Reading readiness tips for parents from Dr Strickland
Indiana University reading specialist outlines practical ways to prepare children for reading. Emphasizes attention span growth from ages two to five, engaging activities, and four imperatives: keep tasks playful, avoid reducing playtime, stop before boredom, and use quiet, relaxed times. Suggestions include I Spy, nature observation, gardening, watching ants, and age-appropriate books to nurture language development.
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Ruth Strickland
Indiana University
Picnic food safety tips from Union County adviser
Food poisoning spikes in picnic season due to staphylococcus. Joan Cummings explains bacteria grow unseen and toxins survive boiling. Keep high risk foods like creams eggs and sandwiches chilled below 40 degrees. Use insulated coolers, wash hands often, avoid room temperature foods for over four hours, cool in shallow containers, deliver hot foods promptly, and when in doubt, throw it out.
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Joan Cummings
Union County Extension
Odrinex fat loss guarantee advertised locally
An advertisement promotes Odrinex fat loss pills with a money back guarantee. It lists tablet counts and prices, claims easy use and rapid fat reduction, and identifies Hewitts Rexall Drug Store in Carbondale and Herrin Rexall Drug Store in Herrin along with Hagler's OK Drug Store and Murphysboro mail orders.
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Hewitts Rexall Drug Store
Carbondale
Herrin Rexall Drug Store
Hagler's OK
Murphysboro
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