Published on: Thursday, February 16, 2012

By Norma Jean Fazenbaker

Church performance

On March 4, the Clinton United Methodist Church Chancel Choir will be hosting an appearance by Re-Creation.  Please email glasscop@gmail.com for more information about this show.

See the Blue Crabs for Special Olympics

On June 27, there will be a Blue Crabs Game to benefit the Special Olympics. Tickets cost $13, and $6.50 goes to the Special Olympics of Charles County. If you would like to have a marketing table at this game, you must sell 50 tickets. The seller of the most tickets gets a luxury suite for the evening. Email ghoehl@hotmail.com for more information.

Check your hearing

If you suspect you are having trouble with your hearing, you should seek treatment from a licensed audiologist or other hearing health care professional to ensure the proper diagnosis. Hearing aids are not always the proper course of treatment. According to Health magazine, using a hearing aid without proper examination, diagnosis and counseling can lead to treatment outcomes and increased risks of omitting an evaluation by a licensed audiologist, which could require medical intervention and subsequent hearing loss as a result of improper fitting or programming of hearing aids. There are many possible causes of hearing loss, such as blockages in the outer ear, ear infections, head injury, medication, Meniere’s disease and fistula — which is an abnormal opening between the middle and inner ear that causes fluid to leak from the inner ear.

Did you know?

Feb. 20 is Bun Day in Iceland. Children go to homes in the morning with colorful sticks and are given whipped cream buns.