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Pl(e 2 - Section A - THE WYLIE NEWS - Wednesday, June 2,1993
The Wylie News
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By: Jeffery B.
Hambrice D.D.S.
THE GINGIVITIS THREAT
Q. What is the most common
problem anti how serious is it?
A. Gingivitis, the inflamma-
tion of the gums, is widespread.
It is (lie first siage of gum dis-
ease, affecting more than 50
percent of adults. If delected
early, it can be
reversed.Neglected, it progress-
es to the periodontitis state
which damage the bone and tis-
sue that hold teeth in plate.
Eventually, teedi are lost.
Red, swollen gums that some-
times bleed upon brushing and
flossing are the first signs of
gingivitis. It is caused by
plaque, an invisible sticky film
that continuously forms on the
leclh and which causes tartar to
form and harden at the gum-
line. Thorough brushing and
flossing are part of the basic
defense against plaque. But
some plaque and the tartar
remain and require professional
cleaning in the dental office.
This should he done twice a
year -- more often for some
people. When was your last
professional cleaning?
Presented as a
community service
i>y
Jeffery B. Hambrice, D.D.S.
611 W. Brown, Suite 100
Wylie, Texas 75098
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1 t ilt i lo llu* ! ditor
Citizens of Wylie,
I recently went into a feed
and pet store in Wylie to buy
a goldfish. A friend of mine
who has raised fish for at
least 15 years helped me set
everything up properly. All I
needed was a fish. The owner
of the store, told me I needed
all these other things. 1 felt
like he didn’t want to sell me
a fish unless I bought these
other supplies. When I in-
formed him my friend was
helping me he made the
remark that “if she didn't use
all these supplies" (which she
does not) - “it's a wonder all
her fish are alive." Well, they
have been alive for 15 years. I
got aggravated and left the
store without buying
anything. After I got home I
called the owner and told him
I did not appreciate his at-
titude. He got mad and told
me to “Do your business
elsewhere!" and hung up on
me. Well, I called bacK and
spoke with his wife. She ex-
plained to me that her hus-
band was not feeling well. He
had just had wisdom teeth
surgery. She asked me to
please not avoid their store
and promised they would be
nice if I returned. Well, 1
believed her! 1 did return. As
my 3 children and I entered,
we met the owner. I im-
mediately told him I was
sorry I got upset and was
sorry he wasn't feeling well.
He walked by me without
saying a word. I told him 1 at
least expected him to
apologize too and he told me
he was not apologizing for
anything. Unfortunately, my
3 children and 1 left the store
upset and without a fish.
Please! Treat all customers
with respect - otherwise you
won't have any. After all
Wylie has been through we
need to stick together. Hut
unfortunately, I will shop in
F mo or Garland for pets. 1
bought 2 fish in Plano - They
are very alive and well.
Thank you,
Diann Heath
Wyiie, Texas
How did we find time to do it all?
One of my favorite columnists.
Bob St. John of the Dallas Morning
News, wrote recently about his
long-gone days of coaching kid
sports, and that brought back some
memories of my own.
Weldon
Lacy
Bob wrote about the hall-playing
exploits of his son Scott, who is 29,
and that reminded me of the brief
and illustrious baseball career of
my own son Scott who is 30.
The main difference between
Bob’s Scott and my Scott, baseball-
wise, is that my Scott’s experience
spanned a single season— as a six-
year-old in the T-ball league. That
meant, thankfully, that my career as
an assistant T-ball coach lasted
only one year.
Scott yon sec. was about as apt a
T-ball player as I was a coach.
Scott’s job was to try to whack the
ball off die tee and run die bases,
hut his allotted three strikes were
usually spent in whiffing the air
above the hall or smacking die tee
below it.
Since my co-worker had played
baseball in college, lie coached die
team, and I was his assistant.
While he was responsible for
lineup decisions, base running
strategy, defensive ploys, arguing
with (he umpires and such, my job
was to tee up die ball for our baiters
and to lake care of any of our boys
who suddenly had to go to the
bathroom.
Scott, a budding scientist, loved
his defensive position in center
field. Out there, he could gaze
around for bugs, insects and all
kinds of interesting crecpy-
crawlers. Once, I looked out to
center and discovered him sitting
Indian style, trying to feed red ants
to a homey toad.
In one game, the opposing team
was about to send up a heavy hitter,
and I looked out to see Center
Fielder Scott standing alongside
and engaged in conversation with
the second baseman. I screamed,
“Back up, Scott!” He took a couple
of strides backwards, stepped on
his shoe laces and fell down.
“Back, back, farther,” I yelled as
the T-ball equivalent of Babe Ruth
approached the plate. Scott strode
back a few more steps and stopped
to wave at his mother, who was
sitting on a folding chair with
friends near third base.
Just before the batter took his
swing, I made one more loud,
urgent plea to Scott to move farther
back. The kid took a mean cut at
(he ball, connected, and sent it
screaming to the right. The ball
smacked into the foot of the first
baseman, who crow-hopped off the
field, crying for his mommy.
Thus distracted, I paid no
attention to where Scott had finally
positioned himself, and it was a
moot question anyway. Later,
though, I started looking for him,
but to no avail. He was nowhere to
be seen in center field.
When I finally spotted him, it
was quite clear that he had finally
taken my “back up” command
literally. He had backed and
backed and backed, completely off
his home turf and into center field
on the adjoining diamond.
From this you might surmise that
Scott was not destined for the big
leagues. His career in physics and
math has been a bit more
successful, I’m persuaded to
believe, than any he might have
had in baseball.
And as far as being a coach. I’m
lucky to have had other
employment also.
Our daughter, Anna, who is two
years younger than Scott, also had
a fling at childhood athletics,
mainly in soccer, and was pretty
good at it. At that time,
circumstances wouldn’t permit me
to be a participating parent, thus the
world was deprived of my soccer
coaching expertise.
Earlier, though, I had tried to help
Anna and her girlfriend Kerrie
lean) to bowl. I didn’t realize at
the time the girls weren’t strong
enough to lift a bowling ball, but I
took them to the lanes anyway. I
placed a ball on the floor in front of
Anna and explained that she must
propel it down the lane in the
direction of the pins, which to her
must have seemed to be two miles
away.
Unable to lift the ball, Anna just
bent over and gave it a shove with
both hands. It wobbled about six
feet down the hardwood, angled
into the gutter and stopped. Not
exactly a pretty sight from a
bowler's standpoint, but inventive,
you’ll have to admit.
When it came Kerrie's time, she
approached the ball in a most
unusual way. Seeing that she
couldn’t lift it or shove it will) her
hands, she lay on her hack behind
it, placed both feet against it and
gave it a big shove. The ball rolled
nearly halfway down the lane
before taking to the gutter.
Things like that are a delight to
kx)k back on alter youi children are
grown and off on their own.
My wife and 1 often wonder how
we, bodi employed in demanding
occupations, ever found the time
and physical resources to hike part
with our two children in their many
school, sports and other activities
while growing up. It makes us
tired to even think of it, but we’re
glad we did it.
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