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June 2. Viewers can bid and buy
from home on merchandise and
services donated by area busi-
nesses.
Volunteer go-getters and chairper-
sons are now calling upon busi-
nesses and individuals for donations
to be auctioned during the live,
eight-day TV event.
Go-getter chairperson in the
Dallas area is Rose Mohen. She
oversees the volunteer go-getters
who are scouring the Dallas area
for products and services to fill the
Auction 44 warehouse. They are
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artists, antique dealers and many
other community merchants.
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The Back Mountain Branch of
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary’s Installa-
tion Dinner was held recently at the
Castle Inn, Dallas.
Invocation was given by Sr.
Colman Krise RSM, administrator
of the Mercy Center, Dallas. Louise
Menapace give a brief history of the
organization which was established
April 10, 1956.
Recognition was given to the fol-
‘Baseball’ is
Baseball fever is sweeping the
state and the Pennsylvania Lottery
is getting into the game.
Executive Director Lynn R.
Nelson announced that the Lottery
will open its baseball season at
more than 7,700 Pennsylvania Lot-
tery retailers across the Common-
wealth on Tuesday, May 8.
BASEBALL, the Lottery’s new $1
instant game, gives players the
chance to get into the game when
they compete for a chance at the
top instant cash prize of $75,000.
Instant prizes for BASEBALL
lowing charger members: Mrs. Ste-
phen Tkach, Mrs. Paul Laux, Mrs.
Paul Monahan and Mrs. Ben Banks.
Sheila Stozenski, president of the
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary, Wilkes-
Barre, installed the following ofgfi-
cers for the year 1984-85: Terry
Connery, president; Frances Dress,
vice-president; Anna Mushinski,
secretary; Jeanne Jones, treasurer;
Eleanor Thompson, assistant trea-
surer; Jessica Thomas, correspond-
ing secretary.
made a special presentation of
Anne Crake. Guest speaker was Sr.
Miriam Ruth Brennan RSM, admin-
sitrator of Mercy Hospital. Benedic-
tion was sung by Sr. Ruth Neely
RSM.
include the always popular free
ticket which gives players entry into
a semi-final drawing for the grand
prize of $1,000 a week for life ($1
million guaranteed) and instant
cash prizes of amounts ranging
from $2 to $75,000.
Players can determine if they are
winners in BASEBALL by gently
rubbing the coverings off the nine
YOUR SCORE inning spots, the
single THEIR SCORE spot and the
PRIZE spot. If the total of YOUR
SCORE for all nine innings is higher
than THEIR SCORE then the player
wins the prize in the PRIZE spot.
BASEBALL offers players a
chance at over 5.6 million free-
ticket winners and cash prizes
totalling more than $18.7 million.
Sales of the current instant game,
DOUBLE DOUGH, ended on
Monday, May 7. Players holding
DOUBLE DOUGH free-ticket win-
ners who wish to be entered into the
game’s grand prize drawing must
redeem their tickets by Friday,
May 11. The DOUBLE DOUGH
Grand Prize Drawing will be held
on Friday, June 8.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Senator
John Heinz, chairman, of the
U.S. Senate Special Committee
on Aging, periodically writes a
column on aging. This week’s
topic is “Facts You Should Know
About Arthritis.”’)
Each year
nearly 32 million
Americans seek
medical treat-
ment for various
arthritic condi-
tions - treatments
that may require
regular dosages
of aspirin or pre-
scribed anti-
inflammatory
drugs, or more . =
extreme measures aimed at
repairing or replacing damaged
joints, like physical therapy and
surgery.
Despite the large number of
arthritis victims and the 109
diagnosed forms the disease
takes, doctors are still both
uncertain of its causes, and a
definitive cure.
What exactly is arthritis? In
the broadest terms, it is any
disorder that attacks the joints.
For example, over 6 million
Americans, primarily women
aged 30 and over, suffer from
rheumatoid arthritis, one of the
most severe and crippling forms
of the disease. It begins with
inflammation of the tissue lining
the joints, causing swelling and
restricting motion. Fatigue,
muscle stiffness and pain set in
all over the body in most cases,
sometimes destroying bones and
cartilage. Although the cause of
the inflammation escapes us, it
seems that the body’s immune
system turns on itself, mistak-
enly attempting to destroy an
infection that does not exist.
The most common form of
arthritis, called osteoarthritis,
develops when cartilage on the
ends of bones wears down with
age. Ordinarily, osteoarthritis
doesn’t strike before age 60. It
can, however, be brough on ear-
lier in life by injury to the
cartilage. The tennis elbow or
football knee, for example, may
become osteoarthritic, although
proper exercise can postpone or
prevent this from happening.
Arthritis can also be devastat-
ing, drastically changing thevery
lifestyles of its victims. Physi-
cally, the accompanying pain
and swelling discourages move-
ment of the joints, which may
lead to atrophy and further exac-
erbate the disease. Many doctors
report of the despair that domi-
nates the psyches of arthritis
patients who feel they have sud-
denly lost control over their
lives.
According to Dr. Joseph A.
Markenson, a New York City
rheumatologist and assistant pro-
fessor at Cornell University Med-
ical College, a regimen of care-
fully crafted, daily exercise can
help regain freedom of move-
ment- and a sense of self-confi-
dence. Of course, you will have
to consult your physician to
devise a program tailored to
your condition, but here are the
types of exercises recommended
by Dr. Markenson:
Stretching: These exercises
keep the joints loose and muscles
extended. Arthritic stretching
exercises have been developed
for all potential problem areas,
including the hands, back, hips,
knees, elbows, shoulders, neck
and wrists.
Strengthening: These exercises
are designed to improve the mus-
cles and to take some of the
strain of normal movements off
the joints. They are mostly of the
isometric variety which contract
the muscles without moving the
joints.
Hydrotherapy: This is exercise
performed in water, which is
efficient and soothing to the
arthritic patient. Because water
assumes 90 percent of the body’s
weight, greater freedom of
movement is allowed without
pain or risk of injury.
Dr. Markenson also advises tHe
following when carrying out ar?
arhtritic regimen of exercise: Do
not exercise beyond the point of
pain; Do not exercise when you
are stiffest; usually in the morn-
ing; Do not over-exert yourself in
your daily life; Rest when tired;
Keep a daily log of your
progress; Avoid lifting and car-
rying heavy objects; Protect
joints at all times--slide heavy
things, carry a shoulder bag
instead of a hand-held purse,
avoid gravity stress.
Finally, check with your local
chapter of the Arthritis Founda-
tion for educational and self-help
aids. The national chapter may
be contacted by writing to 3400
Peachtree Road, /NE, Atlanta
Georgia 30326. ?
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