For the Health of It

• SPANISH STORYTIME - Dec 6, 4pm - Open to ages 2-12. Limited seating. Registration required. • TOT STAY & PLAY - Dec 7, 11am - Open to ages 1-4 (with a caregiver). • LEGO CLUB - Dec 13, 4pm - Open to ages 3-12.

Limited to 20 participants. Registration required. • SNACKS AND STORIES WITH SANTA! - Dec 17, 10:30-11:30am - All ages. Limited seating.

Registration required by Dec 14. • POLISH STORYTIME - Dec 20, 4pm - Open to ages 2-12. Limited seating. Registration required. • LETTERS TO SANTA - Nov 26-Dec 16 - The

Schiller Park Public Library has a direct line to the North Pole! Children can use the mailbox in

Children’s World to send a letter to Santa. Santa will respond to every letter he gets with a special signed by Santa Nice List” Certificate you’ll receive in your very own mailbox! Make sure to put your address on the letter you send. • GINGERBREAD FUN - Dec 15, 4pm - All ages.

Limited seating. Registration required. • TEEN GAMING - Dec 22, 4pm - Open to ages 12-17. Limited seating. Registration required. • HOLIDAY TECH - Dec 3, 10am - Open to ages 18+. Limited Seating. Registration required.

Schiller Park residents only. • ADULT CRAFT N’ CREATIONS - Dec 8, 4pm - Open to ages 18 & up. Limited seating.

Registration required. • YARN CRAFTING - Dec 19, 11am - Open to ages 18+. • WII BOWLING FOR SENIORS - Dec 8, 1pm -

Ages 62+. Limited seating. Registration required. • ILLINOIS LIBRARIES PRESENT: A

CONVERSATION WITH SHAUNA SEVER (ONLINE VIA ZOOM)! - Dec 13, 7pm - Join us for a virtual presentation. Register for this online event through Zoom at schillerparklibrary.org.

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Franklin Park Public Library

10311 W. Grand Ave. 847-455-6016, fppld.org

• HOLIDAY CLOSINGS - The Library will be closed on Saturday, Dec 24 & Monday, Dec 26 for the Christmas holidays. We will reopen at 10am on Tuesday, Dec 27. The Library will be closed on Saturday, Dec 31 & Monday, Jan 2 for the

New Years holidays. We will reopen at 10am on

Tuesday, Jan 3. • SOAP MAKING - Dec 1, 5-6pm - Limit 20.

Registration is required. Grades 6-12 & adults. • TAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS - Dec 1, 5:30-6:45pm - Grades Preschool-5. • SCALES-N-Tales Storytime - Dec 2, 9, 16, 1111:30 AM - Ages 0-5 with caregiver. • MEET THE AUTHOR: PASCUALA HERRERA - Dec 5, 12-1:30pm - Meet Franklin Park resident, educator, disability awareness advocate, and author Pascuala Herrera! Learn about her fascinating life and hear about her new book,

Life is a Garden to Cultivate: The ABCs Towards a Better Life. She will be signing copies of her books afterwards, and copies will be available to purchase. • CHAIR YOGA - Dec 5 & 12, 3-4pm • CHESS CLUB - Dec 5, 5-6:30pm • TINKER TOTS - Dec 6, 11 AM - 12pm - Ages 0-5 with caregiver. • LIBRARY QUILT & SEW CLUB - Dec 7, 10

AM - 12pm • HOLIDAY DRAW-Along - Dec 7, 5-6:30pm -

Grades K-8. • BOOK BUDDIES - Dec 8, 4:30-5:30pm - Grades

Preschool-8. • CREATIVE COCOA - Dec 9, 4-5pm - Grades 3-12. • HOLIDAY CENTERPIECE CRAFT - Dec 10, 11

AM - 1pm - Limit 20. Registration is required. • KNIT & CROCHET GROUP - Dec 10 & 17, 1-3pm • COOKIE-Craft Family Storytime - Dec 12, 5-6:30pm • TECH TUESDAYS: INTRO TO IPHONE,

IPAD, AND IOS - Dec 13, 2-3:30pm - Limit 10.

Registration is required. • TAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS - Dec 13, 5:306:45pm • ILLINOIS LIBRARIES PRESENT: A

CONVERSATION WITH SHAUNA SEVER (MIDWEST BAKING WITH SHAUNA

SEVER) - Dec 13, 7-8pm • ASL CLUB - Dec 14, 4:30-5:30pm - All ages. • POPULAR PAGE TURNERS BOOK CLUB -

Dec 14, 7-8pm - Registration is required. • CRAFTER’S CORNER - Dec 15, 5-6:30pm -

Open to teens & adults. • FRIDAY FLICKS - Dec 16, 1-3:15pm - Top Gun:

Maverick (PG-13) • ANIME CLUB - Dec 16, 4:30-5:45pm - Grades 4-12. • MONDAY NITE MOVIE - Dec 19, 5-6:30pm - The Grinch (PG). All ages. • BON APPETIT - Dec 20, 5-6pm - Grades 3-6. • PJ STORYTIME - Dec 20, 6-6:30pm - Ages 0-5 with caregiver. • ULTIMATE TASTE TEST CHALLENGE - Dec 21, 3:45-4:45pm - Grades 3-12. • TAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS - Dec 27, 3-4:30pm - Grades Preschool-5. • SILLY SCIENCE: THE SCIENCE OF ICE

CREAM - Dec 27, 4:30-5:30pm - Grades K-5.

LIBRARY NOOK (CONT.)

• ANIMAL SHOW - Dec 28, 3-4pm - Registration is required. Grades PreK-5 with caregiver. • LET’S PAINT! - Dec 29, 3:30-5pm - Registration is required. Grades K-12. • PERLER BEAD IT! - Dec 30, 3-4pm - Grades 3-12. • TAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS - Dec 30, 3-4:30pm - Grades Preschool-5.

FOR THE HEALTH OF IT

PERSISTENT COUGH? PASS THE CHOCOLATE?

Yep, chocolate. Ever had a cough that lingered for days? It can leave your throat raw and burning. You can cough so hard that your ribs ache (or even break!). And there’s the embarrassment of coughing in a crowded room or movie theater…and watching people move away fr om you like you’ve got Covid 19! Worst of all, if you go the drugstore for a cough remedy, they don’t even work! Who says? The American College of Chest Physicians, That’s who. That’s what they discovered after studying the effectiveness of many leading drugstore cough medicines.

Better idea: Try chocolate. Dark chocolate is a natural cough suppressant – thanks to a chemical it contains called theobromine. The darker the chocolate, the more theobromine. So aim for products containing more than 65% cocoa. Eat a small square – about onehalf to one ounce – two or three times a day. Chocolate has caffeine, so don’t eat it in the evening close to bedtime.

SOURCE: BOTTOMLINE HEALTH

10 SECOND FIX MAKES IVS VIRTUALLY PAINLESS… YET MOST NURSES OR DOCTORS SKIP THIS STEP.

Every day, thousands of nurses and interns terrify and hurt patients when they insert IVs into veins for medicines. They jab around to find a vein. And patients have to grit their teeth and bear it. And the worst part, according to David Sherer, MD, it’s all unnecessary. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Sherer learned a technique back in 1986 that makes IVs virtually painless. A nurse or doctor uses a tiny needle to place a drop of the local anesthetic lidocaine on the spot where your IV will be inserted. The lidocaine numbs the spot, and presto…the IV can be inserted painlessly! Sounds simple, right?

“It’s medicine’s barbaric little secret,” says Dr. Sherer. “There is absolutely no reason this should not be standard practice for every patient in need of an IV (or for those giving blood). The training takes five minutes, and the results are dramatic.” And he should know, because he’s done an astounding 80,000 IVs over his 32-year career.

SOURCE: BOTTOMLINE HEALTH

CONNECTION BETWEEN WEATHER AND STROKE

Surprising new research studies have found a significant link between falling temperatures and your risk for a stroke. Strokes increase in the winter. One study found that each fivedegree (F) drop in temperature resulted in an 11% increase in the risk of stroke. For those with cardiovascular disease the risk increased by 30%. So if you’re at risk, think twice before lifting that shovel!

SOURCE: “FOCUS ON HEALTHY AGING” ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI.