dauphin county 50plus senior news sept. 2011

By Megan Joyce

It’s a safe bet that Bob Rudy is one of those people who doesn’t often leave

his house without a little pet hair on his clothing. And he probably doesn’t

mind; in fact, he likely wears the strands proudly, each a tiny, individual

talisman reminding him always of the animals he’s spent the better part of his

54 years loving and working to protect.

And now, he’s not alone in his mission. In 2008, Rudy married his wife,

Debra Vredenburg-Rudy, a psychology professor at Millersville University

and the founder of Pet Guardians, a Lancaster County-based nonprofit that

finds new homes for pets of the elderly or terminally ill. Rudy is now the

treasurer and a board member of Pet Guardians.

Together, the couple works daily to locate foster homes and, eventually,

new permanent homes for animal lovers who are ill or entering assisted living

or hospice care—so that, on top of everything else on their minds, they don’t

have to worry about who will care for their pets.

Although his charitable work on behalf of our furry friends is now at its

zenith, Rudy’s dedication to animals began decades ago and has included so

much volunteer work that in 2005 he received the Jefferson Award for Public

Service in York County and the March of Dimes’ Community Spirit Award

in 2007.

A Voice for

Central PA’s Pets

Bob Rudy with his pack. From left, Maggie the black lab, Taj the Afghan hound, Rudy the

human, Rudy the lab/pit bull mix on bench, and Maggie the Irish setter, seated in front.

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Inside:

Media Personality Devotes Decades to

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Can you pass a citizenship

test? This country’s adult

population, and apparently

the voting sector of that population,

appears to be inadequately informed

regarding our form of government

and current events.

A number of polls reveal

astounding misinformation among

the electorate. Given the

complexities of our country’s history

and the time required to remain

current in new developments, this is

understandable but not acceptable.

The voting-age

population that

participates in the

presidential general

election declined from

63.1 percent in 1960 to

56.8 percent in 2008.

The latter year actually

was an improvement

from the 2000 election,

when 51.3 percent of

eligible voters bothered

to do so.

While the percentage

of registered voters who exercise

their franchise is of interest, it is

crucial that the voting public has a

basic understanding of our country’s

government, its history, and its

economic policies.

A representative democracy must

have an informed electorate. James

Madison, the father of the U.S.

Constitution, made the point when

he declared, “A popular

government, without popular

information or the means of

acquiring it, is but a prologue to a

farce or a tragedy.”

The lowest 20 percent of income

earners had a 36 percent rate of

voting in 2004. The percentage

increased as incomes increased until

it reached the top 20 percent of

income earners, at which point it

declined from 67 to 63 percent.

This implies that higher income

earners generally have the benefit of

more education, better access to

information, and, perhaps, easier

transportation access to the polls.

The “farce and tragedy” that

worried President Madison are

indicated by several polls taken over

the past decade. Consider the ABC

News Poll taken February 2000

when respondents placed Ronald

Reagan as the fifth most effective

president and George Washington

as the sixth.

In February 2005 the

Washington College Poll had

elevated Reagan to the No. 2 spot

after Abraham Lincoln, while

George Washington fell to eighth

place, immediately behind George

W. Bush.

Two years later, in 2007, the

Gallup Poll ranked Reagan

comfortably close behind Lincoln

(20 percent and 15 percent) for first

and second honors. George

Washington was named the seventh

most effective president (7 percent).

George W. Bush had fallen to ninth

place (2 percent).

Voters in 1948 appear to have

had a better understanding of the

rankings of American presidents. A

Schlesinger Poll at that time named

Lincoln, Washington, FDR,

Woodrow Wilson, and Jefferson as

our top five most effective

presidents. (Of course Reagan and

George W. Bush were not nominees

in the poll at that time.)

When Oregon’s Tom Foley,

speaker of the House of

Representatives (1989-1995), lost

his reelection bid, 30 percent of

those voting against him believed

his opponent would automatically

succeed to the position. (Newt

Gingrich succeeded him.)

According to a September 2010

Pew Research Center survey, about

25 percent of U.S. voters did not

know the Democrats had a majority

in the U.S. House of

Representatives.

Michael Delli Carpini, dean of

the Annenberg School for

Communications, states: “Public

opinion polling since the 1930s has

consistently documented low levels

of political knowledge among the

public.”

Is civics still taught in high

schools? Education emphasis today

is placed on improvements in

reading, math, and

science. Should more

attention be given to the

fundamentals of our

multi-layers of

government? Could

native-born high-school

graduates pass the test

given to naturalized

citizens?

Here are typical

questions asked of those

seeking to become new

citizens. For citizens who

are seniors, these should be easily

answered.

1. What do we call the first 10

amendments to the Constitution?

2. How many U.S. senators are

there?

3. We elect a U.S. senator for how

many years?

4. We elect a U.S. representative for

how many years?

5. If both the president and vice

president no longer can serve, who

becomes president?

6. Who is the current chief justice

of the United States?

At a minimum, schools should

be encouraged to offer the same

citizen-preparation program given

to those who wish to become

citizens. Anyone should be eligible

to attend upon application.

Walt Sonneville is a retired market-

research analyst. He enjoys writing and

reading non-partisan opinion essays.

Contact him at

[email protected].

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Leon I. Lock of Mechanicsburg is a

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Lock studied

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When Lock departed his transport ship

in France, he was given a pack filled with

a mess kit, gas mask, and helmet. He

carried a 1916 Enfield rifle made by the

English originally for World War I. Some

soldiers were issued a carbine rifle, a

shorter, lighter weapon that no one liked.

Others were given a “grease” gun, a .45-

caliber submachine gun welded together

and considered the worst gun to be issued.

Lock and his comrades were ill

equipped for the bitter cold they had to

endure. He was given no long-johns or

galoshes for warmth and protection from

the cold—only a field jacket. When he

arrived in Luxembourg, Hitler’s final

attempt to defeat the Allies had begun.

The battle lasted about five weeks.

During the battle, it was cold all the

time, sometimes -25 degrees. Lock sewed

his field blanket shut to use as a makeshift

sleeping bag. Many men froze to death

when they lay down in the snow to sleep

or rest. Lock suffered frostbite on his

hands and feet. Food consisted of food

rations of pork fat, lemonade powder, a

biscuit, and a “hard as a rock” candy bar.

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Lock in Army uniform, left, and in his Navy uniform, right.

please see HE SERVED page 7


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Even if they occasionally received

regular food, the soldiers could not cook

anything since they lacked the equipment.

The soldiers were given cigarettes, toilet

paper, and salt tablets to take in the

morning. Because drinking water was

scarce, they were told not to drink water

during the day.

The inclement weather made supply

drops and bombings almost impossible for

weeks. The soldiers rarely received mail

because it took a month or more for

letters to travel to Europe from the United

States. The men also seldom saw any

officers.

Near the end of the Battle of the Bulge,

when his unit was preparing to invade

Germany, Lock received a note from the

Supreme Headquarters Allied

Expeditionary Force sending him back to

the United States. He turned in his rifle,

hitched a ride on a truck to the city of

Luxembourg, and slept at the U.S.

Headquarters there. His pants and field

jacket were torn and filthy, and he carried

two bags with him. He also carried two

hand grenades at all times.

With no money and no official orders,

and wearing his ripped and soiled

uniform, he managed to travel via military

and public transportation to France,

England, and eventually the States. At

various depots, he would seek out the

mess hall to grab a bite and take extra

sandwiches to eat along the way. At one

English depot, he was given English

trousers to replace his ripped pants. He

had to wait a month in Birmingham,

England, for a ship bound for Norfolk,

Va.

He thought that

his return to the

United States would

enable him to enroll

at the Naval

Academy. His

congressman

apparently had kept

his name on file for

four years. Lock was

sent to the

Philadelphia Naval

Hospital, where he

learned he had lost 40 pounds in only five

months. He was discharged from the

Army and joined the Navy as a Seaman

First Class. Again, he was denied

admission to the Academy and was sent to

Boston, Mass.

There Lock spoke to an old boatswain

mate about applying for underwater duty.

The Boatswain advised against such

hazardous SCUBA duty after surviving the

Battle of the Bulge, and when he learned

that Lock was from the Harrisburg area,

he made arrangements for his transfer to

the Naval Supply Depot in

Mechanicsburg.

There, the base commodore sent Lock

to Camp Peary, Va., to attend the Naval

Academy Preparatory School group. He

sat in on the classes

but did not need to

take any tests because

of his credits from

Penn State and his

exemplary Army

service.

When the base

commodore realized

that Lock would not

be accepted into the

USNA presumably

because of his age,

he advised Lock to

leave the service as he had sufficient points

for discharge.

Lock returned to Penn State, where he

received a BS degree in civil engineering in

1949. While there, he joined the Army

ROTC in 1946 and was assigned to the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He retired

from the Army in 1957 with the rank of

captain after 14 years of military service.

Lock was president of Chelsea Auto

Parts Co. of Harrisburg and Costa Mesa,

Calif., and was president of the S&L

Automotive Warehouse. His father had

established the auto parts business in

1916. Lock is a board member and past

president of the Pennsylvania Automotive

Wholesalers Association and former board

member of the Penn State Industrial and

Manufacturing Engineering Society.

He is a member of the Hampton

Township Cumberland County Veterans’

Committee, which is seeking a site for a

veterans memorial and is planning a golf

tournament, a gun raffle, and other

fundraising efforts to establish the

memorial.

Lock served as marshal of this year’s

Memorial Day Parade in Mechanicsburg.

He is an active member of the Battle of

the Bulge Association, which meets for

lunch the first Wednesday of each month

at the Carlisle Elks.

In 1951, he married Doris Tobey, who

started a school in Harrisburg for children

with learning disabilities. She died in

1979. Lock has three children, Laura

Wallace and Andrew and Jason Eric Lock,

and two grandchildren.

If you are a mature veteran and have

interesting or unusual experiences in your

military or civilian life, phone Al Goodman at

(717) 541-9889 or email him at

[email protected].

Lock served as parade marshal in this year’s

Memorial Day Parade in Mechanicsburg.

HE SERVED from page 5


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know what

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for lunch?” I

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laugh.

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apartment. “Oh yes,” she said, “I’m a

changed woman. When I was married to

Mort I really loved him, but I did

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to do.”

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Select green beans that are free of blemishes and browning

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2 tablespoons white wine vinegar

1 teaspoon country-style Dijon mustard

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon coarse salt

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

4 medium red potatoes, (about 8 ounces)

1/4 teaspoon coarse salt

1/2 pound fresh green beans, cooked

1 tablespoon chopped red onion

2 hard-cooked eggs, cut into wedges

1 ripe tomato, cut into wedges

1 can (6 1/2 ounces) tuna packed in oil, drained and flaked

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olive oil and shake to blend.

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slices in a small saucepan and cover with water and season with 1/4

teaspoon salt. Bring the water to a boil over high heat. Reduce the

heat to low and simmer potatoes 6 to 8 minutes or until fork

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With three college degrees to his name

(an associate degree in police science; a

bachelor’s in

humanities/communications; and a

master’s in education/training and

development), Rudy has worked in radio

and television for almost 30 years. But as

is so often the case, his projected career

path began elsewhere: with a goal to

become a Pennsylvania state trooper after

high-school graduation.

“I’ve always had a heartfelt desire to

help others,” Rudy said, adding that it is

“just as well” that his policeman path

didn’t pan out. “I would have probably

spent more time helping stranded

motorists change tires than writing

speeding tickets.”

His radio work started in the early

1980s and included stints at more than a

dozen Pennsylvania radio stations,

including, locally, WYCR and WSOX.

Over the years, Rudy found ways to fuse

his expertise as a communications

professional with his passion for animal

welfare, beginning with the Helen O.

Krause Animal Foundation in

Mechanicsburg. Rudy used his trained

voice and honed people skills to host

many of their fundraising Pet Walks as

well as several other events for the

organization.

Rudy has also hosted numerous events

for the York County SPCA, serving on

their board of directors, as host of their

holiday auction, and, beginning in 2000,

as the host of Meet the Pets, a television

show aimed at finding homes for pets at

the shelter.

“Nearly everyone I would run into

would say, ‘How can you do that show

every week and not want to take all those

animals home with you?’” he recalled.

“Well, I knew I couldn’t save them all, so

I did my best to convince others to

adopt them.”

In early 2001, Rudy had his first

experience serving as an animal foster

parent when the executive director of the

SPCA asked him to take in Sheena, a

Saluki whose owner unexpectedly ended

up in intensive care.

While Sheena’s owner was in the

hospital, Rudy managed to “sneak” the

dog up the back stairs to visit her ailing

companion, much to the owner’s delight.

Sadly, the owner passed away later that

year, and Rudy agreed to adopt Sheena

until she herself passed two years later.

By that time, Rudy had already been

owned by several dogs

in his lifetime,

beginning with a

beagle named Trixie

during elementary

school and Tina, a

Chihuahua/terrier mix

in high school. When

he moved out on his

own, Rudy adopted

Smokey, an Afghan

mix, from the

Humane Society.

Afghan hounds, an unusual breed

with their long, thick hair, had always

held a special place in Rudy’s heart, ever

since his grandfather, a state forest fire

warden, saved a kennel full of dogs in

danger of being consumed by a forest

fire. The kennel owner had given his

grandfather Wendy, a Westminster Dog

Show award-winning Afghan, as a token

of his gratitude.

A few years later, a purebred Afghan,

Ashley, joined Smokey in the Rudy

household. Six months later, Abby,

another Afghan, entered the canine mix.

Ashley and Abby passed away within

three years of one another and,

heartbroken, Rudy wasn’t sure he could

ever own another dog. But while hosting

events for the York County SPCA, Rudy

was put in touch with a family who had

just had a litter of Afghan puppies. His

new dog was a blond male Afghan with

AKC papers, so Rudy had to choose an

AKC name to register the dog.

“I picked my dog’s AKC name,

‘Magic Carpet Ride,’ [after] one of my

favorite songs by Steppenwolf,” he said.

“After all, an Afghan hound lying down

does resemble a big rug!”

And it was a listener to Rudy’s

morning show on Oldies 96.1 who

called in with her idea for the new dog’s

exotic-sounding name: Taj.

In January 2004,

Rudy’s life took a

dramatic change

while hosting Meet

the Pets when a

“crazy red Irish

Setter came

bouncing into the

video studio at the

shelter,” said Rudy.

“Maggie … was so

full of life that I

could hardly hang onto her. As soon as

we were done taping the segment, I ran

up to [the executive director]’s office and

said, ‘I want to take that dog home!’”

It was during his nine years as half of

the “morning drive” team of “Mad Dog

and Rudy” on WSOX that Rudy decided

to throw himself even deeper into

community service.

“I volunteered to host just about

everything I could, helping every

organization imaginable, which

eventually led to my being presented

with the Jefferson Award,” Rudy said.

He was also the public service director

at WSOX and host of a Sunday-morning

show called Music and the Message,

during which he interviewed people

from the nonprofit community to help

spread the word about their efforts.

Knowing of Rudy’s love for animals, a

listener contacted him about Pet

Guardians. Rudy invited the founder and

president, Debra Vredenburg, onto his

show … and the rest, as they say, is

history.

“On May 31, 2008, Debra and I got

married and began our mission together

to save as many animals as possible,” said

Rudy. “I continue to host events, but the

deal is, if I’m there, Debra is there too

with a stand for Pet Guardians.”

The Vredenburg-Rudys combined

pets: his Afghan, Taj, and Maggie the

Irish setter with her Rudy the lab/pit bull

mix (yes, Vredenburg-Rudy named her

dog Rudy before she even met her

husband) and Maggie the black lab—

that’s two dogs named Maggie. Add in

foster dog Bella and four cats, and the

Vredenburg-Rudy household is

brimming with well-trained, well-loved

animal family members.

“Two of the special things Debra and

I do together include occasionally taking

our pets to area nursing homes and

retirement communities for pet therapy

visits,” Rudy said. “And every other

week, we take two of the dogs to visit

with patients at a day treatment center.

There’s nothing quite like an Irish Setter

unexpectedly jumping up onto your lap

and licking you in the face to make you

love life!”

Their household also now contains

not one but two Jefferson Award

winners—for her tireless efforts with Pet

Guardians, Debra Vredenburg-Rudy was

the recipient of the 2010 Jefferson Award

for Lancaster County.

“We strongly advocate preparing for

your pets when you’re gone, just as you

do with your estate,” advised Rudy.

Because Pet Guardians is not a shelter

or boarding service—they are essentially

liaisons that help find temporary and

permanent homes for the animals—they

are always seeking foster families who

will provide homes for the pets until a

permanent adoptive pet parent is

secured. To find out more about Pet

Guardians, visit www.petguardians.org or

email [email protected].

Rudy will be the master of ceremonies

at WoofStock in Harrisburg on Sept. 18.

A Central PA Animal Alliance event

featuring live bands, pet contests, food,

and rescue organizations from all over

Central Pennsylvania, WoofStock will

cover a nine-block area along Front

Street from North Street down to the

Walnut Street Bridge.

Rudy and Pet Guardians will also be

part of several local parades in the

coming months, and Rudy will emcee

the Dillsburg Farmer’s Fair Parade on

Oct. 15.

For Rudy, a lifelong animal lover and

advocate, the payoff is in serving as a

conduit for the human-animal bond, in

perpetuating for others that special

connection that has meant so much to

him in his own life.

“[I love] seeing the joy on the faces of

the people who know that their pet will

be taken care of as well as the joy of the

people getting the pet,” he said. “And

especially when they stay in contact with

each other; it’s almost like bringing those

two families together through the love of

that one dog or cat—that’s

overwhelming.”


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This Month in History:September

Events•• Sept. 9, 1776 – The United States came into

existence as the Continental Congress changed the

name of the new American nation from the

United Colonies.

• Sept. 12, 1953 – John F. Kennedy, 36, married

Jacqueline Bouvier, 24, in a ceremony before 750

invited guests at St. Mary’s Church in Newport,

R.I., conducted by Archbishop Richard Cushing

of Boston.

• Sept. 14, 1901 – Eight days after being shot,

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Roosevelt.

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1882) was born in Centerville, Mo. Following the

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their capture dead or alive, a member of the gang

shot 34-year-old James in the back of the head

and claimed the reward.

• Sept. 23 – American journalist and influential

commentator Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) was

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govern,” he once stated.

• Sept. 26 – American folk legend Johnny

Appleseed (1774-1845) was born in Leominster,

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