Garden City Zoo Adds New Critters This Summer
Lee Richardson Zoo unveils barn owls from Kansas Fish and Game, a boa constrictor from St Louis, a tree duck from Tucson, a two week old African pygmy goat born in Garden City, and a rhea hatch. Zoo superintendent Ken Dehkle notes additional new attractions await visitor attention as the zoo opens at 8 a.m. daily until sunset.
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Predictors weigh risk in border-line hypertension patients
A Michigan specialist says repeated readings, family history, obesity, rapid heart rate and race influence treatment decisions for border-line hypertension. Two or more risk predictors suggest treatment. Black patients show higher hypertension incidence. Parents with hypertension before age 50 raise a patient’s risk. The Framingham study finds no major difference in coronary disease between working women and housewives, though stress and type A traits are more common in employed and male groups.
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Retarded sacker and teenager trouble at the grocer
Dear Ann readers discuss a blind spot in compassion as a grocery sacker helps a mentally challenged young man at a store. Another letter questions parenting on teen sex after an 18 year old daughter reveals a ongoing relationship. Ann Landers replies about handling awkward realities in a judgment free way.
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