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THE BANNERGRAPHIC February 1, 1990
Dr. Arthur Shumaker (left), Greencastle, received an American Association of Retired Persons award for his dedicated service as an AARP officer. Shumaker served as state director for the Indiana AARP for four years, finishing his term at the conclusion of 1989. The award was presented by AARP Area V representative Eugene Molenaur as a recent area meeting in Cincinnati.
AARP selects local residents for leadership roles in housing effort
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dr. Arthur W. Shumaker and Dr. Robert H. Farber have been selected by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to serve as state coordinator for Indiana and as coordinator for West Central Indiana, respectively, for the Consumer Housing Information Service for Seniors (CHISS) program.
THEY WILL SERVE as housing advocates for older people by promoting AARP housing policies and positions before state and local leadership groups and by supporting the development of CHISS programs.
CHISS is a local housing information service organized under the auspices of AARP’s Consumer Affairs Department and a local agency. It uses trained volunteers to provide information to older individuals about housing options
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and housing-related services in their community. Dr. Shumaker and Dr. Farber attended a Jan. 23-25 meeting of volunteer officers of the five states of Area V—lndiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin-to undergo training and to receive information on national and state housing issues that impact older persons, such as the shortage of affordable housing, government involvement in housing, and state initiatives to encourage the building of low cost housing. DR. SHUMAKER HAS just finished a term of four years as state director for Indiana AARP, and Dr. Farber completed four years as assistant state director. Upon retiring from their positions each was given a plaque by AARP in appreciation of his services at the Area Leadership Meeting last fall.
Both are retired members of the DePauw staff—Shumaker as professor of English and Farber as dean and vice president of the university. AARP is the largest organization of people 50 and older, having about 700,00 members in Indiana and nearly 32 million in the United States. THE NONPROFIT, nonpartisan association offers a wide range of membership benefits, legislative representation at federal and state levels, and educational and community service programs carried out through a national network of volunteers and local chapters. AARP, based in Washington, D.C., also offers a variety of educational and advocacy programs for older workers, who make up onethird of AARP’s membership.
Dear Abby
Readers calling for ticket dealers’ scalps
DEAR ABBY: Sorry, I disagree with your compliance with the pair who wanted to sell SIOO tickets to a sporting event to their co-workers for S4OO. First of all, people who buy more tickets than they need to a sporting event, theater, rock concert, etc., are preventing others from acquiring tickets at the stated price. This may be OK under laissez-faire capitalism, but it strikes me as unconscionable and greedy. Second, some cities have “ticket scalping” ordinances that make it a misdemeanor to sell tickets above the stated price. Your comment, “The early bird gets the worm,” was off the mark. It would have been better to suggest that the co-workers simply treat the “early birds” to a nice dinner to compensate them for their legwork, rather than encourage the early buyers to seek an unscrupulous profit. JERRY P. IN SEATTLE DEAR JERRY: Where were you when I needed you? Yours was one of the few printable letters I received in response to my inspired (?) answer in which I failed to mention that in most states, “scalping” is illegal. * * * DEAR ABBY: I am a 15-year-old girl. A few months ago, my 13-month-old brother, Ricky, had a life-threat-ening accident. Managing to get out the front doorunobserved, he walked
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DEAR HELOISE: I am writing because I recently broke a mercury thermometer and picked up the mercury in my left hand. After washing my hands, I noticed my wedding ring had turned a pewter color! I immediately took it to the jeweler who told me mercury ruins gold if it comes in contact with it. Luckily, he was able to strip the mercury off of my ring; however, if left on there too long it might have permanently damaged it by pitting it and making it weak. I was so glad he could save my ring, I had to write to let others know not to pick up mercury with good jewelry on. Although it probably doesn’t happen often, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Celeste Cleveland, Ohio Thanks for passing along the warning. I didn’t know that gold jewelry could be ruined this way. Our friends at the Jewelers of America tell us that mercury is the only element that damages gold. Your letter may just save someone an expensive repair job. Heloise
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behind my mom’s van just as she was pulling into our garage. Mom didn’t see Ricky, so she pressed the button to close the garage door, then she went inside. After looking for Ricky for about five minutes, we heard my sister who was outside scream. Mom and I ran out to see Ricky’s head sticking out from under the garage door! When we got him out, he was limp, blue and not breathing. We thought he was dead. After a two-week ordeal at Loyola University Hospital, Ricky came home and is as alive as ever. He was expected to die or at least have severe brain damage, but he is perfect. I would like to thank the Loyola University Hospital staff, our neighbor, Sue Waite (who administered CPR), all our friends and relatives—and most of all my Heavenly Father for giving our family of seven a second chance with our littlest. Abby, please tell your readers to be careful with their garage doors and to always watch them go down.
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LOVING GRANDMA Dear Heloise: I have seven children, 16 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. When the different families visit, we usually sit around the kitchen table and talk. After the kisses and hugs, the children go into the living room. I keep a bookcase in there filled with coloring books, picture books, storybooks, crayons, markers, games, bubble pipes and plastic building blocks. The children eryoy those things and the parents get to talk to Grandma and Grandpa. Mrs. Blanche Humphries, Hamilton, Ohio
High blood pressure more likely in older women than men
SAN ANTONIO (AP) By age 55, women are as likely as men to have high blood pressure, and more than half of American women that age have elevated cholesterol levels, the American Heart Association says. In its annual statistical report, the association said that by age 65 women are more likely than men to have high blood pressure. THE MOST RECENT figures show that heart disease and strokes killed 976,706 Americans in 1987, almost as many as died from all other causes combined. That amounts to one heart-disease death every 32 seconds. Cancer, by comparison, killed 477,190. The statistics were released at the opening of the association’s annual science writers’ forum, where scientists report on recent heart disease research. This year’s statistics focus on the risks of heart disease in women. THE TALLY SHOWS that more than half of all women ages 55 to 74 have blood cholesterol levels above 240, at which heart disease risk increases substantially. Only one-third of men in that age group have cholesterol levels over 240, the association said.
1 don’t want anyone else to have to go through what we did. You may print my name. LINDSAY MITCHELL, NAPERVILLE, ILL. DEAR LINDSAY: Thank you for writing. I alerted my readers to this hazard a few years ago, but your letter will remind them that electrically operated garage doors can kill a child, or a pet. * * * DEAR ABBY: Please help. Our first baby is due in March. When I married Mr. Slaff, I kept my last name (Zurawski). Now we cannot agree on what last name to use for our child. Our choices are: (1) Combine both our names into “Slaffski.” (2) If the baby is a boy, give him his father’s last name, Slaff. (3) If it’s a girl, give her my last name, Zurawski. (4) Or should we use both names, hyphenated: “Zurawski-Slaff”? I feel that the child’s name should reflect both our names. My husband wants to follow tradition and have his name be the last name and use my last name for the middle name. We have agreed to go by your decision. BAFFLED IN BOULDER DEAR BAFFLED: For the sake of uniformity, I suggest all your children should have the same last name, and it should be the hyphenated combination of both your names Zurawski-Slaff.
RECYCLING HINT Dear Heloise; I read your column every day and nearly always find something 1 can use. Here is my favorite recycling tip. Some of the junk mail I receive has a self-addressed envelope enclosed. I tear off the flap with the glue on it and use it for labels. They work well for marking dates on food in the refrigerator or the freezer, to mark my name on a dish for a covered dish dinner or to mark dates on canned or packaged foods. Ethel M. Downey, Nevada, Ohio
PRICE MARKER Dear Heloise: Most supermarkets have scanners now and items are not price marked. I cannot remember what the correct price is for each item when I get home. When I get home and take everything out of the grocery sacks, I find the price of each item and mark it on the product packaging with 4 permanent-ink marker. When I read the grocery fliers I can tell if something is a good buy, by comparing it to the price I paid. -4Ann Davis, Tampa, Fla.
Men remain more likely than women overall to have heart attacks. But women have a much higher rate of strokes, which occur when cholesterol plugs an artery supplying blood to the brain. Cigarette smoking seems to pose a greater risk for women than for men, the figures show. A 55-year-old woman who smokes is in mote danger of a heart attack than a 53-ycar-old male smoker. ; A 55-YEAR-OLD woman who smokes and has high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol has k one-third higher risk of heart attack than a 55-year-old man with tlfe same risk factors. The association estimates that heart disease costs the United Slates $94.5 billion a year in medical expenses and lost productivity.-' The good news is that heart disease continues its gradual decline. In 1950, the death rate from heart disease was 226 for every 100,000 people. By 1986, it had fallen to 129 per 100,000. Nevertheless, an estimated 67 million Americans one in every four have some potentially dangerous form of heart or blood-ves-sel disease. Heart attacks will strike about 1.5 million Americans this year