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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 2000

Page

18

Meals on Wheels drivers offer more than meals

Meals on Wheels volunteers Burton and Payne describe how they visit clients, help with small chores, fetch mail and newspapers, and even offer hair styling help when regular services are unavailable. They say the personal contact is vital for isolated clients and volunteers gain as much as they give.

Wheels Burton Payne

Traumatic childhood injuries focus on accidents and falls

Spear identifies two leading child traumas as vehicle accidents and falls while noting progress against poisonings from childproof caps. He highlights grandparents’ medications as a major risk for visiting children, with high blood pressure drug Clonidine posing severe consequences if ingested, warns Lizarribar.

Spear

Grandparents and Parents Urged to Safeguard Children at Home

Dr Dave Spear warns grandparents medications and household cleaners must be kept high out of reach. Parents should install outlet plugs and supervise pools and trampolines. The brochure urges 911 CPR training, toy labels, first aid knowledge, and calm parental communication to ease children’s fears.

Spear Lizarribar

College planning tips for Odessa area seniors

Counselors Mata and Valenzuela urge seniors to register for SAT or ACT now with tests on Oct 14 and Oct 28, advise narrowing college choices, and emphasize scholarships. They promote campus visits, using college web resources, and a district college night on Nov 29 featuring about 50 colleges. Parents should supervise deadlines and applications.

Mata Valenzuela Collegeboard.com Permian Odessa High Odessa

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