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Banking in the nun In a luxury we all Uke for granted here at the Seanhore It can be a dangeroun pantime for thone who don't take the necennary ntepn to prevent nunburn and nkin cancer Thin week and next we will dincunn nunburn and nkin cancer, how to avoid both and ntill enjoy your time in the nun In our culture we think that having a tan maken un look healthier It wann't long ago that the reverne wan true beauty and health were reflected by pale complexions Hals and gloves and umbrellas were used to shade the nkin even on the loveliest days IT TURNS OUT the benefit to suntanning Is mostly psychological In fact the sun's ultra violet rays In large doses are weakening our skin’s elasticity This will show up as wrinkles and our looking prematurely older In other words, letting yourself get a good burn once or a few times a sum mer. or deep tanning may be causing more damage than we realize. Sunburn Is when the top two layers of the skin become inflamed because they have been cooked by the sun's ultraviolet rays Normally the topmost layer is almost transparent that's why you can see your veins showing like blue rivers unde», the sur face The sun** travels through! the transparent layer and damages the delicate layer underneath as well. The area will feel hot. tender, sometimes swollen or even become blistered IT IS POSSIRI.K to get a burn where you don’t ex pect it Water, sand and snow have reflective qualities So the sun's ra^s hit your skin on the way to

earth, bounce off the ocean, pool, sand, or In winter snow, and get you again on a different part of your anatomy. Seventy to BO percent of the suns ultraviolet rays get through even on cloudy and overcast days. The rays travel through water up to a depth of at least three feet, as well. Water carries the ultraviolet rays so well that If you put on a watersoaked T-shirt, half of the sun's rays dill get through to your skin! Some people are genetically better designed to tolerate the sun than others Olive-skinned per sons have more of the special chemical that pro tects the underneath layer of skin than do fair-haired persons This chemical Is called "melanin". It is manufactured by your cells when the sun hits the top surface of your skin this Is called tanning The tan protects the skin underneath from some of the damaging rays This helps prevent sunburn, but doesn't stop the wrinkles and the accelerated aging of your skin Blacks are best able to tolerate sun because of the heavy concentration of melanin in their skin CERTAIN DRUGS can make your skin more sen sitive to the sun These in elude certain antibiotics, barbiturates, birth control pills, and certain an tibacterial agents in medicated soaps and creams Occasionally, some perfumes can epuse a sun-sensitive reaction The sun is a good source of Vitamin D Bat so is a balanced diet f Sun in moderate doses! can be helpful in reliei||ng such conditions as asthma, acne, psoriasis and aching joints The worst outcome of

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Homemakers Help With Care

ovor-«xposurc to the nun can be akin cancer In America 300,000 new caw* develop each year Early xignx arc dark patchc* and acaly grey growth*, these are called "keratones" Theae growth* are sometime* malignant OTHER IMPORTANT skin cancer warning nign* Include; a) a sore that will not heal, b) development of an ununual pigmented (colored) area that vou didn't have before, and c) change in the size or color of a mole or wart Often these changes will prove to be insignificant, but the only way to know is to have your family physician ex amine the area Found early, skin cancer is easily removed and treated. Waiting can mean extensive surgery, or In n small number of coses—death This column Is a project of the public education committee of the Cape May County division of the American Cancer Society Readers desiring material regarding skin cancer are encouraged to contact the office In Rio Grande. Next week Preventive medicine approactypn !o dealing wllk Ike sun and enjayins It Bring a friend. Donate Blood together. + & ~ \V IIIV tp\\ iil> *

NOTE Tht» Is the ftfth In a sertes of artlcl** by Flrat Call for Help, a division of Ike United Way of 'Cape May County, ex pialnlng human service agencies First Call, at 729-2235, can refer persons to the appropriate agency Jersey Cape Visiting Homemakers have been helping residents of Cape May County, numbering 200 last month, to maintain themselves at home thereby eliminating the need for instltutionaliza tlon or hospitalization This United Way Agency celebrated its 24th birthday In May and has grown to have 00 certified aides working There is an office staff of five and a board of directors of fifteen who volunteer their services A Jersey Cape Visiting aide offers personal care such as helping a client bathe and dress, ambulate, shop and help with fo<xl reparation, and they will eep the client's environ ment tidy and fresh, but the aides do not do general housecleaning They are skilled al child care for the ill or absent mother, and provide respite care for the ill or retarded if the family needs a break away from

the home

THROUGH A contract with the Division of Youth and Family Services, the Visiting Homemakers offer training, counseling, education, and nutritional counseling in homes where there has been child abuse or neglect Through a similar agreement with the New Jersey Department of Mental Retardation, the

aides will provide respite care for a mentally retard ed member of the family to allow a change of activity for all members of the family The Visiting Homemakers' office Is in the County Social Services Building In Rio Grande, and they are reached al (WV RWfl The fees for ser vices are based on a sliding scale, and although the fees

Why do libraries hold summer reading clubs 0 Tbev are a lot of extra work, take months of plan ning. and In general re quire a great deal of effort and enthusiasm from the entire slaff Mostly, it is to encourage youngsters to read just for the fun of it No IxHik reports, no pushing of classics, no one particular book you have to read hut the chance to read that book a friend recommend ed. the joke book the teacher wouldn't allow for a report one that was disqualified because it was below or above Iho academic reading level I don't tend to worry if a youngster is in the stage where he wants to read every JuJ^e book, ever printed or the entire set of Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew mysteries, as long as they are reading They'll outgrow the Joke books as

are often very modest, the clients are able to feel fhat they are participating with their aide in personal and home care Golden Couple AVAI/)N Samuel and Rosalie Shirley celebrated their 50th wedding anniver sary and 50th year In the resort Saturday during an afternoon lawn reception with friends

humor and if nothing else, .formula fiction, though it doesn't strain the vocabulary, does help in Improving reading speed When helping a child to select a hook, I may give capsule summaries to whet their interest on several iHKiks and include a classic, hul experience has shown me that children select what they are interested in and ready to enjoy Rracllng interests that are a I [owed to develop in stead *of being pushed to "classics" or award win ners, etc . will develop into a personal pleasure that assignments, term papers and everyday life will

never dull

Libraries fry to cultivate the fun and pleasure aspects of reading with children by using theme related summer reading clubs to help lay the foun c. da I ions Hence the extra ef forts and kids make the en thusiasm easy

they develop a sense of

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