The Independent-News, Volume 120, Number 19, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 September 1994 — Page 6

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - SEPTEMBER 22, 1994

To Your Good Health by Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE? In the midst of all the recent letters about shingles, every so often a writer asks about new pain relief ideas. This is my deep concern. How’s research going? DEAR READER Research plods on Someday, somewhere, some researcher is going to pul out the word on a new universal and certain cure for shingles pain The best hope I've been able to pass along lately involves acyclovir, a medicine that stops the shingles virus from reproducing In short, acyclovir makes the rash go away quicker and lessens its pain while it is there There is one important caveat about acyclovir It is vital to begin taking it as early as possible, at least within two days of the rash appearance Many patients cannot recognize the shingles rash early enough to have the acyclovir prescribed in time. A less dramatic but sometimes effective pain-relief measure is use of compresses soaked with Burow’s solution The patient applies it for 15 minutes and reapplies four times a day Ask your druggist about Burow’ssolution, which is a mixture of aluminum acetate and sodium acetate It is not for the long-lived post-rash neural pain For a further discussion, see the shingles material I am sending along. Others who want this booklet can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue — No. 28-WS, Box 5539, Riverton, N J . WW77-SS39. Enclose $3 and a seUaddressed, stamped (52 cents) No. 10 envelope. C l 994 by King Features Synd.

SPELLBINDER SCORE 10 points for using all the letters in the word below to form two complete words: STRIDENT THEN score 2 points each for all words of four letters or more found among the letters Try Io score at least M points, jiwp jms eujoeoMi aiqtssod

KIDS’ WORLD

—7 CATCH4SI Eight numbers —2.3.6,7.11,12,15, and 16 — are missing /11 f" from the diagram at right You are challenged to insert them so that each /WK —- five-number row. across, down ~ | J II O N and d,a 9° nal, y.totals 45 T; A 1 w ——— — — nui'i For starters, let it be known /u" i 2 LION be* 1 on ^°* ,he n ^ m - —hl 3 1 T rANt See you can take it from W 4 9 (4 LION there 4i Remember, each five-number •’./ / LION row is to total 45. L.X. I 5 Aim euo si T •/1 7’m LION 9 CI >l'Z'6 U> ‘9'2l'B 'l*»u grcgi ssoxh dorZiieiuozuoH 6. ty-xv, RET SHOW: If a puppet's a "pef that dances on a string, name _ _ _ _ _ LION a‘pet that 1. Covers the floor. 2. Plays in a band. 3 Protects — . a castle. 4. Is served with tea CATCH LIONS iaduwug > iadejß d £ ledujruj. j latutg i

BY TALESI BEARD these LIONS in their dens Six different nine-letter words all ending m the word LION are de fined below How many can you identify? 1. This LION'a a weed with a yellow flower. 2. This LION s a bright red color. 3. Thia LION s an army unit. 4. Thia LION'a a debutante's ball. 5. This LlON's a fine cut of beef. 6. Thia LION a a number with 27 zeroes. Four out of six is a good score Time 2 min (vsn) uocifpq 9 uo> t ivp«W S UOWOQ > uOf|»u»B C uoihuna z uo<i®pueo 1

This Week In History

On September 22, 1776, Nathan Hale was executed by the British for being a spy September 23, 1780, Benedict Arnold was found to be a traitor, he subsequently escaped and was made a brigadier general in the Bntisharmy September 21,1784, the first successful daily newspaper, the Pennsylvania Packet & Advertiser, was published September 24, 1789, the Supreme Court was created by the Federal Judiciary Act September 25, 1789, Congress submitted the Bill of Rights to the states ... September 19, 1796, George Washington delivered his Farewell Address as president, giving strong warnings against permanent alliances with foreign powers, big public debt, large military establishment and devices of “small, artful, enterprising minority” to control or change government September 20, 1797, the USS Constitution was launched in Boston September 23, 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition into the northwest ended . September 24, 1869, “Black Friday” occurred in New York's financial market, caused by an attempt to “comer" gold . September 19, 1881, President James A. Garfield, having been shot on July 2, died of his wounds . September 16, 1915, Haiti became a virtual U.S protectorate via a treaty signed that day September 25,1956, the first transatlantic telephone cable went into operation ... September 21, 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus complied with a federal court order to remove the National Guardsmen he called out previously to stop nine black students from integrating into Central High School in Little Rock . . September 23,1957, the nine black students entered Central High School, but were ordered to withdraw by local authorities because of fear of mob violence ... September 24, 1957, President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock to enforce the court’s order ... September 21, 1965, the Water Qdafity Act was passed in order to meet pollution and water shortage problems ... Septem-

1 x I — — X. i WETWARD HO 1 Who'll be first to reach the water? Pick a path — 1, 2, 3or 4 — and see if it arrives at point X.

ber 21, 1981, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Sandra Day O’Connor, 99-0, as an associate justice of the U.S Supreme Court, making her the first woman appointed to the court.

Senior Service Line by Matilda Charles

THE OLDER WOMEN’S LEAGUE is always out front on issues that affect the well-being of women in their mid and senior years In August, they released a report on osteoporosis, the bone thinning disease that affects too many postmenopausal women Although osteoporosis is the direct cause of some million and a half bone fractures among older people (it affecLs men as well, but mostly women) yearly, as well as some 300,000 hip fractures (often resulting in (he loss of the ability to walk), it is not an inevitable part of growing older OWL President Lou Glasse says, “The greatest tragedy is that, for many women, osteoporosis is preventable and treatable Our goal is to make every woman, health care professional, caregiver, and policy maker aware of the dangers this disease poses to women, and to tell them what can be done to prevent and mitigate its consequences " Among the findings in a nationwide poll of 1,000 American women age 40-80 were these surprising results

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I Only 36 percent of (he women asked said (hey knew' a great deal about the disease Among the respondents, only 18 percent of African-American women and 19 percent of Latin women said they knew a lot about it 2. Women don’t realize the risk Only 12 percent said they are very worried about developing osteoporosis 3 Good osteoporosis health care is not given to everyone. Only 56 percent of women surveyed said they had been asked by health care providers after menopause about their family history, diet or lifestyle to assess their risk of osteoporosis 4 Information changes behavior After getting (he facts about preventing osteoporosis, some 82 percent of women changed their diets to include more calcium, some 80 percent of women began doing weight-bearing exercises (another important preventative), and some 56 percent of women decided to discuss their risk with a health care provider Osteoporosis — what you don’t know can, indeed, hurt you

Books by Ralph Hollenbeck

BIBLIO-TAKES: EPITAPHS, by Nigel Rees (Carroll & Graf $ 11.95) Benjamin Franklin modestly described himself as a printer in the

60 Marmot or mouM 63 Dan or Roaaanna, toDartane 66 Twisted 97 Bakery fore 98 Manuscript enc 99 Spinks or Uris 100 Health resort 103 Dog s dog 104 End of remark 110 Native: suffix ITI Retattveof efte 112 Hostility 113 Dead Sea sectarian 114 Costa-Sol 115 Fikndom's "Nightmare" street 116 Character 117 Some are deviated । DOWN 1 Salute the moon? 2 Flu symptom 3 Added buttercream 4 Lots of laughs 6 Oklahoma native 6 Earring part

53 Brandish 54 Ton tai tales 66 Sock pert 56 Blazing 57 Lacking freshness 58 Funny Fanny 80’87 Peace Prize winner 61 Extremely infrequently? 62 Pul on a rope' 63 In the mkkfo ' 66 Part 3 of remark 67 Wheels 68 Tabloid subjects 69 Chef Julia 71 Inlets 72 Hobby wood 73 Selected 74 Turned pork ' into ham 75 Moon crawler. for short 1 78 Demolished 1 dinner 76 Satirist Evelyn 80 Subdued 81 Fancy appetizer 82 Doctors on staff 86 Part 4 of remark 87 Fol birthstone 88 Doctrine M Writer Bret

epitaph he wrote when 22. W.C. Fields suggested, “On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia” as a sardonic last commentary on the hometown he fled when 14. “An unidentified soldier ... known unto God" marked the graves of many World War I dead Samples of “last words” Rees gravely assembled for browsers here and now ... The 1995 AMERICAN GUIDE TO U.S COINS, by Charles F. French (Fireside Books: $6 99), offers proof that it takes money to make money. Highest rewards are for older coins but later Jefferson nickels, Roosevelt dimes and Kennedy half dollars have appreciated in value ... THE HOME BREWER’S COMPANION, by Charlie Papazian (Avon: $1100), taps into interest about the beverage that probably has the most universal appeal Lager loverswill find all they need to know about ingredients, equipment, types and recipes in “home brew guru" Papazian s stout compendium FISH FACTS, by Geoff Swinney & Kale Charleworth (Pelican Pub , Gretna, La : $5 95), reminds readers in Ripley “Believe It or Not" cartoon style that since “three-quarters of the world’s surface is covered by waler, threequarters of the world belongs to fish ’’ It’s easy to get hooked on these finny facts. ©1994 by King Feature* Synd.

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