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Show Poison Control Lists Hazards unless a large amount is ingested, causing a salt imbalance. There are few, if any, symptoms. -- Snow Flock: There are THE SUN Keep Yule Safe Holiday is for kids, so Use Caution! Kids Crossing Christmas Motorists are reminded by Salina your child in mind keep There Flock: Christmas plants and decorations. Police Chief Gordon Kiesel that when buying some minor mouth other holiday items can may be Watch for sharp edges, Utahs traffic code gives pedestrians pose some unexpected or skin irritation if contact small parts that could be within crosswalks the while made is the flock dangers to small children. is Weve had a number of complaints swallowed, and ornaments So to prevent accidental still wet. that look like food. from parents that motorists are not Christabout Questions poisonings and injuries, for children crossing in the During the coming the Intermountain mas hazards should be holidays be aware of the stopping on Decorations, toys, -- Snow right-of-wa- Regional Poison Control directed to the IntermounCenter each year provides tain Regional Poison Cona list of potential hazards trol Center at to guide parents in their purchases. We get as many as five calls a day as we get closer to Christmas, says David Spoerke, managing director of the center. , A new law can help cerMost of the calls are tain households with about plants or ornaments elderly or disabled memchewed by children. bers get extra food stamp The poison information benefits. Your household specialists receive many may qualify if you or calls about poinsettia someone in your plants. A chemical irritant household: in the plant causes is 60 or older, or receives Supplemenproblems, but only an extended exposure to the tal Security Income (SSI), skin or mouth causes real or receives disability danger. These are some of the payments under the Social more common concerns : Security Act, and -- Tree ornaments: The that person has plastic or thin metal is not medical expenses over $35 inherently poisonous, but a month, or may cause cuts in the ?,your household has ' throat and hqgi shelter costs. mouth, gastrointestinal tract. If you think your -- Batteries: Battery household may qualify, or acid can cause burns on if you would like to apply the mouth and throat. All for food stamps, please batteries should be contact local your checked before being Assistance Payments Ofplaced in toys and re- fice; or examined periodically for leaks. -- Model A cement: solvent in the cement is potentially dangerous if a child swallows nearly all of the tube. Cases where a child just bites into the tube seldom result in more than mouth irritation. -- Crayons: The waxes and other ornaments which trim the and dyes are flocked tree. Mr. and Mrs. Sahta Claus Preserving pose at the base, while wooden signs, Solutions: The salt and carved in the names of the Nielsons in these solutions sugar children, circle the tree. '2 will rarely cause problems Extra Stamps For Elderly toll-fre- UNUSUAL TRIMMINGS-Knitt- ed or- naments in various colors trim the Christmas tree of Ferrel and Ada Nielson, 154 W. Main, Salina. Mrs. ' Nielson knitted the slippers, stars, bells potential dangers around you. Dont overload your outlets. Keep electric lights off metal Christmas trees, never use indoor lights outside, and replace all faulty decorative light strings. It could prevent a fire in your home. During this special time of the year, our minds are filled with many happy thoughts. It is at this time that many of us disregard basic safety information. Many holiday accidents could be avoided if certain steps are taken: 1. Check all Christmas tree lights for frayed inor cracked sulation sockets before use. 2. See that all faulty wiring is replaced. 3. Keep live Christmas trees from drying out by periodically placing water in their stands. 4. Never use indoor lights outside. Check the e, State school crosswalks, especially and Main Streets, the police chief reported. He cited the section of the traffic code dealing with pedestrians, which states: When traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping, if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk. The traffic code also states that . no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield. . 6. To avoid shock or fire, keep lights off metal Christmas trees; use spotlights instead. SAFARI MOTEL John and Vila Dean Jacobsen o Am Old Fashioned Christmas 0 o J gtddMl tbc Wte il ? ''i fy v ):V ' ', . Tb Ct 0 n O O A Hibititittgol you Uh thirnto and itopiug yarn holidays ist . marking. 5. Avoid overloading circuits. c. non-toxi- 20, 1979 Thursday, December are filled 0 c with good friends, happy I ' ranch Imre. . 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