Health fair promotes preventive medicine for kids at Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ransom Memorial Hospital invites children of all ages to a free Health Fair in the front lobby this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Activities include hearing vision and posture screenings, height weight and blood pressure checks, fire safety, poison prevention and Red Cross booths, a bicycle clinic, drug awareness nutrition tips, and an Ident A Kid program with Ottawa Police. A Teddy Bear Clinic lets children play patient with a nurse. The same day at noon a final session of Follow Through on Fitness in Conference Room A features dietitian Charlotte Buchanan on nutrition benefits. lunch is provided. Call 242-9074 ext 317 to attend.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa Police Department
Hospital
Charlotte Buchanan
Ottawa High to host all night dance for Muscular Dystrophy
Ottawa High School plans an all night Super-dance to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Students must collect at least 35 dollars to participate and incentives include pizza certificates at 60 dollars, a 10 dollar boost at 100 dollars, and a 25 dollar prize for the top charity giver over 200 dollars. Each participant gets a shirt and snacks, with breakfast after.
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Oo High
OHS
MDA
Little Caesar’s
Layton Lecture Slated In Kansas City
Myra J Christopher chief executive of Midwest Bioethics Center will deliver the third Elizabeth Layton Memorial Lecture at Saint Luke's Hospital on April 10. The free talk on Moral Fortitude and Health Care follows an exhibit and reception starting at 5 p.m. featuring Layton's friends and collectors sharing stories.
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Ansas City
Myra J. Chrisopher
Midwest Bioethics Center
Elizabeth Layton
Helen F. Spencer
Saint Luke’s Hospital
Wornall
Kansas City
Christopher
Quent
Layton
Wellsville
Nurse Laura Mauszycki Receives McEwen Nursing Award
Laura Mauszycki, a registered nurse and certified post anesthesia care nurse at Olathe Medical Center, is honored with the John McEwen Excellence in Nursing Award. She trained at St Luke’s School of Nursing and Wayne State College and is married to Michael Mauszycki.
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Qlathe
John McEwen
Laura Mauszycki
Olathe Medical Center
Mauszycki
Michael Mauszycki
Ottawa
Wayne State
Neb
St. Luke's School of Nursing
Sioux City
Iowa
McEwen
Eat right during National Nutrition Month guidance explainer
Ransom Memorial Dietitian presents March Nutrition Month and the revised 1996 U S Dietary Guidelines. The guide emphasizes variety balance and moderation for adults over two, with focus on diet and activity, vegetarian options, and moderate alcohol use. Contact Franklin County Nutrition Network at Ransom Memorial Hospital for details.
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Franklin County Nutrition Network
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Social Security deadlines March and April in 1996
Plan now for Social Security reporting deadlines. Rosalie Griffith warns beneficiaries and workers to note earnings reporting by April 15 1996 if 1995 earnings exceeded limits of 8160 under 65 or 11280 for 65 to 69, with special rules for those 70 and for Schedule SE filers and Part B Medicare enrollment by March 31 1996. Continued on page 9.
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Rosalie Griffith
Social Security
Ottawa
Sec
Health department streamlines WIC and services
Anderson County Health Department now administers the WIC program after taking over from Franklin County. The move aims to boost use and convenience, enabling pregnant women to schedule prenatal care, WIC enrollment, and infant immunizations in one visit. The WIC Kitchen project will educate participants on preparing meals from nutritional packages.
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ANCO
Arnett
Caisse County Health Department
Tanya Williams
WIC
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Williams
Anderson County
Franklin County Health Department
Anderson Department
Nancy Schuster
Anderson County Family and Consumer Science
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