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To Your Health A Service of McHenry Hospital Present $500 Scholarship Jft ix/H * • A *# * January is the month that many people choose to "get organized" because of a New Year's resolution or just a feeling that comes on at the beginning of a new year. Deciding whether to clean the basement or empty closets may seem like priorities. An overlooked possibility in this clean sweep may be the health priority of inventorying your medicine cabinet. First, medicine cabinets in the bathroom are not the best storage for first aid items or drugs. Drugs should be stored in a dry,' dark place preferably locked or inac­ cessible to, children. One local physician uses a fishing tackle box as a medical supply storage cage. One of the first questions asked when you telephone a physician is "What is the patient's temperature?" Therefore, an oi\al ther­ mometer (or two if the first one should break) becomes indispensable. A rectal thermometer is recom­ mended if there are children in the household. Feeling a forehead is not a foolproof method of ascertaining if fever is present so it's im­ portant for one or more people in the home to know how to read a thermometer. Adhesive strips for cuts and scrapes are standard first aid equipment as well as large sterile (non-stick) pads. for larger wounds. Twee,zefs for removing splinters and a heating pad for relieving minor aches are items sometimes forgotten as possible health­ care necessities. In summer, preparations to relieve sunburn and insect bites are needed. Aspirin is useful because it reduces . fever and relieves simple headache or other minor pain. Buffered aspirin is recommended for people with stomach problems or arthritics who are prescribed aspirin in large quantities. Children's aspirin is useful because it is premeasured in the smaller quantities children require. Aspirin substitutes are on the market for those who cannot tolerate aspirin. Any drug may deteriorate under hot or moist conditions and many drugs lose their effectiveness over a period of time. Pharmacists and physicians strongly advise discarding old prescriptions. Often the use they were meant for has been forgotten. Or the current problem may seem similar to a patient but the previously prescribed medicine may be inap­ propriate now. With prescription drugs it is your physician who should decide if this month's problem can be solved with last month's medication. A medicine cabinet should contain a product to combat simple diarrhea. A phar­ macist will recommend an over the counter product or you may want to consult your physician for a proper drug he may recommend. Milk of Magnesia is a mild laxative often prescribed by physicians. Your physician may prefer something else for you so it jpys to check. For a healthy person an­ tacid tablets may relieve occasional stomach distress from simple overeating, but a person with special physical problems such as high blood pressure needs medical direction in the use of medications for a simple stomach ache. Syrup of ipecac is often recommended as a medicine cabinet staple in case of poisoning. However, possible poisoning cases need the immediate response of a physician or local poison control center and inducing vomitting as syrup of ipecac does may not be indicated depending on what poison was ingested. While soap and water will adequately cleanse most minor wounds, hydrogen peroxide is recommended, also. It is less painful than alcohol and produces the same germ killing results. Cold water is now the treatment of choice for burns as it redoes tissue damage. Butter and other ointments are detrimental to burns. Prescription drugs require following directions to the letter. If one dose is in­ dicated, more is not better. Be sure you're wide awakf when taking medicatioj Don't mix old prescriptions with new ones because the first quantity may have lost its effectiveness. Notice added labels on prescription bottles and heed the war­ nings. They often warn you not to mix the drug with alcoholic beverages, not to drive while using the drug or to finish the entire bottle of medication. Lastly, don't Johnsburg Mary L. Gunderson 385-3052 At the January meeting, the Whispering Oaks Woman's club of McHenry presented a $500 scholarship to Lizabeth Raemont of 4935 Abbington, McHenry. Miss Raement, a McHenry high school graduate, is entering her second semester at the University of Illinois at Champaign as a pre-med student. She is a James scholar. Above, Mrs. Helmer Myklebust, Scholarship chairman for the club, and Mrs. Wilbur Wildes, its acting president, present check to Lizabeth. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Set Open House At YMCA The Lake Region YMCA will join with over 1,800 othe YMCAs across the country in a nation wide celebration of YMCA week, James C. Zoellick, general executive of the YMCA, said this week. "During YMCA week, we are inviting everyone in the community to visit the "Y" at 7315 South Route 31, Crystal Lake, and see for themselves how much it has changed in the past decade as well as get a glimpse of what the YMCA has in store for the 80's." Zoellick said. There is a special open house Sunday, Feb. 3 from 2 to 5 p.m. to show the share your prescriptions with other family members because their symptoms seem the same. A loaded medicine cabinet is usally one which needs attention. Most minor ailments respond to a minimum amount of medical supplies. cilities to McHenry county sidents. "The changes in the Lake Region YMCA reflect a number of changes that have been going on in YMCAs across the country, both in programs and in par­ ticipants," Zoellick said. He pointed to the rapid growth of family mem­ berships as one example of change. "The number of family members in the USA has risen by almost 10 percent in just the past five years, increasing from just over a million to over a million-and-a-half. Equally dramatic has been the growth in par­ ticipation by women and girls. "In the past few years, this has been the most rapidly expanding group in the YMCA nationwide, Zoellick said. "Women and girls constitute 41 percent of YMCA participants and if recent trends continue should make up at least half of YMCA participants by the end of the 80's." CHEAPER THAN NEW YORK. SAN MEGO. I0S ANGELES. BOSTON PMU MDuPHIA. CLEVELAND. GARY. PITTSBURGH. TAMPA. NEWARK. KANSAS arc TERRE HAUTE. DES MONKS, ETC. ETC ETC No, the grass isn't always greener everywhere else. There are plenty of places where the price of electricity is higher than it is here. Big ones, like New York City, where it's nearly twice as much. And some not-so-big ones, not so far away, where they pay more too. In Lafayette and Des Moines and Terre Haute, for example. Even though it costs more here for land, taxes, wages and almost everything else we have to contend with, like laying 138,000-volt cables under downtown Chicago. Now, if you're tempted to ask how come we're cheaper in spite of all that, there are really several answers. The fuel we use. About forty percent of it is uranium. And from a cost standpoint, that's as good as you can get. The innovative technology we've developed. , Zoellick pointed to the YMCA's. nationwide car- dioivascular health program as one of the Y's major new program thrusts during the 70's. "Almost from the beginning, YMCAs have emphasized physical fit­ ness," Zoellick said. "But never before have YMCA's zeroed in on specific preventive programs for specific health problems". In the four years since it was^ launched, the nation­ wide YMCA cardiovascular program has been im­ plemented, at least in part, in a large number of YM­ CAs. The total program components, ranging from "Feelin' Good" for pre­ school through grade school age children to highly sophisticated programs for cardiovascular health maintenance. Ages Ago According to National Geo­ graphies "World" magazine, 350 million years ago there was only one supercontinent, Pangaea, washed by the only existing ocean, Panthalassa. Plan Concert On Sunday, Feb. 10, at 4 p.m., the New Oratorie Singers, directed by Thomas Wikman, will present their debut performance at St. John the Baptist Catholic church. It will be a perfect setting for this truly 'spiritual' music. The singers, 70 men and Women, represent twenty different communities in Illinois and Wisconsin. They have performed in the Woodstock Opera house, the White House and Ravinia. For information and ticket reservations, call 459-0455. VETERANS' CRAFTS Articles made by disabled veterans are on display daily at the McHenry American Legion Post home, Ringwood, and are for sale to anyone desiring to help the hospitalized veterans and their dependents. Donations of clean, usable materials, such as panty hose, nylon stockings, etc. would be appreciated by the McHenry unit for this program. Mrs. Raymond (Betty Lou) Smith of McHenry, serves as Veterans' Crafts chairman, and may be contacted for further information. .4 HOME AND HOSPITAL Keep all our relatives and friends in your prayers, especially Ralph Wagner and Agnes Wroblewski. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK ...will be celebrated beginning with a family Mass at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, at St. Jonn's. Each family is asked to bring a guest family. DISRIRCT 12 P.T.O. Please remember the "Folk Fair", March 1, "Around the World in 30 Days." DISTRICT 12 SURVEY Within the next few weeks a survey will be made of all district residents regarding the 1980-1981 school calen­ dar. Surveys will be distributed in the Info. 12 Newsletter. St. John the Baptist school will be participating £gain in a dual enrollment program With District 12 grades 7 and 8, in math, physical education, foreign language and band. Grade 6 will participate in physical education and band. DATES TO REMEMBER Feb. 3 - Family Mass, 5 p.m. St. John's - Catholic school week Feb. 10 - New Oratorio Singers concert, St. John the Baptist church Mar. 1 - "Around the World in 30 Days", Junior high. Middle school, John C. Bush and high school. THE GAS PUMP Don't fill your tank too full. Remove the nozzle, or ask the gas station atten dant to do it for you, when the automatic valve closes This eliminates any chance of spillage, otherwise some will spill out and more will spill when you leave the sta tion. A NEW LOW PRICES Pric«s effective Wednesday, Jan. 30 thru Sunday, Feb.3 Like refrigerating thf&e cables we mentioned so they can carry bigger loads. In other words, move more electricity for less money. And something else just as important, called "economies of scale!' Lower costs due to larger size. It saves us a bundle, which helps keep our rates down. What it all means is that even with the rate increase we need,when all's said and done,your electricity should still be cheaper. Because nobody's rates are going to stay where they are until America finally licks the problem of inflation So the next time you think we're asking for too much, take a minute to think about the people in New York and Los Angeles and little Lafayette. A lot of them would probably like to be in your shoes Commonwecdth Edison One in a aeries of ads on the issue of energy in our community, paid for by the company and not published at our customers' expense. 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