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ch year, about 4 millionmericans are exposed to highof radiation from CT scans and

r imaging tests, according torch reported in the New Englandal of Medicine.

About 400,000 of them get verydoses that are more than the

mum allowed for nuclear powerworkers. Medical researchersthat radiation can cause cancer,

they are concerned that thent given patients is increasing soy.ts certain that there are increasedof cancer at low levels of radia-and as you increase the levels ofion, you increase cancer, said Dr.Redberg, a researcher at the

ersity of California.he number of CT scans givencare patients, for instance, increased

0 percent from 1995 to 2005, andumber of PET scans increased evenThats partly because doctors use

ing instead of examining andng with patients, said Dr. Harlanholz, author of the report.adiation treatments benefit manyle and save lives, but they areming increasingly dangerous,

Research on Radiation Therapy

New Medicare Part D drugcoverage changes became effec-tive January 1 that will allow morelow-income retirees to qualify forprescription drug help.

That means more Part D participantswill not have to pay insurance premiumsor annual deductibles for their medi-cines, according to Medicare officials.To qualify, annual incomes must be nomore than $16,245 for a single person or$21,855 for married couples.

Assets such as savings accounts,stocks and bonds must be no more than

$12,510 for a single personfor married couples. A houmobile are not countedNeither are life insurance money received regularly

tives to help with householdPreviously life insuraand money from relatives was assets. Officials estimatewill allow about 1 million to qualify for the benefits.

Insurance co-paymenwill be as low as $1 for gand $3.30 for brand names

according to another investigation byThe New York Times.

Possibly one in every 20 peoplewho receive radiation treatments isharmed by them, according toresearcher Dr. John J. Feldmeier, whomthe Times said is a leading authority onradiation injuries. Most people are not

seriously harmed, but some die.One Philadelphia hospital gave

incorrect radiation doses to over 90prostate cancer patients. A Floridahospital gave wrong doses to 77 braincancer patients. No one knows exactlyhow many injuries nationwide arecaused by radiation treatmentsbecause mistakes usually are notrevealed, said the Times.

Mistakes occur partly because thetechnology involved is complex andpeople are poorly trained to use it.Software flaws, faulty programming,

poor safety procedures and otherthings contribute to mistakes.The new technology allows

doctors to more accurately attacktumors...(but) its complexity hascreated new avenues for error, said theTimes. The average American receivesseven times as much radiation today asin 1980 through tests and treatments.

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Hospitals are often too trusting ofthe new computer systems and soft-ware, relying on them as if they hadbeen tested over time when, in fact,they have not, said Dr. HowardAmols at Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancer Center.

The Times investigators examined

thousands of public records. In NewYork state, they found that between2001 and 2008 at least 621 mistakeswere made in radiation therapy by

providers in the state. In cases, the radiation missed target or treated a wrong bo

The Times notes that ition should not discourage having radiation treatmentthe treatments save many lreport reveals a weakness

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Many people who drive by theold Kinikinik Store in Poudreyon northwest of Fort Collinsably wonder about the origine ancient log buildings there.inikiniks story goes back toarliest settlers in the canyon.81, Henry C. Peterson home-d there and built two logns in back of what laterme the Kinikinik Store.eterson came to ColoradoOhio in 1859 during the goldHe might have been hoping

rike it rich by prospecting.re was no gold in Poudreyon, however; and Peterson

the Kinikinik property toles Andrews in 1886.ndrews was the one whoed it Kinikinik, a shorteneding for kinnikinnick, a varietyne tree whose bark Indiansused for smoking meat.ndrews had been born inin Pennsylvania, the son of

ngineer who helped build thebridge across the Mississippi

r at St. Louis. Young Andrewsasthma and came to Colorado61 to seek relief.

e found it and also discoveredbeautiful Poudre Canyon,

where he decided to start a cattleranch. After buying the Kinikinik

property, he had friends homesteadother land nearby and bought theirhomestead claims, expanding hisholdings to hundreds of acres.

Andrews built a large ranching business before selling theKinikinik property in 1901 toCharles Cap Williams.

Cap was something of a char-acter, more interested in fishingand hunting than in ranching. TheClosed, Gone Fishin sign yousee in the picture was hung aboveCaps door many times. He would

be gone in the hills for days, withno one knowing where he was.

Canyon residents didnt recallCap having a wife, but early

photographs showed him withseveral beautiful women. He builtthe store about 1924; so thats howlong that building has beenstanding.

Cap was from Hastings,Nebraska, and realized that peoplefrom there, and other places on the

plains, would pay to stay in themountains at Kinikinik during thehot summer months.

Fishing and hunting wereexcellent, and Cap built up a

respectable tourist business, adver-tising the Kinikinik Ranch:

The Kinikinik store years ago. Senior Voice photo by Bill Lambdin.

Sportsmans Paradise. At onetime, he planned to build a hugeresort with 150 rooms, a golfcourse and other facilities.

That didnt happen, and Capdied in 1940.

Clarence and Eunice Blissacquired the property in the early1940s. Bliss was a well knownWeld County farmer who devel-oped the Bliss Potato. He had also

been an early member of theGreeley Symphony and often

played cello for church services atPoudre Canyon Chapel.

Blisss son Charles and his wifeElyse took over the Kinikinik prop-erty in 1984. Charles had farmednear Longmont. Elyse had been acollege teacher and wrote Apple of

the Mummys Eye, a biography oftwo well known mountain resi-dents, the Dickerson sisters.

And thats the story of the littleplace called Kinikinik. Touristshave not stayed there for manyyears. But the old log cabins, ifthey could talk, would tell manystories about some good times inPoudre Canyon.

________________COVER PICTURE. The Kinikinik

store in Poudre Canyon years ago.

Senior Voice photo by BillLambdin. I

Poudre Canyon Pioneers


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Origin of Valentines Daye custom of celebratingalentines Day started centuries

he Romans held a lovers festivald the feast of Lupercalis. Names

placed in a box, and partners

chosen by chance to enjoy eachs company.496 A.D. the Roman Catholicgave the festival a Christianing and changed the name toValentines Day. Two priests

named Valentine. One in Romeeheaded in 270 A.D. for helping

stians. The other converted an Roman family to Christianity

was beheaded in 273 A.D.istorians arent sure for whichalentine the festival was named.date February 14 was chosenuse it was believed birds choosemates then.eople in England celebrated theal as early as the 1400s. One ofcustoms involved young women

ng their names on slips of paperputting them in a vase. Mend draw a name and pin it on theire. The expression He wears his

heart on his sleeve came from that.Some young English women

pinned bay leaves on their pillow andbelieved their dream would be that of

their future husband.In Italy young unmarried women

would get up before sunrise, stand bya window and watch for the first manto pass by. They believed he orsomeone who looked like him would

be their husband.In Denmark men sent pressed

flowers with a note that rhymed or a joking letter. In America, the custom

of sending Valentine capopular in the 1800s.

Today we often usesayings and pictureslikea cat saying, Youre purcupid saying, Signed i

sent it, and meant it.The heart is a s

Valentines Day. So fromhope you have a happy da

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An early 1900s Valentine card.

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A Wild Town in North Coloradeggy Hunt

e town of Julesburg, on the plains

ortheast of Greeley, was the firststop in Colorado and one of thest pioneer towns in the West.

he first white men in Colorado,

appers, came through Julesburgwing the South Platte River outebraska, across the prairie and

he mountains.the early 1800s, the first northern

ado explorers, Stephen Long andFremont, also came through

burg. Buffalo Bill Cody signed up

he Pony Express at Julesburg,ding to some historians.

he great Texas cattle drives camegh there. So did the first settlers

miners headed for Colorado, theirns rolling across the plains as

ns watched and wondered whatd become of their buffalong grounds.

he Overland Trail left theon Trail at Julesburg, followed

latte River south to Greeley ander, then north to Longmont, Fort

ns, Laramie, Wyoming, and

west. Those towns were not yet estab-lished when the first settlers came to

Colorado, but Julesburg was.A Frenchman named Jules Beni

(or Reni) built a small trading post inthe early 1850s, and travelers latercalled it Julesburg. At first, he traded

mostly with Indians. But when theColorado gold rush began in 1858,

Julesburg quickly became a major

trading post and stage stop for thou-sands of prospectors and settlers.

By the mid-1860s, the Indians werefighting to regain control of their

hunting grounds, and Julesburg wasattacked several times. The army estab-

lished nearby Fort Sedgwick to protectthe settlers, but Indian war partiescontinued attacks all along the Platte

River, burning Julesburg to the ground.

It was rebuilt, and the subdued the tribes at th

Summit Springs south othe last Indian battle in n

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Editors Note: Historian Carol Cox

wrote years ago about some pioneer

women in a story she called Dust onTheir Petticoats. Here is an excerpt.

By Carol Cox

Poker Alice (Alice Ivers) came toAmerica from England at an earlyage. The death of her first husband inColorado led to gambling to supportherself.

Her restless nature took her tomining camps in the frontier West

where she plied her trade. Along theway, she acquired a liking for big,

black cigars; and the stogies becameher trademark.

In later years, Alice opened ahouse of entertainment at Sturgis,South Dakota. It was within walking

distance of Ft. Meade and its lustycavalrymen.

One night during the boisterousactivities, a shot rang out and a

trooper fell dead.During the trial, the judge asked

Alice to describe the layout of hercasino-brothel. Alice replied, Hell,Judge, youve been to my place

enough to know where every door andwindow is.

She was acquitted.Mattie Silks, known as the Queen

of the Tenderloin, plied her trade onMarket Street in 1876 in Denver.

The pretty blonde madam used thenickname to draw attention to theelaborate silk gowns she wore. Her

escapades were the talk of the town.When one of the girls became

involved with Matties paramour, CortThompson, Mattie challenged the girl

to a duel with pistols. The only injurywas a flesh wound to Cort, the man

they fought over.Business competition in Denver

was spirited, but Mattie prospered and

even had a business venture in theKlondike during the Alaskan gold

rush. Mattie left a $4,000 estate whenshe died in 1929 (a fairly large sum in

those days).Jennie Rogers was known in

Denver by several names: JennieCalvington, Jennie Wood or JennieFitzgerald.

But most of all, she was known asa woman of action. If there wasnt

movement and turmoil she would create it.

Jennie was a dashinmadam from Pittsburgh w

in Denver in 1880, and wcompetitor to Mattie reigning madam.

Jennies luxurious Market Street was kno

House of Mirrors. The fawas furnished with plate-g

covering the walls and ceiThere were many less

women in the early Wehomes, rearing families ahardships, they lived wit

that would rival that of anyThe desolation of a s

homestead on the fron1880s called for great inn

A sod dugout was snug in

sheltered rodents and leawater when the snow meltThe isolation of living

mail, supplies, doctors a

was faced with a prayer thwinds of a chinook woul

icy grip of winter.Some homesteaders

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ad controls everythinginvest-s, doing the taxes, and runningfamily. Mom would be over-med if we lost him, and we kidst know enough to help her. Any

estions?: When death occurs, it is notual for a spouse to experienceequences due to the stressd by not knowing what to do.tle planning can make all theence.uring the estate planningess, a comprehensive list ofs including key contact people,ld be made and regularlyed. Ideally the couple then sitsand goes over matters periodi-

he latest estate documentss, deeds, insurance policies,etc.) should also be kept organ-and available, with olderments stored elsewhere so

eone searching through therwork does not have to wadegh decades of material.

A Question About Estate PlanninThe other spouse should be

included (at least occasionally) whenbills are paid and financial decisionsare made, such as buying and sellingstock. It is not necessary to always doso, but together the couple may watchfinancial programs and discuss ideaswhile sharing investment strategies.

The last set of tax returns can bereviewed, and both can go to theannual income tax meeting with theCPA.

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The spouse and perhaps one of

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A Trip to Early Wyoming. Henry C. Parry joined

General Sheridans command inCivil War and was made chief

on. At the end of the war, heme medical officer for then Pacific Commission and

e a series of letters to his fathert traveling to Wyoming andrado.is first sight of the Rocky

Mountains inspired him towrite, The snow-clad peaks of themountains look like towers of silveragainst the pale blue of the westernsky. Longs Peak is the most promi-nent in view.

His letters tell of the niceraspects of his service rather thandescribe the hardships like having tomarch 106 miles from Omaha on

sore and bleeding feet because hecould not obtain a horse, or the fearand dread he had of leading acompany crossing the Platte River atnight due to the fear of an Indianattack the next day.

From a camp on Elk Mountainwest of Laramie he wrote, Ourexistence is a continual round ofpleasure and comfort. Our occupa-tion is to ride, hunt, fish, bathe,

smoke our pipes, eat and drink.We breakfast, not on bacon and

hard-tack, but on broiled antelopesteak or elk steaks...nicely cookedpotatoes and onions, and the mostdelicious of fishtrout as big as thelargest you see at home in thespring. Good hot coffee, pure whitesugar, hot cakes and golden syrup.

Dad, I believe you have alwayshad a refined taste for food. Everytime I partake of a sage hen I think of

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of the San Juans who designed roads in themountains. Later he designed railroadsbetween mountain towns.

33. This explorer lent his name to a mountainhe never ascended. He discovered theRoyal Gorge and found the headwaters ofthe Arkansas River as well as # 19 across.

36. Sailor of old37. Eastern Colorado county named for local

inhabitants39. Locale east of Loveland named for flour

mill owner40. Hemingways ___ ___ and the Sea41. Dutch painter of the 17 century: Jan ___.44. Its county seat is Colorado Springs45. His neighbor, Mr. Wilson, considers him

to be a menace.

46. Ditto!47. Former intercontinental flier, briefly49. Ouray, for one52. ___ of the Unknown Soldier54. Earthen jar55. Part of a tennis match57. Old French coin58. See # 26 down

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ebruary 2010 The Senior Voice

By Lauren Eitel

Social Security Office, Greeley

Here are three Social Securityrelated suggestions that can go along way toward planning for yourretirement nest egg.

Suggestion One: Think about

retirement. Whether youre 22 andbeginning a career or 62 and thinkingabout the best time to end one, givesome thought to what your retirementplan will be.

The earlier you begin your finacial planning, the better. Social Securityreplaces about 40 percent of theaverage workers pre-retirement earn-ings. Most financial advisors say thatyou will need 70 percent or more of pre-retirement earnings to livecomfortably.

Even with a pension, you will still

need to save. If you wont have aprivate pension, youll probably needto save more, and youll need to startsaving for retirement sooner.

Suggestion Two: Plan ahead. Thebest way to begin planning aheadwhen it comes to retirement is by

using the free resources Social Security.

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Estes Pioneer Abner Spragueill Lambdin

es Park pioneer Abner Sprague

as 91 years old when WorldII beganand he tried to enlist

army.

e was disappointed when they

im he was too old. He said, Imod as men half as old as I am.e was right.

e had spent his life in theed mountains around Estes

hunting in the backcountry,

ving blizzards and building ah that became one of the most

us tourist lodges in Estes.prague came to Colorado in

at age 14 in a covered wagonhis parents, who first settled

een Loveland and Greeley.

n 1875 he built a sod-roofedsouthwest of Estes at Moraine

and later owned Spraguesh resort. He was a tough fron-

man who survived manyhips and became one of Estes

s most beloved citizens.

is nephew, Edgar Stopher,

published Spragues remembrances

in a book, My Pioneer Life: TheMemoirs of Abner E. Sprague. It is

a unique account of the frontier

experience.One story Sprague told was of

the time he and a small group went

camping and nearly died in a suddenSeptember blizzard. His wife waswith him.

They were high in the mountains

of what is now Rocky Mountain National Park when the wind

increased to a gale, accompanied bysleet, soft snow and hail... Going

against the wind was like goingagainst a stone wall...it was impos-

sible to face the driving hail and

sleet with open eyes. Near Notchtop Mountain, they

became lost and sought shelter in arock crevice.

Our position was on the brink ofa precipice...I realized death could

come in several ways. Our horses

were in a bunch directly above us,and I feared they might become rest-

less...might force one or two of them

over the brink and carry us withthem over the precipice and to

certain death. Or snow might driftover the cliff and do the same

thing.

They spent a day and nighthuddled in the crevice, shivering in

wet clothes, with no food. The storm

was so blinding theymove. One wrong step

might fall over the precipWhen the weather

they could get to theSprague recalled that

nearly froze the animals.

Queenie, the whitethe first to take the storm

saddle, over her rump antail to the snow was a she

of an inch thick...Mr. Lobreak 10 or 15 pounds

each ear of his jacks.Sprague and the gro

returned safely, but his

admitted that she thowould perish that day.

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that, but it was the kind of thing shemight say. She knew how to give

reporters something to talk about.By the time of the incident,

Margaret and her husband Jim Brown

had been living apart for some time.She wanted to travel the world. He

stayed in the West.Margarets story began in l867

when she was born in Hannibal,Missouri, a poor but high-spirited

Irish girl who dreamed of going Westduring Colorados gold rush.

In l883 she arrived in Leadville

and worked in a drygoods store. Thetown was a wild, boisterous place full

of hell-raising miners. She was a fun-

loving young woman of l7.Jim Brown was much older, but heconvinced her to marry him. Later,Jim struck it rich, and they built a

mansion in Denver.There Margaret met the wealthy

and elite. But she was not entirelywelcomed by them, according to

some early writers. She had littleformal education and sometimes used

a liberal number of cuss words.But she was good-hearted and

naturally kind to people.

Unfortunately that didnt count with

some society ladies. She took lessonsin French and other things in an effort

to improve herself.Eventually she moved

Coast and joined the Newcrowd. They welcomedamusing character from

West, though some histthey never really accepted

of their own.Margaret learned to u

to get attention, giving inttelling stories about life iShe was reported as sayi

care what the newspaperme, as long as they say som

In l9l2 she was sighEurope, decided to ret

Titanic, and was involved

dent that made her famousYears later, when she

Denver, it was as the UnsiBrown and it was in tr

lived her last years in New became very active i

suffrage and even madecessful run for Congress. l932.

Margaret Brown waswomen in the early We

rough and untutored mayof spirit and full of enth

life. She may never ha

place where she fit in, bugreat run. I

eggy Hunt

w people have a time of glory in

eir lives like the one experiencedMargaret Brown, the famous

inkable who survived the

nic disaster in l9l2 and later

me known as Molly Brown.any of the Titanics passengerswealthy people, unaccustomed

convenience, let alone disaster.n they were put adrift in

ats, some panicked.ut not Molly. She had knownwork before her husband struck

h in a Colorado gold mine in the800s. She had a tough, pioneer

that enabled her to fight backd of give in to adversity.

he press reported that shely took command of a lifeboat,

ed an oar and rowed alongsidew men in the boat. She told the

g women, Stop whimpering and

When one man complained that he

nt row because of a heart condi-Molly said, Keep rowing or Ill

your guts out! And she could

The Unsinkable Molly Brownhave, said reporters; she had a pistol.

She kept rowing and tellingstories. She told of the time she hid

$300,000 in a stove and it went up theflue in smoke.

How much is $300,000? she

said. Its nothing. Some of you are

rich. Im rich. What the hell of it?What are your riches doing for younow? Keep rowing you...or Ill throw

you overboard!Margaret did not say all of those

things. Reporters exaggerated greatlyafter the incident, and so did themovie years later starring Debbie

Reynolds.But she did show courage during

the Titanic tragedy; and it is true that,after the rescue, Margaret raised

money in donations to help destitutesurvivors. She spent hours consoling

women and children, and helpedsurvivors contact relatives.

Reporters heard of her actions and

made her a hero. When they askedhow she had survived, one reporter

said Margaret quipped, Im unsink-able.

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alists patients, and over 30ent of the average doctorsload.ll doctors receive training inatrics and obstetrics thoughof them never deliver a baby

eat a child. It makes no sensethey are not trained to treatr people, said Dr. Rosannezig at the Mount Sinai Schooledicine.Until doctors get this basicng, we cant even begin to giveear-olds the care they need,aid.

A middle-age person with pneu-a will probably have a fever,h and trouble breathing. But anear-old may have none of thosetoms and appear to be simply

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The HHS report clearlquestion of whether these are capable of managconflicts, said Harvard official Eric G. Campbell.

Investigators say univafraid of losing big-nam

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Unfortunately some aing bogus research in menals that doctors and all rely on for honest, scientiftion. I

Many university professors con-tinue to have conflicts of interestwith drug companies that give themmoney while the professors aresupposed to be doing unbiased scien-tific research. And little is being doneabout it, according to a report fromthe U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services (HHS).

Even though medical journals andgovernment agencies have exposed

the conflicts, many universities ignorefederal regulations that say they mustreport possible conflicts if their

professors receive taxpayers moneyfor research, as most do.

nosed, given a high dose of anantibiotic, and develop kidneyfailure. If another 80-year-old has aheart attack, he may not have thechest pain younger people typicallyhave, causing another misdiagnosis.If the patient is confused, a doctormay simply dismiss that and not

realize confusion at that age can becaused by a bladder infection andseveral other things. In fact, its easyfor doctors to dismiss many thingsas part of growing older.

Medicare pays medical schoolsmore than $8 billion a year fordoctor training, yet Medicare doesnot require a single course in geri-atric training. The Institute ofMedicine recommends suchtraining, but that recommendation isignored.

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As things now stand, researcherssay most young doctors simply arenot prepared to deal with maturepatients. I


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Laughter Is the Best Medicinwoman called her local news-paper and said, I didnt receiveunday paper today.

he clerk answered, Today isday. Your Sunday paper will

tomorrow.here was a pause, and the

an said, Well, that explains why was no one at church this

ing.

tiger was in a tree smoking pot

a little lizard walked by, lookednd said, What are you doing,

Smoking a joint. Come on up and

some.he lizard did, and after a while

id, Im going down to the riverrink some water.ut the little lizard was dizzy from

king the pot and fell into ther. An big crocodile helped him

nd asked why he fell in.he lizard explained, and the croc-

decided to find the tiger anda smoke too. He said hello to the

tiger, who looked down and said,Wow! How much water did youdrink?

A little boy stood in a church foyer

looking at a large plaque with peoples names on it and small

American flags next to each name.The preacher walked up and the

boy asked, What is that?

Its a memorial to all of theyoung men and women who died in

the service.The boy thought a long time, then

asked with a fearful voice, Whichservice, the 8:30 or 11:30?

A retired man was speeding downthe highway, and a patrolman pulled

him over.He tried to talk the patrolman out

of a ticket, saying, I have to hurry upand get there before I forget where

Im going.

A boy had just got his driverslicense and asked his dad if they could

discuss his use of the car.

His father said, If you bring yourgrades up, study your Bible and get

your hair cut, well talk.The boy thought a while and said,

The Bible says Samson had long

hair; so did John the Baptist and

Moses.His dad said, Did you notice they

walked everywhere?

Famous lines:

I didnt attend the funeral, but Isent a nice letter saying I approved ofit. Mark Twain

Some people cause happinesswherever they go; others whenever

they go. Oscar Wilde

She loves nature in spidid to her. Forrest Tucker

He is a self-madeworships his creator. John

To avoid being calledalways yielded easily

TalleyrandGeorge Bernard Shaw

to Winston Churchill: I

two tickets to the first nnew play. Bring a friend

one.Churchills response

attend the first nights pWill attend the secondone. I

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Who would have thought that achance encounter at Sams Clubwould develop into a treasured friend-ship between two kindred spirits.

Sherry: They say you can get some

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I was in line and met a sweet lady overa four-pound bag of walnuts. She had

forgotten her checkbook, and I washappy to save her a trip. She could mail

me the money later.

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check-out, she handed me the bag ofwalnuts, saying This is my gift to

you. I was speechless. What an act ofunselfish generosity!

Sherry: We exchanged names inthe parking lot, and as I drove away I

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God is everywhere evClub! I

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ost Americans assume thatthe U.S. Food and Drug

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y by tracing bad foods to theire, but thats not the case, says a

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he FDA does not have informa-that will enable it to contact

y half of the nations food manu-rers, said researchers. Which

s the agency cannot keep foodsfrom bio-terrorism or track

minated foods to their source in

cases.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

called the situation appalling. Sheheads the House panel that oversees

the FDA budget.The FDAs food tracking program

is supposed to allow the governmentto quickly trace bad food to its source.Food manufacturers are required to

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ffects of High Pulse Rateople with a high heart rateesting pulse rate) are more likelyof a heart attack than those withmal heart rate, according to at in the Journal of EpidemiologyCommunity Health. A normalrate is 61 to 72 beats per minute.ut there are exceptions, saidrchers. Women who have a high

rate but also exercise vigorouslyomewhat less likely to die of aattack. That is not true for men,

however.Men with a resting pulse rate of

101 beats per minute are 73 percentmore likely to die of a heat attack thanthose with a normal pulse rate.Women with a high pulse rate aretwice as likely to die. Women with ahigh pulse rate who exercise are 37more likely to die of a heart attack.

Researchers said they do not knowwhy exercise makes a difference forwomen but not for men in this case. I

e National Institutes of HealthNIH) is trying to make peopledoctors aware that celiac diseaseuch more common than previ-thought

he disease is a digestiverder that damages the smalltine when gluten is eaten.n is a protein found in wheat,

y and ryecommon ingredientsany food products, especially.eliac disease can cause chronichea, bloating and weight loss.e symptoms are usually not

ent, however. Most victims

exhibit anemia, osteoporosis or avariety of other symptoms.

The disease is usually misdiag-nosed, said researchers, though 1 inevery 133 people have it (over 3million Americans). It is difficult todiagnose because symptoms vary sowidely. Doctors often mistake it forirritable bowl syndrome, lupus, spiderbites and many other things. Mostvictims have it for 10 years before it isdiagnosed.

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