| Allan Appel: Too many? Too few? Some words on handicapped parking
I don't like to write about handicapped parking. At least not about its technical requirements. Regular handicapped parking spaces versus van-accessible allocations, etc. After all, I don't want my readers to get bored. But sometimes people need to know the technicalities of a subject. .
Senior Health
Walking club Round Lake Area Park District Fitness Plus indoor track offers senior citizens the chance to walk year round in the Senior Walking Club. A Fitness Plus staff member is on hand for guidance and to answer questions. The track has three lanes and is designed for minimal stress on joints and muscles. Walking sessions are from 1 to 2 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The fee per three-month session is $5 for Senior Center members, $10 for nonmembers. Details: (847) 546-8558. Free screenings Vista Health in Waukegan offers a variety of programs and health screenings for area residents 55 and older. Free blood pressure screenings are offered from 9 to 11 a.m. every Monday at Victory Lakes Continuing Care Center, Lindenhurst. Details: (800) 843-2464.
Bariatric Patient Gets A New Lease On Life
In life, we experience some of our greatest blessings when we least expect them. Such was the case for Janice Abbey who believes God has blessed in her some incredible ways over the past few months.
At around 2 p.m. on Dec. 4, Jan and her son, Rick, stopped by her parents home where Rick planned to make some small home repairs. As they entered the house and crossed the dining room floor, it gave way under Jans feet. She temporarily stopped the fall with her arms, but despite their combined efforts, Jan plunged into the basement. Jan landed feet first on the cement floor and narrowly missed landing on a cement block. The devastating fall shattered both of her ankles. Already on a blood thinner, the fall also left Jan bleeding profusely with a bone protruding through her skin.
Huila: Belgium NGO spends euro one million on handicapped
Lubango, 02/09 - A project aiming at supporting the rehabilitation of disabled people, estimated at one million Euros, is being implemented since last October in Lubango city, Southern Huila province by the Belgium Non-governmental Organisation "Handicap Internacional". According to programme coordinator Laurie Destanche, the project will focus on the academic and Professional training of the beneficiaries, with highlight to agriculture and acquisition of transporting means for the community. It will also aid those disabled people living under extreme poverty in the districts of Lubango, Quipungo, Matala, Caluquembe and Gambos. Laurie Destanche assured that after the training there will be created a commission that will facilitate the insertion of the handicapped in work market, explaining that her organisation and the Angolan Ministry of Social Welfare (Minars) created last year a cooperative of motorbike taxi for 50 disabled.
Auxiliary to host 4th Valentine dinner/dance
Franklin Hospital Auxiliary members met on Monday to finalize plans for the fourth annual Valentine Dinner/Dance, slated for Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Rend Lake Resort in Whittington.Jan Rethorst, dinner/dance chairman, said the fund-raising event would offer a selection of entrees including prime rib, grilled salmon and eggplant parmigiana. .
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