ll
see a page headed “Online Film
Ordering” where you can sign in. You
must assure that the film is delivered to
your “default” FHC, the center where you
wish to research the film. On the right is
a little “house” icon (for “Home”). Click
there, and follow directions to select a
default FHC.
Select the FHC and return to the film-
ordering page. Enter the desired film
number and click the “Search” button. If
the film is already available at your FHC,
you will be so informed. If not, you can
order it for a short term (60 days) for
$7.50 or as extended loan (indefinite) for
$18.75.
Then proceed as in a typical online
purchase. You will be given an order
number and will receive emails telling you
the progress of your order and when it has
arrived at your FHC. Once there, it will
be filed numerically by film number.
Make a note of that so that you can locate
the film in the FHC’s files.
If the film is short term, it will have a
due date associated with it. The patron
who ordered the film, as well as others
who may use it, must recognize that if the
film is not renewed online before that
date, it may be returned without further
notification.
Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to
contact him by writing to 438 Maynard
Drive, Amherst, NY 14226; by email at
[email protected]; or by visiting
www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGenealogy
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healthy snack high in protein. Remove eggs from the refrigerator about 30 minutes
before cooking to avoid cracking. Place in a medium saucepan and add enough cold
water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. When water is boiling, remove the pan from
the heat and cover. Let stand 15 to 17 minutes. (I use 17 minutes, but most sources
say 15 minutes.) Drain the water and crack the shells. Peel while still warm and
refrigerate until needed, but no more than three days.
Copyright by Pat Sinclair. Pat Sinclair announces the publication of her second
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Makes 2 servings
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup diced red pepper
1 1/2 cups refrigerated hash browns or frozen shredded
hash browns, thawed
8 spears asparagus, cut into
2- to 3-inch pieces
1 cup fresh baby spinach leaves
1 clove garlic, minced
4 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Hot pepper sauce, if desired
1/2 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese or cheddar cheese
Heat the butter and olive oil in a 9-inch nonstick skillet over medium
heat. Add the onion and red pepper and cook two to three minutes or
until softened. Add the potatoes and cook about five minutes or until the
potatoes begin to brown.
Add asparagus and continue cooking about three minutes until bright
green. Add the spinach and garlic and cover. Cook one minute until the
spinach is wilted.
Beat the eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and a few drops hot pepper sauce in a
medium bowl until smooth. Pour over potatoes. Cook five to eight
minutes, lifting edges and allowing uncooked egg to flow underneath.
Heat the broiler. Sprinkle frittata with cheese and broil two to four
minutes or until center is set. Cut into four wedges to serve.
Tip: For variations, include experiment with fresh vegetables. When I
use zucchini, I chop it and cook it with the onion. For leftover vegetables,
add them with the spinach.
Easy Vegetable FrittataBy Pat Sinclair
As summer approaches, I’m always looking for nutritious recipes that require
little effort.
An Italian frittata is a complete meal the way I prepare it. Fresh asparagus
celebrates spring and abundant zucchini heralds the end of the season. Try
topping it with sliced tomatoes before adding the cheese.
There are endless variations, and it’s a great way to use up small amounts of
leftover vegetables. Eggs provide healthy protein, and you can replace two eggs
with egg substitute or egg whites if you are limiting cholesterol.
Not all frittatas contain potatoes, but adding them makes the meal more
substantial. Just add some fresh fruit and dinner’s ready!
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Some True Frogs inNorth America
The Beauty in Nature
Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Several species of true frogs in the
Ranidae family live in northeastern
North America. These related frogs
are wood frogs, mink frogs, carpenter
frogs, northern leopard frogs, southern
leopard frogs, pickerel frogs, green frogs,
and bullfrogs.
These frogs eat invertebrates and are
camouflaged to avoid being eaten. But
snakes, turtles, mink, raccoons, herons,
fish, and other critters ingest some frogs
and tadpoles.
True frogs spawn in
water in spring, starting
with wood frogs in
March and ending with
bullfrogs in June. Males
of each kind vocalize to
draw females to them
for spawning. Each
female lays hundreds of
eggs in a mass on the
water’s surface, while
her mate fertilizes them
externally.
Tadpoles hatch in a couple of weeks,
depending on water temperature, and eat
algae and decaying vegetation. Polliwogs
change to small frogs in one summer,
except green frogs and bullfrogs, which
metamorphose in two summers.
Wood frogs live farther north than
other kinds of North American true
frogs, ranging deep into Canada. This
handsome species is tan with a dark mask
around each eye, camouflage for life on
forest floors.
Wood frogs spawn in temporary
woodland pools within a few days, before
cold weather returns. Males float on the
water and croak, sounding like quacking
ducks being strangled. After spawning,
adult woodies crawl under protective
leaves on forest floors.
Skins of mink frogs smell like mink
musk. They inhabit eastern Canada and
the northeastern United States. They are
light green with brown markings. They
spawn among emergent and floating
vegetation in ponds, where males call
“kuk, kuk, kuk,” like hammers hitting
wood.
Carpenter frogs live in acidic,
sphagnum moss bogs on the Delmarva
Peninsula and down the Atlantic Coast.
Their nuptial vocalizations are series of
two-syllable hammering
notes.
In April, the males of
the closely related
leopard frogs and
pickerel frogs utter
growling snores from
the shallow edges of the
ponds they spawn in.
Leopards choose grassy
habitats while pickerels
live in woodsy ones.
Leopards are greenish
with dusky circles,
while pickerels are brownish with darker
rectangles.
Green frogs are the most widespread
and abundant of true frogs, inhabiting
most waterways and impoundments.
They are dull green, with males having
yellow throats during the breeding
season. Males utter notes that sound like
loose strings on a banjo.
The brownish-green bullfrogs are the
largest of true frogs and live in most
impoundments. Males utter deep,
quavering bellows that resemble the
lowing of cattle.
During spring and summer, listen for
true frogs. Their calling is an interesting
part of nature.
Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a Lancaster
County Parks naturalist.
Southern leopard frog
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Take Time to RememberA few solemn thoughts to ponder and
share this Memorial Day:
“Although no sculptured marble should
rise to their memory, nor engraved stone
bear record of their deeds, yet will their
remembrance be
as lasting as the
land they
honored.” –
Daniel Webster
“Perform,
then, this one
act of
remembrance
before this day
passes:
Remember there
is an army of
defense and advance that never dies and
never surrenders, but is increasingly
recruited from the eternal sources of the
American spirit and from the generations
of American youth.” – W.J. Cameron
“I have never been able to think of the
day as one of mourning; I have never quite
been able to feel that half-masted flags
were appropriate on Decoration Day. I
have rather felt that the flag should be at
the peak, because those whose dying we
commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where
their valor placed it. We honor them in a
joyous, thankful, triumphant commem-
oration of what they did.” – Benjamin
Harrison
“These heroes
are dead. They
died for
liberty—they
died for us.
They are at rest.
They sleep in
the land they
made free, under
the flag they
rendered
stainless, under
the solemn
pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful
willows, and the embracing vines. They
sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds,
careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each
in the windowless place of rest. Earth may
run red with other wars—they are at
peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of
conflict, they found the serenity of death.
I have one sentiment for soldiers living
and dead: cheers for the living; tears for
the dead.” – Robert G. Ingersoll
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that among the older population, the
trend seems to be traveling in reverse.
The University of Michigan’s
Transportation Research Institute reports
that from 1983 to 2008, the percentage
of 16-year-olds who got driver’s licenses
fell from 46.2 to 31.1 percent, and
among 17-year-olds the percentage
declined from 68.9 to 50 percent. For
18-year-olds, the rate fell from 80.4 to
65.4 percent.
Economic factors, along with the rise
of cell phones and other devices that
reduce the need for face-to-face
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In the same time period, however, the
percentage of drivers in the 60 to 64 age
range rose from 83.8 to 95.9 percent;
among drivers 65 to 69, license holders
increased from 79.2 percent to 94
percent; and for adults 70 and older, the
percentage increased from 55 to 78.4
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Improved health and the need to
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Asparagus Tips – Grab a Spear, My Dear
Preventive Measures
Wendell Fowler
As the brown-gray mood of winter
melts, giving way to warmer
temperatures, crocus, and pudgy,
chirping robins, nature’s ultimate finger,
asparagus, begins poking its purple tips
through the warm soil.
I’ll never forget Mom cautioning my
brothers and me as we ran through the
family garden using asparagus spears as
swords in our swashbuckling fantasy.
“Don’t run while you have asparagus in
your hands. You’ll poke someone’s eye
out!
This low-calorie, luxurious member of
the lily family was historically reserved
for royalty and rulers and is derived from
the Greek word asparago, meaning to
“sprout” or “shoot up.”
History tells us that Roman emperors
were so fond of asparagus that they kept
a special fleet of ships solely to fetch it.
Ancient Romans hoarded it, since they
believed asparagus spears cured all
ailments, which is evidence of man’s
recognition of food as medicine. Ancient
Chinese herbalists have used asparagus
root for centuries.
The edible young shoots are one of
the most nutritional, well-balanced
veggies.
• 5 ounces provides 60 percent of the
recommended daily allowance for
folacin—required for blood-cell
formation growth and the prevention
of liver disease, cervical cancer, colon
and rectal cancer, and heart disease.
• Asparagus contains potassium, which
helps regulate the electrolyte balance
within cells and helps maintain normal
heart function and blood pressure.
• It contains fiber, thiamin, and B6 and
is one of the richest sources of rutin,
which strengthens capillary walls.
• Asparagus is especially rich in the
antioxidant nutrients vitamin A,
vitamin C, and vitamin E.
• Asparagus is a diuretic and a laxative;
for those who are sedentary and suffer
from gravel, it’s been found beneficial,
as well as in cases of dropsy.
• Asparagus contains steroids that mimic
pheromones, which purportedly make
you attractive to lovers.
This generous gift of the universe
contains more glutathione than other
produce. It assists cells in breaking down
toxic peroxide and other oxygen-rich
compounds, preventing them from
destroying DNA. Glutathione repairs
damaged DNA, stimulates immune
function, recycles vitamins C and E back
to their active forms, and removes toxins.
In 1991, an Italian researcher reported
a compound found in asparagus that had
shown some antiviral activity in test-tube
studies. The root contains compounds
called steroidal glycosides, which may
have anti-inflammatory properties to ease
the pain of arthritic-related conditions.
Without getting busted by the grocery
cops, bend a stalk and select a bunch that
is firm with tightly closed buds. The
thickness of the stalks makes no
difference. The color should be bright
green with subtle purple hints.
Discoloration and fading can guarantee
it’s old.
After cooking, if your asparagus has
gone limp, you’ve blown it. All of
asparagus’s delicious cosmic healing
qualities are ruined by cooking too long;
raw is best. Steam it for one minute.
Pay attention; over-cooking deserves a
good flogging. “As quick as cooking
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the spark for an infatuation that would evolve to greatly
influence his life.
“They just fascinated me,” Knaub said of the whales.
He always believed he would be in the banking
industry, having pursued it very early on. After he
attended the US Naval Academy, Knaub acquired a BS
in accounting from Elizabethtown College and his
MBA in banking from Shippensburg University. He
was able to work in Harrisburg with two large banking
institutions.
However, Knaub’s interests began to float back into
the world of whales after discovering whale watching—
a practice of observing whales in their natural
environment—in Provincetown, Mass., during a 1985
trip with a group of friends.
It was not until the very last day of their three-day
journey that they were able to witness their first whale.
“It was foggy,” Knaub recalled, “and then someone
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also known as the fluke—of the whale, which would
become a notable symbol in his company’s logo. “After
eight hours on the boat we thought it was the most
amazing thing.”
The following year, he brought his wife along to
whale watch and they both witnessed two humpback
whales that came directly up to their boat, slapping
their flukes in the water—an action called lobtailing.
“They really excited me and fueled my passion to be
a marine biologist,” Knaub said.
Having brought along his personal camera, many
other whale watchers would ask Knaub for copies of his
videotapes.
“That was the light-bulb moment for me,” said
Knaub. It would also be the beginning of his Whale
Video Company.
During six months in 1988, he took 175 whale-
watching trips, recording everything he saw. According
to Knaub, a lot of planning goes into a whale-watching
trip and capturing video, including anticipation of bad
weather, being prepared for seasickness, preparing
backup equipment, and knowing how to spot a whale.
In Knaub’s videos, there is a distinct enthusiasm not
only from the whale watchers, but from the whales as
well. The videos show whales blowing ring bubbles and
breeching, which is when whales launch themselves out
of the water in an incredible display.
“Humpback whales are 50 tons of fun,” he laughed.
Knaub’s videos—digitized and annotated by him—
have become known as the world’s largest video
documentation archive of dolphin and whale behaviors.
They serve as some of the first notations of certain
whale behaviors.
“We have about 500 [whales] identified on video,”
Knaub said. “[The] whales have names and personalities
and an interest in us.”
His vast collection of videos caught the attention of
Google, making Knaub one of the official contributors
to Google Earth and Google Ocean. Knaub also has
videos posted to YouTube that have accumulated
thousands of views.
Knaub said that it simply takes one trip to excite
individuals about whales. “You would think someone
who went on tens of thousands of trips would be
immune, but it’s as if it is their first time—there is
something magical about a whale,” he said.
That magic seems to have Knaub completely
captivated as he has made several connections with the
whales he has videotaped, knowing about 100 on sight.
“It was their amazing stories that got me away from
banking,” Knaub said.
Quite a few of these whales have become celebrities
amongst whale watchers and fanatics. The most notable
are Salt and Colt.
Salt, a humpback whale, was the first whale to be
treated as an individual and given a name. She is the
most sighted whale in the whale world, being spotted
every year. Marine biologists estimate that she is 43 to
44 years old (most humpback whales live to be about
75).
Salt is also a mother of 12 calves and eight known
grand-calves. Scientists are able to keep track of whales
by their markings and scars. Many are even named after
such markings.
Colt is a 30-year-old humpback whale who is well
known for his singing talents; he has been dubbed “the
Frank Sinatra of the whale world.”
“Colt has a little black mark that looks like a
handgun,” laughed Knaub. When it comes to selecting
names, “you have to use your imagination.”
Both Colt and Salt are whales that are available for
adoption through a CSI program that Knaub helped to
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“If we tell you
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Knaub also takes his vast knowledge to
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“My company wants to show the
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Knaub remembered an example of such a
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Salt blows near a calf.
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responds to voice commands.
Also on-hand will be live computer-
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This Month in History: MayEvents• May 9, 1862 – During the American Civil War,
General David Hunter, Union commander of the
Department of the South, issued orders freeing the
slaves in South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia
without congressional or presidential approval.
The orders were countermanded by President
Abraham Lincoln 10 days later.
• May 14, 1804 – Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark departed St. Louis on their expedition to
explore the Northwest. They arrived at the Pacific
coast of Oregon in November of 1805 and
returned to St. Louis in September of 1806,
completing a journey of about 6,000 miles.
• May 31, 1889 – More than 2,300 people were
killed in the Johnstown flood in Pennsylvania.
Heavy rains throughout May caused the
Conemaugh River Dam to burst, sending a 75-
foot-tall wall of water pouring down upon the city.
Birthdays• May 1 – American labor leader Mary “Mother”
Jones (1830-1930) was born in County Cork,
Ireland. She endured misfortune early in life as her
husband and four children died during the yellow
fever epidemic of 1867. She also lost all of her
belongings in the Chicago Fire of 1871. She then
devoted herself to organizing and advancing the
cause of labor, using the slogan, “Join the union,
boys!” She also sought to prohibit child labor. She
remained active until the very end, giving her last
speech on her 100th birthday.
• May 8 – International Red Cross founder and
Nobel Prize winner Henri Dunant (1828-1910)
was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He was also a
founder of the YMCA and organized the Geneva
Conventions of 1863 and 1864.
• May 19 – African-American playwright Lorraine
Hansberry (1930-1965) was born in Chicago, Ill.
She is best known for A Raisin in the Sun (1959) a
play dealing with prejudice and black pride. The
play was the first stage production written by a
black woman to appear on Broadway. She died of
cancer at the age of 34. A book of her writings,
entitled To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, was
published posthumously.
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“Backhanded compliment”
Backhanded is synonymous with left-
handed. For example, in tennis, a backhand
stroke is a strike by a right-handed player
from the left side of the body.
The left side of the body has always
been deemed sinister; the Latin word for
left is sinister. Hence, backhanded means
roundabout, indirect, or devious.
In early 1950s television, Richard
Carlson starred in I Led Three Lives.
Each episode started with a dramatic
voiceover: “This is the fantastically true
story of the Herbert A. Philbrick, who,
for nine frightening years, did lead three
lives—average citizen, member of the
Communist Party, and counterspy for
the FBI.”
I always thought if we could count
“average citizen” as one of our lives, we
all could claim at least two—for instance,
average citizen and
housewife or average
citizen and pipe
fitter.
It may be a
stretch to call
celebrities average
citizens, but if we
do, several from past
and present have led
three lives, just like
Herbert A.
Philbrick.
Take Dorothy
Rodgers, wife of composer Richard
Rodgers, who always fought being
summarized as “wife and mother.” She
wrote books on home decorating and
invented a toilet cleaning “jonny mop,”
which she sold to Johnson & Johnson.
Jamie Leigh Curtis, daughter of Janet
Leigh and Tony Curtis, and a movie star
in her own right, holds the patent on a
disposable diaper that comes with a
moistened baby wipe attached.
New Yorker writer Ian Frazier often
writes about fishing, but his patent is for
a different kind of pole—one that
removes debris stuck in trees.
Ever yearn to write, but say you
haven’t the time? Draw inspiration from
Edward Streeter. Streeter retired from his
37-year banking career in 1956, a couple
of years after his novel, Mr. Hobbs’
Vacation, hit the bookstores. Later it was
transformed into a hit movie starring
Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O’Hara.
But Streeter already knew about
Hollywood. You see, back in the ’40s, he
made time to write Father of the Bride
despite his daily commute to New York’s
Fifth Avenue Bank.
Anyone with more LPs than CDs
remembers the choral harmony of Fred
Waring and His Pennsylvanians. Waring
played in orchestras to put himself
through Penn State, where he studied
architectural engineering, not music.
His engineering knowledge stood him
in good stead as he helped work out the
kinks in another inventor’s basic blender
design. Voila! The Waring Blender was
born.
Hedy Lamarr shocked European
movie-goers by skinny dipping in the
1933 Austrian-Czech film Ecstasy. In
Hollywood she is remembered as much
for turning down
what became Ingrid
Bergman roles in
Gaslight and
Casablanca as for
starring in such
pictures as Samson
and Delilah and
The Strange Woman.
But the woman
Louis B. Mayer
once called “the
most beautiful girl
in the world” was
not just another pretty face. Back in
1942, Lamarr shared a patent for a
“secret communication system” that was
designed as a guidance device for U.S.
torpedoes. The invention, based on
“frequency hopping,” was so far ahead of
its time that the military couldn’t use it
until the 1960s. In today’s digital age, it
helps keep cell phone calls secure.
Even ardent baseball fans may have
trouble recalling journeyman catcher
Moe Berg. A defensive specialist, Berg
got in just 662 big-league games during
15 seasons in the 1920s and ’30s.
Berg’s I.Q. might have been higher
than his batting average. He graduated
from Princeton with honors, and then
earned a law degree from Columbia
while playing big-league ball. Players
used to joke, “Moe Berg can speak seven
languages, but he can’t hit in any of
them.”
One of those languages was Japanese,
which might explain how a ball player
who hit only three homeruns in his first
10 seasons got selected, along with bona
fide stars like Babe Ruth and Lou
Gehrig, for a 1934 traveling all-star team
that visited Japan. Berg charmed his
hosts into letting him take home movies
from the top of Tokyo’s tallest building,
movies some say were used to plan
Jimmy Doolittle’s Tokyo bombing raid.
Once America entered World War II,
Berg’s fluent German led to missions for
the Office of Strategic Services,
predecessor to today’s CIA. One of his
greatest spy triumphs was discovering
that Nazi Germany’s nuclear research
lagged behind the American atomic
efforts.
In any language, Moe Berg would
have made Herbert A. Philbrick proud.
They Led Three Lives
Silver Threads
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On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese carrier
planes, without warning,
dropped the bombs on Pearl
Harbor that were to involve the United
States in the largest war the world had
ever seen.
Two days later, Donald B. Wren went
to the recruiting station in Chicago to
enlist. He says he’ll never forget that day.
The freezing-cold wind blew strongly
down the several-block-long line of men
waiting to enlist.
Then, for Wren, it was off to Santa
Ana, Calif., on a troop train for basic
training. For many of them, who had
never been farther than Chicago, that
was a life-changing experience. And after
five days and nights, they arrived at
Santa Ana.
After much training, Wren was chosen
on May 19, 1942, to become an aviation
cadet. That was followed by months of
flying training, after which he won his
wings as a pilot and was assigned a crew
of five other men and shipped to
Baltimore, where he
picked up a brand-new B-
26 Marauder twin-engine
bomber from the factory.
The B-26 was already
called the “Widowmaker”
due to its high rate of
accidents during takeoff
and landings. It had to be
flown at exact airspeeds,
particularly on final
approach and when one
engine was out. Its usual
approach airspeed of 150
miles per hour then had to
be strictly maintained or it
would stall out and crash.
Wren and his new crew then flew to
Miami. The next day was Christmas,
when they were awakened at 6 a.m.,
given a bag of oranges and a pat on the
back, and sent off on the long flight to
Europe via South America; Ascension
Island, a tiny dot halfway
across the Atlantic; Africa;
and finally to England,
where they were assigned
to the 554th Bomb
Squadron, 386th Bomb
Group.
There Wren was to fly
97 combat hours on 29
combat missions,
participating in the
Normandy and Air
Offensive European
campaigns. Many of those
missions were knocking
out bridges in preparation
for the D-Day invasion.
Did his crew suffer any casualties?
“Yes,” he says quietly, “we sure did.
My co-pilot was killed, our bombardier
suffered flak damage to his right eye and
was removed from the crew, our flight
engineer ‘went to pieces’ and was
grounded, and a flak burst below the
belly of the plane put enough metal in
our waist gunner’s butt to land him in
the hospital.
“Then, on my 29th mission, on May
31, 1943, we were shot down and had to
bail out over France. My radio operator
and I had had ‘double E’ training (escape
and evasion), so we made it to the trees,
where I spent the next 13 days hiding
out in the countryside under fir trees
whose branches swept the ground, in
hedgerows, and in haystacks.
“Food consisted of the carrots, green
beans, peas, and radishes that could be
‘liberated’ at night from local gardens,
but my weight went down to 137
pounds.
“I awakened one morning with a
French milkmaid standing over me. She
turned out to have family in the French
He Spent 93 Days as an EvadeeBehind Enemy Lines
Robert D. Wilcox
Salute to a Veteran
Captain Donald B. Wren in
1950.
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underground, so she ran off to get her
father. And from then on, the
underground took care of me.”
Wren buried his uniform clothes and
was given appropriate civilian clothes, a
French beret, a work card, and even
wooden-soled shoes. The only thing he
kept was his dog tags. He and other
evadees were
transferred
from one
farmhouse
to another.
Once, after
spending 30
days in one
room, alone
with
nothing to
occupy his
time or
mind, he
climbed out
of a window
and was on his own.
While walking down a dirt path, he
heard a motorcycle with two Germans
aboard approaching. There was no time
to hide, so he kept walking. The
motorcycle stopped in front of him, and
the Germans looked him up and down.
“I felt sure that they could read a sign
on my chest saying, ‘I am an American,’”
he says. “They asked the way to a nearby
town. I couldn’t understand more than
the name of the town and had no idea
where it lay, but I kept my mouth shut
and pointed straight ahead. When they
left, I scampered back to the room I had
left. Somehow, the room no longer
seemed boring or confining.”
There were other close scrapes. Once
he was eating in a small restaurant with
the underground when some German
officers came in and shook hands all
around. “I just shook hands and
grinned,” he says, “and my rescuers got
me out of the place quickly.”
After 93 days behind enemy lines, the
Allied troops went by, and Wren was safe
at last. He met up with his radio
operator, and
they got an
old German
motorcycle
operating
again. They
drove from
one
American
camp to
another,
gathering up
food supplies
that they
could take
to the
people who had cared for them.
They finally reached an American
airfield, and a flight took them back to
England. Since they had been behind the
lines, they were promptly flown to the
U.S. for intelligence debriefing.
Later, he was a flight instructor and
saw combat in Korea and Vietnam.
“But that,” he says, “is another story.”
Wren retired from the Air Force as a
colonel in 1976, and later he and his
wife, Mariann, came to Lancaster to
enjoy life in a retirement community,
never far from thinking of the hazards he
faced as a B-26 pilot in Europe in our
nation’s greatest war.
Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in
Europe in WWII.
Don and Mariann Wren in Lancaster in 2009.
something had to be accomplished
rapidly.
To steam: Place washed, whole,
trimmed asparagus on a steamer rack
over rapidly boiling water. Cover and
begin timing.
Serving suggestions:
• Try asparagus with minced, fresh garlic
and lemon juice squeezed over the top.
• Chop it up raw and toss it into a salad.
• Drizzle it with soy sauce, toasted
sesame oil, and chopped green onions.
• Yogurt, low-fat mayonnaise, or non-fat
sour cream are easy toppings.
• Complement asparagus with a glass of
Chenin Blanc, Fume Blanc, or French
Colombard.
• Chives, chervil, parsley, savory, and
tarragon infused with olive oil are
delicious poured over asparagus.
After eating asparagus, somewhere
between 20 to 40 percent of the
population detect their urine smells foul.
This is caused by the sulfur and
methanethiol compounds in the splendid
spring vegetable.
Not a good-enough reason to avoid
this honorable rite of spring. Just don’t
poke someone’s eye out.
Chef Wendell is an inspirational food
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LANCASTER COUNTY
EMPLOYERS NEED YOU!!
For more job listings, call theLancaster County Office of Aging
at (717) 299-7979or visit
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco_aging
Lancaster County Office of Aging150 N. Queen Street, Suite 415
Lancaster, PA
Job
OpportunitiesWAREHOUSE – FT
Educational supply company is seeking seasonal workers for their warehouse operations. No experience
necessary. Training provided in a high-energy, casual work environment. All shifts available in shipping,
receiving, and pick-pack.
I frequently receive requests from our consumers who need help with regular monthly cleaning.
Many of our consumers live in apartments or only use part of the house they live in due to mobility issues. Many also have
health issues that limit them physically, so they can’t do the cleaning themselves. And since most agency consumers are on a
limited income, they aren’t able to pay someone to do this task for them.Cleaning volunteers are asked to visit an assigned consumer once a month and spend about two hours doing light
housecleaning such as vacuuming, dusting, cleaning the bathroom, and washing up linoleum floors. Cleaning volunteers are not
asked to move furniture, turn mattresses, or do any other “spring housecleaning” types of chores.If you’re interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities at our agency, please call me, Bev Via, at (717) 299-7979 or
email me at [email protected]. You can provide the assistance necessary for an older person to remain in his/her own home.
CUSTOMER SERVICE COORDINATOR – PT
Retail store needs an individual to
handle the operational duties of
their service desk. Provide prompt,
courteous, and knowledgeable
service to customers, including
resolving service issues, training
associates, and maintaining proper
procedures.SN04026B.02
ASSISTANT MANAGER – FT
Thrift store looking for a creative
person with retail sales/supervisory
experience to assist in handling of
their daily operations. Must be able
to multitask and work a flexible
schedule. Any merchandising/
display experience is a plus.
SN04024N.03
E.O.E.
VIEW OUR JOB LISTWe list other jobs on the Web at
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco_aging. To learn more about applyingfor the 55+ Job Bank and these
jobs, call the Employment Unit at(717) 299-7979.
SN-GEN.03
SN04030N.01Age 55 or over? Unemployed? The 55+ Job Bank is one of
three services offered by Employment Unit at the Office of Aging.Jobs are matched with those looking for work. Based on an
evaluation of your skills and abilities, we can match you with aposition needed by a local employer. Some employers arespecifically looking for older workers because of the reliabilityand experience they bring to the workplace. There is a mix offull-time and part-time jobs covering all shifts, requiring varyinglevels of skill and experience, and offering a wide range ofsalaries.
The other services available through the Office of Aging arethe Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)and the regularly scheduled Job Search Workshops.
— Volunteer Opportunities —
Contrary to what one cranky
television doctor (House, M.D.) would
like you to believe, lupus is a very real
disease that hundreds of thousands of
people deal with every day.
Lupus is an autoimmune disease in
which the patient’s immune system
attacks healthy parts of his or her own
body, resulting in inflammation,
swelling, and pain, among other
symptoms.
What can make lupus dangerous is
when it attacks vital organs such as the
heart, lungs, or liver. It is more likely to
affect women than men, as well as people
of non-European descent. However, if
caught early, those affected by lupus have
a good chance of living normal and
healthy lives.
Symptoms of lupus include the
following, and
if it seems like
many apply to
yourself, you
may want to
visit your
doctor:
Fatigue. Most
people who
have lupus
suffer fatigue
whenever the
disease is
about to flare
up. This is a
near-universal
symptom,
regardless of
how strong or
mild the case
is.
Joint andmuscle pain.Arthritis is
another
common side
effect of lupus.
Almost three-
fourths of all
patients report
joint and
muscle pain to
be the first sign
that they have
lupus. Look for
arthritis in the
wrists, small
joints of the
hands, elbows, knees, and ankles.
Skin irritation. Many lupus patients
wind up with skin rashes, especially on
the face. Sores, flaky red spots, and scaly
rashes are also possible and can be
located on the face, neck, back, hands,
and arms.
Chest pain. The disease can cause
inflammation of the heart and the lungs,
which can result in very strong chest
pains that can put people at an increased
risk of a heart attack or a stroke.
Celebrities who have had lupus
include singers Michael Jackson, Lady
Gaga, and Toni Braxton, as well as My
Favorite Martian actor Ray Walston.
Sometimes it Is, in Fact, Lupus
Drawing of the typical
“butterfly rash” found in lupus.
May is LupusAwareness Month
Know Your AntioxidantsSome studies indicate that the herbs
and spices we use in cooking might be
doing more than just giving our taste
buds a boost.
One single gram (half a teaspoon) of
cloves provides the same antioxidant
benefits that a half cup of blueberries or
cranberries would. A half cup of dried
oregano is the antioxidant equivalent of a
half cup of sweet potatoes.
Both fresh and dried herbs and spices
contain significant levels of antioxidants
Here’s a list:
Fresh: Lemon, marjoram, oregano,
peppermint, sage, thyme
Dried: Allspice, basil, cinnamon, cloves,
marjoram, oregano, rosemary, saffron,
tarragon, thyme
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Lancaster County
Calendar of EventsCocalico Senior Association – (717) 336-7489May 2, 10 a.m. – Music with Lost & Found
May 9, 9:30 a.m. – Card Party
May 15, 9 a.m. – Tai Chi
Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-4850May 2, 10:15 a.m. – “Planning Your Future” Program
May 7, 10:15 a.m. – Music by The Gospel Brothers
May 30, 9:30 a.m. – Tai Chi and Chi Gung
Elizabethtown Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 May 1, 11 a.m. – Program by PPL
May 11, 11 a.m. – “Eat This, Not That” Nutrition Program
May 14, 10:30 a.m. – “All About Me” Program
Lancaster House North – (717) 299-1278Thursdays, noon to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle
Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 299-3943May 18, 9:30 a.m. – CAP Nutrition Program with Food Demos
May 21, 9:30 a.m. – Consumer Corner
May 23, 10 a.m. – Tai Chi
Lancaster Rec. Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147Fridays, 12:30 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Bridge
Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800May 10, 10:30 a.m. – Mother’s Day Breakfast Tribute with
Music
May 24, 10:15 a.m. – Haircuts and Manicures
May 31, 10:15 a.m. – Tai Chi for Seniors
LRC Senior Center – (717) 399-7671May 10, 9 a.m. – Tai Chi
May 24, 9 a.m. – Memorial Day Picnic
May 31, 10 a.m. – Haircuts and Manicures
Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989May 11, 10 a.m. – Mother’s Day Celebration
May 17, 9 a.m. – Picnic at Buchmiller Park, Pavilion 32
May 22, 9 a.m. – “Never Too Old to Play” Tai Chi
Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600May 7, 10 a.m. – Penn State Nutrition Program
May 16, 10 a.m. – Tai Chi
May 21, 10 a.m. – Singing and Dancing with Standing Room
Only
Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. – Zumba Gold Exercise
May 9, 10:30 a.m. – Special Music by Andrew & Jessica
May 21, 10:30 a.m. – Karaoke
Rodney Park Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle and
Bingo
Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visittheir website for more information.
Library Programs
Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation
Pre-registration is required for these programs. All activities are held at the Environmental Center in
Central Park unless otherwise noted. To register or to find out more about these activities or any
additional scheduled activities, call (717) 295-2055 or visit www.lancastercountyparks.org.
May 6, 1 to 2:30 p.m. – Nature Journaling in Time for Spring
May 12, 10 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m. – Explore a Bluebird Trail
May 20, 1 to 3 p.m. – Meandering in Money Rocks, Money Rock County Park
Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public
May 1, 7 p.m.Red Rose Singles MeetingFarm & Home Center
1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster
(717) 917-1222
May 5, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Penn Township/Pleasant ViewCommunity DayPleasant View Retirement Community
Shuttles from Manheim Brethren in
Christ Church
54 N. Penryn Road, Manheim
(717) 664-6305
www.penn.co.lancaster.pa.us
May 5, 7 p.m.Silent Movie Night: Buster Keaton’sSeven Chances
Garden Spot Village Chapel
433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland
(717) 355-6000
May 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Pennsylvania Music ExpoContinental Inn
2285 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster
(717) 898-1246
www.recordcollectors.org
May 6, noon to 5 p.m.Second Annual Lancaster Pet DayFred F. Groff, Inc. Funeral Home
234 W. Orange St., Lancaster
(717) 397-8255
May 6, 1 to 5 p.m.Dancing: Bluegrass, Gospel, Old-TimeCountry MusicDenver Fire Hall
425 Locust St., Denver
(717) 330-6789
May 7, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Share Workshop for GrandparentsPATHways Center for Grief & Loss
4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy
(717) 823-2789
May 8, 15, and 22, 7 to 8:30 p.m.Newly Bereaved ProgramPATHways Center for Grief & Loss
4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy
(717) 391-2413
May 14, 10 to 11 a.m.Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support GroupGarden Spot Village – Concord Room
433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland
(717) 355-6076
May 15, 7 to 8:30 p.m.Coping With the Loss of a Companionor SpousePATHways Center for Grief & Loss
4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy
(717) 391-2413
May 17, noonBrain Tumor Support GroupLancaster General Health Campus
Wellness Center
2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster
(717) 626-2894
May 18, 6 to 9 p.m.Music Fridays200 and 300 Blocks of
North Queen Street
24 W. Walnut St., Lancaster
(717) 341-0028
May 20, 3 p.m.Pianist Maria Thompson CorleyGrace Lutheran Church
517 N. Queen St., Lancaster
(717) 397-2748
May 23, 6 to 8 p.m.Epilepsy Foundation of EasternPennsylvania Support GroupLancaster General Hospital
Stager Room 5
555 N. Duke St., Lancaster
(800) 887-7165, ext. 104
May 28, 2 to 3 p.m.Parkinson’s Support GroupGarden Spot Village
Village Square Board Room
433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland
(717) 355-6259
Ephrata Public Library, 550 S. Reading Road, Ephrata, (717) 738-9291May 15, 6:30 p.m. – Practical Tips for Caring for Loved Ones with Dementia
Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255May 10, 7 p.m. – Lancaster Civil War Roundtable: The Lincoln Assassination Trial
May 21, 6:30 p.m. – Cooking and Eating Smart for Your Health
May 29, 7 p.m. – Village Art Association: Japanese Brush Painting
Manheim Community Library, 15 E. High St., Manheim, (717) 665-6700
Manheim Township Public Library, 595 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster, (717) 560-6441
Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy, (717) 653-1510
Moores Memorial Library, 9 W. Slokum Ave., Christiana, (610) 593-6683
Pequea Valley Public Library, 31 Center St., Intercourse, (717) 768-3160
Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, P.O. Box 678, Quarryville, (717) 786-1336
Strasburg-Heisler Library, 143 Precision Ave., Strasburg, (717) 687-8969
Senior Center Activities
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