Easing Into a Low Fat Eating Habit
A practical guide to lowering fat intake outlines a gradual switch to a diet with 30 percent of calories from fat. It details fat gram calculations, fat per 100 calories guidelines, and substitutions like skim milk fish skinless poultry and olive oil, citing Easy Everyday Low Fat Cooking.
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Jean
Patricia Stephenson
Dietitian
William Stephenson
Hearth Publishing
Hillsboro
Cold Weather Rule Applies to Kansas Utility Customers
The Cold Weather Rule requires residential electric and natural gas customers who cannot pay full bills to pay one twelfth of the total due to maintain or restore service. After the initial payment, they must agree to pay remaining past bills in equal installments over 11 months. The rule, under the Kansas Corporation Commission, targets ensuring warmth during winter and allows requalification via a Good Faith Test for those with prior payment failures. For more help, contact the local utility or the KCC Consumer Protection Section at 1 800 662 0027.
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Commission
KCC
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Consumer Protection Section
School administrator seeks pull of tobacco ad
Sacramento California AP reporting Nancy Frick, a Bakersfield area middle school vice principal, asked for the air spot supporting Proposition 188 to be withdrawn after saying she erred in believing the measure serves the public interest. A Los Angeles Times poll showed opposed by a majority of likely voters. Critics warn the initiative would overturn 300 local anti smoking ordinances and weaken state law.
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Sacramento
Calif
Nancy Frick
Bakersfield
Frick
Los Angeles Times
Salmonella linked to Schwan's ice cream in Kansas
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports a fourth confirmed salmonella case tied to Schwan's ice cream. An elderly woman in southeast Kansas is ill, following earlier cases in a boy, a girl, and another boy in the region.
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Topeka, Kan
Department of Health and Environment
Kansas
KDHE
Program aids expectant mothers on Harrison Street
Harrison describes a difficult street encounter as her pregnancy grows. She credits Healthy Start with help and a mothers’ support group that feels like a large, supportive family. Tina Dixon shares how the program connected her to care after job loss and depression during pregnancy.
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Harrison
Tina Dixon
Dixon
Sales tax keeps RMH progress on track for 1998 goal
The article argues continuing the sales tax is essential to grow the hospital reserve from $50,000 to over $2 million by 1998. It warns that losing local control could reduce services and harm patient care, urging Franklin County residents to vote no to maintain the tax and support a strong local health system.
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Lars
Franklin County
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