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City on track for pot dispensary Woodstock expecting to get medical marijuana business; McHenry likely to miss out dispensary licenses and 18 cultivation center licenses for medical marijuana this week, leaving four WOODSTOCK – A proposed med- cultivation centers and eight dispenical marijuana dispensary in Wood- saries to be decided, including those stock is on its way to becoming a that would serve McHenry County reality while a larger marijuana cul- residents. tivation center slated for McHenry Because of population size, seems to be on its last legs. McHenry County will receive only Gov. Bruce Rauner approved 52 one of the 60 eligible dispensaries
By JEFF ENGELHARDT
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and it appears that business will be located in Woodstock. Village Board members approved zoning for a dispensary in the fall, and the state recently approved the business to complete the registration process. While the business – Ultimate Treatments Ltd. – did not receive full licensure yet, it also is not on the “further review” list that has slowed
the process for five potential Illinois dispensaries. Cort Carlson, community and economic development director for Woodstock, said village officials are continuing under the assumption the business will come to the community. “The whole process sort of changed with the administration
change in Springfield, and it has been slower than anticipated,” Carlson said. “But from our operations, they are ready to go whenever the state gives them permission.” The dispensary, if approved as expected, would be at 2300-2312 S. Eastwood Drive and serve 10 to 12 people
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HEART SCREENINGS OFFERED AT WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOLS
By LINDSEY TANNER The Associated Press
Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com
Centegra Wellness technician Maggie Whiting performs an EKG screening recently on freshman Andrew Gappert, 14, at Woodstock High School. An EKG test can detect about 40 percent of those at risk for sudden cardiac arrest.
Teenagers’ heart health put to test EKG, or electrocardiogram, screens to about 200 participating students. The low-cost, non-invasive screens were offered to record the electrical activity to detect hidden heart abnormalities in students. Teens who signed up underwent the tests during their physical education classes, and By CHELSEA McDOUGALL for most, it took about 10 minutes. If Dr. Mocmcdougall@shawmedia.com hammad Kizilbash, the Centegra cardiologist WOODSTOCK – On a recent cold and snowy reading the scans, detected even the slightest afternoon, Woodstock High School teamed up abnormality, he would order a more thorough with Centegra to find teenagers with broken echocardiogram, which in layman’s terms is hearts. an ultrasound of the heart. In two days of testNo, not tales of adolescent romantic woe, ing, and about 200 participating students bebut rather District 200 joined Centegra to offer tween the two high schools, none were found.
D-200 students sign up for low-cost EKGs
But, “it’s peace of mind for parents,” said Lisa Tate, the district’s director of health services. The most common cause for sudden cardiac death in teenagers is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Dr. Kizilbash said. It’s a disease that often presents no symptoms of an underlying heart disease. “Often, the first time we have a symptom it’s too late,” Kizilbash said. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, is more common in athletes and can be triggered by intense athletic activity. Stories of the star
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“We want to find those abnormalities before something much worse can happen.”
CHICAGO – Measles infections in five babies at a Palatine day care center reveal a potential weak link in public-health efforts to contain the disease, officials said Friday, explaining that infants who are too young to be vaccinated and in close quarters are among the most vulnerable to the virus. “They’re sort of like the canary in the mine,” said Dr. Tina Tan, an infectious disease specialist at Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital. State regulations in Illinois and elsewhere generally require vaccinations for older children in day care centers, but measles shots are not recommended for children under age 1. And like most states, Illinois does not require vaccinations for day care center staffers. “Unfortunately, there is no requirement. But this is on our radar,” said Melaney Arnold, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health. The cases are among more than 100 nationwide this year, most of them linked with a Disneyland outbreak. Ten other young children at the suburban center were exposed and are being monitored for symptoms. This year’s cases also include an infant at a Santa Monica, California, day care center that closed temporarily this week. Fourteen infants from that center have been quarantined at home for three weeks. Dr. Julie Morita, acting commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, said this year’s outbreaks highlight the major reasons for immunizations against a rare disease. The shots are not just for self-protection. They also provide what experts call “herd immunity” – protection for those too young or too sick to be vaccinated, including infants in day care.
Celine Pope, Centegra’s wellness manager
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