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Tuesday, December 18, 1990, PENNY RECORD NEWSPAPER, Page 9
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Five business, writing
non-credit courses offered
RESIDENTIAL BEAUTIFICATION WINNER-Sarah West of the Bridge
City Beautification Committee presents a certificate to Joyce Wilson as
the winner of the residential beautification award for December Wilson
lives at 865 Redwing.
The presentation was made at the monthly Chamber of Commerce
coffee held last Wednesday morning at Bridge City Bank.
Some 98 percent of American households contain at least one television
set.
Simpson Dolls
$3.49 Each
or
$15.95
BURGER
KING
For Whole Family of Five-
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$6.97 Each at Local Retailers and
Malls
1905 Texas Avenue • Bridge City, Texas
Locally Owned & Operated
BEAUMONT-Five courses in
business and creative writing are
scheduled for the spring 1991
semester by the non-credit
programs department at Lamar
U niversity- Beaumont.
All courses are offered during
weekday evening hours or on
Saturdays, and no pre-requisites or
pre-admission applications or tests
are required, said Starla Garlick,
assistant director for non-credit
programs.
The courses were developed as a
result of indications from
employers and individuals that
there is a need for them, Garlick
said. “SAT scores are declining
each year, and a number of
employers have said their
employees do not have the neces-
sary grammar, punctuation and
composition skills needed for suc-
cess in today’s business environ-
ment,” she said.
Also, several requests have been
made for courses that will help in-
dividuals learn how to write more
creatively, she added.
Grammar and punctuation are
the focus in “Get It ‘Write’ The
First Time: Grammar,” to be of-
fered on Saturdays, Feb. 2-March
2, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the
Lamar Field Center at Parkdale
Mall. Cost of the class is S5S and a
textbook is required.
Continuing the curriculum of the
grammar course, “Get It ‘Write’
The First Time: Composition” also
on SaturdaYs, March 23-April 20
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Parkdale
Mall. The course fee is $60 and a
textbook is required.
“Dynamic Report Writing” will
be held on Thursdays, Feb. 7-
March 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Lamar Field Center in the South-
western Bell Building, SSS Mail,
Beaumont. The cost is $85.
“Writing Creatively,” will be of-
fered on Saturdays, Feb. 2-March
2, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Parkdale Mall.
Cost of the class is $50.
Aspiring writers will be intro-
duced to book-length fiction with
“Fundamentals of Fiction Writ-
ing,” on Mondays, Jan. 14-Feb. 18
in the Montague Center on the
Lamar-Beaumont campus. Cost of
the class is $65.
Registration for spring non-
credit courses is going on now
through the start date of each
course. To register or for more in-
formation, contact non-credit
programs at Lamar University-
Beaumont at 880-2233.
MONOGRAMING
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Seniors, don’t let the
holidays make you blue
The holiday season is here, and
for many people, especially senior
citizens, the holiday blues may be
just around the corner.
The holiday blues is a term used
by mental health professionals to
describe the situational mood
swings that some people ex-
perience around December. These
mood swings can result from too
many holiday stresses or from
thinking about unmet expectations
or painful memories. If not dealt
with, the holidays blues can lead to
depression.
Donna Smith, social worker at
Green Acres Convalescent and
Development Center, says persons
over 65 may be especially suscep-
tible to the holiday blues because
many are homebound, live alone,
have limited financial resources, or
have no family or few visitors.
“They may get melancholy feelings,
wishing that family and friends
would visit or that they had more
money to buy gifts,” she said. “They
may think that the holidays just
aren’t like they were in ‘the good
old days.’”
EARLY DEADLINE NOON
THURSDAY DECEMBER 20,1990
ALL CLASSIFIED ADS, NEWS,
AND
DISPLAY ADS MUST BE IN THE
OFFICE BY NOON THURSDAY.
Todd Matthews, D.D.S.
Now Associated With
S. Mark Messer, D.D.S.
I860 Texas Ave. — 735-8146
Open 5 Days A Week
According to Smith, it’s hard to
tell if someone is suffering from the
holiday blues because the
symptoms vary from person to per-
son. “It’s up to family or friends to
observe senior citizens for the kind
of uncharacteristic behaviors that
accompany the blues,” she said.
“For example, if someone who is
normally smiling and chipper be-
comes tearful and cynical, he may
be suffering from the blues.”
Smith says that seniors can
prevent or cope with the holiday
blues by doing the following:
•Make arrangements not to be
alone on a holiday. If no one has
asked you to a holiday gathering,
invite yourself. Explain that you
enjoy being with those you love
during the holidays.
*Take an honest look at your feel-
ings and experiences from previous
seasons. Learn what may trigger
depressive feelings before the
event and do something to deal
with feelings.
•Develop realistic expectations
for the season.
•Keep gift-giving simple and
within your budget.
•Do something for others who
may need the extra attention. This
will get you in the spirit of the
season and help you take your mind
off of your own troubles.
•Start a long-term project that
will last past the holidays. This gives
you something to look forward to
after the holidays.
•Plan special events you want to
participate in for the coming year.
•Limit alcohol consumption due
to its depressive side effects.
•Write or call people you haven’t
heard from lately.
•Follow a simple exercise
program, like taking walks which
can alleviate feelings of stress and
anxiety.
•Talk to family and friends about
your feelings.
•Repeat positive statements
and/or prayers during an especial-
ly difficult time of the day.
Smith says that if nothing is done
to prevent or cope with the holiday
blues, it can turn into depression.
“If you know of a senior citizen who
is suffering from depression, take
the person immediately to a
geriatric mental health profes-
sional,” she said. “Your physician
community health center can
refer you to one of these profes-
sionals.”
Other resources available to
those who feel more than just the
holiday blues include 1-800-252-
5400 for the elderly, 1-800-692-
4039 Crisis Intervention, and 1-
800-888-TALK Contact.
“We all experience the holiday
blues at one time or another during
our lives,” Smith said. “Cope with
these feelings so they don’t turn
into depression. Talk about your
feelings with someone and think of
all the positive things that have hap-
pened in your life. You’ll discover
your feelings are just temporary,
and you’ll soon be anticipating the
events and projects of the year
ahead.”
Green Acres is a 60 bed nursing
facility operated by Houston-based
ARA Living Centers, the nation’s
largest privately-owned provider of
long-term health care.
Cargo floating on the water from
a sinking ship is called flotsam,
while the debris washed ashore is
called wreck
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Taft, Thelma. The Penny Record (Bridge City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 18, 1990, newspaper, December 18, 1990; Bridge City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170544/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .