dauphin county 50plus senior news march 2014

Priscilla Kaufhold, program director for The Iris Club, on the club’s grand staircase. Over hershoulder is a portrait of Alice Nevin, who founded the women’s club in 1895.

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By Megan Joyce

Our 21st-century dance styles would likely leave the ragtime-dancing,Edwardian-era female founders of The Iris Club confused at best.

But those progressive-for-their-time ladies would be pleased by theirmodern club’s continuing dedication to community service, women’sempowerment, and artistic and enlightened entertainment—spearheaded byits current program director, Priscilla Kaufhold.

“She is always full of great ideas,” said Carol Szutowicz, The Iris Club’sfirst vice president. “While many people have that talent, the difference isPriscilla works to make those ideas happen and sees projects through to theend.”

The Iris Club formed in 1895 when Alice Nevin, daughter of Franklin &Marshall College President John Williamson Nevin, invited 70 women to herhome to initiate a club to encourage women’s socialization and communityinvolvement.

The club’s downtown building was purchased in 1898 and still hosts theclub’s twice-monthly meetings, where members enjoy lunch, entertainment,friendship, and high tea. In October 2013, the club celebrated its 115th

Women’s Club Benefits from ProgramDirector’s Arts Pedigree

Dedication andDance through

the Ages

please see DANCE page 14

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Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low

About one in three adults aged 50 to75 years have not been tested forcolorectal cancer as recommended by theUnited States Preventive Services TaskForce (USPSTF), according to a newVital Signs report from the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention.

Despite research that shows colorectalcancer screening tests save lives, screeningrates remain too low.

“There are more than 20 millionadults in this country who haven’t hadany recommended screening forcolorectal cancer and who may thereforeget cancer and die from a preventabletragedy,” said CDC Director TomFrieden, M.D., M.P.H.

“Screening for colorectal cancer iseffective and can save your life.”

Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cancer killer among men andwomen in the United States, after lungcancer. Screening tests can prevent canceror detect it at an early stage, whentreatment can be highly effective.

Adults aged 50 years and older shouldget tested with one or a combination ofthese screening tests:

• Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or fecal

immunochemical test (FIT) done athome every year

• Flexiblesigmoidoscopy,done every fiveyears, withFOBT/FITdone everythree years

• Colonoscopydone every 10years

A colon-oscopy candetect cancerearly, and it canfind precancer-ous polyps sothey can beremoved beforethey turn into cancer.

An FOBT/FIT is a simple at-hometest that can detect cancer early byidentifying blood in the stool, a possiblesign of cancer.

People are not always offered a choiceof colorectal cancer tests, but studies

have shown that people who are able tochoose the test they prefer are more likelyto get the test done.

CDCresearchersreviewedcolorectalcancerscreening datafrom CDC’s2012Behavioral RiskFactorSurveillanceSystem toestimate thepercentage ofpeople aged 50to 75 years whoreported gettingscreened asrecommendedby type of test.

Major findings:

• Among adults who were screened asrecommended, colonoscopy was by farthe most common screening test (62percent). Use of the other USPSTF-recommended tests was much lower:

fecal occult blood test, 10 percent, andflexible sigmoidoscopy in combinationwith FOBT/FIT, less than 1 percent.

• The highest percentage of adults whowere up to date with colorectal cancerscreening was in Massachusetts (76percent).

• Blacks and whites had similar screeningrates, but a higher percentage of blacksacross all income and education levelsused FOBT.

The authors noted that increasing useof all tests may increase screening rates.Furthermore, research shows that morepeople may get tested if healthcareproviders use an organized approach toidentify people who need to be screened;contact them at their home orcommunity setting; advise them of eachtest; and carefully monitor to make surethey complete their test.

For more information aboutpreventing colorectal cancer, please visitwww.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal.

Source: Centers for Disease Control andPrevention

March is NationalColorectal CancerAwareness Month

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Medicare Manuals Updated

The Center for Medicare Advocacyrecently announced that the Medicarepolicy manuals have been revised as aresult of December’s Jimmo vs. Sebeliussettlement.

Published by the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) inDecember, the manual revisions clarifythat improvement is not required toobtain Medicare coverage for skillednursing facilities (SNF), home healthcare(HH), or outpatient therapies (OPT).

The manual revisions also improvecoverage for people who require intenserehabilitation in inpatient rehabilitationfacilities (IRF).

Medicare determinations for skillednursing facilities, home health, and

outpatient therapy turn on the need forskilled care—not on the ability of anindividual to improve.

For patients in inpatientrehabilitation facilities, the manualrevisions and CMS education campaignclarify that coverage should never bedenied because a patient cannot beexpected to achieve completeindependence in self-care or to return tohis/her prior level of functioning.

The Jimmo case was brought in 2011by the Center for Medicare Advocacyand Vermont Legal Aid on behalf of anationwide class of Medicarebeneficiaries who were denied Medicarecoverage and access to necessaryhealthcare or therapy because they did

not have sufficient potential forimprovement.

As a result of the Jimmo settlement,Medicare cannot be denied in a nursinghome, home care, or outpatient therapysetting based on an “improvementstandard.”

As CMS states in the transmittalannouncing the Jimmo manual revisions:

No “improvement standard” is to beapplied in determining Medicare coveragefor maintenance claims that require skilledcare. Medicare has long recognized thateven in situations where no improvement ispossible, skilled care may nevertheless beneeded for maintenance purposes (i.e., toprevent or slow a decline in condition).

The Center for Medicare Advocacyencourages people to appeal if they aretold Medicare is not available for skilled-maintenance nursing or therapy becausethey are not improving. Information andself-help material are available on thecenter’s website (www.medicareadvocacy.org).

Patients can also contact the Centerfor Medicare Advocacy or its website toobtain a card with key provisions fromthe new Medicare manuals to show theirhealthcare providers.

More information is available on thecenter’s website (www.medicareadvocacy.org/medicare-info/improvement-standard)or by calling their national office at (860)456-7790.


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When Richard Lawrencegraduated from highschool in 1967, he had

already heard a lot about theMarines.

His father had been a Marine inWorld War II, and his older brotherwas a Marine corporal. So he hadheard many war stories centered onwhat it meant to be a Marine.

He could hardly wait to share insome of that glory himself, so, assoon as he graduated from highschool, he enlisted in the MarineCorps and headed for boot campat Parris Island, S.C. He soonfound that grinding toughnesswas fundamental in becoming aMarine.

Then it was to CampLejeune, N.C., to learn all therewas to know about firing rifles,machine guns, and rockets. Thatwas followed by a flight to CampPendleton, Calif., for trainingspecific to warfare inVietnam.

Ready for combat, inDecember 1967 he was flownto Da Nang, Vietnam, which was thesite of the main U.S. airbase inVietnam, with U.S. Army, Air Force,Navy, and Marine units.

What was it like to find yourselfin Vietnam?

With a thin grin, he says, “It toldus it was going to be rough, since thebase was under rocket attack as wearrived. I remember that a singlerocket killed everyone in two squadsof Marines in one of the barracksthat night.”

He was assigned to HeadquartersCompany, Service Battalion, 1st

Marine Division. And the job of hisunit was to provide protection formilitary vehicles moving back andforth on Highway One, south of DaNang.

Was that dangerous work? “Well,” he says, “it got pretty close

to me when one night I wasn’t ableto pull my duty of guarding the maingate of our camp, and the guy thatreplaced me got killed.”

Then his unit was moved north tohelp recapture Hue, the major city

that was once the capital of Vietnam. “The city was a shambles, and

there was nothing but the mostbrutal, house-to-house fighting,”Lawrence says.

He later was transferred to HCompany, 2nd Battalion, 3rd MarineDivision for frontline fighting as arifleman.

“We had a ton of equipment,” hesays, “and you had to carry it all.

Ammo for your rifle and for amachine gun, one mortar round, c-rations, plastic poncho and liner, gasmask, and four canteens of water.Believe me, it was a load!

“I headed a five-man fire teamthat once got gassed. I don’t knowwhat the gas was, but I rememberhaving seizures. Fortunately, I wasable to get an atropine shot, and thatprobably saved my life.

“Just about everybody got jungle

rot, an infection that came from theinevitable scratches we got. It waseasy to get cut up by the elephantgrass that was just as sharp as a razorblade. And there were bugseverywhere. Believe it or not, therewere centipedes that were a foot long.

“During the monsoon months,the rain and the heat would rot theclothes right off you. So we had toget them replaced all the time.”

In January of 1969, Lawrencegot hepatitis and was medevacuated by C-141 from Saigonto Alaska and then to a hospital inFort Dix, N.J. From there, hespent two months in thePhiladelphia Naval Hospital.

When he recovered, he returnedto Parris Island, where he workedin the brig. Then he wastransferred to the Philippines,where he served for 18 months asa platoon sergeant with the

responsibility of helping tosecure the base.

There, the rebel Hukswould try to steal anything insight. One night, he broke the

arm and a leg of a Huk who wastrying to steal copper wire.

Then his hitch was up, and hewas flown to a hospital in TreasureIsland, San Francisco, where he wastreated for cluster warts that were theresult of an infection he got whileserving in Vietnam. After twomonths, he was discharged from thehospital and from the Marine Corps.

He returned to CentralPennsylvania and worked inconstruction for a while, but he wassuffering from post-traumatic stressand was having recurring nightmares.He received treatment at theHarrisburg Outpatient Center andthen for four years at the LebanonVA Medical Center, where he wasdeemed to have a 100 percentdisability.

It was then he turned to hislifelong interest in art. As a teenager,he had won a Gold Key in theScholastic Art Show in high school.And even during his days inVietnam, he had continuedsketching, as he had time.

He Has a Bullet from the Rifle ofthe First Man He Killed in Combat

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Sgt. Richard G. Lawrence with South Vietnamesesoldier and captured enemy flag.

Richard Lawrence recuperatingin Philadelphia Naval Hospital in

January 1969.


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Walk to Cure ArthritisLet’s walk to find a cure for arthritis

this spring by participating in theArthritis Foundation Central PA Office’s2014 Central Pennsylvania ArthritisWalk on Saturday, May 17. The walkwill be held at the U.S. Army andHeritage Education Center, 950 SoldiersDrive, Carlisle.

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Individual walkers and teams areencouraged to walk in honor of a lovedone with arthritis, while men, women,and children living with arthritis leadthe way, wearing special blue honoreehats to signify their action in takingcontrol of their condition.

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CelebratesSeniors

By John Johnston

If you’ve recently begun receivingSocial Security benefits or plan toapply in the near future, you may be

wondering this tax season: Are SocialSecurity benefits taxable?

The short answer is: sometimes. Some people have to pay federal

income taxes on their Social Securitybenefits. This usually happens only if youhave other substantial income (such aswages, self-employment, interest,dividends, andother taxableincome that mustbe reported onyour tax return) inaddition to yourSocial Securitybenefits.

There is never acase when a personpays tax on morethan 85 percent ofhis or her Social Security benefits, basedon Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules.Now, let’s get down to the numbers.

• If you file a federal tax return as anindividual and your income is between$25,000 and $34,000, you may have topay income tax on up to 50 percent ofyour benefits.

• If your income is more than$34,000, then up to 85 percent of yourbenefits may be taxable.

• If you are married and you file ajoint return, and you and your spouse

have a combined income that is between$32,000 and $44,000, you may have topay income tax on up to 50 percent ofyour benefits.

• If your combined income is morethan $44,000, then up to 85 percent ofyour benefits may be taxable.

Note that your “income” for thepurpose of determining whether youmust pay taxes on some of your SocialSecurity benefits includes your adjusted

gross income, yournontaxable interest,and one-half ofyour Social Securitybenefits.

In January, youshould havereceived a SocialSecurity benefitstatement showingthe amount ofbenefits you

received last year. You can use thisstatement, or SSA-1099, whencompleting your federal income taxreturn to find out whether some of yourbenefits are subject to federal income tax.

If you didn’t receive yours, you canrequest one at www.socialsecurity.gov/1099.

So, are your Social Security benefitstaxable? Maybe. To learn more, read page14 of our booklet, Retirement Benefits,available at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs orvisit www.irs.gov to obtain more detailedinformation on the subject.

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Happiness May Depend on

Where You LiveAre you happy? The answer may

depend on where you live. The United Nations’ World

Happiness Report measures well-beingacross a range of economic,psychological, and statistical factors.

The United States came in at No. 17in the 2013 report. Here are the top 10:

1. Denmark 2. Norway 3. Switzerland

4. Netherlands 5. Sweden 6. Canada 7. Finland 8. Austria 9. Iceland 10. Australia

At the bottom of the list, the five leasthappy nations are Rwanda, Burundi,Central African Republic, Benin, andTogo.


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Have you noticed that Mom is getting more than a little confused? Isyour spouse’s health more than you can safely handle at home?

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Dear Savvy Senior,What are the eligibility requirements to

get Medicaid coverage for nursing-homecare?– Looking Ahead

Dear Looking,The rules and requirements for

Medicaid eligibility for nursing-homecare are somewhat complicated and willvary according to the state you live in.

With that said, here’s a general,simplified rundown of what it takes toqualify, along with some resources youcan turn to for help.

Medicaid Rules Medicaid, the federal and state joint

program that covers healthcare for the

poor, is also thelargest single payerof America’s nursing-home bills forseniors who don’thave the resources topay for their owncare.

Most people whoenter nursing homesdon’t qualify forMedicaid at first butpay for care eitherthrough long-termcare insurance or outof pocket until theydeplete their savingsand become eligiblefor Medicaid.

To qualify forMedicaid, yourincome and assets willneed to be under acertain level that’sdetermined by yourstate. Most statesrequire that a personhave no more thanabout $2,000 incountable assets thatinclude cash, savings,investments, or otherfinancial resourcesthat can be turnedinto cash.

Assets that aren’tcounted for eligibilityinclude your home if

it’s valued under $543,000 (this limit ishigher—up to $814,000—in somestates), your personal possessions andhousehold goods, one vehicle, prepaidfuneral plans, and a small amount of lifeinsurance.

But be aware that while your home isnot considered a countable asset todetermine your eligibility, if you can’treturn to your home, Medicaid can goafter the proceeds of your house to helpreimburse your nursing-home costs,unless your spouse or other dependentrelative lives there. (There are some otherexceptions to this rule.)

After qualifying, all sources of yourincome, such as Social Security andpension checks, must be turned over to

Paying for Nursing-Home Care with Medicaid

Savvy Senior

Jim Miller

please see MEDICAID page 11


Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

I’m perched atop a bench of hay,which in turn is sitting atop aflatbed wagon.

Our guide, Chris Bunn, owner ofThe Farm, hitches a tractor to thewagon, and we begin our ride along dirtroads bordered by fields of romainelettuce on one side and rows ofstrawberries on the other.

This is the fertile landscape of centralCalifornia’s Salinas Valley.

In this area, just two hours south ofSan Francisco, farmers grow themajority of the nation’s greens,including 80 percent of the lettuce andmost of the spinach, broccoli, andartichokes.

Over the next several days, as wewander through the fields, roadsidestands, and farmers markets, I salivateover gargantuan heads of lettuce,delicate bunches of broccolini, andartichokes that range from 1-poundjumbos to 2-ounce minis.

Per acre, Salinas Valley has the mostvaluable agricultural land on the planet.

Evan Oakes takes us on an Ag

Venture Tour, which helps usunderstand how this produce gets tomarket. At one large farm we watch

men and women cleanse the produce forpackaging.

A few miles down the road, we seethem crate the packages for distribution.They move quickly, as the greens mustreach their destination before the lettucewilts or the artichoke leaves brown.

Oakes explains that the Salinas Valleyis lucky. Much of the Salinas River,which runs north-northwest through thevalley, flows underground, thusproviding abundant water to an areathat gets less than an inch of rainfallbetween May and September.

The river empties into a spot nearMonterey Bay, a few miles north ofSalinas, and it’s here, where the freshwater of the river meets the salt water ofthe bay, that we begin our ride throughElkhorn Slough.

Captain Yohn Gideon greets us as weboard the 27-foot pontoon and explainsthat we’re about to embark on a dualmission. First, we’re going to enjoyourselves (no problem!), and second,we’re going to collect data for the

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Artichokes with thorns are tastier thanthe thornless variety.

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A sea otter plays with a clamshellin Elkhorn Slough, one ofCalifornia’s largest areas ofundisturbed wetlands.

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Whale watching is a favorite activity inMonterey Bay, where folks can spot

humpback whales, gray whales, bluewhales, and sometimes even killer whales.

More than 300 species of birds, 400 speciesof invertebrates, and 100 species of fishhave been spotted in Elkhorn Slough.

Produce is crated and shipped todestinations throughout the

United States.

The National Steinbeck Center features alarge display on East of Eden, one ofPulitzer Prize-winning author John

Steinbeck’s most renowned books. Thebook is set in Salinas Valley, where the

author was born and grew up.

California Department of Fish andWildlife, the Audubon Society, andother respected institutions.

He hands out counters and asks meto keep track of otters and otherpassengers to count sea lions, seals, and avariety of birds. We’ve been out less thanfive minutes when Laura, the on-boardnaturalist, spies an otter. Click.

A minute later we see an entire raft ofthe creatures lounging on a rock. Click,click, click, click.

At the end of our tour, he reads ourtotals. In less than two hours, we’ve seen68 otters, 24 sea lions, 181 harbor seals,and hundreds of birds, including loons,herons, pelicans, cormorants, andshorebirds galore.

“Good job,” says Gideon, and I puffwith pride. Now I can add “researchscientist” to my resume.

We’re equally fortunate the next daywhen we go on a whale-watchingexpedition. By the time our 45-foot boatis 10 miles from shore, we’resurrounded—literally surrounded—bywhales that are as long as, or even longerthan, our boat.

We see the blow, the tail, and thebreach—all at close range. One whalebreaks off from its buddies and divesdeep on the left side of our boat, only tosurface a minute later on the right. He’sso close I can see the sheen of his skin,which is marred by scars and has a patchcovered with barnacles.

Finally, back on dry land, we delve

into the history of Salinas Valley, a placethat’s been well documented, albeit in a“novel” way, by renowned author JohnSteinbeck.

Steinbeck, who was born and grew upin the area, told a friend that his goalwas “to write the story of this wholevalley, of all the little towns and all thefarms and the ranches in the wilder hills… I would like to do it so that it wouldbe the valley of the world.”

To see how Steinbeck achieved hisgoal, we visit the National SteinbeckCenter, where a variety of exhibitsexplore the relationship between theauthor’s life and writings.

One of his books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Grapes of Wrath, depicts theplight of migrant farmers who, like thegrandparents of many of today’s mostsuccessful producers, came to Californiain the ’30s.

Another, East of Eden, was written forhis sons, partly to teach them aboutgood and evil but also to show them theland in which their father grew up. It is,he said, “a sort of autobiography of theSalinas Valley.”

The Valley has come a long way sinceSteinbeck’s time. But as he wished, itcan, at least agriculturally speaking, becalled “The Valley of the World.”

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Central Pennsylvania LiteracyCouncil tutor John Eichorn took abreak recently in the adult literacyprogram’s Lemoyne office to celebratehis 90th birthday.

“Ninety is just a number,” theNewberry Township resident says. Hetakes a casualapproach to hissenior milestonebut is seriousabout thesuccess of theadult learners hetutors eachweek.

Eichorn, aWorld War IIArmy Air Corpsveteran, is thefather of fiveadult children,grandfather ofeight, and great-grandfather of three.

He majored in marketing at NewYork University and graduated in 1965,after 42 consecutive months of nightstudy.

He retired from AMF BowlingCenters, Inc. in 1975 and spent 20 yearsserving the Pennsylvania Chamber ofBusiness and Industry. His SIX-LUVlicense plate recalls his tennis-playingdays.

“But I just couldn’t sit around after Istopped playing tennis a couple yearsago,” he says. “So I thought I should useall my education to pass it along topeople who need it.”

Because of his experiences as anairman, his deep respect for education,and his understanding of the persistenceit takes to become educated, Eichornremains committed to the educationalgoals adults set for themselves.

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English, reading, and math whilevolunteering with the Central PALiteracy Council. They have improvedtheir skills, found jobs, and gone on toschools.

He tutored Brenda on Mondaymornings and found she had a great

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Eichornremembershearing aboutthe invasionwhen he was a17-year-old highschool senior inRamsey, N.J.He later becamean instructorpilot on B-26Martin

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Ousmane, Eichorn’s Friday-morningadult learner, is a native of Birkina Fasoin West Africa. Ousmane passed thecitizenship test in Philadelphia on Dec.16, 2013, after he studied the 100citizenship questions, practiced writingsentences in English, and worked onimproving his English pronunciation.

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Waiter/waitress(full service): 10-15percent of the bill,before tax

Bartender: $1-$2 per drink, or 15-20percent of the total tab

Cleaning service: 15-20 percent pervisit

Hairstylist/barber: 15-20 percent

Masseuse: 15-20 percent

Car valet: $2-$10 whenpicking up yourcar

Room service:15-20 percent

Skycap: $2for the first bag,then $1 for eachadditional bag

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March 2, noon to 4 p.m. – Maple Sugar Festival, Fort Hunter ParkMarch 8, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Volunteer Workday, Wildwood ParkMarch 11, 7 to 8:30 p.m. – Winter Lecture Series: 12 Months of Beekeeping, Wildwood Park

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East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg,(717) 652-9380March 4, 6 p.m. – 500 Men Reading WeekMarch 25, 9:30 p.m. – Friends of the East Shore Area

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McCormick Riverfront Library, 101 Walnut St.,Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976March 25, 5:15 p.m. – Friends of the McCormick

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William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library,200 W. Second St., Hummelstown, (717) 566-0949March 4, 6:30 p.m. – Novel Thoughts Book ClubMarch 6 and 20, 6 p.m. – Friends of the Alexander

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“When he returned from war in thePhilippines, he went to college and wrotefor the campus radio station,” daughterAnne Serling recently recalled to me.“He later wrote plays for commercialradio, then television. He said writingwas a way to get the war trauma ‘out ofhis gut.’”

During the show’s five-year run,Serling was executive producer and chiefwriter, penning more than half theapproximately 150 episodes. But he isbest remembered as the program’s stone-faced host, whose foreboding narrationsintroduced the show each week.

In biographies after his death, themaster storyteller of chilling sci-fi andfantasy tales was often described as darkand depressed, inaccuracies that led Anne“to set the record straight” in her ownbook about her father.

“He was described as a tortured soul,but that wasn’t my father at all,” saidAnne, who published As I Knew Him:

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Tinseltown Talks

Nick Thomas

Photo courtesy of Anne Serling

Anne Serling with her father,Rod Serling, in the early 1970s.

Photo courtesy of Jerry Sroka

Mariette Hartley and Robert Lansing inthe Twilight Zone episode,

“The Long Morrow.”


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My Dad, Rod Serling in 2013. “Although the war left scars, he was

also a very positive, fun, down-to-earthperson. My friends adored him, and anyapprehension they had about meetinghim would instantly dissolve because hecould make anyone feel at ease. He wasbrilliantly funny at home, a greatpractical joker, and was always at thedinner table each night.”

As a child, Anne had little knowledgeof her father’s career.

“I knew he was a writerbut didn’t know what hewrote about until I wasabout 7. Some mean boy onthe school playground askedif I was ‘something out ofThe Twilight Zone,’ but I hadno idea what that meantbecause I wasn’t allowed towatch much TV during theweek—my mother’s rule!

“A few years later, wewatched ‘Nightmare at20,000 Feet’ together, theepisode where WilliamShatner sees a gremlin onan airplane wing.I rememberlooking at myfather andthinking, ‘This iswhat you write?’It was a bit scary.”

Praised for hisoriginal fictionwriting, Serlingwas also highlyrespected forraising socialissues in someepisodes, althoughcontroversialtopics were subjectto the censors’whim. So hefrequentlyconcealed hisintent in fantasy.

“He famouslyonce said he couldhave aliens saythings that Democrats and Republicanscouldn’t,” Anne recalled.

Several Twilight Zone actors also sharedvivid memories of Serling.

Theodore Bikel is well known to fansof My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins’ rivallinguist, the nosey Zoltan Karpathy.

In July 1960, Austrian-born Bikelappeared on a Hollywood TV talk show,Caucus with Backus, and was verballyassailed by fellow guests: glamoroussilent-film actress Corinne Griffith andbeloved character-actor Adolphe Menjou.

“We were talking politics and they saidI had no right to open my mouth because

I wasn’t born in this country,” recalledBikel.

Appalled, Serling appeared on a laterprogram defending Bikel’s right tofreedom of speech.

“I will never forget how Rod came tomy defense. I later appeared in TheTwilight Zone episode ‘Four O’Clock’ in1962.”

Ann Jillian and Mariette Hartley wereteenagers when they first met Serling.

“I was 13 when I starredin the episode ‘Mute,’” Jillianrecalled. “I was very excitedabout doing the popularshow. Mr. Serling made mefeel at ease and didn’t talkdown to me.”

And after seeing him onTV, a gutsy 14-year-oldMariette Hartley telephonedSerling and asked him tospeak to her Connecticut

high school drama club. “He said he would be

delighted, and I can stillsee him sitting in theteacher’s desk at the front

of the classroomtalking to us,”Hartley said.

“Years later,when I startedworking inHollywood, I methim again whenhis limousinepulled up as I waswalking out thestudio. Herememberedcoming to myclass. I told him Iwas looking forwork, and withina couple ofmonths he gaveme the wonderfulgift of working in‘The LongMorrow’ episode.”

Today, Serlingcontinues to

inspire other moviemakers. J.J. Abrams,director of the new Star Trek films, hascalled The Twilight Zone a big influenceon his career and reportedly has securedthe rights to adapt Serling’s last, never-produced script, The Stops Along the Way.

Until then, Rod Serling’s work is stillavailable for your viewing pleasure,almost nightly, on classic TV cablechannels … in The Twilight Zone.

Thomas’ features and columns have appearedin more than 300 magazines and newspapers,and he is the author of Raised by the Stars,published by McFarland. He can be reachedat his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com

The cover of Anne Serling’sbook, As I Knew Him, whichshe wrote to set the recordstraight about her father.

Rod Serling chats with Charlton Hestonon the set of Planet of the Apes with director

Franklin Schaffner.

Serling and the Twilight Zone icon.

anniversary at the same location, greaterthan any other club in the state.

Kaufhold has an extensive career indance, theater, and performancedirection. She runs the MillersvilleCostume Shop, where she began workingshortly after graduating from AmericanUniversity in 1984 with a degree inperformance/dance.

She earned a graduate degree in danceand design at George WashingtonUniversity while starting her family andcontinued to manage the costume shopduring the 15 years she worked asprofessional company director ofKinetics Dance Theatre in Ellicott City,Md.

“The Costume Shop combines all ofmy interests in crafts, sewing, design,theater, dance, etc.,” Kaufhold said.

In 2013, Kaufhold expanded hercreative foothold further when shestarted the Barefoot Dance Company,which includes dancers ranging in agefrom 13 to 55.

Born in Boulder, Colo., with achildhood spent in Williamstown, Mass.,Kaufhold’s family moved to CentralPennsylvania in 1968 when her fatheraccepted a geography-professor positionat Millersville University.

Kaufhold’s artistic genes come

honestly. Her mother directed andchoreographed high-school musicals,operas, Girl Scout jamborees, and showsat the Fulton Opera House. She alsotaught modern dance at the YMCA andas a dance professor at Franklin &Marshall College.

“I grew up going to my mom’s showswith my brothers and father to supportmy mother’s work,” Kaufhold said. “Thishas shaped my goal to create dances andshows that are entertaining—not just topeople who want to attend, but theirbrothers, fathers, sisters, and otherrelations who come to shows becausethey have to.”

Kaufhold connected with The IrisClub four years ago when a memberinvited Kaufhold to perform one of herdance shows, “Dancing through theDecades,” at a club luncheon.

Originally her written thesis projectthat compared women’s fashion withconcurrent dance styles through the firsthalf of the 20th century, the show hassince been expanded to includeadditional decades and renamed“Fashion and Dance through the Ages.”

“It’s turned out to be an entertaininghistory lesson through music, dance, andcostumes,” said Kaufhold, also a talentedseamstress. “[The show] is popular at

retirement villagesas well asschools.”

After her firstIris Clubperformance,Kaufhold said shewas flattered to beasked to become amember. (Unlikea century ago,however,membership is nolonger byinvitation only.)Since then, thehighly popularshow returned inspring 2013 as anIris Clubfundraiser.

“The peopleare great, thebuilding is alovely mansion,and I really enjoymeeting otherartists throughtheir programsand events,” shesaid.

At its height inthe ’50s, the clubhad about 600members. Today,the number iscloser to 90, but itis still a dedicatedand productivegroup of women.

“It makes me feel good to have thechance to work with ladies who careabout their community and give back tothe community,” said Kaufhold. “Theyhave knowledge that I can grow from.”

Now in her second year as programdirector, Kaufhold’s main duty is to findand schedule interesting artists, poets,craftspeople, musicians, historians, anddancers for the club, which offers itsmembers opportunities for communityservice by promoting educationalpursuits and creativity.

In addition to its internalprogramming, which Kaufholdcoordinates, The Iris Club hosts eventsand fundraisers open to the local public.

“I also help plan special weekendevents throughout the year, such asPancakes with Santa, Pancakes with theEaster Bunny, the Fairytale Ball, themeddinners, and dance concert fundraisers,”Kaufhold said.

Kaufhold is also a board member ofThe Iris Club and promotes the arts and

volunteerismthroughpartnerships withothercommunityorganizations.

In 2012,while teaching atthe local schoolof ballet,Kaufhold learnedthat the tenantsof the oldarmory building,which includedthe ballet school,would have torelocate as thebuilding wasgoing up forsale.

“I knew TheIris Club hadlovely woodenfloors, and theclub was lookingfor rentalincome,” shesaid. “I thoughtthe balletcompany andThe Iris Clubwould be a greatfit and benefitmutually.”

The balletcompany nowsplits its classtime between its

nearby studio and The Iris Club.Kaufhold is grateful for the support

of her husband, Jeffrey, and their threechildren, who have followed in theirmother’s volunteer path.

“All three have helped out withcostumes backstage, crafts with camps,and Pancakes with Santa and the EasterBunny over the years,” said Kaufhold.“Other children love them, and I justlike having my kids around while I’mworking on a show or project.”

She also enjoys being around theother members of The Iris Club and isthankful that the women have entrustedher with bringing in entertaining andeducational programming.

“Their energy seems endless, and Irealize I can’t complain around them,”she laughed. “I’m constantly in awe ofthese ladies. I’d be happy to accomplishhalf of what most of these Iris Clubladies have accomplished in their life!”

For more information, contact TheIris Club at (717) 394-7811 or visitwww.irisclublancasterpa.com.

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The polyester and disco dance feverof the 1970s

Two dancers truckin’ in the 1940s

Feathered and fringed flappers from the 1920s

Scenes from“Fashion and Dance through the Ages”:

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