Slumber Party Secrets From a Bygone Era
Sheila Taylor reflects on how slumber parties have changed from vivid sex education and ghost stories led by a dramatic storyteller to modern noisy gatherings. She recalls Patty, a gifted 13 year old who narrated sex tales in first person, and laments the decline of genuine ghost lore as movies replace storytelling.
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Garis
MiLeah Patty
Patty
Maury
Cancer care resources in central New York reviewed
Dr. Robert Comis of Upstate Medical Center notes Syracuse offers premier cancer treatment, research, and referrals through the Regional Oncology Center. The center collaborates with Syracuse University, Bristol Labs, and the National Cancer Institute, while the American Cancer Society provides guidance and support to patients seeking oncologists.
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New York State
Syracuse
Robert Comis
Upstate Medical Center
Central New York
Comis
American Cancer Society
Betty Swinehart
The
Cancer Society
Medical Society
New York
Cancer patient support programs in Syracuse area reach families
Syracuse and Central New York offer emotional and financial aid for cancer patients through American Cancer Society programs, Caring Coalition and Camp Good Days. Services include transportation help, one to one and group support, bereavement and teen programs, mastectomy and laryngectomy ostomy support, and a pediatric cancer information center with hotlines and counseling resources.
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Syracuse
New York
American Cancer Society
Caring Coalition
Camp Good Days
Special Times Inc
Getty Swinehart
Onondaga County
Henry Clay Blvd
Liverpool
N.Y
Itara
CanSurmount
Voluntaars
Circle of Caring Network
English Lutheran Church
Townsand and
James Streets
Betty Swhnahart
Judy Seurkamp
Hope Lodge
Winton Road N
Fachester
John Wolf Pediatric Cancer Information Center
Caring Coalition patient care and volunteer support program
The Caring Coalition offers health care coordination and moral support led by a nurse who assesses unmet needs at home. Nurses then coordinate with a volunteer and a professional team of doctors, therapists, home health aides, and clergy for follow ups. A volunteer provides moral support and practical help while a Professional Support Group for terminally ill patients meets every three to four weeks.
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Caring Coalition
Shirley Moore
W. Genesee St
Syracuse
N.Y
Coalition
Deep soil temperature forecasts spring rainfall patterns
The September Science Digest notes Elmer Reiter of Colorado State University shows deep-soil temperature predicts next spring rainfall with about nine of ten accuracy. Warm soil implies wetter spring, cooler soil suggests a drier summer, based on 20 years of regional U.S. data from 38 deep-moisture monitoring stations.
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Science Digest
Elmer Reiter
Reiter
Colorado State University
United States
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