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HACiE IH . PLAIN DEALER - FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8.1#78 * * • U/lftil » • mwm • • in - » - ^ Dream Of Angels f|j/f| Hl| Shown in a scene from their new Christmas ballet, Dream of Angels, are three talented young girls from McHenry, Crystal Lake and Harrington. These dancers are members of the Bicentennial Dance theatre, a McHenry county dance company preparing its holiday entertainment for the public. Their concerts are Dec. 8, 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Crystal Lake's Central grade school. 131 Paddock (acrossfrom the public library).From left to right are Elizabeth Faxon, Barrington. Jane Lynch, Crystal Lake, and Jill Schaefer. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schaefer, McHenry. These girls are featured soloists in the Christmas concert, and portray archangels who transport a little child to a heavenly realm on Christmas eve. The new Christmas ballet has a cast of seventy people and concludes an evening of delightful and sensuous international dances, a short classical work by Strauss and marks the official start of the company's fund raising for the Sweden tour for summer of 1979, in which they will represent northern Illinois as an example of young midwestern talent. The company is non-profit and under the direction of Judith (Conway) Svalander. Crystal Lake, formerly of McHenry. Tickets will be on sale at the box office for all performances. Roberta Caliger Photo V I SITS V1AKI \\ Cynthia Jones, an MCHS graduate now admissions counselor from Alverno college in Milwaukee. Wis . will visit Marian Central high school in Woodstock. Monday, Dec 11 Ms Jones will discuss Alverno college, an independent women's liberal arts college, and provide information to women students who are considering attending" college after high school MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ONE DOCTOR FROM ANOTHER We live in a very complex world these days. TTiere are experts who specialize in almost everything. A prime example is what has hap­ pened to the health care field. How many people do you think can correctly identify the following heal­ ing arts professions? Try it yourself. Obstetrician Pediatrician Podiatrist Urologist Internist Cardiologist Neurologist Neurosurgeon General Practitioner Gynecologist Ophthalmologist Optometrist Doctor of Chiropractic Dentist Orthopedist Osteopath Proctologist Psychiatrist Otolaryngologist Allergist Orthodontist Psychologist Psychoanalyst Diagnostician Anethesiologist Gastroenterologist Dermatologist Radiologist If you were only able to define less than half of the above, don't feel badly, you are like 80% of the people in this country today With more and more re­ search being done and more and more concentration on various organs, functions and diseases of the body, there has been a tendency to splinter the healing arts professions into very narrow, concentrated disciplines. While this has had its benefits in terms of special­ ized treatment, it has also given rise to some very basic problems. What happened to the GASTRxwrrito,^. 3"Tt>i*(Pv "good ole family doctor"? Who is the point of entry physician0 Where does a person go for primary diagnosis? The average person doesn't have the answer to those questions. As a result, the patient often tries to diagnose his or her own health problem and match it up with a specialty. Often, of course, the patient is wrong and therefore goes to one doctor, only to be shut­ tled to another or several others before finding the one educationally special­ ized to treat the problem. This tends to clog physi­ cians' offices with a traffic of people they can't treat, depriving regular patients of time. And it doesn't do much for the ill persons either --in that visiting doc­ tors costs money. And no­ body likes to spend money without getting the service he or she needs. The public is confused. And even worse, many peo­ ple who need treatment either put it off or just don't bother to get it, be­ cause they don't know where to go. On one hand, you've got science and research work mg for you- to offer more effective treatment, while on the other hand, con­ fusion and the cost of health care tend to work against the sick person seek­ ing it out. Certainly, the conscien­ tious health practitioner is not at fault. Over-specializa­ tion, along with negligence on the part of the sciences to communicate to the con­ sumer, is. We need a greater awareness as to who does vthat. Perhaps a catalogue of professions and what they do should be made available to every family. Perhaps definitions of the profes­ sions should be taught in school, so that children grow up knowing the vari­ ous health professions and what they can best treat. It would be impossible in this short article to define all the specialties. However, for the sake of your health and well-being, some of the pritnai^^lTiembers of the health te^m are defined. Any of the! below are train­ ed and qualified to diagnose a health problem within their scope of practice and make proper referral if the condition dictates it. The Dentist- The men and women of this profession devote special attention to the care and repair of hu­ man teeth and treatment of related illnesses. The Optometrist--The health care professionals who specialize ir. the ex­ amination, diagnosis and treatment of conditions or impairments of the vision system. The Podiatrist--He or she is a healing art specialist who studies and treats dis­ orders of the feet. The Medical Doctor-- There are numerous special­ ties, including surgery, in this science and art of pre- School Energy Audit A pilot energy audit project will be conducted in twelve Illinois schools in December to examine all aspects of energy consumption and cost savings. The pilot project will be con­ ducted by the state board of education in cooperation with the Illinois Institute of Natural Resources After the pilot project, the energy audit will be offered to all public and non-public schools in Illinois. The energy audit of schools will enable the state to receive federal grants for energy management and conservation programs. State Superintendent of Education Joseph Cronin says. "The pilot energy audit project, which eventually will be of­ fered to all Illinois schools, can lead to energy economy and TO CONSUMERS You may end up paying less for some of the things you buy if you pay attention to these suggestions. When buying an appliance, look for smooth edges and corners, a UL approval symbol, and accessible, easy- to-read controls. To save on fuel bills, cover your exposed water heater tank with insulatrcm, paint it with a glossy paiqt Vr wrap it with aluminum foil Despite all America's efforts at conservation, we're going to need a lot more energy in the future. One Way we can get it when we need it, say the experts at the Electric Power Research Institute, is through energy storage. Electric utilities are considering storing energy in the form of steam or com­ pressed air. That way, elec­ tricity is generated when demand (therefore price) is low and used when demand is high. The stored energy, venting, alleviating or curing disease The Doctor of Chiroprac­ tic--The men and women of this profession emphasize the structural and function­ al,, integrity of the body, devoting special attention to the spine and nervous sys­ tem in the treatment of health problems. generally supplied from coal and nuclear generating plants, is used to displace energy normally supplied from oil- fired combustion turbines. 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