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Don’t Just Thank a “Healthcare Hero.” Follow the Rules They’re There to Protect You and Us By Jamie Zotynia Nurse at St. Clare’s Health t’s been about four weeks since I last held my son in my arms. This is the longest time I’ve ever been without him, and every passing day adds to this. I miss him terribly, but I can rest easy at night knowing he’s safe. This is worse than I ever could have imagined. Before COVID-19 hit America, I was the one that said, “It’s just like having the flu. They’re making a big deal about nothing.” This is nothing like the flu, and we’re not making a big enough deal about this. I’m sure you know people are dying. What you may not know is that some people are dying a long, agonizing death. People die gasping for air, reaching out for their loved ones that aren’t there. Young people are critically ill, sedated and paralyzed in ICU, circling the drain while families at home wait by the phone and pray for a miracle. I’m thankful yet terrified to be taking care of these patients. They look up at me and ask if they’re going to die. They burst into tears when it’s confirmed that they have COVID-19. I will never be able to forget the look of fear in their eyes when I tell them they need to be intubated, their hand reaching out to mine. “Please don’t leave my side,” as they dial the phone. “Honey, they’re going to intubate me. I love you. Tell the kids I love them. I have to go. Goodbye.” “Is this the last stage before I die?” they ask. I try my hardest to reassure them: “Your body is working really hard right now. You’ve put up a good fight.
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We’re going to put you to sleep and put a tube into your lungs to help you breathe so you can rest and heal. I’ll be with you the whole time.” All they see are big glasses, a face shield, and a mask; a gloved hand holding theirs. Thankfully, they can’t see my eyes well up with tears. They can’t hear my thoughts of “Am I going to be the last person they talk to?” They can’t feel my heart breaking for them. Every intubation, every death guts me. My heart breaks for every family that has lost someone from COVID-19. I didn’t become a nurse to watch people die. I became a nurse to help, to heal. A lot of shifts end without progression, feeling unaccomplished and helpless. And it’s not just me. Every healthcare professional is in the same boat. We are all trying to help. We are all at the bedside, holding hands, wiping tears, providing reassuring words and comfort. We all cheer internally when we hear “Here Comes the Sun” over the loudspeaker, which is played every time someone with COVID-19 leaves the hospital. We all get upset when another one dies. We are all trying our very best for every single patient that comes into the hospital. They say the peak has hit, and I see the news that people are protesting, wanting to go back to work, wanting to go on vacations and travel and be out with friends. I wish I could take every single one of them with me to work. I wish I could let them see the destruction this virus has done and what it’s still capable of. This isn’t close to being over. Now is not the time to go out and celebrate because the numbers are finally starting to
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fall. Enjoy this time with your families. Cherish the time you get to spend home because we don’t get to enjoy that. We miss our families. We miss our kids. We miss our free time when we didn’t have to worry about anything. We miss restful nights where we didn’t dream or
have nightmares about work. Don’t just thank a “healthcare hero.” Listen. Educate yourself. Follow the rules. They’re there to protect you and us. Jamie Zotynia is a progressive care nurse at Saint Clare’s in Dover.
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Packanack Community Church Begins “No Child Wet Behind” Diaper Drive
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alling everyone who loves moms and babies. The Community Outreach Team from The Packanack Community Church has announced its No Child Wet Behind diaper drive to benefit the Father English Center in Paterson throughout the month of May. While all sizes are appreciated, the center noted that they are especially in need of
the donation of larger-sized diapers. Donations can be purchased locally or through Amazon and delivered to 22 Mountainside Drive in Wayne until such times as the COVID-required church closing is rescinded. For further information contact C.O.T. Chairperson Lisa Seela, 908-337-8061, or by email: lisaseela@gmail.com
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CJW/Essex and its Linda & Rudy Slucker Center for Women stays active and prepared to help women in the community. They continue to closely monitor the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While their offices are closed through May 15th in accordance with these guidelines, they are offering several programs remotely. Additionally, their dedicated team of professionals have information and resources to share with women who are seeking employment, have marital law questions or are in need of computer classes. They will be responding to phone calls and emails to discuss your needs. Details about ongoing services, classes, and office re-opening will be posted on their website. For more information about the many diversified services and programs
offered please contact centerforwomen@ ncjwessex.org, call 973.994.4994 or visit www.centerforwomenNJ.org. The National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section, and the State of NJ Department of Children and Families Division on Women fund the Displaced Homemaker Program at the Center for Women. The Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women is a nonsectarian, nonprofit community service sponsored by the NCJW Essex County Section that works to improve the quality of life for women, children, families, and the elderly through a variety of programs regardless of religious affiliation including career coaching, computer classes, self-empowerment workshops, and legal consultations. Lesley Greenstein of Summit is President of NCJW/Essex and Andrea Mintz of Livingston is Vice President of the Center for Women.
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s you probably already knew, the next six months of 2020 presidential campaigning are going to be ugly. I do not say this happily, but I do so based upon a lifetime of watching candidates run for election and reelection. Almost invariably, politicians return to what worked successfully in previous campaigns. Consider the most recent presidential election of 2016. When exit polls across the nation asked actual voters whether their opinion of the two candidates was favorable or unfavorable, their answers were Donald Trump 38% favorable and 60% unfavorable, and Hillary Clinton 43% favorable and 55% unfavorable. In the same survey, just 36% of voters found Clinton to be “honest and trustworthy,” while 61% did not. For Trump, the numbers were even worse: 33% saw him as “honest and trustworthy,” and 64% did not. It is fair to conclude that with numbers as bad as the ones real live voters gave the 2016 Republican nominee, the only reason Trump won an electoral college victory and the White House was because he was running against Clinton. The cold, hard truth is that if Trump had been running unopposed in 2016, he would have lost decisively. Now comes further nations evidence of Trump’s increasingly challenging situation in 2020. A sweeping survey of more than 22,000 voters in all 50 states, done by researchers at Rutgers, Northeastern and Harvard, found that every single governor won a higher rating than Trump on handling the coronavirus. This is not a partisan divide. The four governors who get the highest approval numbers on handling the pandemic are three Republicans a lone Democrat: Ohio Republican Gov. Mike Dewine (83% approval), Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker (80% approval), Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan (80% approval) and, the only Democrat
Mark Shields to get similarly high marks, Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear (81% approval), whose numbers in his deeply red state are 30% higher than Kentuckians give Trump. Nationally, voters give their governors an average approval rating of 66% on their response to the pandemic, while these same voters give Trump just a 44% approval rating on his handling of the coronavirus. As of this day, it is clear that Trump, when faced with the biggest crisis of his presidency, has, in the eyes of most voters, failed to lead, to unite or to comfort the country nearly as well as the nation’s governors have done and are doing. Donald Trump, even his staunch supporters will admit in private, could not win a referendum by the country’s voters on whether they want him for a second term. His only hope is to relentlessly belittle, disparage, demonize and, yes, savage his opponent. It will not be pretty, but we have some idea -- because it worked once in 2016 -- what to expect. To find out more about Mark Shields and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2020 MARK SHIELDS DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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he Great Toilet Paper Scare of 2020 has come to end, but don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet. The Spring Meat Stampede is here. At my local Costco in Colorado Springs on Monday, fresh chicken breast was nowhere to be found. Nationwide, bacon prices doubled. Wholesale pork prices for ham, ribs and loins rose between 12% and 32% over the last seven days. COVID-19 outbreaks among the nation’s major meat processing plants have shut down nearly 20% of the country’s fresh pork production. Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods has shuttered five facilities so far because of sick and no-show workers; Tyson Foods warns “the food supply is breaking” and “millions of pounds of meat will disappear” by May 1 after the mega-corporation idled its largest pork plant in Iowa, a beef plant in Washington state and another meatpacking facility in Indiana. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to compel the nation’s biggest meat processors to stay open and stave off shortages. How exactly the feds will “address liability issues” (which Tyson Foods execs complained about to Trump) and force union leaders to comply remains unclear. Whether the order actually heads off mass hysteria is also iffy. As we saw with the toilet paper rush, Chicken Little-ism is contagious. Warnings about shortages induce shortages. Admonitions of “Don’t hoard the Charmin” failed in the face of mob behavior. Same with “Don’t hoard the hocks.” With meat prices rising, the economic landscape looks bleak. While gas is less than $2 a gallon, much of the nation is still locked down and off the streets, out of the cars and in no hurry to get on planes or trains. The latest Consumer Price Index summary reveals rising rent prices and costs of medical care services on top of spiking meat prices. With nearly 26 mil-
Michelle Malkin lion Americans now out of work, signs of impending stagflation loom. That “V-shaped recovery” is more like a “P.D.” recovery: Pipe Dream. More candor from all the Beltway “experts” about what we face would be helpful to our suffering citizenry. While we’re at it, this nation must confront the dangers of dependency on the globalized, homogenized methods of producing meat and other key products in our food supply, which is concentrated in the hands of a quarter of giant multinational corporations who press for unlimited alien workers in exchange for low food prices. An estimated 30% of America’s meat production employees are foreign-born. As usual, “Open Borders Inc.” reaps all the benefits while we’re left holding an empty grocery bag. Let’s remember: Tyson Foods was embroiled in an illegal immigrant smuggling racket two decades ago. The company has paid Swamp lobbyists like Republican Ed Gillespie millions of dollars to push for illegal immigrant amnesty. And Big Meat coordinates with refugee resettlement racketeers to import tens of thousands of cheap laborers from Asia, Africa and Latin America into the heartland. Just one example: Tyson fundamencontinued on page 5
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oseph A. Lobosco, Sr., 85, of Woodland Park, passed away on April 17, 2020. Joe was born in Paterson, NJ to the late Angelo and Maria Lobosco. Before moving to Woodland Park, he resided in North Haledon for over 30 years and then in Wayne. Joe began his career as a State Farm Agent in 1957. In 1959 he founded The Joseph Lobosco Agency, an Independent Insurance Agency. With the additions of sons Angelo and Joseph, Jr in 1979, and Michael in 1987, the business became known as Joseph Lobosco and Sons. The family owned business he began from the ground up continues to carry on his legacy as the Lobosco Insurance Group on the very same McBride Avenue he grew up on as a child. He was a man who enjoyed helping people. During his career he was elected to the North Haledon Board of Education, the North
Haledon town council, the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders & the Manchester Regional High School Board of Education. Joe was a member of the Fidelians, the Do-GoodHouse, Unico, (where he was once named Unican of the year) and a member of the Wayne Elks Club. Joe was the beloved father of Angelo J Lobosco and his wife Andrea of Kinnelon, NJ, Joseph M Lobosco and wife Deborah of North Haledon, NJ, Deborah A. Lobosco of Pompton
Plains, NJ, and Michael P. Lobosco and his wife Joann of Montclair, NJ. He was the cherished grandfather of Victoria, Joseph, Andrew, Gavin and Isabella. Joe was predeceased by wife Patricia Lobosco (nee Hannah). He was one of seven siblings and is survived by his dear sister Mary Zanfino. Joe will be missed by many nieces and nephews and his close companion Patricia Linberg. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to St. Joseph’s Hospital Nurse’s Fund, 703 Main St, Paterson, NJ 07503 or to The Alfred H. Baumann Free Public Library, 7 Brophy Ln, Woodland Park, NJ 07424 or to The North Haledon Free Public Library, 129 Overlook Ave, North Haledon, NJ 07508. Formal services to celebrate Joe’s life will be scheduled at a future date.
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Mental Health Organization in Passaic County Receives $7,500 Major Grant from The Provident Bank Foundation
ental Health Association in Passaic County (MHAPC) announced it has been awarded a Major Grant in the amount of $7,500 from The Provident Bank Foundation to support their Mindfulness-Based Play Family Therapy for Low-Income Families. MHAPC was selected to receive the grant based on their mission of supporting children and families affected by mental illness and addressing the need for access to quality mental health services. The Mindfulness Based
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Perona Farms Offers Mother’s Day Meals in Support of Project Self-Sufficiency
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The Avondoglio Family, owners of Perona Farms, will donate a meal for a mother who is a Project Self-Sufficiency participant for every Mother’s Day order placed on the restaurant’s website. (Photo by Daniel Freel)
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ike many young people, Ben was not crazy about the idea of learning how to do laundry. As a learner in Caldwell University’s Center for Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis, Ben is receiving virtual in-home instruction through the center’s new telehealth model developed to meet the needs of the learners during the pandemic. While trying to come up with a way to make doing laundry fun for Ben, graduate student Carleana Hickey had a lightbulb moment: playing sound effects on Ben’s computer when he carries his laundry bucket. “This made doing laundry so much more fun,” said Dr. Sharon Reeve, director of the center. Hickey’s innovation is but one of many ideas that faculty members and graduate students are incorporating into their remote teaching for children, teens, and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Recently, another learner made a whale, using blocks similar to Legos, and wrote three sentences about her creation, dubbed “Whale-ita.” Throughout the after-
noon, Whale-ita was invited by her creator to participate in the scheduled online activities. “We’ve had quite a few bellies laughs with our kiddos even though they are only with us virtually,” said Reeve. Whether at home or on campus, the center always has the same focus—to provide the goal-oriented, individualized, science-based approach to learning of applied behavior analysis. In New Jersey, the state with the greatest prevalence of ASD, the center’s nationally renowned faculty members is preparing graduate students to offer the most effective instruction at schools and nonprofits for those with the disorder. Learners at the center range from ages five to 20. Instruction is developed through a team approach with faculty, graduate students, clinical supervisors, and parents working in close collaboration. During these days of remote teaching, the center provides four to six hours of instruction and sends activities home for the learners to do with their parents. Graduate students continued on page 14
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Telehealth Program... continued from page 13 provide lessons on topics such as self-care, including handwashing and teeth brushing, doing chores, remaining productive each day, creating a daily schedule, and effective resolution of behavioral issues. Theme weeks are being featured. During the first week of virtual instruction, the timely topic of healthcare/health care professions included virtual hospital tours and videos that illustrate the ways in which viruses can spread. To make the Earth Day theme more fun, a learner went on a scavenger hunt to find organic objects that could be recycled or composted. Their first interactions via computer screens drew mixed emotions from the learners. That was to be expected since virtual learning was something new, explained Reeve. “Over time we showed all our learners that we could have fun at home while still learning about ‘awesome stuff,’” she said. A wonderful discovery has been that parents are instrumental in making all this happen. “With our help, they are teaching their children,” said Reeve. Various models are used; parents work
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By Megan Roche hile they are usually covering all around high school athletics, Morris-Sussex sports has taken the initiative to highlight those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. George Muha, the founder of Morris Sussex Sports, was trying to figure out a way to keep his business afloat as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. With a business that showcases high school athletics, how would one continue to honor the athletic prowess and skills that it takes to be a high performance athlete? Muha spoke to his team and has shifted his website to honor those on the frontlines with special trading cards. “I was looking at the news from a business perspective when this all first started. The whole world was collapsing, and I’m collapsing. Every single business in the world is taking a hit. I didn’t want to cut people back and lay people off. I made the decision to continue to work and I told them that we were going to continue with the trading cards. We felt it was the right thing to do to honor the parents and relatives of these athletes and the wives and husbands of the coaches who do so much,” Muha said. So far, those nominated have included alumni, parents, student athletes, and brothers and sisters. To nominate someone on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, just shoot Muha a Facebook message on Morris Sussex Sports or drop him an email at www.morrissussexsports.com. The trading cards are being processed as they come in with requests. Morris Sussex Sports covers over 40 high schools throughout the Morris County and Sussex County area. Muha and his team cover every game with scoring updates, player interviews, and sometimes even play by play live calls at certain games through-
out the year. More importantly to Muha, it’s about giving the athletes the attention that they deserve while many local news outlets have forgone covering high school athletics. “We mainly cover high school sports, and at the end of the day, we want to highlight the good within our community. We also feel that high school athletes are some of the best people in our areas. It’s not easy to be on a team for four years. It takes good grades, managing your time, sacrifice, you are doing all the right things. These kids are the most important part of our community and at this time, we need to love on these kids. We need to show them that they matter,” Muha said. Muha also wanted to make sure that Morris Sussex fans were staying healthy and taking the proper precautions during the coronavirus. Him and the team came up with a way of designing facemasks that when purchased, all monies are being donated back to those on the front lines at this time. More information on facemasks can be found on Morris Sussex Sports’ Facebook page. And what about those seniors who play spring sports who had their seasons taken away? Morris Sussex Sports is continuing to honor them too. Each day, Morris Sussex Sports is hosting podcasts where they talk with coaches and players from teams from around the area. The Morris Sussex Sports crew is working hard to highlight every sport and every coach from the 40 high schools that they cover. They are also having discussions with some of the local college sports teams in the areas as well. “We’re hosting a daily talk show from 3:00-5:00 pm. All of a sudden, especially for these seniors, this is what they were training for and it was taken away very quickly.
When we started this, I wanted to interview every single coach and every single spring student athlete. These kids on these sports teams deserve every ounce of respect and this podcast is one way we are giving them that respect,” Muha shared. Muha is remaining hopeful that these senior athletes (including his own daughter) can still put on their school sports uniforms
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A Few Things We Want You to Know About COVID-19 & Your Eyes
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yeCare Consultants of NJ and The American Academy of Ophthalmology* share eye health tips and advice to keep you safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no doubt that COVID-19 has impacted the way we live for now as well as concerns about how it may affect our health. We want to share with you a few pearls that may guide you about COVID-19 and your eyes: Avoid touching your eyes; this is so important! By now you’ve heard about the importance of hand washing, coughing into your elbow, and keeping your hands away from your face and eyes. The last one is easier said than done, right? Here’s a suggestion, switch from contact lenses to glasses for the time being. Substituting glasses for lenses can decrease irritation and make you pause before touching your eye. Pink eye is a COVID-19 symptom, but it’s rare. About 1 to 2 percent of reported coronavirus cases show symptoms of conjunctivitis, better known as pink eye. If you
or a family member gets pink eye, don’t panic, especially if you’re not experiencing the more common coronavirus-related symptoms, such as a dry cough, shortness of breath and fever. Viral conjunctivitis is very common, plus it’s allergy season. If symptoms continue, consult with your doctor to determine if you need an in-person office visit. The malaria drugs used to treat coronavirus will not blind you. Patients who rely on hydroxychloroquine to treat autoimmune conditions such as lupus rarely experience eye damage. Only about 1 to 2 percent of patients develop retinal problems during a 5-year course of treatment. Even though patients with COVID-19 receive double the dosage, they are treated for a fraction of the time, only one to two weeks. However, if you are older than 50 and have a history of retinal disease, macular degeneration or have been exposed to the breast cancer therapy tamoxifen, discuss these drugs with your doctor. We also want to emphasize that there
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ayo Performing Arts Center has been selected as one of eight Northeast WasteWater Regional award winners by the Environmental Protection
Agency. EPA awards select WasteWise partners for their exemplary waste prevention and diversion activities. Partner awards are based on self-reported data in the categories of waste prevention, recycling and disposal. Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) created its Sustainability Plan in consultation with Sustainable Jersey, Sustainable Morristown, and The Dodge Foundation. The arts center joined WasteWise in 2017 and has since done a more comprehensive tracking of its managed waste. MPAC partners on a regular basis with The Town of Mor-
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content, further reducing its environmental footprint. During 2018, MPAC met many of its goals to create not only a more attractive facility, but also to solidify its position at the forefront of sustainability within arts and entertainment venues. MPAC’s sustainability mission statement includes not only waste reduction and recycling efforts, but also usage of low toxicity products, energy efficient lighting, LEED certified cleaning materials, and other biodegradable products. MPAC would like to be a leading example for the Town of Morristown to educate, enlighten, and encourage all businesses to develop a sustainable business strategic plan that will benefit generations to come.
How Religous Organizations Are Confronting Social Distancing
he outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 changed life as people know it. In the wake of the outbreak, hundreds of millions of people across the globe were forced to change how they work, how they spend their free time and even how they eat their meals as social distancing measures were enacted in an effort to stop the spread of a virus that, by late-March 2020, had already claimed the lives of thousands of people. Seemingly no aspect of life was unaffected by social distancing measures, including how people celebrate their faith. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, many religious organizations were forced to reconsider how they interact with their congregants. For example, in recognition of changes within
the religious realm prompted by the COVID-19 outbreak, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism provided a free list of tools and resources (www.uscj.org/synagogue-resources) to help synagogues operate more effectively. Similarly, in accordance with an executive order from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo limiting social gatherings, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany canceled all public liturgies, but also announced measures to livestream Masses and even provided a schedule of those masses through its website (www.rcda.org/livemass). Livestream religious services allow people of faith to continue to celebrate their faith. Such services also provide access to non-members who might nonetheless be looking for
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By Richard Mabey Jr. n August of 1964, a month before my twelfth birthday, a fever came over me. I acquired a severe sore throat. My Mom took me to our family doctor. He told my Mom that I needed to see a cardiologist. My Mom took me to a young cardiologist and he put me right in the hospital. The strep infection had begun to attack my heart. I was in the hospital for about a month. But, the fight wasn’t over. And, for one full year of my life, my feet never touched the ground. I was to have two more long-stay hospital visits during that year. But, the rest of the time, I was required to have strict bed rest. It was a lonely year for me. Rarely did any of my friends come to visit me, as I lied in my bed in my bedroom. The days were long. So, when my dad came home from work and climbed the stairs of the old Mabey Homestead to see me, a certain joy and hope flowed through the chambers of my heart. As many of you know, my dad worked as a truck driver for Main Trucking and Rigging in Elmwood Park. Dad would come home from work, weary and tired, but he always dug deep within himself to climb the 15 steps of our old farmhouse, as soon as he came home from work to spend time visiting me, before going back downstairs for supper. I had an old, plain, wooden chair beside my bed. Dad would come into my bedroom, after work and say something to me like, “how’s it going son?” Or, he might say to
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sneezing • After touching an animal, animal food or treats, animal cages, or animal waste • After touching garbage • If your hands are visibly dirty or greasy When washing with soap and water, the CDC advises people to wet their hands with clean running water (warm or cold) and applying soap. Lather the hands by rubbing them together with the soap, making sure to scrub all surfaces of the hands, including palms, backs, fingers, between fingers, and under the nails. Scrub for 20 seconds before rinsing hands clean under running water and drying your hands, be it with a clean towel or air drying. When to use alcohol-based hand sanitizer Hand sanitizer should not be applied to hands that are dirty or greasy. Hands that become dirty or greasy after activities such as gardening or fishing should be cleaned with soap and water. The CDC advises using alcohol-based hand sanitizer: • Before and after visiting a friend or a loved one in a hospital or nursing home, unless the person is sick with Clostridium difficile (if so, use soap and water to wash hands). • If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that
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I Remember Dad... continued from page 24 had a calm, soothing, serene voice that would bring a certain comfort to my heart. After reading my Bible to me for a while, Dad would often say to me, “Dicky Jim, you’re gonna beat this thing. You’re gonna get well. You’ll soon be going on hikes and campouts with the scouts again.” There was such a ring of faith in Dad’s voice. A strong conviction prevailed in his voice that reflected his strong faith that abided in his heart. I confess that at the age of 12, I liked it better when Dad called me Richie instead of Dicky Jim. But I think that Dad needed to talk to the little boy who used to jump on his back and Dad would give that little boy a horsey ride throughout the house.
I know this may not be able to be proven medically and scientifically, but I am convinced that the time that Dad spent reading my Bible to me every day, played a big role in my healing process. I know some of you may not agree with that. But, I know deep in the inner most chambers of my heart that it is all so very true. Life is so funny with all its twists and turns. None of us know what tomorrow will bring. I loved my father with all of my heart. He was my hero. He still is. And even though at times, I dreaded Dad calling me Dicky Jim, back when I was 12 years old, today I’d give an eye tooth to hear Dad call me Dicky Jim, just one more time. Oh, just one more time.
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s e l i m S t c e f er P s e Car Here at Perfect Smiles we don’t consider you as patients, but as our family. During this trying time we are here for you and would like to extend our thoughts and prayers for you and your family. Continue to stay safe and healthy! We will get through this together!
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