TB Susceptibility by Age and Tongue-Tie Advice
Dear Reader explains TB risk is not strictly age related and is influenced by immune status. Adults 30 to 49 are not necessarily more susceptible than those 60 to 70. The piece also notes TB is treatable with antibiotics and reactivation can occur after other illnesses. For tongue tie, seek ENT evaluation. consider speech therapy if advised.
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Retirement spot checklist in questions not rules
Kent 8 Collins presents a retirement planning checklist in question form. It links near family support, visits, climate, medical care, activities, pace, location, cost, crime, and unemployment, urging retirees to assess personal needs and tradeoffs before moving from a bedroom town.
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Honest facts about smoking and health from readers and experts
Pam asks for clear evidence smoking causes disease. The column confirms smoking links to lung cancer heart disease chronic bronchitis and emphysema. one cigarette affects heartbeat blood pressure and lung blood flow. Tammy asks about Tom and Sue. Dr Wallace suggests personality matters and explains bat echolocation using high pitched voice unseen by humans.
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Sulphur Springs
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Fenre
Christy Brinkley
Tammy
Las Vegas
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Dr. Wallace
Linda
Hopewell
Operation Dear Abby Connects Navy Couple From Iceland
A sailor in Keflavik, Iceland, credits Operation Dear Abby with introducing him to his future wife after six months of letters and leave home. A reader from Schaumburg thanks the column for uniting them, noting the morale boost for troops overseas. A Newport reader asks if a graduation announcement requires a gift. Abby clarifies that no gift is required.
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Statue repairman gives statues new life for churches
Jim Appleman, a furniture repairman, buys broken statues at flea markets and restores them for hospitals and churches. He repaired a vandalized Virgin Mary at Holy Name Church using a child mannequin hands, and is now adding wings to angels at St Michael’s for a poor parish as the Rev Harkins praises him as a godsend.
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Holy Name Church
St. Michael's
Rev Harkins
Jim
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Civil War lecture on July 1863 in Washington County
Local historian Roger Keller presents an illustrated talk at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday July 17 at 3 p.m. The free session covers July 5 to 14 1863 during Confederate retreat after Gettysburg with maps and scenes from Smuthsburg Hagerstown Williamsport Boonsboro and Punkstown. It marks the 125th Gettysburg anniversary and reviews routes and engagements. Call 739-0727 for details.
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Roger Keller
Washington County
Williamsport
Boonsboro
Punkstown
Gettysburg
Jed Alexandria to Sign War Memoir at Waldenbooks
Author Jed Alexandria, writer of When War Passed This Way, will sign copies at Waldenbooks in Frederick Towne Mall on Saturday, July 9, from 1 36 to 3 30 p.m. Local shoppers can meet the author and obtain a personalized edition.
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Jed Alexandria
Waldenbooks
Frederick Towne Mall
Snow Ball plans kick off Frederick holiday season
Plans are under way for the 37th annual Snow Ball sponsored by the Frederick Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. The event at the Sheraton Don-Frederick on Saturday November 26 will feature two bands and the presentation of the 198% Snow Belles. Proceeds support hospital renovation and expansion of the Emergency Room.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Frederick
Gail Guyton
Guyter
James Klutiz
James R. McClellan
Rodney Smith
Charles W. Hoff
Ronald W Shafer
William E. Henshaw
Edward Harding
D. Jay Whittington
Noel %. Butterbaugh
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