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Individuals who may experience any type of chest pain need to take that pain very seriously and seek medical assistance. There is always the possibility that pain may be caused by a heart attack or some other form of heart disease and must not be ignored. Immediate medical attention is the only way to stop more damage from being done.
The common signs and symptoms of a heart attack include the following:
1. Any type of chest pain. It may be a crushing pain, a feeling of heaviness such as an elephant standing on one's chest, or even a squeezing of the chest.

Chuck and Gen Rude of Decorah will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005, with a family dinner.
Charles Rude of Decorah and Genevieve Larson of Dorchester were married Feb. 19, 1955, at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah.
Their five children are Randy Rude, Joan (Donn) Smedsrud, Sue (Mike) Halverson, all of Decorah, Mary K. (Tom) Swinburn of Rock Island, Ill., and Jeff Rude of Minneapolis, Minn. They also have five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The Waukon Lion's Club is in the process of planning for their major annual fundraiser, the Lion's Variety Show. The show will be held Saturday, April 2, 2005, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Waukon Senior High auditorium.
The Lions are currently looking for individuals and groups who would like to participate.

Jessica Reiser and Adam Kurth were united in marriage Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, at First Presbyterian Church, Waukon. Rev. Larry Olson officiated the 3 p.m. ceremony.
Parents of the couple are Mark and Nancy Reiser of Waukon, Dale and Virginia Kurth of Waukon, and Marsha Kurth of La Crosse, Wis. The bride's grandparents are Dale and Elaine Reiser. Grandparents of the groom are Francis and Celia Garrett and Gerald Kurth.

(ARA) - At a time when the average household owes approximately $9,000 in credit card debt, one credit counselor is asking Americans to step up to a debt-reduction challenge:
"If 2004 was your year of plastic, resolve to make 2005 the year of green," says Michael McAuliffe, president of Family Credit Counseling Service, a nationwide non-profit offering financial education and debt repayment solutions.

Cuaquehua-Tentzohua
Alejandra and Domingo Cuaquehua-Tentzohua of New Albin wish to announce the birth of their second child, Caren Arleth. Caren was born Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at Veterans Memorial Hospital and was 5 pounds, 13 ounces.
Caren joins a brother, Juan Daniel Cuaquehua, 1.

Dickson
Steve and Michele Dickson wish to announce the birth of their son, Cullen Paul. Cullen was born Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, at Winneshiek Medical Center. He was 8 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.
Cullen joins an older brother, Andrew Carl, age 5.

The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of Public Interest Institute. They are brought to you in the interest of a better-informed citizenry.

The National Education Association (NEA) recently released its annual ranking of average teacher salaries among the states. For the 2003-2004 school year, Iowa's average teacher salary was $39,432. According to the NEA report, this ranks Iowa at number 38 in the nation for average teacher salaries.

The place was full of people, as usual. Even though it was 5:30 on a Tuesday night, Chuck-E-Cheese's was starting to fill up. We paid for our pizza, and headed for the "show" area where mechanical, animated figures perform song and dance routines every ten to fifteen minutes. I was just walking along, minding my own business, looking for a place to sit, and then I saw him.

Conceding that counting white-tailed deer is an "inexact science at best", DNR Wildlife Biologist Willie Suchy, in a series of Natural Resources Committee meetings, outlined the different ways that the DNR attempts to put a number on the deer population.

Surveys
Instead of a complete census, the department relies on surveys of the deer population each year. These surveys are merely used to identify population trends. They are not used to directly estimate the total number of deer that are alive at any one time.

Surprisingly, the pace of the Iowa Legislature seems to be moving swiftly for the moment. Discussion continues on a wide range of issues, but centered this week on meth, property taxes and cigarettes.
I am sure that if legislation is passed to restrict access to pseudoephedrine, some will feel they will be inconvenienced because of it. The bottom line is that we have to get these products off the shelves and shut down the meth cookers. Even though this is a small source of the meth supply in the state, it will be a start to addressing the other 80%.