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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Lifestyle
Friday, October 13, 2000
Halloween Carnival planned
A Halloween Carnival is planned for Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Barstow Community
Center.
The event will be held from 7-10 p.m. and an Enchilada Supper will be
held from 4-7 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend and the holiday event is sponsored by
the Barstow Fire Department.
Maldonado ends basic training
Benjamin Rubio Maldonado, of Pecos, has completed basic training for the
United States Army on Sept. 14, at Fort Sills, in Lawton, Okla.
He is currently stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
He is the son of Dolores and Benjamin Maldonado of Pecos. He has two
brothers, Richard and Joseph Maldonado and one sister Kathy Maldonado.
He is the grandson of Apolino and Maria Rubio and Paulino and Rosa Maldonado.
He was a 1998 graduate of Pecos High School.
Secure children in shopping carts
Data from the National Safe Kids Campaign indicate the number of children
ages five and under injured in shopping-cart incidents has increased more
than 30 percent since 1985.
"Falls from shopping cart seats and baskets cause the most injuries,
although other injuries can occur," said Dr. Jerald Zarin, medical director
of Texas Children's Health Plan at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.
"When children stand up, their changes of falling or tipping the cart increase,"
he said.
Parents should bring and use safety belts to restrain children in shopping
cart seats. They also need to stay close to the cart and not let the children
stand in carts or ride on the bottom. It is best not to let a child push
or steer the shopping cart.
Stretching helps avoid injuries
Hamstring injuries are something that even the world's fastest men can't
outrun.
American sprinter Michael Johnson found out firsthand at the recent
U.S. Olympic Trials when he came up lame in the 200-meter finals, failing
to qualify in the race for the Summer Olympic Games in Australia.
Dr. Charles Kevorkian, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation
at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said that athletes with hamstring
injuries should take it easy.
"The best thing you can do is rest and do a gentle stretch," Kevorkian
said. "If the injury doesn't improve or there is considerable pain, see
a doctor."
Kevorkian said hamstring injuries, which are common among runners and
soccer players, might be avoided by doing exercises to increase strength
and flexibility.
As a basic strengthening exercise for the recreational athlete, he recommends
that you put on ankle weights, get on your stomach and bend the leg at
the knees pressing against the hamstring.
"The exercise is relatively easy to do, and it doesn't require a great
deal of weight," said Kevorkian.
Kevorkian also recommends a regular stretching program.
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc.
324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772
Phone 915-445-5475, FAX 915-445-4321
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