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Treasure your bones: learning
the facts about osteoporosis
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The term osteoporo-
sis means "porous bones."
About 60 people filled the
multi-purpose room at New
Horizons Care Center in
Lovell on July 18, hoping to
learn about how to prevent
the condition caused by the
disease osteoporosis.
The disease causes a
thinning of bone tissue that
results in loss of bone tissue
over time causing bone to
become fragile and to frac-
ture easily. Those afflict-
ed with an advanced case
of the disease usually have
a characteristic "hump"
caused by multiple frac-
tures of the spine.
Ken Ferbrache, MPAS,
PA-C, presented partici-
pants with a comprehen-
sive overview of the risks
and preventative measures
that can be taken to avoid
or minimize the bone loss
caused by the disease. He
discussed specific ways to
slow down or stop bone loss
through healthy lifestyle
changes such as diet, ex-
ercise and, in some cases,
the use of medications. He
also discussed screening
through bone density pro-
grams available at North
Big Horn Hospital.
He reviewed a study
that showed how the sim-
ple addition of a walking
program helped reduce the
symptoms of the disease
dramatically for most peo-
ple who participated in the
PATII CARPENTER
Ken Ferbrache speaks to a group of participants about osteoporosis at a recent
educational seminar held at New Horizons Care Center in Lovell.
study. To encourage par-
ticipants to adopt a similar
walking program, the hos-
pital provided free pedom-
eters and a walking log to
all who attended the meet-
ing.
After the session about
18 participants signed up
for bone density screening
at the hospital. Hospital
staff offered to help par-
ticipants determine if their
insurance would cover the
procedure, which costs
roughly $500.
The presentation was
part of an on-going edu-
cational series offered for
free to the public. Upcom-
ing programs include a
women's health program in
the early part of October,
a health fair to be held on
September 24 and a pro-
gram offering flu shots and
preventative information
called "Caf6 Influenza" to
be held sometime in Octo-
ber.
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Film Fest organizers gear up for event
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Organizers of the Hyart Film Fes-
tival are preparing to present 64 films
to the public at showings that will
take place over a three-day period at
the historic Hyart Theatre in Lovell.
The event will take place Aug. 11-13.
This is the second year for the festival.
Last year an average of 60-80 people
attended the showings.
Jason Zel!er, a filmmaker him-
self specializing in animation, spear-
headed the creation of the festival and
hopes that even more people will at-
tend this year. Zeller and a special
committee handpicked the films for
the festival from more than 300 films
received. Most of the films are family-
friendly, with the exception of the hor-
ror films that will be shown on Friday
night. According to Zeller, some of the
horror films would be "a little much for
children" and some of them are a little
much for Zeller himself, who doesn't
particularly care for scary movies.
Zeller and the committee specifically
sought out films without nudity, offen-
sive language or violence to make the
overall event accessible to families. A
block of films shown on Saturday, Aug.
13 at 3 p.m. will be mostly animated
and geared towards children.
HYART FILM FESTIVAL
LOLL, WYOMING
Out of the 64 films that were se-
lected, 21 are animated. The typical
length is under five minutes. Zeller
is pleased with the high quality of the
films this year.
Zeller is proud of the fact that
three of last year's films have gone
on to "bigger things." Last year's peo-
ple's choice winner, "The Desperate,"
went on to win 40 different awards for
best short films at other festivals and
is slated to be made into a full length
movie. The sci-fi film, "Cockpit," a
computer-generated film shown last
year, is also being made into a feature
length film, and the animated short
"Sneeze Me Away," is being made into
a cartoon series.
For this year's festival, Zeller rec-
ommends "Snow Day," a family friend-
ly animated comedy based on the clas-
sic character Frosty the Snowman.
He also recommends, "An Evening
with My Comatose Mother," a film
that has already won several awards
at other film festivals, to those who
like "really scary movies." Another fa-
vorite is a film called "Quirk of Fate,"
which is a good drama with a similar
theme to the classic movie "It's a won-
derful life."
The films will be shown in "blocks"
over a three-day period ' Aug. 11-13,
starting at 7 p.m., on Thursday. A
second block of films will be shown on
Friday at 7 p.m. and the horror films
will be shown on the same evening at
9 p.m. Particularly kid-friendly films
will be shown on Saturday at 3 p.m.
and a more general interest block will
be shown at 7 p.m. that evening. At-
tendees can purchase individual pass-
es for certain blocks or a pass for all
showings at the festival. Zeller ex-
pects to post a schedule soon at the
Hyart that will show the names and
descriptions of films that will be pre-
sented during the various time blocks.
He also plans to insert a schedule
in an upcoming issue of the Lovell
Chronicle.
Rx awareness
group plans
panel
discussion
The Prescription Drug
Awareness group held their
regular meeting at the New
Horizons Care Center multi-
purpose room in Lovell on
Tuesday. The group dis-
cussed plans for a panel dis-
cussion to raise awareness
of prescription drug abuse
in the community. The pan-
el discussion, which will be
geared toward raising par-
ent awareness, will be open
to the public and will take
place sometime in the fall.
The exact date for the
event has not been sched-
uled yet, but organizers ex-
pect it to take place some-
time around the end of
September or early October.
The group is already seek-
ing input from the commu-
nity about what informa-
tion would be most useful to
cover in the discussion.
For more information or
to provide feedback contact
Naomi Burns at bhhealth-
coalition@gmail.com.
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