Tryon Daily Bulletin, Fri., Feb. 29, 1980
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LITTLE KNOWN FACTS
Studies have shown chil
dren between the ages of
two and six catch more
colds than those in any
other age group. Parents of
young children who get sick
all the time can comfort
themselves that this will
probably pass and that the
youngster will only get
about a quarter as many
colds by the time she’s 12.
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According to some pedia
tricians, one of the best
ways to keep a child from
getting chilled by sudden
exposure to cold is to ex
pose the child to cold all the
time. If properly dressed in
a warm coat, such as this
from Mothercare, retailing
specialists for mothers-to-be,
^babies and children under
five, a youngster can be
comfortable even in cold
weather. The coat has a
tartan hood and quilted
lining.
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Children grasp concepts at
different rates, but most
three-year-olds know the
difference between big and
little, four-year-olds under
stand yesterday, today and
tomorrow, and five-year-
olds know relative sizes.
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Parents can find a fine
assortment of clothes and
toys for children in the
Mothercare catalogue, avail
able from Mothercare, Box
3881, New York, NY
10017.
Changes In Soil And
Water Conservation
Should conservation work in
North Carolina be changed from
its present voluntary basis to a
regulatory emphasis? Or should
participation in the U. S.
Department of Agriculture pro
grams be conditioned on good
conservation work?
Under the proposed “Cross
Compliance” of the Resources
Conservation Act, usually known
by its initials “RCA”, passed by
Congress to redirect federal
conservation efforts, a farmer
would be required to carry out a
program of soil and water
conservation that is acceptable
to USDA before he could get help
from any of the other USDA
programs. Before a person sould
get a commodity loan, crop
insurance, a low-interest loan, or
assistance from ASCS, he first
would have to apply any needed
conservation measures to his
land. He would have to apply
these measures in a manner that
is acceptable to the Soil
Conservation Service. In other
words, conservation or at least
protecting land from soil erosion,
would be a prerequisite to a
farmer’s participation in other
USDA programs.
Cross compliance between soil
conservation and USDA’s other
farm program is one of seven
strategies that USDA is consider
ing in an effort to develop a new
and more effective approach to
helping people use and conserve
soil and water resources.
' You can find out more about
this and all of the proposed
strategies by reviewing the
material that USDA has prepar
ed on them. Also you might be
interested in the findings of the
department’s study of the
condition of the country’s soil and
water resources. All of this
information is' available through
Polk Soil and Water Conserva
tion’s Office located in the
Courthouse annex, or you may
call 894-8550.
TRYON HOUNDS
Saturday
10 a.m. Rubini’s Field
California is home to more
ex-military personnel, 3.3 mil
lion, than any other state. New
York trails with 2.5 million
veterans, while Pennsylvania,
Texas, Illinois and Ohio — in that
order — have between 1.5 and 1.7
million former armed service
members
EQUAL "PAIN" FOR EQUAL WORK
There is no doubt that
women’s rights have become
one of the most controver
sial subjects of our era.
Whether one is pro-women’s
rights or anti-women’s rights
in its legislative form, the
subject has evoked strong
interest and staunch opinion
everywhere. There has been
a revolution in women’s
thinking and a whole new
set of social standards estab
lished. Many of these have
ramifications which could
affect the health of women.
Today, women are ex
pected to be more active,
more independent and more
productive. Many families
are depending on two in
comes, and a woman’s abil
ity to compete in the job
market and perform diverse
careful when lifting. They
will have to be more con
scious of spinal health.
—Women will have to
learn to use tools properly.
—Women will have to start
using protective gear, and
the manufacturers of the
gear will have to start de
signing them in women’s
sizes.
—Women will have to be
more concerned about
physical fitness.
occupations is accepted.
While the independent
woman has created a new
wave of thinking, she has
created additional health
problems for herself. With
equal opportunity for jobs
has come an equal oppor
tunity for occupational
injury.
You could very well call it
“Equal pain for equal hurt,”
as much as it is “Equal pay
for equal work.” And you
don’t have to be either a
“woman’s libber” or a
“male chauvinist” to recog
nize the logic of it all.
When women were con
fined to less physical types
of jobs, there were less risks
and hazards involved. But
today a woman can do just
about anything she wants.
Therefore, she is going to
have to work more defen
sively and take care of her
health more preven
tively—that is, if she
wants to remain healthy
and productive.
According to the Ameri
can Chiropractic Associa
tion, one of the major areas
of health problems is indus
trial injury. While chiro
practic treatment has been
particularly effective in
reducing days of disability
resulting from industrial in
jury, nevertheless more
women will now have to
deal with a health hazard
they never had before. The
facts are:
—Women will have to be
—Women will have to
watch their diet and be
more cognizant of energy-
giving foods.
—Women will have to
schedule their lives, allowing
ample time for recreation
and sleep, as well as work.
—Women will have .to
make health examinations
and preventive care a regular
part of their regimen.
Now, here are the myths
about women:
— Women are not a
“weaker” sex. In fact, they
can take as much vigorous
physical activity as men.
—Women are not weak
ened by menstruation or
pregnancy. Physical activity
usually helps.
' —Lifting heavy items and
doing physical labor does
not make a woman mascu
line or give herbulging
muscles.
—Women do not sustain
more injuries than men in
physical tasks, provided
they are in condition and
properly trained.
What it all boils down to
is that with opportunity
comes responsibility. And
the woman must recognize
her responsibility for her
health. In the front ranks
carrying the message of
health to the women of the
80’s are the many female
doctors of chiropractic
throughout the U.S. (about
10% of the profession), who
have made this call their pet
project.