Skin discoloration questions answered by Dr Gott
A reader asks about a 33 year old Hispanic woman with patches on her right leg. The explanation outlines vitiligo post inflammatory hypopigmentation and melasma, their causes and treatments including cosmetics and hydroquinone, and advises dermatology consultation.
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DR. Gott
Extension Homemakers Clubs News From Clubs
March lesson stressed adding more fiber to diets to lower heart disease and cancer risks. Demonstrations covered old fashioned egg noodles and spinach pasta. Clubs organized tours, charity drives, blood donor calls, and Earth Month environmental ideas.
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Helen Nusbaum
Ruth Crone
Louie Summers
Betty Thompson
New Market
Mid-Valley Club
Mary Billotti
Deannie Warren
Virginia Bidle
County Extension
Walkersville
Cindy Grossnickle
Helen Sheppard
Mary Nicodemus
Walkersville United Methodist Church
Heritage Farm
Zimmerman
Environment
Diancees
Red Cross
Cancer Society
Pleasant Grove
East Frederick
Dan-Dee
Marguerite Burgee
Elsie Mitchell
Middletown Homemakers
Mid-Valley
Frederick
The
Historical Society
Joyce Routzahn
Community Projects
Dorine Kenney
Emmitsburg
Tomlinson
Catoctin High School
Quebec
Canada
Ann Weltz
Alma Jones
Donor Week essay and local charity generosity plea
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week is noted with a moving essay by Robert N Test urging gifts of organs eyes and tissues after death to help others. Readers are asked to request donor forms from The Living Bank and consider donations. A Dear Abby column shares a homeless family encounter prompting donations of unused samples to local charities in Imperial Valley California.
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Robert N Test
Living Bank
P.O. Box
Houston
Texas
Imperial Valley
Calif
Retiree job tips urge steady, positive approach
The column advises older adults to use networks and state agencies to find welcoming employers, frame offers with focus on learning and skill adaptation, and consider training for new roles. It emphasizes age as an asset, not a liability, and notes senior centers and friends as sources for leads.
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Tennessee
State Employment Agency
Senior Citizens’ Center
P.O. Box
Columbia
Paper recycling and tree planting reminder and trip plans
A community notice outlines recycling papers to the landfill for bedding use by a farmer, plus planting two trees in memory. A May 7 Metro trip to Union Station in Washington, D C is planned by Kathryn Russell and Joyce Routzahn. Meet at FSK Mall by 9 15 a m to carpool. call 371 6157 for details. Dates listed include April 27 annual meeting and May 11 board meeting with May 12 craft workshop.
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Metro
Union Station
Washington, D.C
Kathryn Russell
Joyce Routzahn
FSK
East End
Hess's
Shady Grove
Fsk Mall
Sandy Cove
Teens face rising adversity in new study
A study funded by the Annie E Casey Foundation cites government data showing higher teen adversities in 1990 such as lower high school completion rates, increased juvenile violent crime arrests, more teen deaths, and more births to single teens. It notes 48 percent of new families formed started at risk and teen births rose to 8.7 percent.
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Annie Casey Foundation
Greenwich, Conn
United States
DR. Wallace
Larry
Change of clothing and producer groups in SERRV program
The article describes how producer groups qualify by background size income and living conditions. Qualified producers receive samples evaluated in New Windsor for salability quality and cost. SERRV pays asking prices at shipping and may provide working capital advances. It highlights the Zuni Crafts Cooperative with 900 artisans and international crafts from bones shells gourds and metals. The New Windsor Service Center hosts several nonprofits.
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New Windsor
Ms. Crouse
Serry
SERRV
Pro
Zuni Crafts Cooperative
New Mexico
Zuni Reservation
United States
New Windsor Center
Blue Ridge College
Heifer Project International
Refugees In Disaster
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