Vol. 140 No. 32

COMMUNITY

Health Department extends heat alert

Last week, Three Rivers District Health Department declared a heat alert.

A heat alert indicates that, due to current or predicted weather conditions, vulnerable individuals may be at risk for heat-related illness.
Individuals who are most at risk include the elderly, the homeless, and persons whose chronic illnesses decrease their ability to respond to heat stresses (heart and kidney disease, high blood pressure, recent stroke, diarrhea, mental illness).

Alcohol and certain medications (antidepressants, diuretics, antihistamines, and more) increase risk for heat-related illness as well. Persons employed outdoors, such as construction workers and roofers, make up another group at risk for heat stress. Infants and small children are also at greater risk.

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Community Blood Drive

is Friday

“Blood donation help save lives.” That’s a claim you often hear from Central Kentucky Blood Center. But it is more than just words, it’s a fact of life, and behind those words are real people - fellow Kentuckians whose lives have been impacted by what blood donors did for them.

Take Gary King, for example, Gary had his legs severed and his pelvis crushed in a terrible tractor accident on his Scott County farm and required a miracle and 210 pints of blood over several months to survive. Today, Gary is healthy, works full time and has a loving family and friends.

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Mary Grace Wuebbling

Abigail and Charles Wuebbling announce the birth of their daughter, Mary Grace born July 2, 2007, at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. She was welcomed home by maternal grandparents, Mary and Paul Allen of Frankfort; Barry and Peggy Winkle of Owenton; and paternal grandparents, Charles and Roberta Wuebbling of Dry Ridge.