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When a loved one is afflicted with Alzheimer's gift giving can become difficult because items must not only be safe, but also suitable for a memory impaired person. The following is a list of gift ideas for Mother's Day that are both appropriate ap-propriate for and appreciated by an Alzheimer's patient. Hugs: Alzheimer's patients especially need love, touching and tenderness. Hugs work wonders! won-ders! Books: Books with colorful pictures and themes from a person's youth may generate fond memories from long ago. Clouds on a Clear Dav: An Alzheimer's Anthology is a wonderful gift for a mother who is a caregiver for a mother or mother-in-law. Clouds is available from the Alzheimer's Association. Safe Return ID Bracelet: Everyone with Alzheimer's disease dis-ease should wear some type of identification. Contact the Alzheimer's Association for a Safe Return application and additional ad-ditional information about this life-saving program. Adapted Equipment and Safety Items: A telephone with number memory to automatically automati-cally dial according to name se lection. Safety bars for the tub, a shower chair or a hand held shower devise for easier bathing. Memory Aids: A wipe-off message mes-sage board with a pen attached. Bulletin boards, calendars and large clocks. A scrapbook or album al-bum with labeled photos or pictures pic-tures of something familiar to their youth - sport photos, pictures pic-tures of the outdoors, farm animals ani-mals or equipment. Clothing: As the disease progresses a loved one may need clothing that is simpler to manage. man-age. Suggestions include slacks with elastic or drawstring waists, step-in shoes, Velcro-closing sneakers or sweats in favorite colors. Miscellaneous: A birdfeeder or aquarium can provide much enjoyment (if supervised). Flowers Flow-ers are always a day brightener. Music from the 1920s or 1930s and video respite tapes are enjoyable. en-joyable. Games with numbers or letters, or gift certificates are also appreciated. Remember, one of the greatest gifts that you can give is to share your time with the Alzheimer's patient. Talk, play a game, take him or her for a walk ro short trip. Sharing your time has a triple benefit for it also "gifts" the primary caregiver... and you. Call the Alzheimer's Association at 1-800-371-6694 for more information informa-tion on gift giving! MM I I -4 1 & JttOCK laii III T ! ,e Jfe J HnOt PEA GRAVEL 'TSw? D6"W i& COBBLE ROCK -TlMlsPrf . ..kIT RIVERROCK r v m v Bulk: PEA GRAVEL COBBLE ROCK RIVER ROCK WASHED SAND PAVERS VERSA LOK RETAINING BOULDERS WALL SYSTEM (ALL SIZES) JAPANESE CONCRETE POND LINERS BRIDGES SHREDDED BARK WATER FALL PUMPS BENCHES -rno con STEPPING STONES STATUES LAVA ROCKS TREE RINGS (3 SIZES & COLORS) LAWN EDGING MED. BARK CHIPS SM. 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You might want to try singing happy songs to yourself. Do not take traffic problems personally. Pause and marvel at how well most people obey the traffic rules. Most people are courteous in their driving behaviors. behav-iors. If someone is observed driving driv-ing aggressively, avoid eye contact con-tact and never make obscene gestures ges-tures showing your frustration. Use your horn very sparingly, if at all, and obey all traffic laws. Slow down and get away from someone acting in an irresponsible irrespon-sible manner. Note a description of the car and a license plate number and report the incidence to the police. Take a big breath and then go on with your business busi-ness of driving to where you are going. Be a courteous driver. Someone Some-one is much more likely to treat you courteously if you are courteous. cour-teous. Think of the damage that could or might be done to other drivers if you get someone outraged out-raged because of your neglectful driving. Car-pool whenever possible We all tend to act kinder to other when we are in the presence of other people. Set a positive and responsible example to your children and spouse while driving. This will help them to avoid road rage either ei-ther in themselves or other people. Being angry or frustrated is not healthy for you or anyone else. Arriving at your destination with added anger or frustration is not good for conducting the business you are going to do. Linden Elementary to hold State Fair presentation Lindon Elementary 5th Grades will be holding their annual "State Fair" displaypresentation this Wednesday, May 5th. According Ac-cording to Mary Hansen, Assistant Assis-tant Principal, "This is a project that the students have been working very hard on for quite some time this is traditionally a great display to attend with your family. "Each student has a separate State to research, and they build a 3-D display showing the resources, re-sources, topography, and industry indus-try of the States." Students have used some pretty creative ways to depict the various resources and offerings of their assigned States, using everything from clay, live plants, small toys, cereal, ce-real, legos, animal crackers, beads, etc. "This is a great learning experience expe-rience for the students, and a great way for them to get hands-on hands-on creative opportunities that make a great difference in things they learn staying with them for years to come. This is the opti mum learning opportunity an activity that requires independent indepen-dent research, and follow-up activity ac-tivity that leaves a real impression impres-sion with the students." Families are encouraged to attend. 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