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Lock Haven
Center
352 E. Water St.
748-2906
Center Manager
Marcella Hosley
Sept. 3 — Game night,
6 p.m. Bring a snack to
share.
Sept. 13 — Homemade
soup, noon.
Sept. 15 —
“Celebration of Apples”
with apple-tasting,
noon.
Sept. 20 —
“Mesothelioma” by a
Manor Care representative,
11:45 a.m.
Sept. 27 — End of
summer indoor picnic,
11:30 a.m. Bring something
to share.
Sept. 29 — Blood pressure
screening and
health talk with
Community Nursing,
noon.
Tuesdays & Fridays —
Healthy Steps in
Motion exercise program,
8:30 a.m.
Tuesdays — Wii
Fitness, 9:30 a.m.
Thursdays — Wii
Fitness, 8:30 a.m.
Fridays — Tai Chi
Level 1, 1 p.m.
Mill Hall Center,
in the fire hall
9 Peale Ave.
726-6378
Center
Manager Linda
Pallotto
Sept. 2 — Indoor picnic,
noon. Bring a dish
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* when staffing and availability permit
to share.
Sept. 8 — Blood pressure
check by
Community Nursing,
10:45 a.m.
Sept. 11 — Public card
party, 7 p.m.
Sept. 14 —
“Mesothelioma” by a
Manor Care representative,
11 a.m.
Sept. 16 — Blood pressure
check by VNA,
10:45 a.m.
Sept. 21 — Food bank
pick-ups, 1 p.m.
Sept. 23 — “Positive
Stress” with Southern
Care,11 a.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
— Tai Chi for
Beginners, 9:30 a.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
— Healthy Steps in
Motion exercise program,
9 a.m.
Jersey Shore
Center
641 Cemetery
St.
398-4352
Center
Manager
Brenda
McDermit
Sept. 3 — First Friday
Feast, 11:30 a.m.
Sept. 10 — Honey
Cake to celebrate
National Honey Month,
noon.
Sept. 13 — Monthly
birthday party, 11:30
p.m.
Sept. 14 — Walk the
Line Carnival with Medi
Home Health &
Hospice, 12:30-2:30
p.m.
Sept. 15 — French
toast and sausage
breakfast, 8 a.m. Cost:
A donation.
Sept. 17 —
“Mesothelioma
Awareness” by a
Manor Care representative,
noon.
Sept. 18 — Card party,
7 p.m., doors open at 6
p.m.
Sept. 20 – Rice
Krispies Treats to celebrate
National Rice
Month, noon.
Sept. 21 — Take-a-Trip
Tuesday.
Sept. 22 – National
White Chocolate Day
celebration, noon.
Sept. 24 — Senior food
boxes from The Love
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Sept. 24 — Apple
dessert to celebrate
National Apple Month,
noon.
Sept. 28 — Program by
Lycoming County
Health Improvement
Coalition, noon.
Sept. 28 — Chicken
and noodles supper, 4
p.m.. Cost: a donation.
Mondays &
Wednesdays — Tai
Chi, 3 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
— Healthy Steps in
Motion exercise program,
9:15 a.m.
Renovo Center,
at the fire hall
414 Fourth St.,
South Renovo
923-2525
Center
Manager
Loretta
Gavlock
Sept. 7 — Labor Day
dinner , 11:30 a.m.
Sept. 15 — Blood pressure
check by
Community Nursing,
10:30 a.m.
Sept. 22 —
“Mesothelioma
Awareness” by a
Manor Care representative,
10:30 a.m.
Sept. 22 — Birthday
cake, 11:30 a.m.
Sept. 29 — Catered
picnic, 11 a.m. at Quiet
Oaks Campground,
Cross Fork.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
— Healthy Steps in
Motion exercise program,
11 a.m.

Golden Opportunities
Butterflies and
sunflowers
Building Blocks Day Care recently visited
Lock Haven Extended Care Unit on
an August morning. The children had
made butterfly mobiles which they gave
to the residents to hang in their rooms.
The children and residents worked
together and made sunflower wreaths.
In the picture is Sara Zerby and Isaiah
Solinski enjoying their time together.
The group later played several games of
Bingo, again helping each other.
Residents of Extended Care always
enjoy spending time with the younger
set.
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A National Institutes of
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affecting “polio survivors
years after recovery from
an initial acute attack of
the poliomyelitis virus.”
People with PPS can
have new weakening in
affected and non-affected
muscles, fatigue, joint
degeneration pain, and
muscle atrophy. The
United States has more
than 400,000 polio survivors
and perhaps 50
percent have PPS.
Regina Butts developed
polio in 1948, not
long before the first polio
vaccine became available,
she said.
“I got polio at 18 months,”
said the 62-year-old in a
telephone interview. “My
motherʼs story is that she
handed me the baby bottle
in the crib and I wouldnʼt
reach for it with my
hand. She just knew
something was wrong.”
Unlike many other
children, she wasnʼt
placed in an iron lung.
She could walk, though
not well. She remembered
trying to run across
the yard as a child and
having her left foot
severely turn out to the
side. To correct it, doctors
tried several surgeries to
tighten tendons.
She recalled, “We
went to another town
when I was a child to
meet some (distant) relatives
and three cousins
about my age asked what
was wrong with me. I told
them and they ran the
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Hearts at work.
By WENDY STIVER
wstiver@lockhaven.com
FLEMINGTON — The Pennsylvania
Happy Travelers count themselves
among the half million people who will
recall this as the year they witnessed the
Oberammergau Passion Play.
A massive production involving thousands
and presented only once every
10 years, the play is a major travel destination
and was the linchpin of one of the
more memorable trips the local traveling
group has taken.
The Pennsylvania Happy Travelers
are headed to Biltmore Estate in
Asheville, N.C. in November, and have
another trip to Branson, Mo. planned for
spring. As popular as these destinations
are, they may sound a bit ho-hum compared
with the recent jaunt to
Golden Opportunities
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
PHOTO PROVIDED
Wearing “Itʼs a Friend Thing” T-shirts at Myrtle Beach, S.C., are from left:
Grace Sheats, Dolly Confer, Janice Fye (seated), Donna Yarnell, Zetta
Sweeley and Judy Tressler.
Travelers hit the
road with a smile
Oberammergau, Germany that involved
several countries and a scenic ride on
the Glacier Express through the Swiss
Alps.
The next international trip is coming
late next year or in spring 2012, organizer
Dolly Confer said, and will be a tour of
Great Britain.
How many trips have there been?
Confer and Grace Sheats, both of
whom have lead Happy Travelers trips,
named some destinations during the
clubʼs catered indoor picnic, held Aug.
12 at Flemington United Methodist
Church. Theyʼve been to Canada, New
England, Colorado, Mackinac Island...
the list is a long one and it continues to
grow.
Confer, who said she has organized
See TRAVELERS, Page 6

Golden Opportunities
LOCK HAVEN — The Knotty
Knitters, a group formed through
the Lock Haven Hospital Senior
Circle, once again won blue ribbons
at the Clinton County Fair
for their handmade creations.
Members of the local Senior
Circle enjoy trips and other activities,
receive a variety of discounts
at the hospital and in the community,
and band together in interest
groups like this one.
Senior Circleʼs summer picnic/monthly
meeting will be held
tomorrow at 1 p.m. on the extended
care unit patio. This is a time
to get together to meet new members
and enjoy old acquaintances,
according to director Nancie
English. Bring a lawn chair, and
your favorite dish to pass for the
afternoon of food and fun. The hot
dogs will be hot on the grill with
plenty of cold ice tea to drink, and
Gerry Ramm will provide corn on
the cob.
Dr. Jeffrey Eaton, cardiologist,
will be the guest speaker.
The summer “Dinner Party
and A Movie” will be held at 4
p.m. Tuesday in the Senior Circle
activities room. This monthʼs
menu is roast ham and scalloped
potatoes, vegetable and dessert
for $5. Seating is limited to the
first 40 guests. Reservations may
PHOTO PROVIDED
Knotty Knitters win ribbons
The Knotty Knitters, all members of Lock Haven Hospital Senior Circle, display their award-winning
entries in the Clinton County Fair. From left are Kay Bossert, JoAnn Marcinkevage, Mary Green,
Peg Martin, Elsie Hamilton, Jean Strouse, Ruth Ellmer and Betty Schantz. Not pictured are Jane
Wynn and Carol Decker. For more information about Senior Circle, contact director Nancie English
at 893-5233 or nancie_english@chs.net.
Senior Circle offers trips, events
be made by calling English at
893-5233 or e-mailing:
nancie_english@chs.net.
Senior Circle also has two
trips on the agenda, one to
Mohegan Sun next month which
has just been scheduled, and a
second to Lancaster Countyʼs
largest smorgasbord, Shady
Maple, on Oct. 28. The cost of
this second trip is $49 which
includes transportation, lunch and
all tax and tips. After lunch, members
will have free time to visit the
Shady Maple gift shop, farmerʼs
market, grocery store, bakery, furniture
store and country store. For
reservations, contact English.
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The Senior Citizens Information Center is
at 802 Campbell St. on the Williamsport
Hospital campus of Susquehanna Health and
is open every Monday and Wednesday from
9:30 a.m. to noon. Call 321-2201 for information.
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Travelers hit the road with a smile
Continued from Page 4
trips off and on for more
than 30 years, started
leading this group about
10 years ago, offering
trips as an outreach program
of the Lock Haven
Senior Community
Center. The travel club
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went independent a year
ago and she retired in
April as the centerʼs manager
after 22 years with
STEP Inc. The
Pennsylvania Happy
Travelers is now a registered
non-profit organization,
Confer said.
There are 75 or so
people who travel with
the group, and Confer
said 50 is an ideal number
for a trip.
“The club has covered
at least three-quarters
of the United States,
with the exception of
Alaska and Hawaii and
just a few other states,”
she said. “Weʼve been to
some states more than
once.”
The travelers also
have visited Croatia,
France, Italy, Spain,
Austria... taken a
Mediterranean cruise and
a Caribbean one. In all,
the club has tallied 28
journeys.
Sheats said she could
not list every place she
has been with the club off
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The Pennsylvania Happy Travelers enjoyed a catered indoor picnic Aug. 12 at Flemington United
Methodist Church where they shared scrapbooks of past trips and talked about upcoming journeys
together.
the top of her head.
“I keep thinking I
should make a book with
at least the name of the
place and the date,” she
said.
Many brought their
scrapbooks to the picnic
so their fellow travelers
could browse through
them, laugh at the photos
and enjoy the memories.
Stories are told about
every trip — what happened
in Atlantic City
may not have stayed in
Atlantic City.
Sheats and
Germaine Weaver said
they particularly enjoyed
the journey to Mt.
Rushmore in South
Dakota.
Betty Nelson said,
“Las Vegas was a wonderful
trip.” Besides the
incredible scenery, it
gave her husband Russ
a chance to reconnect
with cousins he hadnʼt
seen in 40 years.
Ken Emenhizer and
wife Phyllis have visited
49 states, some of them
on their own. Ken said he
has particularly enjoyed
the Happy Travelersʼ trips
to South Carolina and
Branson.
“People will say, ʻOh,
Iʼd love to go here or go
there,ʼ and someone else
will say, ʻYes, wouldnʼt
that be great,ʼ” Confer
said. “Itʼs not like I come
up with all these ideas.”
Bonnie Bortot, who had
wanted to see the
Passion Play since she
was a teenager, brought
that suggestion to the
table, and Confer put
together a proposed itinerary
for the next monthʼs
meeting. Bonnie and
husband Joe were
among those who signed
up.
“Itʼs the trip of a lifetime,”
Bortot said. “I recommend
it highly... I wish
we had just focused on
Germany because
thereʼs so much to see
there. Iʼll have to go
back.”
She was teased at the
picnic for losing her
“cuckoo” — she bought a
traditional, decorative
clock on the trip which is
still somewhere in transit,
she said.
The name
Pennsylvania Happy
Travelers says it all,
Confer said.
“People who didnʼt
know each other before
become good friends,”
she said.
Seats are still available
for the Biltmore trip,
and bookings are now
being taken for Branson.
For more information
on becoming a
Pennsylvania Happy
Traveler, attend the next
meeting — Sept. 9 at
6:30 p.m. in Lock Haven
Hospitalʼs new community
room — or call Confer
at 748-1982.
ON THE COVER
Happy Travelers
Posing on a Pennsylvania Happy
Travelersʼ trip to Colorado are, from
left, Donna and George Yarnell and
Grace Sheats.

Polio survivors can be affected later
Continued from Page 3
other way.”
Other than that one
instance, she couldnʼt
remember any awkward
social situations growing
up. She attended
parochial school in a tightknit
rural community and
was “always picked last”
for school games
because she couldnʼt run,
she said.
But Butts has always
walked, and today does it
with a metal knee-to-foot
brace on her left leg.
“Now (PPS) affects
me in terms of stamina,”
she said. “Iʼm more cautious
walking because I
can fall down. Walking
across the front yard can
be dangerous if Iʼm at
home by myself and I
always go outside with
my (wireless) telephone.
When out shopping,
sometimes I use a wheelchair.”
She also has difficulty
performing repetitive
tasks using her arms.
Over the last 13
years, she has worked as
a special education paraeducator
at a middle
school. One teacher told
Butts that her being there
was a good example for
both the disabled and
non-disabled children.
For people with PPS,
she recommended reading
the Colorado Post-
Polio Connections
newsletter, joining a positive
support group and
finding a physician “that
knows something” about
PPS. The latter can be a
major challenge for polio
survivors.
Dangers of football
and hot weather
August heat and
modern-day football is
one of several combinations
that concern 77-
year-old George Beres of
Eugene, Ore.
Beres worked more
than 30 years as a sports
information director at
Northwestern University
(Big Ten) and the
University of Oregon
(PAC-10). In 1987, he
had to retire because of a
sight impairment due to
an avocation-related
injury.
He said the way college
football is being
played today puts players
at higher risk for permanent
disability.
“For one, back in the
ʼ70s when I was at
Northwestern, football
seasons were shorter,”
Beres said in a telephone
interview. “Now college
teams play up to 12 regular
season games. To do
that they have to move
preseason practice into
early August because
their first game is in late
August. They are practicing
now in mid August
with heavy padding, uniforms,
and their helmets.”
Doing this puts players at
higher risk for heatstroke,
which in serious cases
not resulting in death can
lead to significant longterm
memory, motor and
cognitive challenges.
And, he said, heavier
players are much more
prone to heatstroke: “The
reality also is that players
are getting bigger. High
school coaches are
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encouraging their players
to get bigger to get scholarships.
A major college
team nowadays might
have more than 10 players
over 290 pounds.”
Besides heatstroke,
Beres has been concerned
about the longterm
effects of player concussions.
“Quarterbacks and
running backs are particularly
susceptible because
defensive linemen have
been getting bigger,” he
said. “I have read where
some players of 30 years
ago that had concussions
are now showing
advanced symptoms of
Alzheimerʼs disease, such
as short-term memory
loss, even though they
donʼt have the actual disease.”
Beres said he
believes many defensive
coordinators encourage
their players to punish
opposing quarterbacks in
order to win games. One
former University of
Oregon and Atlanta
Falcons quarterback,
Chris Miller, had so many
concussions a doctor recommended
he quit pro
football completely, Beres
said. Far too many players
after a concussion
return to action too soon,
which risks further injury,
he said, sometimes doing
so because of personal
pride or a coachʼs desire
to win.
Said the former sports
information director: “I see
football as a very violent
game and increasingly so,
which is why I know
longer believe in the way
football is played today.”
The Silver Lining
Northern Sunset
Oh, Northern Sunset,
How beautiful you are
To shed your beauty
Near and far!
In this cold and weary time
You warm our hearts.
And in our prayer for peace,
We know this is only the start
To save our country from war and strife,
To live in harmony for the rest of our life,
We must all go hand in hand
And do our part.
— EDITH ELIZABETH KIYCHEFF of Lock Haven, June 2003
(Submitted by Marian Conn)
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