Mardi Gras Celebrations Across New Orleans Before Lent
Mardi Gras on Feb 11 marks the last feast before Lent with widespread revelry in New Orleans. The term now labels two weeks of festive events leading up to Shrove Tuesday.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1986
Page
5
Mardi Gras on Feb 11 marks the last feast before Lent with widespread revelry in New Orleans. The term now labels two weeks of festive events leading up to Shrove Tuesday.
Doctors acknowledge SIDS remains unexplained though risk factors include prematurity and sleep. The condition peaks at two to four months and proves more common in boys, non whites, and winter, with higher risk for siblings of SIDS victims.
Paula Cooper is monitored for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome after her mother Janice noticed abnormal breathing. A belt monitors heart rate and chest movement with alarms if no movement within 20 seconds, waking the mother for resuscitation. Paula, nearly 10 months old, shows no attacks recently.
A long list of meetings clinics and events across Aiken including A.A. groups at 123 Linden St health clinics at the county health department and museum activities. Notable items include a critique by Walter Hathaway director of the Columbia Museum of Arts and Sciences for Aiken Artist Guild artists and a variety of public notices and lectures.
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