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Show Senior & Health February 9, 2007 The Summit County Bee Page A6 North Summit Senior Citizens by Louise Wallace We ended January with Louise Judd in charge and we thank her for the good job she has done, not only for January but she had December, too. Harold Donaldson and Keith Shaw ended the month by attending a meeting at the courthouse to do with transportation needs that morning. It is possible we may be able to ing, but oh so nice. Don't put your winter wear away yet, things are bound to change. We had the best weather for our trip to see Oklahoma on Saturday. There was 37 of us on the trip and we thank Phil Geary and Betty and Jim Gines for driving the vans. Betty filled in for Roy Bolinder due to the death of Roy's brother, Jack. Martha and Harold Donaldson and the Summit County Seniors enjoying Butch Cassidy and the SunBurnt Kid at the Desert Star Theater on Senior Activity Day in January. get transportation for medical appointments, to pick up medication and etc. We will learn more about lhat later on and we will keep you posted as to what goes on. Gen Geary is in charge of February and she has things pretty well in hand and Joe and Belva Jenkins have done it again and created a very pretty greeting post of hearts and flowers. You have to see it for sure. It appears that the groundhog did indeed see his shadow but either he didn't know or else he forgot what he was supposed to do because it certainly doesn't feel like winter to me. It's really sloppy to be out walk- The funeral was Saturday, too. We send our sympathies to the Bolinder family. I'm sure everyone got more than enough to eat at the luncheon at the Golden Corral before going to the show at the BYU Fine Arts Center. We even had time to go through the center and see the nice displays. The show lasted longer than we had figured on, a full three hours but it moved along so well that it didn't seem like that long at all. We didn't get home before dark, though, and then the Gines still had to go back to Kamas and Phil had to take care of parking the van. Those three and Harold have earned lots of Brownie points already this month. So, what else is going on this Summit County Health Dept. month? Since Valentine's Day falls on Wednesday, it's going to be a special day and our menu wilt be roast beef, potatoes and gravy, spinach salad and cherry tarts. The menu for the rest of the month Summit County Safe Kids for their child in the event of a crash. mated that al least 30 children per year die of heat-related illness after looks good, too. The 16th, it will be Chapter is stressing the importance Test steps: meat loaf, cole slaw, baked potato, of safety in and around a car for kids • Have the child sit all the way being left alone in a parked car or vegetable and a roll. The 21st, it is ages 8-12 during Child Passenger back on the vehicle seat. Do the getting into a parked car without pork chow mien, sweet/sour chicken Safety Week, Feb. 11-17. child's knees bend over the front supervision and becoming trapped. rice and ice cream. The 23rd, Taco This is an age at which kids are edge of the seat? Do the child's feet Even in mild weather, the temperature inside a parked car can quickly salad, rolls and macadamia cookies likely to be riding in carpools with touch the floor? and, on the 28th, it's pot pie, cottage friends' parents and making more of • Buckle the lap and shoulder reach levels that are dangerous to cheese/pineapple salad and oatmeal their own safety decisions than they belts. Does the lap belt rest on the young children. ' cake. Step 4. Spot the Tot did when they were under the con- upper legs or thighs? Does the Our day trip with the county is stant supervision of their own par- shoulder belt rest on the shoulder or Nearly 2,500 children per year go Feb. 27 for lunch at Chuck-A-Rama ents. collarbone? (Never put the shoulder to the emergency room after being and a tour of the Mausoleum in Salt Tweens are also beginning to belt under the arm or behind the struck by a vehicle in a driveway or Lake. We will leave the Center at serve as role models for impression- back.) parking lot. Parents need to walk all 10:30 a.m. Cost is $9 due when able younger siblings, whether they • Watch the child for the length the way around the vehicle to look signing up with the deadline for that realize it or not. of the trip. Can the child stay seal- for kids he fore getting in—and to being Feb. 16. The challenge to parents and safe- ed properly with the safely bell keep toys and pets out of the driveThey are putting out a monthly ty advocates is to make safety buckled? If you answered "no" to way so children aren't tempted to newsletter. If you are interested in restraints cool. To be safe in and any of these questions, keep the play in thai area. receiving it, please sign up and we around the car, the Summit County child seated on a booster seat. Test Tweens can become members of need your mailing address. Joe Health Depart-ment encourages that again in a few months. the Safe Kids "Spotters Club" and Dalton will be with us on the 28th to your family follow the following can remind adults of the importance Step 2. TVunk Escape help with taxes. Trunks are for cargo and are not of doing a "walkaround" before getfour steps. Please sign up and have your safe places to play. All new vehicles ting in the vehicle. Step 1. Safety Belt Fit Test information ready that day. Teresa The Summit County Safe Kids "Comfort is a factor in safety," since 2001 are equipped with a Cain took our blood pressures on says Geri Essen, Safe Kids glow-in-the-dark release handle Chapter also provides car seat Jan. 31 but I didn't get a date for her Coordinator. "Kids who can't sit inside the trunk. Keep keys and key- inspections and Safely Belt Fit Test next visit. This is a valuable service comfortably on an adult seat are less entry devices out of reach of assistance throughout the year. To and we do appreciate it. likely to slouch or squirm and move children. A child trapped in a trunk schedule an inspection with the We celebrate Abraham Lincoln out of a safe position. That's when can quickly suffocate or develop Summit County Health Department, call 615-3910. and George Washington's birthdays adult safety belts may fail to offer serious heat-related illness this month along with honoring all full protection to a child." For more information on the Safe Step 3. Never Leave Your Child the American presidents. Here are a Kids Spotters Club or for the Safe Alone Summit County Safe Kids quote from a few of them: "My fel- Chapter, along with the National Based on data collected by San Kids Parents Toolkit, please visit low Americans, ask not what your Highway Traffic Safety Admini- Francisco State University, it is esti- www.usa.safekids.org. country can do for you—ask what stration and the American Academy you can do for your country." John of Pediatrics, recommends that kids F. Kennedy; and by Abraham who have outgrown car seatsrideon Lincoln, "I have been driven many booster seats until they are about 4times to my knees by the over- foot-9 and 80-100 pounds. whelming conviction that I had Most children reach this height nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and weight between ages 8-12. A and that of all about me seemed booster seat positions the adult safeinsufficient." Dwight D. ty belt comfortably and correctly Eisenhower, "Politics is a profes- and also helps a child see out the sion; a serious, complicated and, in window. In a recent demonstration, its true sense, a noble one." And 30 Cub Scouts ages 7-10 took the from a religious leader, J. Reuben Safety Belt Fit Test and only four Clark, Jr. The proudest boast of a cit- could sit properly in adult safety izen of ancient Rome was, "I am a belts without a booster seat. Roman." The proudest boast of any Safe Kids Worldwide has develpatriotic citizen of this free country oped the Safety Belt Fit Test as an of ours should be, "I am an easy way for parents to determine American." God grant this boast when the adult safety belt in their may be ours. vehicle provides optimal protection Child Passenger Safety Week, Feb. 11-17 VALENTINES F E B 1 4 <*#*• FfeOWERS DO THE TALKING Don't Forget To Pack Your Immunity Are you planning a trip abroad? Remember that vaccine immunity may be the most important thing you take with you. The Summit County Health Department wants to remind all residents that if you are planning on traveling out of the country, make sure your immunization needs are assessed and your vaccinations completed in plenty of time to assure immunity. Most vaccines build immunity in approximately one week to ten days. However, immunizing against some diseases requires multiple vaccina- Coalville Health Center 82 North 50 East Coalville, UT 435-336-4403 9-5 M-F, 9-12 Sat. tions and may take six months or more to complete. Vaccine needs vary considerably from country to country. Be sure to find out which vaccines you will need as soon as you know your travel plans. To find out which immunizations are needed for the region you will be visiting, visit the Centers for Disease Control Travel website at www.cdc.gov/travel. 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