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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1988
Page
7
The piece explains how nurses call buttons misfire in busy hospitals. Patients press the red button during pain and nausea but rarely get help as staff juggle duties and avoid equal attention. It notes the button often signals which patients are asleep or capable, not when care is needed.
Reader letters critique hospital care and patient advocacy with humor about call buttons and bed controls. A reader asks which doctor to see for heel and ankle pain from leg exercises and author suggests resting, then consulting a family physician, orthopedic surgeon, or sports medicine specialist.
A cryptic string of card and letter sequences appears, resembling a game notation. It mentions directions North East Pass South and a mix of letters and numbers suggestive of a pass or draw scenario in a card or board game. The fragment hints at positional indicators without a clear event or participants.
The College Corner notes Greg Gates of Dixon in the North Central College Choir directed by Jeordano Martinez. Illinois State University awarded 836 bachelor's degrees in the 1988 summer session with Lee County and Ogle County graduates listed. Marianne J. Moser of Dixon appears in Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. Martin F. Hahn of West Brooklyn earned the Peate-Marwick Scholarship Award at NIU, and joined Golden Key National Honor Society.
In a bridge deal East opens three spades, South passes, and West raises to game. North doubles to show opening-bid values, South bids five hearts, and declarer completes a swift 12-trick contract with strategic ruffs and a heart lead.
Douglas and Mary Hoyle of Dix on and families in Dixon Rockford and Sterling areas announce births in Frankfurt and Dixon KSB hospitals. Brittany Marie Hoyle weighs six pounds 14 ounces born November 6 at 3 10 p.m. in Frankfurt Hospital. Matthew Forrest Grobe born November 11 at 10 50 a.m. in KSB Hospital weighing seven pounds six ounces, 20 inches. Brandon Todd McCloud born November 13 at 10 09 p.m. in KSB Hospital weighing seven pounds 13 ounces, 21 inches. Matthew Richard Brunett born November 18 at 1 37 a.m. in KSB Hospital weighing seven pounds six ounces, 21 inches. Welcomings include siblings Megan, Christopher Ryan, and others. multiple grandparents and great grandparents listed across Dixon Sterling Rock Falls and Florida connections.
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