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Chicken/fish fry
The Forsyth Chapter of the
American Business Women will
have a chicken/fish fry on Fri
day. May 4, from 11-3 p.m. at
980 E. Second Street. The cost
of dinner with dessert will be $6.
Orders of six or more will be
delivered. To place your order,
call 725-4202. This activity is a
scholarship fund-raiser.
May 5
The Math and Science Academy
of Excellence Summer Program
at WSSU
Applications are due May 5
for The Math and Science Acad
emy of Excellence Summer Pro
gram at WSSU. Virginia Newell
is director of the program. Ris
ing sixth-, seventh- and eighth
graders are welcome to apply
through your school counselors.
Bivouac Lodge 503 to sell
fish dinners
Bivouac Lodge 503 will sell
fish dinners on May 5. The din
ners will consist of a choice of
bone or filet fish with baked
Deans, slaw, hush puppies, din
ner roll and poundcake slices.
Feel free to dine in with the
brethren or take out. The event
will be at the Masonic Temple,
1025 E. 14th Street front 10 a.m.
until 6 p.m. Charity donation is
$5. Funds raised will be used to
assist families in distress and in
need of assistance. The Brethren
of Bivouac Lodge 503 thank you
for your support, which will
enable us to reach out to even
more people in the communities.
Linwood Jerald Jr. is lodge wor
shipful master.
Old School Variety Show
The Old School Variety Show
will be presented May 5 at 7 p.m.
at Carver High School Auditori
um. Arnita Dean (Boss Lady)
will be MC. This is an NDI Pro
duction. For more information,
call Delores J. Wall, 723-3911;
Nathaniel Williams, 924-6339;
Ike Howard, 750-2120.
May 11
Regular monthly NAKFE meet
ing postponed until May II
The regular monthly meeting
of the National Association of
Retired and Working Federal
Employees (NAREE) is post
poned until Friday, May 11, at
11:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge,
3340 Silas Creek Parkway.
Sue Sloop, vice president,
will highlight issues received at
the recent Legislature confer
ence held in Washington, D.C.
All federal retirees and employ
ees are invited to attend.
For more information, call
(336)721-1783.
May 13
Mother's Day Gospel program
A Mother's Day Gospel pro
gram will be held Sunday. May
13, at Carver High School at 4
p.m., with The Expression,
Mighty Wonders, The Stars of
Joy, The Peacemakers, The
Knights of Harmony. Donations
are $12 in advance or $15 at the
door. Call Leo Adams at 788
0938 for more information.
May 19-20
Native American Pow Wow
The 14th Annual Native
American Pow Wow will be held
on Saturday and Sunday. May
19 and 20, on the Richmond
Community College campus in
Hamlet. Opening ceremonies
will begin at noon each day. with
closing at 8 p.m. on Saturday
and 5 p.m. on Sunday. Featured:
Native American dancing, story
telling, survival skills demon
strations, plenty of food along
with authentic Native American
silver jewelry, pottery and other
wares.
John Blackfeather from
Hillsborough will be the master
of ceremonies along with Easter
Bull Drummers from Greenville.
N.C.
For information, call (910)
582-7184 or (910) 582-7010.
May 26
Livingstone College president to
speak
The Greensboro chapter of
the Livingstone College Alumni
Association will present "An
Evening with Dr. Freeman" in
honor of Algeania Warren Free
man's appointment as 1 Ith pres
ident of Livingstone College.
The event will be held at the
Hayes-Taylor YMCA. 1101 E.
Market Street. Greensboro. Sat
urday. May 26, 6-8 p.m. Tickets
are $25. Deadline to purchase
tickets is May 12. Proceeds will
benefit Livingstone College. For
more information, call (336)
375-3044 or (336) 274-0145.
Beatrice Asbury Houston is pro
gram coordinator for this event.
Curtis Douglas is chapter presi
dent.
June 19
Porter/Poindexter family reunion
Registration forms for the
Porter/Poindexter family
reunion have been mailed. The
2001 reunion will be held on Sat
urday, June 19, at Tanglewood
Park in Clemmons. The cost is
$15 per person.
If you have not received your
registration form, contact Clyde
Glenn or Harrison Porter at
(336) 416-2410. Leave your
name and address. Also, you
may send an e-mail to P and P
Reunionfeaol.com or write us at
The Porter/Poindexter Family
Reunion, 2065 Waccon Path,
Winston-Salem, NC 27127.
Other
HIV, syphilis and
diabetes screening
Free and confidential HIV,
syphilis and diabetes screening.
Afternoons and evenings. Call
Rachel at 722-5774 for times and
location. Sponsored by HOPE
and the Health Department
Pageant
Fantasia dance group of
Winston-Salem will sponsor a
Junior Miss and Miss pageant.
If you have a daughter between
9 and 16 years of age who would
like to participate, call Priscilla
Jiminez at 785-1684 for more
information.
Children's Home
seeking volunteers
The Children's Home is seek
ing volunteers, single and mar
ried adults over 21 years old. to
work with "at risk" youths and
their families. Training is provid
ed. For more info, call volunteer
coordinator. 721-7699. or visit
our Web site; thechildren
shome.com.
Poisons
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or unavailable to children.
"Some household plants can
be toxic," Sumner said. Some
examples of toxic plants that can
be grown in or near homes are
DielTenbachia (elephant ear), aza
lea, rhododendron, mountain lau
rel, If you don't know whether a
plant is nontoxic, keep it out of
reach of chldren and call the
Cooperative Extension Service
county office for information,
Sumner advises.
"Keep alcohol away from chil
dren," Sumner continued. Chil
dren's systems are more suscepti
ble to alcohol than adults.'
Make sure the condition of the
home is safe. For example,
"...make sure the paint is in good
condition, make sure it is not peel
ing and chipping, and make sure it
is not lead-based. New paint is not
going to have any lead in it."
"Rodenticides, mouse and rat
killers have those out of reach,"
Sumner said. For example, you
have to put the rodenticide where
the mouse is, but not where a child
can reach it.
"Don't take medication in
front of small children. "They
mimic what adults do. They're not
going to know the difference
between something that's good for
them and something that's not,"
Sumner said.
Poisonous gas, such as carbon
monoxide, is another area of con
cern. Sumner recommends getting
a carbon monoxide detector for
the home.
In general, what do you do if a
possible exposure or exposure
occurs? "If it's life threatening call
911 you can put that in caps, ital
icize and underline. Then call the
Poison Center in Charlotte. 1-800
848-6946," Sumner said.
If the child has poison in his or
her eye or on the skin, gently wash
it off with water. Sumner said. If
the poison is in the eye, wash it off
by pouring water from a glass
three or four inches away from the
eye. Don't use a water hose
because water can have enough
pressure to damage the eye. Use
lukewarm water, about body tem
perature. Hot water could damage
the eye. Cold water would be
uncomfortable.
"Don't induce vomiting or give
the child anything to drink or eat
until you call the Poison Center. If
they've gotten into something,
wash it olT and then call the Poi
son Center," Sumner said.
It's a good idea to have activat
ed charcoal (medical preparation)
a special type of charcoal, spe
cially prepared and a special size
on hand in , case a child eats or
drinks a poison. (Charcoal bri
quettes won't do.) "Charcoal is
not a poison, so it is not absorbed
by the person." Sumner said. But
don't give activated charcoal
Grant
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diovascular screenings, referral
and treatment services and public
and professional education since
1999. The program, which is a
partnership between the Danville
Regional Medical Center, the
Danville/Pittsylvania Public
Health Department and the Con
sortium for Southeastern Hyper
tension Control (COSEHC), is
coordinated by Michael Moore.
M .D.. a clinical professor of inter
nal medicine (nephrology) and
(medical preparation) to the child
before you call the Poison Center.
The Poison Center is an emer
gency telephone resource of poi
soning information, staffed 24
yours a day, seven days a week by
registered nurses and pharmacists
(specialists in poison information)
who are specially trained to pro
vide diagnostic and treatment
advice for acute and chronic poi
sonings to the public and health
care professionals. These poison
specialists are backed up by board
certified medical toxicologists,
also available 24 hours a day.
Sumner said the Poison Cen
ter's staff "can assess a situation
and recommend action that can be
done quickly. Speed is sometimes
important."
He said the center does not bill
for its services, and it even has a
Spanish interpreter.
"In North Carolina, we haven't
had any fatalities (from poison
ings) the last couple years," Sumn
er said. "The Poison Center last
year received over 50,000 calls.
They separated those calls into
inquiries; exposure with no effects,
mild, moderate and severe effects.
Most of the 50,000 (did not) have
adverse effects."
In 1999, there were 89,547
calls. Some 54.4 percent of total
calls were children less than 6
years of age. Seventy-nine percent
of the human exposures were han
dled on site without need for fur
ther medical attention.
Sumner said tnat curing tne
year-long "Stop Childhood Poi
soning" project, he and others will
be looking for opportunities to
alert the public to the hazards of
such things as pesticides, cleansers,
automobile products, household
products, personal care products.
He hopes to do that in a variety of
ways, including partnering with
retail stores. "Hopefully, they'll let
us put up things...," he said.
He also plans to communicate
with media and go to public activ
ities. "The state health fair (will
be) in Raleigh in a couple weeks
and we will be there," he said.
Explaining how he got
involved in poison prevention,
Sumner said: "A couple of years
ago I began looking at poisonings
with pesticides and expanded to
poisonings with products in gener
al..." He said he went to state
agencies to try to develop a pro
gram to increase public awareness
about such things as pesticides,
cleansers, automobile products,
household products, personal care
products.
The N.C. Pediatric Poison Pre
vention Project is being funded
solely through fees collected from
companies that register pesticides
for sale in the state. The N.C. Pes
ticide Environmental Trust Fund
provided the bulk of the project's
initial funding. In addition, the
Environmental Protection Agency
Region IV otTice donated funds to
the effort through its Urban Initia
tive Program.
surgical sciences (hypertension) at
WFUBMC. The NHLBI funding
will allow the program to expand
its activities, including conducting
additional education programs in
schools and churches.
"The NHLBI grant will enable
the DR CHIP program to learn
how to best use case managers
with the inpatient care of heart
attack and heart failure patients
and to develop better methods for
continuing health education." said
Moore. "This information can
then be applied to communities
nationwide"
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