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Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
will hold a free community health
fair on Wednesday, July 31, from 6
to 8:30 p.m. in the hospital lobby.
Over 20 booths will offer informa-
tion and or health screenings on
topics ranging from anemia to
stress.
A number of topics are related to
cardiac risk assessment and are
offered in observance of the OK-
Heart 'Project’s efforts to make the
community aware of modifiable risk
factors. Blood pressure and pulse
screening, a computer analysis of
an individual’s diet and exercise,
stress measurement and manage-
ment, lung capacity testing and
stop-smoking information, and a
cardiac risk assessment all ‘provide
information on those risk factors.
Other booths will offer screening
for anemia, cancer risk assessment
and information on breast cancer,
blood sugar test, glaucoma screen-
ing, hearing test, height-weight
measurements, information on
walking as a form of exercise, a
film on osteoporosis, poison control
information, and information on
drugs and alcohol.
In addition, fingerprinting for
children will be offered by the
Luzerne County Sheriff’s office to
aid parents and the police should a
child be recported missing. The
West Side Ambulance Association
Medic 302 paramedic unit will also
be on-site to give participants a rare
look at the interior of such emer-
gency care vehicles. Other organi-
zations which will lend support to
the fair include Patient Care
and Luzerne-Wyoming County Dru
and Alcohol Program. :
Free parking in the hospital par-
the children will be provided. The
health fair is sponsored by Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital as a fre
service to the community.
Program participants
Dallas Post/John F. Kilduff
By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Writer :
A special anti-pollution program
was conducted recently at the West-
moreland Elementary School,
Trucksville, for Kingston Township
children between the ages of 4 to 13.
A total of 41 children listened to
Charles Urban, of the Susquehanna
River Watch program, narrate a
slide-show entitled, ‘‘The river is
ours, lets clean it up.”
Urban, of Wilkes-Barre, is a
member the Susquehanna River
Watch program headquartered in
the Plymouth Borough Building at
162 Shawnee Avenue. The three-
year old anti-pollution program is
designed to make adults as well as
small children more aware of the
growing pollution problem of our
waterways.
“We are trying to educate small
“Water is our main resource and we
are going down hill fast with the
problem.”
The slide-show was the first ever
for children between the ages of 4 to
13, Urban noted. Prior to this ses-
sion, the Susquehanna River Watch
program had been holding borough
meetings throughout Luzerne
County informing adult residents of
the pollution problem. This program
was started for the children and
Urban says his project plans on
further programs for small children
across Pennsylvania.
The Westmoreland program was
sponsored by the Kingston Township
recreation department, staffed by
summer-hired college students who
major in either Elementary Educa-
tion or ales child developement
curriculums.
“We'd like to set up Susquehanna
River Watch programs in all towns,
similar to the Neighborhood Crime
Watches,” Urban said.
Following the slide-show, Urban
handed out River Watch member-
ship cards to the children. Urban
told the children to call the police or
tell their parents if they see anyone
polluting our waterways.
“I thought the slide-show was
very good,” 9-year-old Charles
Siglin of 96 Meadowcrest Drive,
Trucksville said. “If I find anyone
polluting I’m going to write a letter
to the police and the Susquehanna
River Watch.”
Twelve year old Charlie Lamo-
reaux of 77 East Center street,
Shavertown said, ‘The movie was
very good. I wish people wouldn’t
pollute the Susquehanna river.”
When asked what he’s do if he
saw a pollutor, Lamoreaux said,
“I'd call the police so they could
find out who did pollute.”
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