Anniversary noted
Dallas Post/Ann Devlin
years.
—Hostel
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and Mr. Welsh received a bouton-
niere. They were then surprised at
the farewell dinner as they were
serenaded with the Anniversary
Waltz and served champagne. Last
year they received a large cake.
This ‘year they were once again
surprised at dinner with an anniver-
sary cake and celebration.
The Welshes currently live in
Fairlawn, New Jersey but live in
West Palm Beach, Florida during
the colder months.
The Welshes made up two of at
least 40 hostelers who were enrolled
at College Misericordia from July 1-
7. College Misericordia offers three
one-week Elderhostel programs:
June 24-30, July 1-7, and July 8-14.
Each week, 30 to 40 people from
all walks of life, residing in 30
different states, and ranging in age
from 60 to 90, visit Misericordia to
share “their love of knowledge and
adventure. :
The hostelers, living on campus,
enjoy a week of study and other
activities. Daytime courses include:
Creative Jewelry Making, Religions
of Lebanon; The Art of Printmak-
ing, Tennessee Williams: A Retros-
pective, Elie Wiesel: Poet and
Prophet, Gods, Goddesses, Demi-
gods and Heroes, Heroines, Harlots
and Bloody Mary, and Richard
Wagner: The Music and the Man.
In addition to the regular course
work, there will be nightly music,
art exhibits, poetry, lectures and
dances.
College Misericordia was one of
the first few colleges to participate
in the Elderhostel program and is in
its eighth year of hosteling older
adults. Elderhostel is a network of
colleges, universities and other edu-
cational institutions which offer low-
cost, short-term residential aca-
demic programs for older citizens.
The program combines the best of
the traditions of education and hos-
teling. Inspired by youth hostels and
folk schools of Europe, it is guided
by the needs of older citizens. Eld-
erhostel is based on the belief that
retirement does not have to mean
withdrawal and that one's later
years are an opportunity to learn
new things.
Be careful of chlorine
A chemical used in swimming
pools to make chlorine last longer
may possible cause kidney damage
and the Environmental Protection
Agency is under pressure to remove
the chemical, cyanuric acid, from
the market, says Joseph Cardenuto,
Penn State Extension recreation
specialist.
Scientific studies have linked the
additive to kidney damage because
the chemical enters the body
through swallowing and absorption
through the skin.
The EPA received a memo about
the scientific studies five years ago.
As of yet, no one has filed suit
claiming kidney damage due to the
chemical.
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Elderhostel is an international
event, held annually. It is sponsored
by Elderhostel, Boston, Massachu-
setts, and colleges and universities
throughout the United States,
Canada, and other foreign coun-
tries.
Mr. and Mrs. Welsh have enjoyed
almost every year of the program,
from its start 10 years ago. They
are nine-year veterans of the pro-
gram and this is their third consecu-
tive year at Misericordia.
Says Mrs. Welsh, “We enjoy
coming here because the courses
are excellent and the staff and
faculty are so accommodating.’ She
continues, ‘‘This particular program
is outstanding and the locale is in a
beautiful area."
The Welshes have attended many
other Elderhostel programs, mainly
in the New England area such as:
University of New Hampshire, Uni-
versity of Massachusetts and Trin-
ity College in Vermont. In more
recent years, they have branched
out further traveling to programs
held in New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
While on their travels, the
Welshes have encountered many
adventures. Mrs. Welsh recalls one
unique experience which occurred
last year on their way to the Miseri-
cordia program. After visiting their
son who lives outside of Philadel
phia, they continued traveling
toward Dallas. Mr. Welsh decided to
pull off the turnpike for a snack,
where they encountered a woman
with car trouble. No mechanics
were available that Sunday, and the
Welshes offered to help out any way
they could. Through conversation
with the woman, they discovered by
chance that she too, was on her way
to the Elderhostel program at Mis-
ericordia. Mr. Welsh promptly
transferred the woman's luggage to
his car, and all three arrived at the
college safely.
Helen and David Welsh have
made many new friends through the
Elderhostel programs. The ‘hoste-
lers share common qualities,
according to Mr. Welsh.. ‘‘The
people are friendly,” he says, ‘“‘And
they like to keep on the move.”
Mrs. Welsh adds, ‘The people are
interested in various fields such as
history and the arts.”
Mr. Welsh expresses his senti-
ments about the week-long pro-
gram: “You can be with strangers
when' you arrive on Sunday and
leave old friends on Friday.”
After their stay at Misericordia,
the Welshes plan to visit a Connecti-
cut college later this month. Then
this fall, the Welshes plan to
“broaden their horizons’ in the
fullest sense of the meaning. They
intend to travel to Israel for the
Elderhostel program where they
will attend three different schools in
three weeks. Although the Welshes
have already been to Israel several
times, they believe the Elderhostel
program will enable them to experi-
ence new things they may have
missed before.
“It's a thrilling experience for
anybody,’ claims Mr. Welsh.
Helen Welsh sums up their feel-
ings about Elderhostel: ‘After
returning home from an Elderhostel
session, we've always found it
enriches both our lives."
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Each year thousands of persons
die by drowning, some under condi-
tions in which they could not possi-
ble survive. They are swept away in
floods, turbulent rivers and treach-
erous undertows, fall overboard and
are lost, or are trapped in some way
that they are unable to save them-
selves. These are tragic stories, but
the most tragic of all are the people
who drown because they don’t know
how to swim.
Wayne Edmonds, executive direc-
tor of the Governor's Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports, in the
State Health Department, said that
water is such an integral part of our
lives that we should all be able to
deal with it under normal circum-
stances. : :
“The story is familiar because it
is repeated hundreds of times a
year. A child wading in a farm
steps in a hole and is drowned. A
child slips through an inner tube
while floating on a lake and is
drowned. A child is pushed off a
dock into the water and is drowned.
A child is in a canoe or rowboat that
overturns and is drowned. Here are
children in an environment that
calls for simple expertise in sur-
vival and they can’t because they
don’t know how to swim,” Edmonds
said.
“You have to ask yourself how
something like this could happen.
Children, often under the supervi-
sion of adults, are permitted to go
or are deliberately taken into an
area that may require such exper-
tise, and no thought is given to the
fact that they can’t swim, until it’s
too late. That is a real tragedy.”
It may be amazing to some
people, but children can and do
SEAFOOD
learn how to swim at a very early
age. Infants no more than a few
months old take to the water like
ideal time to learn.
“Children don't have an inherent
fear of water, that’s why they often
get in trouble. It's a bad experience
like being shoved into the water or
being held under the water that
creates a fear that may last a
lifetime. Children who know how to
swim when these experiences occur
are less likely to develop a fear of
the water.”
Edmonds said the increase in the
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number of backyard swimming
pools makes it imperative that par-
ents teach their children how to
swim. Parents who permit their
children go unescorted to a neigh-
bor’s pool, when they don’t know
how to swim, are placing an awe-
some responsibility on the neighbor.
Backyard pool owners who allow
these children into their pools with:
out parental supervision, are
accepting responsibility for the chil-
dren’s safety.
Edmonds urged parents to teach
their children how to swim at as
early an age as possible. Parents
who do not have the time or desire
to do the teaching can enroll their
children in swimming classes.
Learn to swim programs with quali-
fied instructors are available at
YMCAs and other civic organiza-
tions, school pools, outdoor public
schools, and club pools. Information
about swim classes is available
from the Red Cross and recreation
departments in most communities.
Edmonds also urged parents to
have their children, especially those
under age ten, wear life vests, as an
added safety measure, when on or
near the water.
The sun. Without it life, as we
know it, could not exist. If it were to
suddenly disappear, it would take
with it the light of day and warmth
of summer. Temperatures would
plummet far below the cold of
winter, all movement would cease
and the earth would die.
Mankind has recognized the sun
as the center and sender of life from
the beginning. Each culture has had
its own sun diety and temples for
sun worship, where sacrificial rites
were held to assure continued
benevolence. :
Today's sun worshippers sacrifice
themselves at the temple of the sun
to assure a continual tan. And the
invention of the un-suit, a bathing
suit made from material that lets
the sun's rays through, will allow
the sun to shine where it has seldom
shone before.
The sun, so vital to our existence,
can be deadly. According to Jack B.
Ogun, R.Ph., director of the state
Health Department's Drugs,
Devices and Cosmetics Division,
about 400,000 new cases of skin
cancer - more than all other forms
of cancer combined - are diagnosed
each year. Many of those cases can
be attributed to the sun.
“Fair-skinned persons are at
highest risk, but darker skinned
persons must also consider the con-
sequences of overexposure,” Ogun
said.
“While most will be cured, five
percent of those people will die from
one of the most preventable forms
of cancer.”
Ogun said there is no way to get a
suntan without exposure to damag-
ing rays. This includes sunlamps
and tanning booths. When the skin
is exposed to ultraviolet radiation
the body begins to produce a pig-
ment called melanin to create a
protective shield against the
destructive effects. Fair skinned
people will burn before tanning and
some never at all.
“While creating the desired tan,
the sun's rays also interfere with
the production of proteins that keep
skin cells firm and resilient. Fine
lines develop on the skin, which
eventually becomes wrinkled and
saggy,’’ Ogun said.
“Chronic exposure can also leave
the skin blotchy and scaly and skin
cancer may follow. Some studies
link ultraviolet rays to malignant
melanoma, a swift moving, deadly
form of skin cancer that spreads to
blood cells and lymph glands and is
frequently fatal. This form of
cancer is increasing at a rate of 3
percent a year.
There are three ways to reduce
the damaging effects of the sun:
stay out of it; cover up completely
or use a sunscreen with skin protec-
tion factor (SPF). SPF is a chemci-
cal filter that effectively screens
ultraviolet light.
Ogun said the degree of protection
offered by sunscreens is indicated
by a number from 2 to 15. The
higher the number, the more protec-
tion. The choice of sunscreen should
depend on skin type and the amount
of time to be spent in the sun.
“People who always burn and
rarely tan, will want to use a
product with an SPF number of
close to 15. Persons who rarely burn
may want to try a 6-8 SPF product.
Persons who work long hours out-
doors might want to choose a prod-
uct in between. And persons who
have purchased an unsuit will want
to apply a higher number sunscreen
to those areas where the sun has
never shone before. These areas are
more sensitive and could receive a
severe burn."
Ogun also advises anyone taking
medication to check with their
doctor or pharmacist. There are a
number of medications, ranging
from anticoagulants and antibiotics
to tranquilizers and thyroid supple-
ments, that reduce tolerance to sun
and heat, increasing the risk of
severe sunburn, heat stroke and
dehydration. Sun and heat also
increase the body's sensitivity to
some drugs.
For persons who do get burned,
Ogun said a shower or bath in tepid
to cool waterwill remove much of
the sting. Less severe burns can be
soothed with a variety of over-the-
counter ointments and creams. For
moderately bad burns, apply wet
dressings of gauze dipped in a
solution of aluminum acetate 1-500
or white mineral oil. Severe cases of
sunburn accompanied by chills,
fever, blisters and possible deler-
ium, should be seen by a physician.