The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 7

THE FAMILY CIRCUS, By Bil Keane Due fo personnel shortage "Now pitch me a knuckle ball." Several conditions can cause a "blochy" sunfan Dear Dr. Donohue: Last summer my face tanned in blotches. There were places on my forehead and the lower parts of my cheeks that just didn't seem to tan. By winter it was not so noticeable, because my tan had faded. But it is still slightly blotched.

I have noticed a few other women with the same problem. I am 31. Could you tell me what could be causing this and what can be done to avoid it this summer? Miss L.M. Special cells of the skin are responsible for tanning. They are called "me- lanocytes," which when stimulated by sunlight produce skin pigment melanin.

There are several possible causes for the blotchiness. Some women on the Pill develop a condition called chloasma, brownish patches. The same situation is found in some women during pregnancy, and this is often referred to as the "mask of pregnancy." Hormones are involved in both instances. Another condition involving the me- Lanocytes is called vitiligo (VIE-tih- LIE-go). This is caused by a lack of melanin production.

The result is outwardly the same, only instead of brown patches causing the blotchiness it is actually the non-pigmented areas that cause it. For this, some success has been reported with the use of psoralen drugs followed up with exposure to sunlight. A fungal infection called "tinea ver- sicolor" can produce the uneven tanning appearance. Its presence is determined by examining skin scrapings under a microscope. Treatment is with anti-fungal lotions.

If extra melanin production is the cause, use of sunscreen lotions and avoidance of excessive sun exposure should minimize the problem. Wear a broad-brimmed sun hat. Tanning under any conditions is not the most healthful thing one can do for skin. Excess sunning can cause premature aging of skin. I don't expect this dr.

donohue to your good health warning to have the slightest effect on the numbers of sun worshippers this summer. -tr -ft- Dear Dr. Will a man with gonorrhea always know he has the illness? H.J. There is a myth that needs to be destroyed when talking about gonorrhea. It is popularly thought that all infected males have symptoms (the typical discharge) and that all women have few or no symptoms.

That is simply not true. As many as 20 percent of infected men will not have the discharge or other signs of gonorrhea. The numbers of infected women who have no signs range from 30 to 60 percent of cases. A good deal of gonorrheal infection is transmitted by people who have minimal signs and symptons. Acne is a terrible problem for anyone growing up.

If you are afflicted with it, or have children who are, write to Dr. Donohue in care of Box 11210, Chicago, Illinois 60611, for a copy of his booklet, "Controlling Acne, Blackheads and Pimples." Enclose a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and 35 cents. Dr. Donohue welcomes reader mail but regrets that, due to the tremendous volume received daily, he is unable to answer individual letters. Readers' questions are incorporated in his column whenever possible.

Renovations and pay raises on agenda for UD305 board The UD305 Board of Education is scheduled to take action on bids for renovations at Oakdale Elementary School and to approve pay raises for non-teaching staff when it meets at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Government Center. Also on the agenda are reports on a program of student evaluation of secondary teachers and suggestions for curriculum changes from the lay advisory committee. Board members are to decide on procedures for sale of a house constructed by the 1979-80 Salina Area Vocational-Technical School building trades class and for auction of the Stimmel School property. Bids for the remodeling work at Oakdale, estimated to cost $55,000, are to be received at 3 p.m.

with a recommendation to be presented to the board at the 4 p.m. meeting. Supt. Lloyd Schurr has recommended 12 percent increases, the same percent of increase granted to teachers, for maintenance and food service employees and principals. Do you need another employe? Hundreds of readers are looking through the classified ads every day.

Phone 823-6363 and an ad-taker will help you. On Memorial Day remember with Fresh Flower Wreaths-Sprays Silk Flower Wreaths-Sprays Wire Services Let Designs and Accents prepare your Memorial Day flower arrangements or wire them nationwide. Call Early. Designs and Accents, Inc. IFE" 0 7 4 an 921 Shalimar Drive (913)825-0561 Solina, Kansas 67401 Airport tower service partially shut down I Federal Aviation Agency services at the Salina Airport will be closed at night for several weeks.

William Stringfield, chief of the FAA Flight Service Station, said an unexpected personnel shortage was behind the closing of the airport tower and the weather station from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night. The closing is a "temporary expedience," Stringfield said. "We have people in the pipeline assigned here, but it's going to take time to get them aboard and trained," he said, estimating the weather station and tower would return to full operation in about six weeks.

The closing means pilots landing here will not be able to receive airport advisories reports of wind direction and velocity, altimeter, air pressure and other aircraft activity from the FAA during the early morning hours. However, Stringfield said, the airport's runway lights would remain on all night, and the airport also has a tetrahedron (which indicates wind direction) on the runway which also is lighted at night. Pilots can get some information regarding other aircraft in the area from a Unicom a non-government airport radio link operated by Flower Aviation, one of the airport's fixed-base op- erators. Flower is open 24 hours a day. The closing also means a gap in Salina's weather information, primarily hourly temperatures, but it will have little effect on overall recordkeeping of Salina's weather history.

However, the daily report of Salina weather published in The Salina Journal will reflect the hourly gaps. Special thermometers record each day's high and low temperature, keeping the readings available for weather observers even if they occur when the weather station is closed. The rain gauge is checked within an hour after the station reopens in the morning, so a day's 24-hour rainfall for a while will be recorded from 7 a.m. one morning to the next instead of midnight-to-midnight. All weather stations operate on Greenwich Mean Time (the time in Greenwich, England) to coordinate weather reporting throughout the world.

Midnight GMT is 7 a.m. CDT, so Salina will remain in tune with the rest of the world in its weather reporting. Stringfield said two retirements and a third employee being hospitalized for an expected six weeks led to the shortage. Retiring were Frank Thirkell after about 30 years of government service, and John Lofgren with about 25 years. Nearly 5,000 receive degrees Monday night at KU LAWRENCE The program for the 108th annual Commencement exercise at the University of Kansas Monday night listed recipients of 4,939 degrees and certificates, including those granted last October and February.

Fall and winter graduates are considered part of the 1980 class since KU holds only one formal Commencement each year. Area graduates from Central and Northwest Kansas by county and hometown are: CHEYENNE St. Christopher Andrist, B.G.S.; Cathy Zweygardt, B.S.J. CLAY Clay Center Matthew Forkner, B.S.; John Persyn, B.S.; Josephine Forshee, M.S.W.; Idana Mary Bosch, B.S.W. CLOUD Samuel Bauer, B.S.; Scott Cailteux, B.S.B.; Cynthia Berner, B.A.; James Pearson, M.D.; Glasco William Larzalere, B.S.E.; Jamestown Ann Swenson, M.S.W.; Miltonvale Bradley Begnoche, B.S.

DECATUR Oberlin Harold Ward, B.G.S.; Ernest May, M.A.; Don Wolfe, B.S.; Rick Martin, B.S.B.; Larry Van Vleet, M.D. DICKINSON Abilene Cynthia Eckert, B.A.; Herlne- Thomas Dozier, M.B.A.j Randall Wei- more, M.P.A.; Mark Mosier, B.G.S. ELLIS Ellis- Sally Mills, B.S.N.; Thomas Ward, B.A.; Richard Bauer, M.D.; Mark Gerstner, B.S.; Juliene Bollig. B.S.W.; Evelyn-Marie Herberger, B.A.; Timothy Knopp, B.A.; Pamela Lathrop, B.A.; Linda Mans, M.A.; Jeffrey Seib, B.S.; William Wisner, B.A.; Michael Krannawitter, M.A.; Debra Leikam, M.S.W.; Alan Moore, B.S.; Richard Tholen, M.D. ELLSWORTH Ellsworth Daniel Dees, M.D.

GOVE William Wilson, E.D.D. GRAHAM Bogue W. Dane Pennington, M.B.A. JEWELL Cheryl Edwards, B.S.N. LINCOLN Lincoln Douglas Wahl, B.S.J.; Phillip Wahl, J.D.; Sylvan Darrell Rieken- berg, J.D.

LOGAN Oakley Kathleen Clark, B.S.; Kenneth Kost, B.S.B.; Dale Ohmart, B.S.; Floyd Hockersmith, M.D.; James Ludwig, B.A.; Gerald Rietcheck, B.G.S. MARION Tampa Susan Hajek, B.S.N.; Marion Rodney Oelschlager, E.D.D.; James Hoch, B.S.; Jeffrey Longhofer, M.A. McPHERSON Inman Beth Penner, B.F.A.; McPher- Salina, Pratt runners win 10,000 meter titles Alysun Deckert, 2065 Quincy, and Curt Shelman, Pratt, were overall winners in the Diet Pepsi 10,000 meter run held Sunday afternoon in Salina. Alysun, 13, won her division and the women's championship with a time of 44:48. Shelman turned in a time of 30:40 to win the men's championship.

Both won trips to regional competition Aug. 17 in Denver. Roosevelt-Lincoln Junior High School won the team competition in the school division. Team members were Matt Livingston, Melvin Holcom, Bobby Smith, Eric Mattison, Shelly Munson, Sophie Nelson, Anna Peterman, Laurina Blanton and Jill Dickinson. Flex Data took the business team title.

The event, sponsored by the Salina Family YMCA and the Salina Pepsi Cola bottler, attracted 328 participants. Those earning medals in the various divisions were: Boys 12 and under 1. Wade Caselman; 2. Marty Rectenwald; 3. Leo Rayas.

Girls 12 and under 1. Loyse Schurz. Boys 13-17 1. Brian Yockers; 2. Larry Mai; 3.

Jeff Nixon. Girls 13-17 1. Alysun Deckert; 2. Kelly Massey; 3. Vickie Macomber.

Men 18-20 1. Jon Nichols; 2. Kent Elyen; 3. Jerry Gutierrez. Women 18-20 1.

Colleen Kennedy; 2. Janice Algrin; 3. Lisa Crough. Men 21-35 1. Curt Shelman; 2.

Michael Coburn; 3. Carl Nicholson. Women 21-35 1. Linda Schumacher; 2. Peggy Edington; 3.

Karoline Carr. Men 36-49 1. Gerald Martin; 2. Weeden Nichols; 3. David Fancher.

Women 36-49 1. Rozanne Thatcher; 2. Sharon Zier; 3. Liz Carroll. Men 50 and over 1.

Ron Force; 2. Basil Dundos; 3. Gordon Gardiner. Women 50 and over 1. Jackie Jones; 2.

Eileen Cooper. School Notes Sister Bernadine Pachta, Marymount College director of library services, has been appointed to the 14-member Governor's committee on library resources. The committee is to make recommendations for a statewide network for sharing library resources. TV -fr Bryan Johnson, 2206 Mayfair, has pledged Sigma Nu Fraternity at the University of Kansas. Lees Gaipnts Marathon Sale is on wfth Savings of 1 5 to 30 This week only JILKA Ti i hf 3: 5 A NT A I32 son Allen Ammerman, M.B.A.: Barton Goering, M.S.E.; David Hill, B.S.B.; James Miller, B.A.; Jolene Page, B.S.B.; John Ulrey, B.S.P.; Ronald Copeland, B.S.B.; Susan Goering, J.D.; Kip Kubin, B.A.; Loren Miller, B.A.; Kimberly Schragg, B.F.A.

Moundridge Anita Juhnke, B.S.W. MITCHELL LuAnn Belknap, B.S.; Rosemary Dobratz, B.S.; Patricia Daniels, M.S.E.; Dana Cox, M.S.E.; Michael Earle. B.S.J.; Linda Koenigsman, B.S.E.; Mark Noah, B.A.; Dean Stetler, Ph.D.; Barbara Smith, M.D.; Lisa Redfield, B.S. NORTON Lenora Bernard Hickert, J.D.; Norton Larry Booth, B.S.E.: Susan Roe, B.S.; Michael Peil, M.D.; Don Sleffel, B.S. OSBORNE Richard Vohs, B.S.B.; Porte Kirk Wolters, B.S.B.

PHILLIPS Agra John Rodgers, B.A. PhUlipsburg Roseanne Smith, B.A. ROOKS Codell Kurt Glendening, B.S.P.; Plain- vine Jon Lill, M.B.A.; Roger Hammerschmidt, B.S.; Douglas Pederson, B.S.P.; Eric Bird, B.S.B.; Coral Melton, B.S.N. RUSSELL Allen Stoppel, M.B.A.; Russell Jacklyn Beeman, B.S.E.; Renae Kilian, B.G.S.; Cheryl Norris, B.S.E.; Thomas Flynn, B.S.B.; John Kuhn, M.D.; Randall Williams, B.S. SALINE Assaria Gregory Seitz, B.F.A.; Salina Carol Bailey, B.S.E.; Kim Abbott, M.S.E.

Melanie Andersen, B.S.B.; Michael Ben gston, B.S.B.; Dianne Brown, B.S.E.; Sand ra Brown, B.S.N.; Edward Duckers, B.S.B. John Cans, B.S.J.; Michael Gay, B.G.S. Dana Glover, B.F.A.; Leslie Graves, B.S.J. Cathy Green, B.G.S.; Debbie Harbin, B.S.E.; Norman Harris II. B.A.; Charles Haviland, J.D.; Kevin Hawiey, M.E.; Gary Hofmeier, B.S.B.; Mark Houser, B.A.; Da- vid Jett, B.S.B.; Stephanie Johnson, B.S.B.; Julie Kelehar, B.S.P.; Charles Kelly II, B.A.; Kristie Kohls, B.E.D.; Richard Konzem, B.S.B.; Vicki Krehbiel, B.A.; Richard Linville, B.S.J.; Robert Logan, B.A.; Nancy McDaniel, B.S.P.; Thomas McGeary, B.S.: Jeffrey Millikan, M.B.A.; David Morris, B.F.A.; Jeffrey Nelson, J.D.; Susan Owens, B.S.E.; Lynette Rittgers, B.S.P.; Arthur Schlyer M.D.; Edith Simmons, B.S.E.; Carol Sisson, M.A.; James Coburn, M.B.A.; Sallie Slaughter, B.A.; Steven Sloan, B.A.; Alice Smith, B.S.E.; Tracy Spellman, M.P.A.; Theresa Towner, B.A.; Timothy Trump, B.S.B.; Damon Tucker, B.S.B.; James Weber, B.G.S.; Paul Wilbur, B.S.B.; Louis Winn B.G.S.

SHERIDAN Selden Janet Bastin, B.S. SHERMAN Mary Rhoads, B.S.E.; Loucinda Strawn, B.S.E.; Jeffrey Sparks, B.S.P.; Charlene Wilkinson, B.S.W.; Lucile Smith, B.S.J. THOMAS Colby David Donelan, B.S.P.; Debra Messamore, B.A.; William Messamore, B.S.E.; Paula Walters, B.S.N. TREGO Ogallah Glenn Tucker, Ph.D.; Jerry Ohlemeier, B.S. WASHINGTON Sandra Shrader, M.B.A.; Linn Stanley Hatesohl, B.S.P.; Washington Ted Fuhrken, B.S.B.

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