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Show 2B Sun Advocate Price, Utah .Thursday May 9, 2002 Hiawatha group still uses nicknames forisach other '!' USt, By ARCHIE T I V&l L. UNITED STRTES ! It - FUEL CO. o d 7 (Pete Pctrulakis), Gixigic (Glen Davis), M.D. Spadikic .owe) and Price, UT ? 637-796- 0 8:30-4:3- 0 Monday-Thursda- y Friday 8:30-12:3- (Mike Kolovich), Doe Killer (Norm 280 N. Hospital Drive Open through life without them. I low-cvsome strutted with acceptance when their nickname was call by a member of their group while others pumped the color red intojheir face through bulging veins. For some a nickname could be a term of endearment, for others it was the ultimate opportunities to practice being worthy of their suffering. Well Kiahah-Snea- k (Dan Miller) and Bud (Don Rcaveley) decided to catalog the nicknames who lived of all the macho-male- s in their hometown of I liawatha: Muggsy (Tommy Ncilson) also thought is was a good idea of great significance. So they called a meeting and invited Spudnut (Mike Orphanakis), Pctroff Dan Monahan, ; Are nicknames really ncccs- -' er KS Dr. : sary? We probably could go Mnr Taking New Patients JET? McCARRIE Hiawatha club member 0 BERNIE T. MORRIS MONUMENT SALES itf mutmcuts of lasting beauty INDOOR SHOWROOM SEE WHAT YOU BUY LOCALLY OWNED HOME APPOINTMENTS Arch (Archi McCarric) to a meeting and proceed to reminisce. A consultant, Scurg Frcnchie ( Arlen Cluvellc), from California was even called in for consultation and medita tion. The august group concluded that some nicknames came about in order to distinguish between two Johns, or two Shirleys when more than one was in the same family or classroom. The impressive group also postulated that most nicknames described the physical appearance of their bearer. Another stipulation was the honored person had similar features to a cartoon character or celebrity. Cottontop (Ira Lowe), Ears (Jerry Allred), Buckwheat (Robert Wilde), or Muggsy are examples of nicknames fitting these two categories of nicknames. But, the wise group advised the 637-440- 0 unfortunate bearer of an unwanted nickname to never voice 45 W. 1st N., Price Former Hiawatha natives Don Reaveley and Lou Colosimo (Bud and Kubo) visit during a recent meeting of the Hiawatha Club. The group gets together periodically to strong displeasure to their nickname some not so well meaning associate had bestowed upon them, unless they were the biggest and meanest in the group. The elders also concluded there was the practicality of some nicknames which shortened long names such as Beth for Elizabeth, Hank for Henry, or Bill for William. Much pondering and consideration was given as to the origin of nicknames. Some nicknames just exist without explanation or association to physical features or similarity to a cartoon character or celebrity.' recognize each other for accomplishments and just to neminise about the old times when Hiwatha was a thriving community amongst the many coal camps in Carbon County. group explain the origin of nicknames like: Boxcar (Tony Pappas), Couch (Glenn Davis, again), Hoopena (Burl Hoopes) andKiabab. " Screwdriver!" "Get real!" quipped Muggsy, "Have you ever met someone who looks like a screwdriver?" However, he did go on to tell about a blind date he once had who when viewed from the side with her tongue sticking out of her mouth looked like a zipper or something like that The preponderance of unex- plainable nicknames continued: Yborgo (George Pappas), Kubo (Lou Colosimo), and Touches Nor could the esteemed (Wallace Baldwin), which is not even politically corrept. Scurg Frenchie looked at Bud and said, "Gentlemen, you will need to look no further. There is one among us today that can relate, as we do in California, to the nickname phenomena." Bud, with the slightest smile on his lips, confessed he had ' willed the nickname handle on several of the homeboys. The . wise, breathless and with mouths open, looked at Bud. Now bearing a much larger smile; Bud's softly said, "Ni,ck names are labels; labels are libels, and I just gave them the best libel I could". " Safety practices in hospitals may be underused MQRTENHENS - DUALITY - M.(X)R(X)VKRINGS- 78 No. Carbon Avc., Price v v? .. 637-088- 4 Until now, patients haven't been able to do much about the medical mistakes that result in an estimated 1 80.UU0 deaths each year in the U.S. That's primarily because shortsighted medical care has been tough to recognize. Enter a report commissioned by a small federal agency, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which takes a big step toward reducing deadly medical mistakes by alerting both health care professionals and the public to critical safety practices. Still, there's a long way, to go before such errors are sig; nificantly reduced, experts say. The report "is a very good mends that "patients ask providers about what they are doing or what their institutions are doing to deal with their safety." Here are the critical safety practices to keep in mind: .Prevent debilitating blood clots with fitted elastic stockings, aspirin and other blood-thinniagents that substantially decrease the risk of blood dots for patients undergoing total knee or hip replacements and for older patients fadng general surgery. Blood dots commonly occur in hospi- practices are associated with conditions or procedures common among older Americans. Less than a third of high-ris- k patients undergoing vascular surgery receive Whatfs notable about the leading safety practices is the unders. use of them by doctors and Most are inexpensive strategies that would save lives, suffering and money if used more widely, and patients and their starting point, and it's the cornerstone of our work," says Laura Blum, project director with the National Quality Forum, a nonprofit membership organization focused on developing and implementing a national strategy for health care quality improvement. The forum, which counts AARP as a member, expects to release consumer-focuse- d health safety practices next summer. beta-blocke- hos-pital- The AHRQ report, which ranked top safety practices after reviewing more than 70 hospital-relatpractices, is geared toward clinicians. However, "each . ng families should demand that health care providers follow ed talized patients particularly paamong older and high-ris- k tients resulting in stroke, paralysis or even death. Ischemic stroke and acute spinal injury sufferers are also susceptible. to dangerous clotting. Though blood dots occur frequently; hospitalized patients, measures to prevent dots remafti under used or incorrectly used. Drugs such as warfarin or heparin also can reduce dotting. . Reduce the risk of cardiac these guidelines. Dr. David Gaba, professor of anesthesia at Stanford University School of Medicine, recom- - item listed has relevancy for consumers, Blum says. Many of the Every Day is a combination of quality living, delicious meals and support services to those who accommodations, need help with activities of daily living. It is a community of people who share memories, create new experiences and develop friendships. 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