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By Megan Joyce
Most of us have encountered tough times in our lives where we were
encouraged to heed the old adage of “dusting ourselves off ” or “picking
ourselves up by our bootstraps.” We fall; we rise up; we move forward,
bruised but vertical.
These days, Vickie Kissinger’s bootstraps hang firmly hinged on a treble
clef and a cluster of eighth-notes.
The newly named 2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL and New Holland-area
resident is a lifelong music lover, having started on the organ at just 5 years
old.
“My grandparents actually got me started in music. My grandmother in
particular always had a love for music, and they took me for organ lessons,”
Kissinger recalled. “That was just always a dream of hers: She wanted me to
learn to play the organ.”
As she grew up, her musical studies expanded to include piano as well,
and by age 13 she was playing the organ in church; by 15, she was
substituting for two different local churches. By high-school graduation,
Kissinger was offered an organist position at a church in Akron.
As a teenager, Kissinger had become interested in singing, and her jazz-
piano teacher at the time encouraged her to embrace her voice. After she
2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Vickie Kissinger performing “At Last” by Etta James.
Power Reigns Supreme
at Senior Idol
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Is the Only-Child Trend
Desirable?
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please see IDOL page 18
Inside:
Dauphin County Edition July 2012 Vol. 14 No. 7
Self-MadeSenior Idol
2012 Talent Competition Winner
Earned Music Degree at 45
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atter swings like a rusty gate.”
That was me—I didn’t
need the other team to
remind me that I was what baseball
scouts call “good glove/no bat.”
But this rusty gate never lost his
enthusiasm for the game. Besides
marveling at how batters slam a wooden
cylinder against a speeding orb, I love the
cerebral aspects of baseball. Games turn
on strategies
that work (or
don’t).
Here are a
few of
baseball’s
lesser-known
fundamentals
that might
enhance your
appreciation
for the game.
Wasting apitch. Rarely
do you see a
three-pitch
called
strikeout.
When a batter is behind with a no-balls,
two-strikes count, he is prepared to swing
at almost any pitch that’s not over his
head.
The pitcher intentionally throws out
of the strike zone hoping the batter will
“go fishing” and either miss for strike
three or hit a harmless roller. If you want
to see the epitome of rage, check out the
manager after his pitcher gives up an 0-2
homerun.
A hallowed baseball story tells how an
old-time manager vowed to fine any
pitcher $50 who didn’t waste a pitch. In
one game, after the umpire called an 0-2
offering “strike three,” the pitcher came
running in from the mound yelling,
“That was a ball!”
Curve versus slider. The classic
curveball breaks vertically from 12 to 6
on the clock. Batters tend to swing over it
unless it’s a “hanging curve” that takes
too long to break and sits there like an
apple on a branch.
Sliders break sideways, low and away
opposite the pitcher’s arm. Therefore, a
right-handed slider breaks into a left-
handed batter or away from a right-
handed batter.
Breaking balls are thrown with a
twisting wrist that makes them slower
than fastballs, so a breaking ball that
doesn’t break is easy pickings for the
batter.
Fair versus foul. All four bases are in
fair territory. Home plate has the V-
shaped base because it nestles in the
confluence of
the right and
left foul lines.
Balls that
hit the “foul
line” are fair.
Balls that hit
the “foul pole”
or its extension
screen are
homeruns.
A runner on
third takes his
lead in foul
territory lest he
get called out
for interference
by getting hit
by a fair ball.
Considerate umpires on the first and
third base lines position themselves in
foul territory because they are “in play”
and when hit by a fair ball might affect
the outcome of the play.
Alas, left-handers. In the Big Leagues,
left-handed throwers play only five of the
nine defensive positions: three outfielders,
first base, and pitcher. That’s not a rule.
It’s due to the counterclockwise nature of
the game.
You’ll understand immediately if you
pretend you’re a second baseman fielding
a grounder and throwing to first—see
how you must make an extra turn if you
throw left-handed? All those runners who
are thrown out by a step would be safe
against left-handed infielders.
Conversely, a left-handed first baseman
is in a better position to throw to second
and doesn’t have to sweep the glove across
his body to tag the diving runner on a
pick-off play. The theory against left-
handed catchers is that they’re out of
position on steal attempts to third and
that, with most batters being right-
handed, they must maneuver throws
Some Finer Pointsof Baseball
Silver Threads
W.E. Reinka
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Dauphin County Office of Aging(717) 255-2790
Gipe Floor & Wall Covering(717) 545-6103
Neill Funeral Home(717) 564-2633
Zimmerman Auer Funeral Home(717) 545-4001
Alzheimer’s Association(717) 651-5020
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American Lung Association(800) LUNG-USA
Bureau of Consumer Protection(800) 441-2555
Meals on Wheels(800) 621-6325
National Council on Aging(800) 424-9046
Social Security Office(800) 772-1213
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As of May 2012, a new Medicare
card scam has been brought to the
attention of the Pennsylvania Senior
Medicare Patrol (SMP) and the Center
for Advocacy for the Rights and
Interests of the Elderly (CARIE).
Residents from all over Pennsylvania
have received calls from scammers
claiming to be “from Medicare.” The
scammer states
that Medicare is
sending out new
cards and then
instructs the
beneficiary to
give the
scammer their
checking
account number
in order to
receive the new
card.
In at least
two cases, the
scammer already
had the
beneficiary’s
address, bank name, and bank routing
number.
Remember: Medicare will never call
to sell you anything and will never ask
for your checking account number. To
report a similar scam or other Medicare
fraud, please call the Pennsylvania
Senior Medicare Patrol at (800) 356-
3606.
“Medicare will never call
to sell you anything and
will never ask for your
checking account
number.
“
Beware of New Medicare Card Scam
around batters on steal attempts to
second.
A few baseball theorists even prefer
right-handed leftfielders on the theory
that, on throws to the plate, their tosses
tend to bounce to the right (into the
waiting catcher) rather than away from
the play.
Outfield arms. The pariah right
fielder of Little League transforms into a
respected player in the Bigs. Teams put
rifle arms in right and weak arms in left
because the throw from right field to
third base is a full 90 feet longer than the
throw to third from left.
3-foot line. That mysterious line that
extends to the right and parallel to the
foul line in the last half of the distance
from home to first base is the 3-foot line.
A runner who strays to the left of the
foul line or to the right of the 3-foot line
may be called out if he interferes with
the fielder taking the throw at first. The
runner is allowed to run outside of the
channel to avoid interfering with a
fielder making a play.
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Dear Savvy Senior,
What can you tell me about restless
leg syndrome? I’m 58 years old, and
my wife thinks I may have it because I
sometimes wake her up at night
kicking my legs. – Restless Larry
Dear Larry,
If an irresistible urge to move your
legs has you kicking in your sleep,
you may indeed have restless leg
syndrome (RLS), a
common, under-
diagnosed condition
that affects around 10
percent of Americans.
Here’s what you
should know.
Do You Have RLS?
RLS is a
neurological disorder
that causes
unpleasant sensations
in the legs (usually in
the calf area) and an
irresistible urge to
move your legs when
resting or sitting still,
and the symptoms usually get worse
with age. The main complaint with
RLS, other than it being
uncomfortable, is that it disrupts
sleep.
While researchers have yet to pin
down a specific cause of RLS, they
do know of various conditions that
are linked to it, including: genetics
(it often runs in families), anemia,
kidney problems, peripheral
neuropathy, diabetes, attention
deficit disorder, and even pregnancy.
Do you have RLS? If you answer
yes to most of these questions, you
probably do.
• When you sit or lie down, do
you have a strong desire to move
your legs?
• Does your desire to move your
legs feel impossible to resist?
• Would you use the words
“unpleasant,” “creepy-crawly,”
“electric current,” “itching,”
“tingling,” “pulling,” or “tugging” to
describe your symptoms?
• Does your desire to move often
occur when you are resting or sitting
still?
• Does moving your legs make
you feel better?
• Do these symptoms bother you
more at night?
• Do your ever have involuntary
leg movements while you are awake?
Tips and Remedies
While there’s no cure for RLS,
there are some things you can do to
alleviate the symptoms. Depending
on the severity of your case, here are
some tips and remedies that may
help:
• Get a blood test: Studies show
that an iron or vitamin deficiency
can cause or worsen RLS. Your
doctor can easily check this with a
simple blood test and may
recommend supplementing your diet
with vitamin E, iron, vitamin B12,
or folate.
• Check your meds: Certain
drugs that treat high blood pressure,
heart conditions, nausea, colds,
allergies, and depression can make
RLS worse. If you take any of these,
ask your doctor if something else
can be prescribed.
• Watch your diet: Pay attention
to what you eat to see if it may cause
or increase your symptoms.
• Limit caffeine and alcohol: Both
of these can make symptoms worse.
• Stretch: A good calf stretch and
a strong massage may provide some
relief.
• Take a bath: For some people, a
hot or cold bath can help, or try
using a heating pad or ice pack.
• Try compression: Wrapping ace
bandages or
wearing
compression
support stockings
around the
problem area have
also been known to
help.
• Exercise:
Moderate exercise
(20 to 30 minutes
three or four times
a week) can also
relieve symptoms
and help you sleep
better. Exercising
late in the evening,
however, can
induce symptoms.
• Reduce stress: Stress can
aggravate RLS. Meditation and yoga
are good relaxation techniques you
may want to try, especially before
going to bed at night.
Treatments
If the tips or remedies don’t
improve your condition, prescription
medications may help.
Requip (or its generic Ropinirole)
and Mirapex are two drugs approved
by the FDA to treat RLS, but there
are several other drugs that treat
other conditions (dopaminergic
agents, sedatives, anticonvulsants,
and pain relievers) that have also
been found to be helpful.
Talk to your doctor about these
options, or consult an RLS specialist
(see rls.org to locate one) or a sleep
specialist (see sleepcenters.org).
Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the
NBC Today show and author of TheSavvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org.
Tips and Treatments forRestless Leg Syndrome
Savvy Senior
Jim Miller
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Question: I’m on SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI) and live with mytwo brothers in an apartment. My SSIpayment is cut by one-third becausethe Social Security office says I don’tpay enough of the household expenses.How much of the expenses must I payin order to get the full SSI rate?
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Q&A’s for July
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Calendar of Events
Dauphin County Library Programs
For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse.
July 12 and 13, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mohler Senior Center, 25 Hope Drive, Hershey, (717) 533-2002
Dauphin County Department of Parks and Recreation
July 8, 10:30 a.m. to noon – Flower Walk: Still More Blooms, Wildwood Park
July 11, 6 to 7:30 p.m. – Stress Relief Walk, Wildwood Park
July 21, 8 to 10 a.m. – Wandering Wildwood with Photographer Phil Lloyd, Wildwood Park
Programs and Support Groups
East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg, (717) 652-9380
Elizabethville Area Library, 80 N. Market St., Elizabethville, (717) 362-9825
July 26, 6 to 8 p.m. – Friends of the Elizabethville Area Library Meeting
Harrisburg Downtown Library, 101 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976
Johnson Memorial Library, 799 E. Center St., Millersburg, (717) 692-2658
Kline Branch, 530 S. 29th St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-3934
Madeline L. Olewine Memorial Library, 2410 N. Third St., Harrisburg, (717) 232-7286
McCormick Riverfront Library, 101 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976
Northern Dauphin Library, 683 Main St., Lykens, (717) 453-9315
William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library, 200 W. Second St., Hummelstown, (717) 566-0949
July 10, 6:30 p.m. – Novel Thoughts Book Club
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Senior Center Activities
Sundays through August, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.Free, Nondenominational Public Cruise
Pride of the Susquehanna Riverboat
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July 1, 1 to 4 p.m.Book Signing: Florence Ditlow and Les SchmidtTransit News, Harrisburg Transportation Center
Fourth and Chestnut streets, Harrisburg
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July 21, 10 a.m.Teamster 776 Retirees Monthly Meeting
Union Hall
2552 Jefferson St., Harrisburg
(717) 233-8766
July 24, 6 to 7:30 p.m.Parental Loss Support Group
AseraCare Hospice
75 S. Houcks Road, Suite 101, Harrisburg
(717) 541-4466
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Jewish Community Center – (717) 236-9555
July 24 – “The Amazing History of Ordinary Things”
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The United States Census has been
taken every 10 years since 1790.
It is used by the federal
government for a variety of reasons, the
primary one being to establish
Congressional districts according to
population. For protection of privacy, the
census is not made public until 72 years
after it is taken.
Thus, this is the first U.S. census in
which my name appears, as well as the
names of many 50plus Senior News
readers. Publication of the 1940 U.S.
census has been a highly anticipated
event by genealogists. It has also sparked
an awareness in those who may not be
that interested in the history of ancestors
they never knew—because they can now
find information they may not have
known about their parents or even
themselves.
The 1940 census was the first taken
after the start of Social Security, the first
after the Great Depression, and the last
before the nation’s entry into World War
II. It holds many nuggets of information
about the “Greatest Generation.”
Many of the questions on the 1940
census are the standard ones: name, age,
gender, race, education, and place of
birth. But the 1940 census also asked
many new questions. The instructions
directed the enumerator to enter an X
after the name of the person furnishing
the information about the family;
whether the person worked for the
CCC, WPA, or NYA the week of
March 24-30, 1940; and income for the
12 months ending Dec. 31, 1939.
The 1940 census also has a
supplemental schedule for two names on
each page. The supplemental schedule
asks the place of birth of the person’s
father and mother; the person’s usual
occupation, not just what they were
doing the week of March 24-30, 1940;
and for all women who are or have been
married, if this woman has been married
The 1940 Census
The Search for Our Ancestry
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please see CENSUS page 17
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John W. Berglund saw plenty of
action in the Marine Corps before
the A-bombs, mercifully, ended
WWII in the Pacific. But he all but
missed the whole thing.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he
wanted to enlist in the Navy, even
though his father tried his best to get
him to finish his senior year at Rutgers
University. But his vision was bad
enough to cause the Navy to decide that
they could fight the war without him.
Learning from that, he adopted
another tactic as he next tried the Marine
Corps. He simply memorized the eye
chart … and passed with flying colors.
Because of his years of college, he was
sent to Officer’s Candidate School at
Quantico, Va., where he earned his
commission.
He then shipped to Camp Pendleton,
Calif., where he was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 12th Marines. He soon was on
his way to New Zealand,
aboard a Liberty ship that
he says “made maybe 10
knots when they pushed
it.”
With a deckload of oil
and gasoline, and with
500 tons of high explosive
in the hold, they were
lucky to avoid attack
during the 22 days it
took them to reach New
Zealand.
After five months
there, they were sent up
to Guadalcanal, which had been declared
secured—the fighting over.
“Unfortunately,” he notes, “nobody
had told the Japanese Air Force. They
used to bomb us every night, although
our biggest problem was the shrapnel
from our own antiaircraft that fell all
around us.”
He explains that,
unbelievably, they trained by
firing on themselves.
“We spent a day in the
jungle, digging splinter-proof
shelters. We then crawled in
and called in fire from our 75-
millimeter pack howitzers, one
round at a time, until we heard
fragments crashing into our
shelter.”
They then shipped to
Bougainville, where they were
strafed as they landed.
“Our antiaircraft were using
proximity fuses that would go off when
15 yards from any target,” he says. “That
permitted me to once see five Japanese
planes in flames at the same time.”
It was also in Bougainville that the
Japanese plane dropped the 500-pound
bomb that landed 10 yards from where
he was.
“Yeah, it narrowly missed me,” he
says, “and dug a hole that was 26 feet in
diameter and 10 feet deep. As the round
came in, I could hear the click of the fuse
arming. Scared? I was so shook up that it
took me half an hour before I could light
a cigarette.
“I was then loaned to the 3rd New
Zealand division, where my job was to
supply them with naval gunfire to allow
them to get their artillery ashore on
Green Island. That was to take a few
hours but wound up taking five days.
“One of those days, I was working
with a Navy lieutenant, trying to dig a
foxhole into the coral. In two hours, we
made it 9 inches deep. He was a bitter
man. He had enlisted in the Navy, where
he would sleep between sheets and enjoy
a hot shower. And now here he was with
the Marines in the mud.
“The New Zealanders were trying to
flush out the last of the Japanese troops
The Japanese Plane Dropped a 500-Pound
Bomb that Landed 10 Yards from HimRobert D. Wilcox
Salute to a Veteran
Captain John W.
Berglund in 1945, newly
back from the Pacific.
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on the island. A day after I left, I learned
that they had found about 80 of them
and in 40 minutes of fighting had wiped
them out, while losing only four of their
own men. Typically, the Japanese had
fought to the last man.”
When Berglund left Green Island, he
found that he had been chosen by lottery
to go back to the States to form a new
division. When he got there, though, he
was sent to Fort Sill to take a course in
sound and flash ranging before being
returned to the Pacific, to the Corps
Artillery of the 5th Amphibious Corps on
Hawaii, the big island.
He was reunited there with a buddy
named Rick Ostrom, who had been in
class with him at Fort Sill and was a
privileged member of the Walker family,
one of the five families who had originally
owned all of the Hawaiian Islands.
When Ostrom called Mrs. Walker to
tell her he was there, he and Berglund
were promptly invited to come out to
her palatial home in the beautiful
Nuuanu Valley, to find that, because of
the war, they were reduced to having
only five servants.
“Some sacrifice,” notes Berglund drily.
On another occasion, they were
having cocktails with the Walkers when
some guests arrived. They turned out to
be Admiral Nimitz and an Admiral
Lockwood.
Berglund says, “You never saw two
lieutenants get sobered up so fast in your
life. After dinner, we played nickel-and-
dime poker with the admirals, and I won
the last hand from Admiral Nimitz. Mrs.
Walker asked that we not tell anyone
about that, and I couldn’t help
wondering, ‘Who’s going to believe us?’”
Then it was to Iwo Jima, where he
landed on D-Day plus two and saw our
flag flying from Mount Suribachi. His
unit coordinated all the fire of 14
battalions of artillery. He was on orders
to be in on the invasion of Japan, when
we dropped the A-bombs, and the war
was over.
After he was discharged in 1969, he
entered the Lutheran Theological
Seminary. After being ordained, he
served the Grace Lutheran Church in
Philadelphia and came to a retired living
community in Elizabethtown, Pa., in
1987 to enjoy his retirement.
Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in
Europe in WWII.
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Dec. 31.
The rebate
program benefits
eligible
Pennsylvanians
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age 50 and older; and people with
disabilities age 18 and older.
The income limit is $35,000 a year for
homeowners and $15,000 annually for
renters, and half of Social Security
income is excluded.
The maximum standard rebate is
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qualifying homeowners can boost rebates
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As of May 31, the Revenue
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By Megan Joyce
Early on in the performance lineup for the seventh
annual PA STATE SENIOR IDOL finals competition, a
recurring theme became audible: power.
Out of the seven years of finals-night performances,
2012’s roster included more than a dozen musical
dynamos whose notes could likely hit the ceiling even
without the sonic aid of a microphone or the buoyancy
of dinner-theater acoustics.
Produced by On-Line Publishers, hosted by the Dutch
Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, and emceed by
Diane Dayton of Dayton Communications, the 15
semifinalists for the evening’s show were culled from
nearly 100 contestants who auditioned at regional
tryouts in late April and early May.
Both the sold-out crowd and the panel of local
celebrity judges—RJ Harris of WHP580, Adrian
“Buddy” King of the former Magnificent Men, Valerie
Pritchett of abc27, and Janelle Stelson of WGAL-8—
were treated to almost three hours of impressive musical
talent, lively laughter, and powerhouse performances.
And Deb Olsen of Manheim got the night started
with a bang—many of them, in fact. The only drummer
ever to make the SENIOR IDOL semifinalist cut, Olsen set
what was to become the powerful tone for the evening as
she thundered through The Bee Gees’ “You Should Be
Dancing.”
“People don’t know how to judge drummers,” noted
King. “Basically it’s a matter of what you feel, and it felt
really good.”
Second in line was Margie Sheaffer of New
Providence, who tipped her fedora and added a few well-
placed pouts while performing “Makin’ Whoopee” by
Eddie Cantor.
“It’s always important to choose the right song here,
and I think you made a good choice,” said King. “You
communicate the song very well.”
“We’re off to a great start here; we’re going to have a
tough time [judging],” Harris predicted.
Third to the stage was Vickie Kissinger of Gap, whose
voice ran the gamut from gentle to formidable during
Etta James’ “At Last.”
“It’s one thing to have a good voice; it’s another to
know how to use it. Your dynamics are sensational,”
declared King. “You know how to build it, you knew
how to maintain it.”
Though Kissinger was an admittedly tough act to
follow, York’s Tom LaNasa did so with confidence and
finesse for Dean Martin’s “Bumming Around.” LaNasa’s
plaid sport coat and straw hat were appropriately “bum
chic,” his ensemble punctuated by a red handkerchief
sack tied to a stick.
“You can tell you’re a performer,” said Harris. “You
had a lot of fun up there and I think that was the best
part of your performance.”
Both power and control were evident in Lynn
Henderson Payne of New Freedom, who soared through
“Someone to Watch Over Me” by George Gershwin.
“The control in your voice is phenomenal, and
hanging on those notes—spectacular,” Pritchett
enthused. “That takes a lot of breath control.”
Pritchett also praised Lancaster’s Larry Gessler for his
vocal quality after his rendition of “A Nightingale Sang
in Berkeley Square” by Mel Torme.
“It was a very tender approach, and a very difficult
song for intonation purposes,” King agreed.
Jeff Mumma of York Haven brought forth another
kind of power—patriotic power—for “Where the Stars
and Stripes and Eagles Fly” by Aaron Tippin. And once
he conquered his nerves after the first few lines, his vocal
power was apparent as well.
“Once we got to your voice, we know why you got
here,” said Harris. “You have a great, smooth voice and a
passion for country music in particular … you can tell
it’s not a karaoke thing you did here. You really are good.”
Reading’s Mark Ettaro earned high marks for his
Sinatra-esque tones during “I’ve Got You Under My
Skin,” but it was also his comedic power that had the
judges and audience applauding. Ettaro frequently name-
dropped Stelson into the song’s lyrics and, during the
song’s instrumental interlude, he introduced the four
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invisible members of his onstage “band”: the evening’s
judges.
“You have a really good voice, all joking aside,”
Stelson said. “And of course I’m susceptible to hearing
my name in a love song, but it was such a pleasure; it
was really smoothie-smooth.”
Power came back onstage in the guise of Cheri
Coleman Campbell of Coatesville, belting out the
gospel song “My Tribute” by Andrae Crouch. The
judges and the audience were moved by not only her
vocal power, but also her spiritual power—as Campbell
focused her eyes and voice on a higher power.
“You are one of these people who is just lit from
within,” Stelson said. “And I think that’s where your
music is born, too. And I don’t know what you’ve been
through in your life, but you’re obviously praising for
something, and I think you’re giving as good as you’re
getting.”
Harrisburg resident Nick Ferraro had a
commanding stage presence coupled with a robust
voice—even during the high falsetto notes of Jay & the
Americans’ “Cara Mia Mine.”
“That’s a tough song to sing, and a lot of nerve it
takes hitting those falsetto notes,” said King. “I know
what it’s like because I used to sing a lot of falsetto,
and man, you can’t fake those.”
Victoria Newcomer of Mount Joy rocked through
KT Tunstall’s “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree.”
Once again, the judges noted the power behind the
performance.
“I love that song, and you came out here and you
crushed it!” exclaimed Harris.
Stelson then observed that power can come in the
seemingly straight-laced visage of a suit and tie after
Philadelphia’s Dan Kelly used his theater chops to roar
through “Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin.
“I liked the way you used the stage, and I really
liked your energy in your singing,” Pritchett said.
Next, Don “Duke” Larson showed that a powerful
stage presence isn’t dampened by age—in fact, it can
enhance it. At age 76, Larson’s voice soared confidently
through “That’s Life” by Frank Sinatra, his fine suit
and fedora completing the effect.
“You are impeccably tailored; everything was
perfect,” said Stelson. “You look the part. That was a
great story to tell, and you know what? You kind of
have to be in your 70s to tell it.”
Constance Kuba Fisher of Mechanicsburg worked
the stage performing Jo Dee Messina’s kiss-off anthem,
“Bye Bye.” Her love of performance and her plentiful
stage experience helped carry her through the feisty
tune.
“You have a lot of soul and a lot of heart,” Harris
observed.
The evening’s last semifinalist to take the stage,
Frank Fedele of Williamsport crooned “Walk Away” by
Matt Monro, a performance Stelson called “very
natural and very comfortable.”
“I like the smoothness of your voice, and I also like
the flow. It’s so rhythmic,” complimented Pritchett.
After a brief intermission during which the four
judges’ scores were tallied, all 15 semifinalists lined up
on the stage … and Deb Olsen, Cheri Coleman
Campbell, and Vickie Kissinger were named the night’s
three finalists.
For their second selections, Olsen drummed “Dance
to the Music” by Sly and the Family Stone; Campbell
performed “The Lord’s Prayer”; and Kissinger sang
“My Heart Will Go On” from the movie Titanic.
The judges as well as the audience then voted for
their favorite, and after a brief intermission, Kissinger
was named the 2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL. This time,
it was the audience’s turn to exude some power as the
theater exploded in applause.
“I can see you have some training,” King said to
Kissinger, “but even all the training in the world
doesn’t make all that big a difference. It’s knowing how
to sing—and honey, you know how to sing.”
As the winner, Kissinger will receive a limousine trip
for two to New York City for dinner and a Broadway
show. Kissinger later said she was “floored” by her win,
even as she stepped forward to sing “At Last” one more
time.
“Now I know how some of these people must feel
on American Idol,” she laughed. “You’re enjoying the
moment, but you’re not quite sure you’re really in it. It
was exhilarating, actually. It really was.”
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While the number of families in
the United States continued
to grow in the period from
2000 through 2008, the share of families
with no children increased from 52 to 54
percent.
Among families with children, the
percentage of those having only one
child increased sharply from 41.4 percent
in 2000 to 47.8 percent in 2008,
according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Census Bureau found that
between 1976 and 2004, the percentage
of women aged 40 to 44 with only one
child almost doubled to 20 percent.
Should these trends be worrisome?
Does it suggest tomorrow’s seniors will
be given less personal care by their sole
offspring? Might it suggest that the only-
child trend will lead to a nation of more
adults who had been pampered by
permissive parents?
If an only child marries an only child,
their children have no cousins. Without
siblings and an extended family, how
does an only
child develop
rivalry skills and
interpersonal
peer
relationships
prior to school
years?
There are
many examples
of celebrities
without siblings
who rose above
the tumultuous
circumstances of
childhood.
Rudolph
Giuliani’s father served time in Sing Sing
prison and, after his release, became an
enforcer for his brother-in-law’s crime
gang.
Alan Greenspan’s parents had a
troubled marriage, divorcing when he
was 5 years
old. The father
became
estranged from
the son and
ex-wife.
Cary
Grant’s parents
quarreled
often, causing
the son to seek
escape in
Saturday
afternoon
movies. His
mother was
committed to
a mental institution when the boy was
10 years of age.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was cared
for by a governess and tutored at home
until he was 14 years old, then sent off to
a boarding school.
These are examples from past
generations. What can be expected from
the adults of the Me Generation (the
1970s) and the Y Generation (1982-
2002)?
One writer characterized the Me
Generation as having an apparent
empathy deficit. In 2008 the TV show
60 Minutes had a program on the Y
Generation describing them as “cynical,
unaccustomed to hard work, and having
fragile egos because their childhoods were
filled with trophies and adulation,
unprepared for the cold realities of
work.”
Is there a cause-effect relationship
between the only-child trend and the
narcissistic sense of entitlement
attributed to the “Me” and “Y”
generations? We know an only child can
be hardworking and empathetic, but if
substantial numbers of them are not so
oriented, they can stigmatize their entire
generation and stunt a nation’s progress.
Our nation seems to be confronted
with conflicting values. While
overpopulation is a concern, having only
one child may create its own undesirable
effects.
There are several reasons why the one-
child trend has emerged. Economic
uncertainty, divorce, and the high costs
of childrearing are among them. The
percentage of U.S. children raised by one
parent (25.8 percent) is higher than any
of the 26 other industrialized nations.
Their average was 14.9 percent,
according to a study by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and
Development.
One clear advantage of having an only
child is that it avoids the problems
associated with primogeniture—that is,
the age-old practice of giving the bulk of
one’s estate to the eldest son.
Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research
analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth:The Higher-Valued Opinion of a SeniorCitizen, a book of personal-opinion essays,
free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. AMusing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life andLearning, was released in January 2012.
Contact him at waltsonneville@earthlink.net.
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By Megan Joyce
As event staff and vendors alike found themselves
dashing to replenish their stock of supplies and
handouts, one thing became abundantly clear: the
13th annual Dauphin County 50plus EXPO brought
out more boomers, seniors, and caregivers than many
had anticipated.
It was, of course, a nice “problem” to have.
Held recently in the Hershey Lodge in Hershey,
the 50plus EXPO was presented by On-Line
Publishers, Inc., publishers of 50plus Senior News,
and the Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging.
This free, one-day event hosted more than 90
exhibitors displaying products and services in the
areas of travel, housing, medical services, nutrition,
home improvements, finances, healthcare, and more.
The day began with the opening ceremony,
featuring remarks by Donna Anderson, president of
On-Line Publishers; George Hartwick and Mike
Pries, Dauphin County commissioners; and Valerie
Pritchett, abc27 news anchor and the EXPO’s
honorary chairperson.
Pritchett presented the 2012 Dauphin County
Outstanding Senior Award to Henry and Diane
Lewis of Harrisburg. The Lewises are well known in
their community for their generous donations of
food, time, services, and personal support.
“I’d like to thank those that have chosen us for this
award. We’re just so thankful to be here today and to
all those who played any part in making this event a
success,” said Henry Lewis. “We just thank each and
every one that’s here today, and we thank you for this
[award].”
Visitors also had the option of attending a free
seminar: “What Do the President and Congress Have
in Mind for You?” was presented by RetireSafe.
Barbara and Allen Jacobs of Middletown said it
was their fifth or sixth visit to the EXPO, and this
time, they had a specific information-gathering goal
in mind.
“I have a mother who we’re thinking about putting
in nursing home, and I wanted to get some
information about all the different nursing homes,”
said Barbara Jacobs.
Faith Allman, who lives just north of Steelton,
frequents the various 50plus EXPOs and finds them a
great informational resource.
“Things change drastically through the years … I
come to find out what I can find out,” Allman said.
“That’s what I like: the information that you get [at
the EXPO]. I try to keep up with the times, which is
hard to do.”
Health screenings were both free and plentiful
throughout the day and included tests for blood
pressure, alpha-1, glaucoma, osteoporosis, hearing,
and more.
Debbie Peters of Hummelstown and her husband
sat down for a spinal x-ray exam, where a small
device scans the neck and produces a digital image on
a computer screen.
“She said I had some moderate issues here in my
neck that I was not aware of,” Peters said, adding that
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CENSUS from page 7
more than once and age at first
marriage.
The 1940 census is available online at
several sites, including the free National
Archives (NARA) (www.archives.gov/
research/census/1940); the free LDS site
(www.familysearch.org/1940census); and
the subscription site Ancestry.com.
The demand for the NARA site has
been so great that the 1940 census has
been unavailable at the site while it was
being reposted. It may be available by
press time. Currently, all three sites are
working feverishly to “index” the 1940
census: that is, to digitize the
information so that users may search
those databases by using the name of the
person they are researching. Before that
work is completed, the records must be
“browsed,” or reviewed, page by page.
That is not as daunting as it sounds,
since federal censuses are recorded in a
very organized manner, by state, county,
town, and census “enumeration district”
(ED). “Fine,” you may say, “but how do
I know what enumeration district my
parents lived in when I was born?”
The task is made easier by that great
friend of genealogical researchers,
Stephen Morse. He has created a page
(www.stevemorse.org/census/unified.html)
that will help you find any enumeration
district, if you have at least some idea of
the address you’re researching.
For researchers who have knowledge
of the enumeration district of their
ancestors in the 1930 census, it can be
entered, and the 1940 ED will be
returned. Otherwise, it allows you to
enter a state, county, city or town, and
then house number and street. This may
result in several enumeration districts,
but the search can be narrowed if you
enter the “bounding streets”; that is, the
streets that define the city block for the
searched-for address.
If you’re not sure of the bounding
streets, use a service such as Mapquest
or Google Earth to find the street
address, and then make a note of the
streets that define the surrounding city
block. Then enter them on the Stephen
Morse site. An enumeration district
number will be shown as a “live” link.
Click on that link, and you will see
links for five sites at which the records
can be viewed, including the three
mentioned above.
The resulting ED may have 20 to 30
census pages that must be browsed until
you find what you’re looking for—not
really that boring a task, as you’re likely
to awaken fond memories when you see
the names of nearby families, including
those of neighborhood kids you knew as
a child.
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smarried, Kissinger took a hiatus from her musical
pursuits for a few years to concentrate on her family,
but a series of church positions soon had her back in
the organist fold.
Her love of vocal performance still lingered as well,
so much so that Kissinger quit her job at a car
dealership, went out and bought herself musical
equipment, and started a “very busy” schedule of
playing “all over the place” at local gigs such as
restaurants, banquets, and clubs.
“Performers will tell you this: You get out on stage
and you kind of get the bug, and you love it,”
Kissinger said. “Then you go back the next time,
and you get nervous and say, ‘What was I thinking?’
You do know why you’re doing this—because you
love it.”
At the time, Kissinger even flew to Nashville and
auditioned for a cable talent-search show. But four
weeks later, the show was suddenly canceled.
“It’s my way to express who I am,” she said of
performing. “I get to express me.”
It was in 1991 that Kissinger’s life screeched to a
halt when her husband was killed in an auto
accident. In the aftermath, Kissinger stayed home to
focus on raising her daughter.
“My life changed drastically. I didn’t sing for two
years,” she said.
It took another six years before Kissinger grabbed
tenuous hold of those proverbial bootstraps by
enrolling at Millersville University in pursuit of a
degree in music education.
“When you go to school at 41, it’s a little tough
having a teenager at home too,” she laughed. “I thought
I wanted to be a teacher, but I didn’t care to be in a
classroom so much, so I opened my private studio.”
Kissinger teaches piano and voice as well as beginner
strings to a wide range of students: her youngest is a
first-grader and her oldest is in his 70s. Her private
studio also includes a concentration on special-needs
students, a specialization that grew after Kissinger
received two phone calls from parents of blind and
autistic children.
“How sad, I thought, that they wanted to learn
music and no one to teach them,” she said.
Kissinger then took workshops on autism and read
everything she could about learning disabilities. She
now uses a rote approach, where these students learn by
ear, and has taught voice and piano to students with
blindness, ADD, ADHD, Aspberger’s disorder,
pervasive developmental disorder, and mental
retardation.
“Over the past 15 years I have learned more from the
students than I think they learned from me,” Kissinger
said. “Most music teachers won’t teach special-needs
students. They are afraid to because they don’t know
how.”
It was for this reason that Kissinger was a featured
clinician at Penn State at the Pennsylvania Music
Teachers Association Conference in 2005, where she
lectured on “The Fear of Teaching Special-Needs
Students.”
But the teacher is still a student, too. Although her
vocal training didn’t start in earnest until she studied for
her college degree, Kissinger, now a classically trained
mezzo-soprano, has been a student of renowned master
voice teacher Dr. Thomas Houser for the last nine
years.
“You have to stay on top of your art; you have to
stay on top of your vocal technique,” she explained.
“You have to keep your instrument in good shape.”
As for her personal taste in music, Kissinger said she
enjoys all types and has performed everything from
Patsy Cline country songs to arias and oratorios like
Handel’s Messiah. For listening, she likes Luciano
Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, and Whitney
Houston.
“I like the big voices, the people I see really sing
with their soul,” she said. “I like listening to the
powerhouses.
“What I really like to sing is what you heard last
night [at Idol],” she added. “That’s where I feel my
heart and soul.”
The judges and audience at the PA STATE SENIOR
IDOL finals competition would likely group Kissinger
herself in with the powerhouse performers. Her
rendition of Etta James’s “At Last” prompted Adrian
“Buddy” King of The Magnificent Men, a seven-year
SENIOR IDOL judge, to call Kissinger “one of the best
[he’s] heard on this stage.”
It had been the prompting of friends and family
that finally got Kissinger to try out for the talent
competition, now in its seventh year. Backstage
during finals night, Kissinger enjoyed the quick
camaraderie that developed amongst the 15
semifinalists.
After she was named one of the evening’s three
finalists, Kissinger performed “My Heart Will Go
On” from Titanic for her second song.
“It’s a very powerful song,” Kissinger said. “And
many people can relate to it, and that’s what you
want for your audience: You want your audience to
feel what you feel.”
And what she was feeling that night, after her
win was announced, was exhilaration.
“I was shocked, and it was a surreal experience, it
really was. I let out a holler,” she recalled, laughing.
“It was one of those kinds of moments.”
Looking ahead at her upcoming year as the reigning
PA STATE SENIOR IDOL, Kissinger is eager to perform,
hoping many singing engagements come her way as a
result of her win. But even as she begins to look
forward, she still glances back at the rough road she
has traveled and is grateful for the place in which she
now finds herself—or, as those who know her would
likely say, the place in which she has put herself.
“Obviously, I do have my grandparents to thank,
and my family, my daughter, and my friends have just
been the ultimate support system for me. They have
been just wonderful,” Kissinger said.
“I really do praise God for the blessings and thank
him for the gift he’s given me. I really do, because
that’s where it comes from. I don’t take the credit; I
just get the guidance from my teachers—and I
practice.”
IDOL from page 1
The three finalists react as Vickie Kissinger is named
2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL. From left, Deb Olsen, Kissinger,
and Cheri Coleman Campbell.
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Celebrate Our Independence
at the MoviesWhen the fireworks are over and
you’re out of hot dogs, what better way
to celebrate the Fourth of July than with
a good movie?
Match the following quotes to the
famous patriotic movie they’re from:
1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
2. Independence Day (1996)
3. The Patriot (2000)
4. Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
5. Born on the
Fourth of July
(1989)
6. 1776 (1972)
A. “Whenever
we get too
high-hat and
too
sophisticated
for flag-waving,
some thug nation
decides we’re a
pushover all ready to be
blackjacked. And it isn’t long
before we’re looking up, mighty
anxiously, to be sure the flag’s still waving
over us.”
B. “I have come to the conclusion that
one useless man is called a disgrace; that
two are called a law firm; and that three
or more become a Congress!”
C. “People say that if you don’t love
America, then get the hell out. Well, I
love America.”
D. “We are fighting for our right to live.
To exist. And should we win the day, the
Fourth of July will no longer be
known as an American holiday,
but as the day the world
declared in one voice:
‘We will not go quietly
into the night!’”
E. “Liberty’s too
precious a thing to
be buried in books,
Miss Saunders. Men
should hold it up in
front of them every
single day of their lives
and say: ‘I’m free to
think and to speak. My
ancestors couldn’t, I can, and
my children will.’”
F. “A shepherd must tend his flock. And,
at times, fight off the wolves.”
Answers: 1 (E); 2 (D); 3 (F); 4 (A); 5
(C); 6 (B)
The Origin(s) of a
Summertime TreatAmericans love hot dogs. Every year
we eat about 7 billion of them between
Memorial Day and Labor Day alone.
And the typical American eats about 60 a
year.
Where do hot dogs come from (aside
from ballpark
vendors, of course)?
Some sources say
they date back to
the first century,
when the Roman
Emperor Nero’s
cook first
experimented with
stuffing the intestines of pigs with spiced
meats.
The word “frankfurter” comes from
Frankfurt, Germany, where pork sausages
in buns are said to have been served in
the 15th century; “wiener” is from Vienna
(Wien), home to pork sausages originally
called “wienerwurst” (Vienna sausage) in
the 1800s.
In the United States, a German
immigrant named Charles Feltman is
credited with selling sausages in rolls
around the year 1870 in Coney Island,
N.Y. Another German
native, Antoine
Feuchtwanger, is said
to have sold sausages
in St. Louis at around
the same time,
offering a split bun to
hold them, at the
suggestion of his wife.
And the term “hot dog” itself?
According to one of the more popular
tales, a newspaper cartoonist in 1900
drew a picture of a frankfurter with legs,
a tail, and a head, but unable to spell
“Dachshund,” he dubbed it a “hot dog.”
The story is disputed, however.
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