In January of this year, I made a resolution to balance my
checkbook every month when the statement comes in.

In years past, I have resolved the problem by switching
banks every time I don't balance. No error was too large or
too small for me to close out the account and take my business

down the street.

Phoenix isa big city, In the telephone directory, there are «

five yellow pages listing banks and three and a half pages of
savings and loans. I'm down to my last two banks.

Last month when I tallied up my deposits, withdrawals,
and outstanding ehecks I was off 19 cents ... in the bank's

favor, of course.

I would rather be off $500 than 19 cents.

‘Try that with 19 cents and they'll laugh themselves into a

hernia repair.

The only way you can find a 19-cent error is to devote the
rest of your life to it, like the fella who slip-covered the Grand
Canyon or rode a bicycle across the United States backwards,

It's a situation you either accept or fight. I chose to pick
up the gauntlet. Every night after dinner for the last three
weeks I have trudged to the dining room table, turned on the
calculator, and gone over every figure from the beginning.

For all of you bookkeeping quarterbacks, I did not:

a) Make a 7 like a 9.

b) Forget to deduct a bank charge.

c) Record a check on a breath mint and eat it.

d) Subtract instead of add a 19-cent deposit.

e) Forget I couldn't subtract nine from zero without

borrowing one,

f) Record my checks in round numbers.

g) Write a check for $1.76 and record it for $1.57.

This morning, I knew what I had to do. I got in the car
and drove to the last institution in Phoenix that has never had iz
an account in my name — the Godfather Savings and Loan,

It's a rather unique institution. There are no wine glass
premiums. The tellers are all men and have cotton stuffed in
their cheeks. The entire bank is on wheels attached toa truck.

But their brochure said, "No more balancing a checkbook!
We tell you how much you've got!"

The piece of mind is worth 19 cents.

Care needed during
woodtick. season

Woodtick season is upon
us again, advises Dr. R.T.
Pagan, acting medical health

officer of the West Kootenay -

Health District.

Even though the Rocky
Mountain woodtick is capable
of causing muscle paralysis,
and occasionally death, there
is no cause for alarm, and
children should not be
stopped from their normal
outdoor activities. However,
they should be examined for
ticks each night. As a pre-
cautionary measure, trousers
or slacks ‘should be tucked
into boots on outings and
hikes.

Ticks can be found al-
most anywhere — in open
country, in the woods, or
even in your own garden.
When they find a human
being to feed on, they head
for cover, usually in the hair,

or around the neck or groin.

Their initial bite is pain-
less so, unless. a search is
made each day, it could be.
five or six days before they
are noticed. By that time, the
victim may start showing
signs of numbness, difficulty
in walking, ete. Locating the
tick and removing it will
result in the victim's im-
mediate return to full health.

Removal is easily ac-
complished by grasping the
tick's hard-shell body be
tween thumb and forefinger
or with tweezers, and giving
a steady pull. The head will
not come off as is the case
with some ticks in other
regions: The ticks are tough
little blighters, so they
should be disposed of with
care; otherwide they'll be
back for more.

Senator scratched
‘in attack on cats

The fur can really fly
when cat lovers get their
backs up, state Senator
James Gallagher of Iowa has
discovered.

He's been getting hate
mail ever since he began
talking about a bill to require
motorists who injure or kill a
domestic animal to “make a
reasonable effort to deter-
mine the owner of the an-
imal.”

“I can see stopping (a
car) for a dog,” Gallagher
said. “But a cat? I don't know.
You squish a cat and go on.”

But indignant cat own-
ers may have the last word,
Some of their comments:

“We have a darling
cat. She is more to us
people's kids are

to them.”

e “Cm writing this letter
to tell you how furious I am
over your lack of respect for
my cat.”

e “Why don’t you intro-
duce a bill... (which) would
allow the squishing of waste-
ful state senators without
any liability?”

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April

This column is written
by local dentists ay a public
service during April, Dental

. Health Month,

Question: -
Does fluoride cause can-
cer? .
Answer: 4
No it does not. Fluoride,
in appropriate concentration,

-is a nutrient for the teeth,

making them more resistant
to theacid waste products of
decay causing bacteria, This
public health measure has
unfortunately become a pol-
itical entity, with the chil-
dren who benefit most, un-
able to vote (disinfranchised),
and the adults who can vote
arguing on an emotional
level.

Thus one antifluorida-
tionist can misinterpret stat-
istics between two cities and
claim that the one with fluor-

-idated water has a higher

incidence of cancer-related
deaths, and neglect to point

out that the same city hss a.

significantly older population
base.

The willingness of peo-
ple to believe the worst of
organized public health mea-
sures is a puzzle and rep-
resents a triumph of quack-
ery over medical science.
Question:

Why save children’s
teeth? Won't they fall out

er: f
Yes, children’s teeth are
shed naturally, but only
when the body is ready to
replace it with an adult tooth.

: Dental health month

jentures, Should’) Hi

T ‘still see the dentist. for.
regular checkups?") | |.
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removal of natural teeth
allows the residual.bone to
shrink. ‘This is accelerated
when pressure is put on the.
bone, such as with chewing:
on dentures during ‘eating.
This shrinkage must. be ev:
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dentist to correct’any loose-
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When I last had an
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