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A8 THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,2019 Pets of the Week Kira isn’t lying with that smile on her face ... she loves being outside and spending time with people. She’s only a year old, and does well with kids and other dogs. Liam is Kira’s brother. Although they would love to be adopted together, they wouldn’t mind being split up. Ember is a young lab mix girl with a beautiful silver gray coat. She loves kids and does great with other dogs. Annie, the orange tabby, is around 5 months old and ready for a forever home. Consider adopting her to help the shelter during “kitten season.” The Tri-County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center is on Icaria Road in Tyner and can be reached at 221-8514. When seeking professional bodywork and massage The view from my windows BY HARRIET CLIFFORD For Chowan Herald W hat does licensure mean for a mas sage and body- work therapist? What does certification mean? And for that matter what does state licensing mean? There was no credibility for massage and bodywork way back. How far back? More than a quarter of a century. Now that’s some time ago. Therapist Pamela Ann Bennion remembers when first starting out, one of the questions on her in take form was: “When was your last massage?” Some answers were 30 years, and others where just the other day. She commented that may be a bit too much if not ad dressing “an issue with the tissue.” A humorous term used to indicate trouble with the soft tissue. But seriously, as tins field has evolved, just like other alternative forms of health care (chiropractic, acupuncture, hypnosis...), it’s grown harder to know when to use this type of health care and even more so whom to seek out when this type of care taking deems best After about five years of practicing, the state of North Carolina instigated statewide licensing and the North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy went live in 2000. Specific courses with so many hours where re quired. Schools teaching this field also were re quired to have North Carolina Board approval with licensing. Then the requirement of so many board-approved continuing education coui- ses came into being with traditional fees to renew a license every two years. Plus there is the North Carolina State privilege li cense with its annual fee. So, after the schooling cer tification, state test pass ing, and initial license ap plication, there are no NICOLE BOWMAN- LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD Layden’s Seafood is one of the many local food vendors that set up at the Edenton Farmers Market on Wed nesdays and Satur days. Here a crab caught earlier in the day is shown off to a customer at a recent Wed nesday market. certifications but simple continuing education course requirements and li cense renewal fees. In short, to keep a mas sage and bodywork license active, it’s definitely not in expensive. But, she says, keeping abreast of different tech niques, or new modalities, or veering off to a new sec tion or area (spa verses clinical verses, energy work verses sports ... etc.) is good. Or delving deeper and gaining more knowl edge and insight into the current expertise can be even better. So, how do you know a massage therapist’s partic ular expertise and style? Making an appointment then speaking with the therapist and most impor tant experiencing the work is key. The different ver biage out there can make things confusing. Particu larly since this field is far from being completely evolved. As we learn about other health care practi tioner’s educational back ground when searching for a particular expertise, the same goes here. Perhaps in time there will be a General Health Care Practitioner than can deduce which area of ex pertise is needed with the alternative health care op tions also considered and not just the conventional areas of expertise. But whether you’re in for straight relaxation, help with an issue (sprain, strain,pull,...),aproblem (excess fluid after lymph node removal, or poor cir culation, or area muscles/ tissue after surgery...), or ease of discomfort (from scoliosis, arthritis, decreas ing the formation of scar tissue after surgery,...), once you have knowledge of a diagnosis, then it’s good basis as to where to begin your search. More information can be found on Therapeutic Bodywork (& massage) by Pamela Ann, LMBT #2311 at, www.healingmassage- andtherapies.com. If you have stubborn wounds caused by diabetes, injury, infection, burns or poor circulation, we can help. Dr. Brandon Eppihimer, a certified wound care specialist, has the necessary skills and experience to care for open sores that Brandon Eppihimer, MD have not responded to traditional treatment. He and his colleagues offer vascular testing, nutrition, pressure-relieving devices and advanced wound dressings — all here in Edenton. And, as a plus, they offer access to the full resources of Vidant Health. BY WILLIAM CURTIS PRESLEY A s I sit in my den and look at my backyard through my large three-pan win dows, each measuring 74 by 34 inches, the first thing I see is my deck which is 20-feet long and 12-feet wide. On the deck is a big round table with four matching chairs. In the corner is my gas grill. There are two 1-shape benches on each corner of the deck. Past the deck is my pretty backyard with its oval shape, like a half moon. The rest of the yard is covered in pine straw and flowers or trees, such as the 18 dogwoods that surround the yard. Then my eye catches my big oak-leaf begonia with its large blossoms that are white and turn bronze in the fall. Between the begonia and my storage shed, which measures 12 by 12, is a row of rhododen drons. Behind my shed is my pride and joy. In ADVANCED SOLUTIONS ARE NEARBY Wounds are complex. That's why, at Vidant Chowan Hospital, we offer many treatments for people with chronic wounds. Tales from the Cotton MILL Kid 1983, my sister sent me a 4-inch tree from Califor nia. I planted and it lived. It is a California redwood called sequoia. Today, it is three time higher than my house. In the front of my shed are 40 azalea, which are planted in three rows. Near them is my snowball bush, which is blue because of the acid in the ground. Behind that, in the back of my yard, is a red bud tree. Then I look over to my backdoor with its glass, and I see one of Thelma’s “may she rest in peace” flower beds. She had three, plus ferns all the way to the back of the yard. Behind her ferns is my wall of blooming trees. In her first bed, she had me plant two ever-blooming roses. They were so pretty, I went and bought 10 more. My front yard is 100 feet wide. On each side is a 20-foot natural area. The house is set back 75 feet from the street. In all, I have 3/4 of an acre. I had my home built in 1962. We moved in on Halloween night. Our SUBMITTED PHOTO The home of Curtis and Thelma Presley. They family moved in on Halloween night, Oct. 31, 1962. The photo was taken by neighbor Ed Brown. daughter was 6 years old. I gave my contractor $7,000 in cash and fi nanced $12,500, which had a five-year, no pay-off clause. At the end of the five years, I paid off the loan. I have stock in five companies. A bunch of C.D.s — IRA — and to day, I am worth $700,000. Not bad for a cotton mill boy, who wore bib overalls to school and was looked down on by the uptown people and could not play with their children. Curtis Presley, age 93 and a former Edenton resident, resided in the Cotton Mill District during the 1920 and 1930s. He lives in Raleigh. MARKET Continued from A7 activities that promote healthy eating, sustainable farming and local commu nity participation. * Advocates for grants and donations to continue to double EBT/SNAP (Sup plemental Nutrition Assis tance Program) benefits providing improved access to nutritious food. Those who wish to do nate to the Edenton Farmers Market do not have to be a Sustaining Member. They can go to the market’s Facebook page and click the do nate button to make an easy donation online or send a check to: Eden ton Farmers Market, PO Box 754, Edenton, NO 27932. n * El For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 252-482-6193. No referral needed. 211 Virginia Road, Edenton VidantHealth.com VIDANT Chowan Hospital
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