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PHOENIX — Phoenix officials willbe looking for an outside water sup-plier to solve water quality issuesplaguing the village.
Village officials had been consider-ing three possible courses of action toaddress the quality of Phoenix's drink-ing water. Tests done by both thecounty and state health departmentshave showed that the village's twodrinking water wells are susceptible toground water infiltration.
A 2013 village drinking water re-port states that those conditions leavethe wells at a "medium-high suscepti-bility rating for pesticides, metals andnitrates due to the unconfinedaquifer."
The wells were also given a "high-risk rating for petroleum products,bacteria, protozoa, viruses, cations/an-ions, halogenated solvents and otherindustrial organics due to nearby landuse activities."
Through both news and socialmedia, some residents have been pub-licly calling for village officials to takeaction on the matter. They describetheir water as murky "like chocolatemilk," and emitting chemical odors.
After the 2013 drinking water reportwas released, village officials say theybegan working to eliminate the voidsin the ground that allow surface waterto reach the wells. However, thatcourse of action hasn't yielded strongenough results.
The Oswego County Health De-partment gave the village until the endof October to settle on a differentcourse of action, which could have in-cluded putting in completely newwells, implementing a filtration sys-
Sandy Creek football reaches sectional title game
Large grain harvest means more business for portBy BRIAN [email protected]
OSWEGO – A record soybean har-vest for New York state this year willmean business and jobs at the Port ofOswego Authority, according to portexecutive director and CEO ZelkoKirincich.
“Increased cargo means increasedlabor, increased jobs, and most likelywill lead to more shipments by thewaterway and the rail,” he said.
According to Dennis Lard, a re-gional manager for Perdue Agribusi-ness, New York state grew about 18.5million bushels of soybeans this sea-son, a 33 percent increase over the ap-proximately 13 million bushels fromlast year.
Lard said corn production for theyear is up, although wheat productionis down by about 25 percent. Brian Zahn photo
Port workers unload a shipment of this yearʼs record soybean crop into the portʼsbarrel building. The port uses the barrel building for crop storage.
Katko topsMaffei inlandslide
By BENJAMIN [email protected]
OSWEGO — Republican JohnKatko unseated Democratic Con-gressman Daniel Maffei in the tightlycontested race for the 24th congres-sional district, and Democrat PatMcLaughlin unofficially defeated in-cumbent Republican Councilor MikeMyers in the city of Oswego’s 2ndWard.
McLaughlin defeated Myers, R-2ndWard, by just 12 votes, 290 to 278.
Dick Atkins, Democratic Board ofElections commissioner, said absenteeballots and affidavits would becounted beginning Nov. 12, with offi-cial results coming no later than thefirst week in December.
“It’s awful close,” said McLaughlinin a phone interview Tuesday night,“but if it holds out, the work’s just be-ginning.”
McLaughlin said if he wins, it’s be-cause people in Oswego want change.
“I predict a lot of close races nextyear,” said McLaughlin, making his
Eby votedin as familycourt judge
By BRIAN [email protected]
OSWEGO – Oswego County voterselected Republican judicial candidateJim Eby as the county’s second familycourt judge Tuesday night, defeatingDemocratic candidate Lou AnneRucynski Coleman.
Eby secured 16,254 votes in Tues-day’s election, while Coleman re-ceived 10,786 votes in unofficialtotals, according to the county Boardof Elections.
The family court judge position,which is new, was created by the stateSenate and Assembly. Eby, who alsoran on the Conservative and Inde-pendence party lines, will join JudgeKimberly Seager in family court.
Eby was appointed as the familycourt attorney for Oswego County in1978, a role he has served in untilnow.
“I’m obviously very pleased withthe results and I’m looking forward toworking hard in the new position forthe citizens of this county and to ad-dress the amount of trust they haveplaced in me,” he said.
Eby said he thinks the voters con-
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Starting with the issue in your handsof The Oswego County Advertiser,The Palladium-Times and The ValleyNews, both publications of SampleNews, have merged their two respec-tive free weekly publications into onepublication.
The new publication will be distrib-uted free of charge on Saturdays toanyone who was previously receivingthe weekly publications from The Pal-ladium-Times and/or The Valley News’weekly publication The Patriot Ad-vertiser.
“By merging our two weekly publi-cations and in concert with our dailynewspapers, we now offer one of thewidest networks of print media in Os-wego County. Add to this our digitalplatforms and growing mobile solu-tions, and we have an impressive andexceptional marketplace to bring buy-ers and sellers together every day,”said Jon Spaulding, the publisher ofboth The Palladium-Times and TheValley News. “Oswego County Adver-tiser readers will get a weekly sam-pling of the great local news andsports coverage of The Palladium-Times and The Valley News. No onecovers Oswego County better and noone does local better than our team ofmedia professionals.”
For a history of the Fulton Patriot,which was the long-running predeces-sor of The Patriot Advertiser, see Page4.
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Fulton resident Randy Nealʼs photograph “An Evening Swim,” taken at the Sterling Nature Center, was recently selectedas the first-place winner of the Cayuga Naturally photograph contest.
Fulton man claims first prize in photo contestBy Colin Hogan
It took him more than an hour tosneak up on the trio of ducks swim-ming in Lake Ontario and land the per-fect shot, but for Fulton’s Randy Neal,it was well worth the effort.
Neal was recently named the winnerof this year’s Cayuga Naturally photo-graph contest, held each year by theSterling Nature Center. His winningshot, entitled “An Evening Swim,”captures three ducks peacefully glidingalong the top of a placid lake setting,just off the coast of the nature center inthe early evening.
This wasn’t the first time the hobby-ist photographer entered the contest,nor was it the first time he won it. Butthis time Neal decided that supportingthat nature center was more importantthan the $100 prize.
“I just decided to donate it back to
the center,” Neal said. “That sort of feltlike the right thing to do this time. I’vegotten a lot of great photographs fromthere over the years, and I wanted topay back what they’ve given to me.”
Neal, whose nine-to-five career iswith a local car dealership, carries ahigh level of enthusiasm for his art. Inaddition to this winning shot, he alsoclaimed honorable mention for twoother photographs he submitted to thisyear’s contest.
“I just do it as a hobby, and I have alot of fun doing it,” Neal said. “It keepsme busy on the weekends.”
An avid wildlife photographer, Nealends up with a lot of possible entries tosend to the nature center’s annual con-test. Each year, participants are askedto submit works that depict the naturalbeauty within Cayuga County.
According to Jim D’Angelo of theSterling Nature Center, this year’s con-test received 46 entries from 17 differ-
ent photographers. Prizes wereawarded to one first-place winner, threesecond-place winners and three third-place winners. There were also 14 pho-tographs selected as honorablementions.
Neal said landing the shot for “AnEvening Swim” took a lot of patience.
“By the time I snuck up on them, gotso I had the sun at my back, sat down,and then waited for them to swim closeenough that I could get the right shot, Iwas probably out there more than anhour,” Neal said. “I guess in that sense,it’s a lot like hunting. It takes a lot ofpatience.”
Also representing Oswego Countyamong the winners was the photo“Butterfly,” by Jim Kraus of Oswego,which won second-place.
D’Angelo said all of the photographswill be on display at the Sterling Na-ture Center for public viewing.
Man charged with murder in Pulaski drowningBy BRIAN [email protected]
OSWEGO – A 32-year-old manfrom Baldwinsville was arraignedWednesday in Oswego County Courton murder and manslaughter chargesin connection to the Aug. 10 drown-ing of 17-year-old Anne-Rose Shovein the town of Richland.
In an indictment filed Oct. 30 butunsealed Wednesday, authoritiescharged Steven Szatanek of Bald-winsville with second-degree murderand manslaughter after Shove’s body
was pulled from Lake Ontario in theafternoon of Aug. 10.
Szatanek, who was out on parolefrom burglary charges when he al-legedly murdered Shove, was arrestedMonday by state police at the Grove-land Correctional Facility. He’s cur-rently being held in the OswegoCounty Correctional Facility withoutbail.
District Attorney Greg Oakes andstate police Captain Mark Lincoln an-nounced the arrest Wednesday, sayingthey hoped it would bring some meas-ure of relief to Shove’s family.
“It can’t be underestimated thevalue of locking up a predator whowas targeting teenage girls,” said Lin-coln. “We know that this can’t bringAnna back, but I’m hoping this an-swers a few questions for her family.”
In his statement to police, Szatanektold police he was at Brennan’s BeachCampground, where Shove’s bodywas found on the shoreline of LakeOntario around 4 p.m. on Aug. 10.
Szatanek told police he was camp-ing with his girlfriend and her brotherfor the weekend, and that he met
Shove and several other youngwomen that weekend.
Shove had been staying with herfamily in an RV on the weekend shedisappeared. She went to the beachalone about four hours before herbody was found, according to police.
Police asked the public for helpfinding a man named Steve in his 20sor 30s with tattoos on his chest.
Oakes said Wednesday that theyfound Szatanek fit the description, andbegan to build up a case againstSzatanek as he served a jail term in
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GUIDE TOOSWEGO COUNTYThe Guide to Oswego County is justthat…a guide! This section has ref-erence guides and directories to var-ious venues, attractions and localbusinesses. The Guide is a greatway to give your business top ofmind awareness. Newcomers andlongtime residents need to be re-minded of all the great places to visitand shop in the area. This guide provides them with the meansto do that because it contains pertinent information that can bereferenced all year long. The guide covers everyoneʼs interests.10,000 copies are distributed; a full run in The Palladium-Timesand extra copies to area businesses throughout the entire yearthat welcome new visitors to the area. The guide will also have ayear-long posting on palltimes.com.
HARBORFESTThe Palladium-Times partners with Os-wego Harborfestivals Inc., to bring youthe official, full color, glossy Harborfestmagazine. This yearʼs 26th anniversarymagazine is going to contain even morevaluable featured content and festivalcoverage. It will also contain a pull-outfeature, containing a schedule of eventsand their locations, that visitors cancarry with them throughout the week-end. This year we will continue to makethe magazine available for purchase but with added value in theform of coupon savings from participating vendors. This is justone more reason for Oswegonians and visitors to seek out thisessential guide to Harborfest! Harborfest 2013 is July 25-28.
SUNY MARKETPLACENew and returning students are gettingready to come back to Oswego and thatmeans theyʼre going to be looking forthings to do in the area. SUNY Market-place magazine is a full color glossypublication that contains only ads.These ads display discounts, couponsand special offers that the students cantake advantage of. We drop copiesthroughout the campus with the supportof SUNY and the Campus Community Relations Committee. Thismagazine is also inserted into the paper so you can reach oursubscribers as well. In addition you will also reach audiences atnearly 50 different local businesses where we will be droppingcopies of the magazine.
PAINT THE TOWN PINKPaint the Town Pink is a wonderfulpromotion to honor October as Na-tional Breast Cancer AwarenessMonth. The Palladium-Times andlocal businesses partner to bring thispromotion back for a fourth year.Weʼre going to have PINK newspaperon the first Monday of the month(complementing our EverydayWomen Feature) and for all ads pur-chased to run on that day we will donate a percentage back to alocal breast cancer awareness organization. Also, for purchasingan ad on that day you will be given a free ad in our PINK newsprintspecialty tab running in mid October, containing information onprevention and awareness with a local angle. Both of these edi-tions will be heavily promoted before they run, increasing theamount of readers your ad will be seen by. Now you have achance to promote your business while donating to a good cause!Please help us support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
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As part of “Read Around thePlanet,” second-graders atParish Elementary School(PES) made connections withsecond-graders from across theU.S. and Canada during specialvideoconferences made possi-ble through Oswego CountyBOCES’ Distance Learning De-partment.
Laurie Ouderkirk, distancelearning coordinator forBOCES, arranged for the cele-bration as part of the nationalreading week from Feb. 27-March 2. The videoconferenceconnected PES with schools inVirginia, Michigan and Alberta,Canada.
The classes connected prior tothe videoconference to collabo-rate on a specific reading proj-ect so each class would beprepared for the time of sharing.One class read the same booksin preparation and then played atrivia game where clues weregiven and the other school hadto guess which book was beingreferenced. Each class sharedinformation about their commu-nity, and a question-and-answer time allowedinteraction between the classes.
The PES students were sur-prised by how similar they wereto the students from many milesaway. Stephanie Huebner’sclass was surprised to discoverthat Laura Bridges’s class at Hi-denwood Elementary School inNewport News, Va., beganevery class with a special morn-ing greeting. Two students fromParish Elementary demon-strated their special “motorcy-cle” morning greeting they hadused that day, and the class fromVirginia was so impressed thatthey said they would incorpo-rate the greeting into one of theirmorning meetings in the nearfuture. The two classes eachread four books and then tookturns giving clues about a bookwhile the other class guessedwhich book they were talkingabout. After that, the schoolsshared information about theircommunity with one another
and geography for the area.In spite of being so very dif-
ferent in many ways, the stu-dents from Edmonton in theAlberta province of Canadafound similarities in what theylike to do in their free time withsecond-grade students at PES inMelissa Thomas’ reading class.Living in a large urban city innorthwestern Canada in com-parison with small, rural Parish
in Oswego County, the studentsfrom Edmonton were surprisedto learn that Parish has no stoplight or public transportationsuch as taxis, buses and light railtransit. The students in Parishwere surprised to learn that Os-wego County receives far moresnowfall on average than theyreceive much farther north inEdmonton.
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OCB students awarded 20medals at SkillsUSA competition
Twenty career and technical education highschool students from Oswego County BOCESwere awarded medals at the SkillsUSA Area IIRegional Competition in mid-February. Held atthe State University College of Technology atDelhi, this annual competition gave BOCES stu-dents an opportunity to compete against otherarea high school students in timed technical,trade and leadership contests.
First-place medals in the following contestcategories were awarded to Angel Caster, Han-nibal, Action Skills; Jacob Baker, Fulton, Colli-sion Repair Technology; Sara Bartlett, Fulton,Customer Service; Angel Torres, Fulton, Inter-networking; and Melissa Perry, Central Square,Job Skills Demonstration Open.
Second-place medals in the following contestcategories were award to Kassi Schultz, Mexico,Criminal Justice; Anthony Wiley, Pulaski, Col-lision Repair Technology; James Sperino III, Os-wego, Extemporaneous Speaking; WhitneyFord, Oswego, Nail Care; Meghan Williams,Mexico, Photography; Amber Canale, Oswego,Pre-School Teaching Assistant; Kyle Norton,Oswego, Related Technical Math; and Joseph
Polly, Fulton, Technical Computer Applications.Third-place medals in the following contest
categories were award to Malinda Reed, Altmar-Parish-Williamstown, Action Skills; NelsonLeach, Fulton, Computer Maintenance Technol-ogy; Michael LaClair, Hannibal, Criminal Jus-tice; Justin Dix, Mexico, ExtemporaneousSpeaking; Cody White, Central Square, Inter-networking; Haley Valentine, Oswego, Job In-terview; and Courtney Geers, Oswego,Technical Computer Applications.
Oswego BOCES students will go on to com-pete in the upcoming SkillsUSA State Competi-tion in Syracuse on April 25, 26 and 27 at theNew York State Fairgrounds.
SkillsUSA is a national organization that pro-vides quality educational experiences for stu-dents in leadership, teamwork, citizenship andcharacter development. It builds and reinforcesself-confidence, work attitudes and communica-tions skills. It emphasizes high ethical standards,superior work skills, life-long education andpride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also pro-motes understanding of the free-enterprise sys-tem and involvement in community service.
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Above left, Oswego County BOCES career and technical education high school student Sara Bartlettwas awarded a first-place medal in the customer service contest of the SkillsUSA Area II RegionalCompetition at SUNY Delhi. Bartlett is from the Fulton City School District and is a student in theFloral Design and Greenhouse Technology program at OCB; James Sperino III, a BOCES careerand technical education student, won a second-place medal in the extemporaneous speaking con-test of the competition. Sperino is a high school student from the Oswego City School District and isa student in the Heavy Equipment Repair and Operations program at BOCES; and Nelson Leach, aBOCES career and technical education student was awarded a third place, bronze medal in the com-puter maintenance technology contest. Leach is a high school student from the Fulton City SchoolDistrict and is enrolled in the Computer Systems and Networking – A+ program at BOCES.
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Students from Edmonton were impressed with the reading pirateship located in the right corner of Melissa Thomas’ reading roomat Parish Elementary School. The two groups found they had morein common than they thought considering the geographical differ-ence between the rural Parish community and the large urban Ed-monton, whose population is 1 million people. Reading, videogames and playing outside seemed a common thread among mostsecond-graders, regardless of where they live.
Fulton celebrates Music in Our Schools MonthThroughout Music In Our Schools Month, more than 1,500 students in the Fulton City School Dis-
trict Music Department will perform in March to celebrate Fulton’s musical “Tradition of Excel-lence ” The public is invited to all the performances free of charge
The Palladium-Times I SATURDAY, March 10, 2012 C-1
By ERIN [email protected]
OSWEGO TOWN — A classiccolonial house on a dead-end street,tucked away from the noise of traffic,has hit the market in what local resi-dents consider “the best neighbor-hood” around.
The four-bedroom house is locatedat 42 Seven Pines Drive, in the townof Oswego, and is owned by Dave andMary Jean Cowell. The couple raisedtheir family in this home, and now thatboth are retired, the house is way toobig for the two of them.
“It’s time for another family tomove in,” Mrs. Cowell said. Shenoted they lived there for the last 22years.
The house was built in 1989 and oc-cupies 2,184 square feet. The Cowells’house was the fourth or fifth in the de-velopment to be built. When the cou-ple’s three children were growing up,there ended up being 14 houses with33 youths living in the neighborhood.
“Now all us old folks are selling andnow they’re starting again. Last year,the senior graduated, the last of thefirst group (of residents), and nowthere’s three houses that have kids,”Mrs. Cowell said. “The whole neigh-borhood is rejuvenating. It’s so safe.It’s a dead end, everybody knowseverybody and it’s never going to beany bigger.”
It sits on 1.17 acres, has numeroustrees on the property and not too muchof a lawn to cut. During the warmerweather, the trees offer a full foliageview for the backside windows of thehome. Mrs. Cowell noted that the rea-son they purchased the plot of landand had it built is because they wantedto raise their family in the country,which is only three miles from SUNYOswego and there are plenty of safebiking opportunities in the develop-ment.
“The land behind there is ours. Wenever cleared it because we did wantth t ” h id “W t d f
The two-story house features a frontand back porch. The extra wide frontporch is covered by the eave of theroof and has enough space for outdoorfurniture. Currently there is anAdirondack chair, a rocking chair andreinforced porch swing, the latter willstay with the house. The back deck isconnected to the family room at thefar end of the house and also has aunique feature — a tree growing upthrough the porch.
“We love the deck. It’s like you’rein the middle of the canopy out there,”Mrs. Cowell said. She noted that sheloves her gardens that she installedand that there are many unique plantsthat bloom during the warm weather.
Upon entering the front door, one isgreeted by the living room. A largeoriental rug sits in the middle of thespace, and three sides of the room fea-ture plush and comfy furniture. Thisincludes a black leather couch andlove seat set, along with a dark bluevelvet loveseat. A large square arch-way next to the velvet love seat leadsinto the dining room.
A rectangular dining room table sitsin the middle of the room on top of an-other fancy rug. The rest of the floor-ing is made up of hardwoods, andhand drawn family portraits hangabove an antique wooden chair in thecorner. There are other pieces of an-tique furniture situated in this room,including a wooden desk and Chinacabinet, and other wall hangings dec-orate the space.
“This is a real nice dining room areahere,” said Ed Fayette, of Century 21Galloway. He is the listing agent forthe property. “This has got a lot ofroom for lots of furniture.”
The kitchen is just off the diningroom, and features plenty of cupboardspace. Fayette noted that this roomjust had new Corian countertops in-stalled. There is a hood vent over theflat top electric stove, and also anothersmall counterspace between the fridgeand cupboards where a coffee station
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fast table, with two chairs sitting oneither end and a plant perched on top.The family room has a large rectangu-lar opening in lieu of a wall, allowingfor people to see one another in thisroom and the kitchen. There is morecomfy furniture located here, withblack and brown leather recliners sta-tioned in front of the opening. Thereis also a large bookshelf that is hometo a wide variety of books and trinketscollected over the years. Behind thebookshelf is a hook-up ready for afireplace if one wanted to install one.Also in this room is the sliding glassdoor that leads to the back porch.
“I didn’t want a fireplace. Wemoved from a house that had two fire-places. They’re messy,” Mrs. Cowellsaid.
Off the family room is the laundryroom which is just outside the en
bathroom in this area, so family mem-bers would not have to travel upstairsto the two full bathrooms.
The house’s four bedrooms are alllocated on the second floor. At the topof the stairs to the left is the masterbedroom. This features a simple,comfy-looking bed, with plenty ofwooden dressers, end tables and atrunk. This is the largest bedroom inthe house and has plenty of space foradditional furniture of any sort. Thereis a huge walk-in closet that is dividedevenly for his and hers sides. Themaster bathroom also is attached tothe bedroom.
All of the bathrooms were doneover by Mr. Cowell himself after heretired. They feature new sinks, vani-ties, painting and the like.
The other full bathroom in thehouse is located next to the master
ter bedroom. It sports a double-doorlarge closet and lots of room for allsorts of furniture.
The second additional bedroom issmaller than the other two but is still agood size, and the third one is slightlysmaller than the first. All have closetsand carpeting.
The basement of the house is a full,dry basement. There is not any damp-ness, mold or mustiness in this space.There is also a large double-dooropening leading to the outside. A rampis situated beyond the doors and largeoutdoor vehicles can be driven intothe basement and stored. There is alsoplenty of room for storage as built-inshelving units line the north wall.There are also two heating systems,the traditional furnace and the woodstove for when the power goes out
Newer family home full of amenities, in a beautiful location
OSWEGO — The SUNYOswego women’s studies de-partment’s 23rd annual“Women Aloud” performanceson Thursday, March 8, willhighlight 150 years of growthand change in feminism on the
cation studies, and Jonel Lan-genfeld-Rial, of theatre, willserve as co-emcees. Performerswill include faculty membersLaura Brown, of human devel-opment; Anne Fairbrother, ofcurriculum and instruction; Lyn
Blanchfield, of history; and AnaDjukic-Cocks, of modern lan-guages and literatures. Studentcast members are AndreaDougan, Melissa Lampman, In-eisha Williford and ElsaaBatista
Tickets will be available at thedoor. Those attending also maycontribute additional donationsto the Women’s Studies Schol-arship fund. Parking is free incampus lots for those attendingthis event
The Palladium-Times6 – MONDAY, March 5, 2012
OUT LOUDTHINKINGBy RONALD UVA
Contributing Writer
Our pregnant patients fre-quently ask us about the “dosand don’ts” of travel. Manyhave received erroneous in-formation from well-meaningfriends and relatives and putoff vacations and even routinetravel unnecessarily.
The best time to travel is be-tween 14-28 weeks, since by14 weeks most morning sick-ness has passed and after 28weeks it is harder to sit for along period of time. A generalrule is to listen to what yourbody is telling you. If travel-ing by land, try to remembernot to travelfor greaterthan five orsix hourswithout atleast gettingout to stretch.There is cer-tainly a risk of developingblood clots in the legs if thereis no attention to circulation.
Pregnant or not, seat beltsare the law, and a good one atthat. Both the lap and shoul-der belts should be worn, andthe lap belt should be belowthe belly. The shoulder beltshould be between the breasts.Do not turn off the airbag.Minor injury in an accidentcaused by the air bag will usu-ally be far less than the risksto the woman and the babyfrom a front-end collision.Train and bus travel are fine,but hold handrails when mov-ing about as the ride can be
is still pandemic, caused by abite of a certain mosquito andhas even been reported in theCaribbean. It causes anemiathat can result in miscarriage,small babies, stillbirth andother problems. Choleracauses severe diarrhea and de-hydration. Some vaccines aresafe while pregnant, others arenot. Consult with your doctor.Other countries also havegerms that can make you sickwhile the locals are generallyimmune. Aside from cholera,even traveler’s diarrhea cancause severe dehydration in apregnant woman that can bedangerous to mother andbaby.
A few rules (to be adheredto by non-pregnant travelersalso): drink only bottled wateror canned and bottled juices.Be sure that dairy products arepasteurized; don’t put ice indrinks; avoid food from streetvendors and only eat fruitsand vegetables that have beencooked or peeled; avoid rawor undercooked meat or fish.
More people are travelingand doing so in more far awaylands and for greater lengthsof time. Take the time to dis-cuss with your doctor yourplans. He can help you plansafety, but please do not disre-gard the advice to not travel ifthat is what your doctor feels.It would be far better to put offthe trip rather than deliver in ahospital or clinic where noone speaks English and haveto go through the potential ofincredible red tape just to gethome
TODAY'S HEALTHFOR THE EMPOWERED WOMAN
Travel during pregnancy By DEBBIE HOUGHContributing Writer
I am “sensitive.” I can feel things, emo-tionally and physically, much more sharplythan my friends do. I remember back ingrade school, the teacher would line us up inthe hallway and parade us down to the gym.In denial, I always assumed we were in fora treat, like a magic show or a filmstrip, butthen I’d see what was really going on andget all upset. The kids next to me would ask“What are you crying about?” and I’d say,“We’re getting shots.”
“So? Shots don’t hurt.”“Yes, they do!” I’d wail. I came to believe
that unlike my peers, my nerves were justunder the first layer of skin. Every pinch,punch, fall and subsequent bruising felt likean ice pick attack. Slivers, bee stings androad rash were sheer torture and the astrin-gent remedies for them had me diving underthe bed in terror. I was called a big baby formost of my childhood, which only added tomy complex.
As life progressed, I realized there wasmore to it than being sensitive to physicalpain. I could sense other people’s pain. Icould even feel their anguish when theywere suffering. It seemed like I cried overeverything and wondered what was wrongwith me. It’s no wonder that I suffer fromanxiety.
I’m sensitive to medications, too, and canonly take half the required dosage as nor-mal people. A full dose of Nyquil will leaveme bug-eyed half the night, and a wholeteeny tiny Xanax puts me in a stupor. A flushot is just not happening.
Then there’s my olfactory. I can smell asmoker from across the room. In fact odorsare becoming downright obnoxious as I age.To my husband’s lament, onions and pep-pers are now too pungent to cook with.Magazines with perfume samples have tobe tossed out. Laundry detergents and dryersheets are so strong that I can’t be in a smallroom with anyone who has freshly laun-dered clothing because my tongue starts tin-gling, causing me to worry that my throatmight close up.
A few years back, I keptsniffing the air in thegarage and telling myhubby that there was a badsmell out there. He’d comeout but couldn’t detectanything. Still I couldsmell a stink as surely asI’m sitting here. I’d ask him everyday tocheck it out: Did he leave fish guts in abucket somewhere, or worms in a box. Andeach day he would look around the garageand find nothing.
A dry spell hit and I filled one of the wa-tering cans in the garage with water fromthe hose and went to freshen the front gar-den. I tipped the watering can up but noth-ing sprinkled out. I shook it and tried again.Nope. I twisted off the sprinkler tip and dis-covered what the smell had been. Bulgingout of the spout was the head of a deadmouse. Let me tell you, I freaked andshrieked. I dropped that watering can as if itwere on fire and started dancing an Irish jigfor the whole neighborhood. I suppose theneighbors thought they were helping whenthey called 911, but it took a lot of fast-talk-
ing to keep the nice man in the white coatfrom taking me for a ride.
Then there are my taste buds. I’ve justcome to realize why I don’t care for fancyfood or desserts. As a rule, I don’t even trynew foods unless the ingredients line up inmy head. One day at Calico Gals I was of-fered a stacked treat. I looked at it andthought, “Well, I like pretzels, and I loveHershey kisses, and the M&M on top is an-other favorite” so I tried it. The very firstsensation of the salt mixing with the choco-late was tasty, but then the dryness of thepretzel kicked in and I said to myself, “Oh,this is not right.” I wanted to spit it on thetable and teach them the error of their ways,but I didn’t. I managed to swallow it, thenjust pried the pretzels off a few more andthrew them away while savoring the choco-lates.
But now I know why chocolate andvanilla ice cream have plenty of flavor forme. It’s because strawberry and beyond putme in sensory overload. I discovered thiswhile eating toast this morning. As the but-ter danced over my tongue, I noted that ittasted every bit as sweet to me as if I wereeating jelly on my toast. So why bother withjelly? Since I make jelly I know that thesugar outweighs the fruit ratio anyway.
For the majority of my life I beat myselfup for being abnormal. Then a few yearsago something clicked and I was no longerashamed of being what I was. I realized thatGod made me this way for a reason, perhapsso that I could be more useful to Him.
Then again, maybe I’m His comedy act.
: Sensitive
‘Women Aloud’ to celebrate growth of feminism in dance, song, readings
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