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Schiavo case underscores need for
health care directives The
Terri Schiavo case raised many difficult questions about health care
decisions. It also underscores the need for people to make sure that
their end-of-life wishes are known and legally binding.
The Illinois Department of Public
Health has information available about advance directives such as
living wills and health care power of attorney at
www.idph.state.il.us or by
calling (217) 782-4977.
The Senate Republican website also
provides access to a downloadable brochure about advance directives.
Go to
www.senategop.state.il.us and in the "information" box at left,
click on "downloads," then "brochures," then "senior citizens" (or
click here and go to "Health Care Decisions/Living Will.").
Cell phone text messages can carry
viruses
Consumers should realize that cell
phones with text messaging capabilities have the potential for being
infected by viruses that could destroy their cell phones.
Because most cell phone viruses come
from instant messaging software,
the attorney general advises
consumers to treat unsolicited text messages the same way they would
 unsolicited
e-mail messages -- press delete and never open the unsolicited
messages or their attachments. Once a virus-encoded message is
opened on a cell phone, it may spread to other users in the cell
phone's directory.
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State Farm hosts Child Passenger
Safety Day on May 14
State Farm will host its Child
Passenger Safety Day on May 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at State Farm
Corporate Headquarters in Bloomington. The event is being presented
in cooperation with the McLean County SafeKids Coalition.
For more information, call Tricia
Lambert at (309) 766-2161.
There will be similar events in
Bradley, Champaign, Chicago, East St. Louis, Joliet, Macomb, Moline,
Peoria, Peru and Springfield.
[From
Sen. Bill Brady]
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