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Are you concerned ‘about your
children eating foods with sugar?
According to Dairy, Food and
Nutrition Council, with so much
research showing a connection
between sugar and tooth decay,
many Americans are looking at the
sugar content of their foods.
If you are concerned about dental
health, try this quick quiz. Answer
each question true or false.
1. The more often you eat foods
with sugar, the greater your
chances of developing tooth decay.
2. A teaspoon of honey is better
for your teeth than a teaspoon of
white sugar.
3. Sweets eaten with meals are
less likely to cause cavities than
sweets eaten between meals.
4. Refined suagr is the only kind
of sugar that causes tooth decay.
5. Good brushing and flossing
habits are important in preventing
cavities.
6. Some foods may help to protect
the teeth from cavities.
7. Fluoridated water prevents
tooth decay only in children.
Answers:
1. TRUE. The more often you eat
foods with sugar, the greater your
chances are of developing cavities.
2. FALSE. A teaspoon of honey is
NOT better for teeth than a tea-
spoon of white sugar. In fact, it may
actually be worse. Foods like honey
and caramel that tend to stick to the
teeth are more likely to cause cavi-
ties than sweets that are cleared
from the mouth quickly like ice
cream.
3. TRUE. When highly sugared
foods are eaten as part of a meal,
the other foods often have a ‘‘buffer-
ing” effect on the teeth. This buffer-
ing effect seems to decrease the
chances of developing cavities.
4. FALSE. All sugars - whether
refined or natural - can cause tooth
decay. The bacteria that live in the
plaque surrounding the teeth
produce acid from sugar. This acid
is what eventually destroys tooth
enamel.
5. TRUE. Regular brushing and
flossing are an important part of
maintaining good dental health.
Getting regular dental checkups is
important too.
6. TRUE. Current research is
investigating the role of cheddar
cheese and other cheeses in pre-
venting tooth decay. Several studies
have shown that when a small
amount of certain types of cheese is
eaten as part of the meal, less acid
is produced in the mouth.
7. FALSE. Because flouride is
incorporated into the enamel as the
teeth are developing, it is of special
benefit to children. But adults who
drink fluoridated water from birth
also have greatly reduced rates of
tooth decay.
GEORGE BITTENBENDER
George A. (Dodie) Bittenbender,
ary 14 at his home.
Lucille Disque; sons, Drew, Christo-
pher,
Kunkle; daughter, Jan Martin,
Reston, Va.; half-brothers, Fred
Stevens, King of Prussia; Forrest
Stevens, North Carolina; three
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 17 from the Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas, with Pastor
Dwight Hodne, pastor of the Fellow-
ship Evangelical Free Church, offi-
ciating. Interment, Memorial
Shrine, Cemetery.
ELEANOR WILLIAMS
Miss Eleanor J. Williams, 61, of
175 Shadetree Road, Midway
Manor, Shavertown, died January
13 at her home.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ruth
Hoover, Millville, N.J.; nephew,
James Hoover, Millville, N.J.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 17 from the Harold C. Snowdon
Funeral Home, Kingston, with The
Rev. H. James Shillabeer, pastor of
Student aid
applications
are available
Applications for state higher edu-
cation grants and federal student
aid for the 1986-87 academic year
are available from Rep. Frank Cos-
lett.
The lawmaker noted that May 1 is
the filing deadline for all renewal
applicants and non-renewal appli-
cants who plan to enroll in bacca-
laureate degree programs including
those enrolled in college transfer
programs at Pennsylvania commu-
nity and junior colleges.
Coslett said that individuals who
have not received the forms or who
need additional forms may contact
his district office at 1265 Wyoming
AVe., Forty Fort, PA 18704. The
telephone number is 288-3990.
Campaign
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too, was a huge success with every-
one from the student government to
the nuns taking part.
We wanted to raise the visibility
that we are changing,” Daley said.
“Bob Leza, an '85 graduate, painted
the paw prints on the campus road
and in between the buildings. He
also painted them in the cafeteria
with various phrases. Then, the
cheerleaders got involved and
placed fliers on the windshields of
cars here on campus.”
And, to go along with its new
name, Misericordia, for the first
time ever, will have a mascot. But
this will be no ordinary cat. The
costume was done by Pierre’s of
Philadelphia, the same company
that designed the Temple Owl and
the Villanova Wildcat.
“We didn’t want to go with a
catalog costume,” Daley said. ‘“‘So
we contacted the University of
Houston and Brigham Young Uni-
versity (both of whom are named
the Cougars) and they were both
very helpful. Houston referred us to
a place in Cincinnati and BYU told
us of a place in Kansas City. But we
decided to go with Pierre’s. The
Mardis Gras is early this year and
most places are very busy. But they
promised us the costume would be
ready.”
The decision to change the
school’s nickname was spearheaded
by college president Joseph Fink
and the name itself was chosen by
the students.
‘““We decided to go. with the
symbol for basically two reasons,”
Daley said. “First, it’s a very easy
symbol to work with and it is easily
identifiable. Secondly, the Cougar is
a strong aggressive and powerful
animal, and that is the reflection we
want on our program. We are going
uphill in athletics and we someday
we want to be a power in the NAIA.
Also, the Cougar is a highland
animal and that emphasizes the
college in the Back Mountain area.”
Although the school has already
introduced its new image, the cam-
paign is not over yet. This week,
with the cooperation of United Penn
Bank in Wilkes-Barre, a banner
hanging from a tressel on Market
Street near the Kingston Armory
will sport the paw insignia with the
words ‘Paw Power Misericordia
Cougars.’
Another banner located near
Rave’s Nursery on’ the Dallas
Memorial Highway in Shavertown
will say ‘Welcome to Cougar Coun-
try.’
Or you can just take the advice
from another successful advertising
slogan,‘ ‘Look for the sign of the
Cat.” '
— JOHN HOINSKI
Cookies
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“The first thing we did was to
establish approximately 30 dele-
gates,” Morris explained. ‘Each
delegate was responsible for a spe-
cific block and they explained how
the sheet (sales sheet) worked. The
inmates filled in what and how
many boxes they wanted, then there
was a check made to see if that
inmate had sufficient finds. If they
did, the orders were placed.”
The project was such a huge
success that inmates asked that it
be extended when they realized they
were nearing the 1,000 mark in
terms of boxes sold. The cookies are
sold at $2.00 a box and nearly $300
of the proceeds will go to the
Lehman group, not only for day
camps and, badges, but for their
June 12 trip to Savannah, which is
the birthplace of Scouting.
Although the inmates did not ben-
efit financially from the cookie
project, they do earn profits on
other activities. Three times a year
they set up ‘deals with such busi-
nesses as Kentucky Fried Chicken,
Goldstein’s Deli, Allen’s Subs and J
& J Deli. The proceeds then go into
the group treasury for projects such
as a fence around the play area that
has already been built. Immediately
following those ceremonies, another
took place as five inmates, repre-
senting several different organiza-
tions within the prison were
presented with a single award for
their $600 contribution to the ‘Save
the Children’’ drive.
Charlie Sturdavaat, speaking on
behalf of the other four, said the
idea to raise -a collection came
about after they saw a commercial
depicting the plight of the people in
Ethiopia.
“We saw what was hapening to
those people and we wanted to find
out what we could do to help them,”
Sturdavaat said. ‘We contacted the
“Child for Child’ group in New
York and eventually Sister Barbara
Craig, from here at the prison,
made the initial contact to the Save
the Children campaign and things
got under way.”
Sturdavaat, who represents the
“Lifers,”” said that each organiza-
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tion took a different section of the
institution and went cell to cell to
collect donations.
Representatives from those
groups were also on hand to accept
the national award from prison offi-
cials David Larkins and Jay Miller
on behalf of “Save the Children”
president Daniel L. Guyer. Group
representatives were Harry Evans,
shite Moslems; Steve Covington,
American Moslems; Edwn DeJesus,
Latin American Cultural Study
Group, and Mike Vaccarello, Centu-
rian Jaycees.
“You have to hand it to these
people,” said Jay Miller, activities
director. ‘“They’re not living in easy
conditions here, but they want to
make good use of the time they are
serving.”
And at least two organizations are
happy about that.
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the Trucksville United Methodist
Church, officiating. Interment,
Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Carver-
ton.
HAROLD SHAW
Harold E. Shaw Jr., 33, of Kemp,
Texas, a former student at Lake-
Lehman schools, died January 15 at
home.
Surviving are his parents, Harold
E. Shaw Sr., Pikes Creek; and
Connie Will Traver, Noxen; his
wife, the former Rose Bryant; step-
son, Tim Bryant; step-daughters,
Carol Bryant, Billie Bryant, Ann
Bryant, all of Kemp, Texas; sister,
Connie Joan Traver, Noxen; pater-
nal grandmother, Mrs. Lillian
Martin, Pikes Creek; maternal
grandfather, Arthur Will, Noxen.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 20 from the Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas, with the
Rev. Daniel Brubaker, pastor of the
Roaring Brook Baptist Church, offi-
ciating. Interment, Maple Grove
Cemetery, Pikes Creek.
SISTER MARY LYNOTT
Sister Mary Robert Lynott, of the
Mercy Center Convent, Dallas, died
January 23. Surviving are sister-in-
law, Mrs. Peter Lynott, Scranton;
nieces, Mrs. Anne M. Spiecher, of
New York; Mrs. Jean Kinny, Scran-
ton; grand nieces and grand neph-
ews; cousins.
Funeral was held January 20 from
the Mercy Center with a Mass of
Christian Burial in Gate of Heaven
Church, Dallas. Celebrant of the
Mass was Monsignor William J.
Fleming, V.F., with the Rev. James
Jacobs, chaplain, as homilist. Inter-
ment, St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hano-
ver Township.
ERNEST RACE
Ernest F. Race, 92, of Rd 1,
Tunkhannock (Vernon(, died Janu-
ary 18 in Tyler Memorial Hospital,
Tunkhannock where he was a
patient for four days.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs.
Klaus Claassen, of Lake Carey; son,
Ernest T., Vernon; four grandchil-
dren. His wife, Jean, died in 1979
and a brother, Charles, also pre-
ceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held
today at 11 a.m. from the Nulton
Funeral Home, Beaumont, with the
Rev. James Belt, pastor of the
Vernon Community Church, and
Rev. Olin Race, a nephew of the
deceased, officiating. Interment,
Perrins Marsh Cemetery, Center-
moreland.
LOUIS FORTE
Louis W. Forte, 58, of 37 Rice St.,
Dallas, died January 17 at the
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital,
shortly after admission.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Ann Houck; sons, Louis, Trucks-
ville; Robert, at home; daughters,
Mrs. Debra Thomas, Lehman; Miss
Donna Forte, Lansdale; Deanna, at
home; brothers, Thomas and
Edward, both of Brooklyn; sisters,
Mrs. Josephine Colazzi, Brooklyn;
Mrs. Mary Dregen, Staten Island;
two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 21 from the Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas, with a Mass
of Christian Burial at Gate of
Heaven Church, Dallas.
Seniors
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backs. And, because of the high
percentage of elderly here in North-
eastern Pennsylvania and the pro-
grams established for them, the
cuts will be even more damaging in
this area.
The real problem for the citizens
may not necessarily be the cut-
backs, but a lack of communication
between themselves and the Bureau
of the Aging, toward whom they
have vented most of their anger.
According to sources, what the
senior citizens don’t realize is that
the one van allocated isn’t solely for
their use. Oftentimes when the sen-
iors are dropped off at the center,
that van will proceed to pick up
others who are also entitled to its
use or to pick up individuals who
have medical appointments, which
receives first priority.
The group also complained about
problems they have encountered at
the center itself, including a leaky
roof and parking facilities. But
according to Adams, those problems
don’t concern the bureau, either.
“First of all, the conditions at the
center are generally satisfactory,”
Adams stated. “But what these
people don’t realize is that we’re not
responsible for repairs. The Mercy
Center is.”
Sister Patricia, administrator at
the Back Mountain facility, said
that all new roofs are currently
being put on, in addition to complete
renovation of the A-Wing which will
be turned into a skilled nursing
facility.
Still, those close to the situation
say that the seniors do have some
legitimate complaints, such as a
lack of handrails and access for
wheelchairs. But their complaints
about parking and recreational
facilities are not legitimate.
Sources say that every center is
self-sustaining and that the only
bills the government pays are heat,
rent and salaries of staff members
of the center. As for the parking
conditions, they aren’t likely to be
changed, either. Presently, 10 park-
ing spots are reserved for the
elderly with the rest of the few spots
going to the nuns at the center.
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