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Photo of the week
"Lone Sailor"
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A miniature of the "Lone Sailor" statue which
will be the central figure of the U.S. Navy Memorial is admired by
the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral James D. Watkins, left,
Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman, center, and retired Rear Ad-
miral William Thompson, President of the U.S. Navy Manorial
Foundation. The "Lone Sailor", which was recently approved, sym-
bolically represents all the U.S. Navy "Bluejackets" that have
served the Navy and the nation since 1775. The U.S. Navy Memorial,
an amphitheatrewhere the Navy Band and other service bands will
hold summertime concerts, is being constructed on Pennyslvania
Avenue, Washington, D.C., and is due to be completed in the spring
of 1987.
Be careful with cat's litter box-
By SSgt. Diana Haugen
Veterinary Sevices.Travis.AFB
Pregnancy brings numerous
precautions. Things like not
mixing household chemicals
(i.e., bleach and ammonia), pos-
sible hazards in the work place
and some limitations on your
physical activities are a few of
them.
To this list of "don'ts and
"be awares" we are adding more
Toxoplasmosis.
Toxoplasmosis is a disease
caused by a protozoan (a mirco-
scopic single-celled animal).
This protozoan can live in all
the body's tissues of all ani-
mals and humans.
But it produces infectious
oocysts (eggs) only in the in-
parasites during defecation
four to 15 days after becoming
re-infected, or for weeks after
a primary infection. Cats are
infected wtih these protozoa by
drinking water or eating raw
meat (birds, rats, mice) that
has been contaminated with the
oocysts of the protozoan.
Cats that have lived exclus-
ively indoors and have eaten on-
ly canned or box food are un-
likely to have become infected.
Flies also can become contami-
nated by cat feces and deposit
occysist on foods.
The following are some extra
precautions you should take: You
should not change or clean the
cat"s litter box. You're probably
among the 75 precent to 80 per-
cent of Americans who are not
immune to Toxoplasma infection.
Schedule of religious services
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Sunday
B:30 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Lutheran Communion Service
(First and third Sundays)
Protestant Sunday School
(Child Care Center, Family
Services & High School)
Catholic Mass
CCD (Sep thru May, Child
Care Center, Family Services
& Chapel Hal 1)
Protestant Morning Worship
(Communion-First Sundays)
Catholic Mass
Protestant Worship Service
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Reader Services
9:30 a.m. Church of Christ, High School
10:00 a.m. The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, High
School
2:00 p.m. Christian Science, Chapel
3:00 p.m. Pentecostal, Chapel
5:00 p.m. First Sunday, Episcopal
(Anglican) Evening Prayer,
Chapel
Monday
7:00 p.m. Jehovah Witness, High School
Friday
7:30 p.m. Jewish Sabbath, Chapel
Saturday
5:00 p.m. Catholic Mass
(October thru May)
The oocysts in the cat's feces
don't become infectious until a-
bout three days after defecation
so another member of the family
should empty the litter box
daily.
If you do any gardening, it
is advisable to wear gloves,
since cats might use your flower
bed as a litter box. Children's
sand boxes make good "Substitute
latrines" for wandering felines.
Wash your hands carefully
after handling cats or raw un-
cooked or undercooked meats un-
less they have been frozen first.
Freezing renders the oocysts non-
infectious.
The reason for these pre-
cautions is that even though the
Please see DISEASE on pg.10
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