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Medicap
offers personalized service and on-site compounding of medications
[FEB.
2, 2001] Bruce
Stacy, registered pharmacist and owner of Medicap Pharmacy,
dispenses advice as well as medicine. The pharmacist is the last
person the patient comes in contact with and the most accessible
health-care professional, he says, so sometimes he fields questions
the patient did not think to ask the doctor.
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[Bruce Stacy, registered pharmacist at Medicap
Pharmacy, compounds ibuprofen into a transdermal gel.]
Stacy’s
self-defined purpose is people-oriented: "to help people,
provide advice and fill a need for them." His personalized
service includes reviewing a patient’s profile before filling a
prescription. However, this only helps if the customer purchases all
medications at one place, he warned. Stacy said he asks what
customers are looking for and what health problems they have before
recommending an over-the-counter product.
In the
past two years Medicap services have been expanded to include
compounding, or custom-making, prescriptions. Stacy said compounding
will be needed more and more as people become aware of all the
services that can be provided.
Special
needs served by compounding include making flavored medicines for
children, varying dosages for animals, reproducing medications no
longer available on the market, producing natural alternatives in
hormone replacement therapy and creating alternative forms of
medications that the patient can better tolerate. Stacy finds
filling these needs a rewarding part of the practice of pharmacy.
Medicap
Pharmacy belongs to a Des Moines-based franchise made up of about
175 stores, most of them individually owned. The Medicap franchise
manufactures a brand of vitamins and offers equivalents for some
over-the-counter medications. In addition, benefits of belonging to
a franchise include buying power and ability to negotiate contracts,
Stacy said.
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Besides
filling prescriptions, the store offers over-the-counter medications
and medical supplies. Stock ranges from dietetic candies to durable
medical goods and greeting cards. Medicap also stocks published
guides to nutritional healing, herbs and natural medicine. In the
last few years Stacy has been expanding into alternative and herbal
medicines. He has trained in the field for a year, earning several
natural medicine certificates. "The area is growing," he
said, "as people decide to take natural products rather than Rx
items that frequently have harsh side effects."
Stacy
grew up in Joliet and graduated from North Dakota State University
with a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy. What was then a five-year
program has since grown to six years, culminating now in a doctor of
pharmacy degree. Stacy’s son Zachary is following in his father’s
professional footsteps. After earning a master’s degree in
chemistry, he is a fourth-year student at St. Louis College of
Pharmacy. Another son, Alex, is a senior at Illinois State
University.
After
10 years working as a pharmacist for SuperX, first in Peoria, then
in Lincoln, Stacy opened Medicap 13 years ago at 501 Woodlawn Road.
Ten years later he moved to 709 Woodlawn Road, in the process
expanding the store from 800 to 1,500 square feet. The new location
is not only newer and brighter but also enabled Stacy to add a
patient consulting room and a compounding room. Business has
increased since the move as well.
Interest in science and a
desire to work with people directly led Stacy to his profession. He
said personal qualities needed by a pharmacist are accuracy, strong
math and science skills, and being a people person. "People are
not usually feeling good when they come here," he said.
"They don’t want to buy medicine, but it is something they
need." He tries to make the experience as pleasant as possible
while he fills the medical need.
(To be continued)
[Lynn
Spellman]
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Looking
for Lincoln starts the year off right
[JAN.
26, 2001] The
Looking for Lincoln committee met Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the Abraham
Lincoln Tourism Bureau for their first meeting of the new year.
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Paul
Beaver, chairman of the Master Plan Committee, presented the plans
for creating a videotape concerning Looking for Lincoln in Lincoln
and Logan County. They expect to distribute this video, when
completed, to the chambers of commerce, motels, libraries, Looking
for Lincoln sites and any other sites that would be applicable. The
committee will be planning locations, costumes and props. They will
also need actors and any good help available. More complete plans
will be announced as the committee's work progresses. Beaver was
very pleased to announce that they have a script which Judge
Stringer wrote in 1911 which details places and events in Logan
County where Lincoln visited during his lifetime.
Shirley
Bartelmay reported there was a good turnout at the training for
guides at the Postville Courthouse. Thirty-seven volunteers received
training and 14 are scheduled for training with Richard Schachtsiek,
site manager at the Postville Courthouse. An additional training
session has been scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 15, and anyone
interested is invited to attend.
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Wendy
Bell, Main Street Lincoln program manager, reported that the
Illinois Highway Department will be installing Looking for Lincoln
signs along the highways this summer in order to have uniformity
across the state. Wendy stated that everyone seemed very pleased
with the courthouse tour. Good attendance made the evening very
special, and it is expected that there will be expanded attendance
next year.
Thressia
Usherwood, director of the Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau, mentioned
that the Festival of Trees was successful, and it appears that it
will continue to be a highlight for the next Christmas season.
Ron Keller, Lincoln
College Museum curator, announced that the college has already
requested the state of Illinois to install Lincoln College Museum
signs along old Route 66. The signs seem to have encouraged an
increase in tourists stopping at the museum.
The next Looking for
Lincoln meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m.
[Kathleen
McCullough]
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[JAN.
30, 2001] For
the week Jan 29.-Feb 4
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Monday,
Jan. 29
Chamber
Executive Council
Noon
Chamber
office
Wednesday,
Jan. 31
Economic
Development Council
8
a.m.
Mayor’s
office
Thursday,
Feb. 1
Chamber
Board of Directors
11:45
a.m.
Chamber
Conference Room
303
S. Kickapoo St., Lincoln
Friday,
Feb. 2
Chamber
of Commerce official ribbon-cutting ceremony (business relocation)
10
a.m.
Mission
Mart
819
Woodlawn Road, Lincoln
Saturday,
Feb. 3
Chamber
annual dinner
6
p.m.
The
Maple Club
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Upcoming
events:
Mayoral
forum – Feb. 21
Ag
Day breakfast – March 21
Legislative
breakfast – April 18
The
Chamber’s Technology Committee encourages businesses to
participate in a survey to identify and address the technological
needs of our local businesses. Business personnel may complete this
survey by clicking the icon on the Chamber’s home page at lincolnillinois.com
or by picking up a survey at the Chamber office.
Lincoln/Logan
County Chamber of Commerce
303
S. Kickapoo St., Lincoln
(217)
735-2385
chamber@lincolnillinois.com
[Provided
by Bobbi Abbott, executive director]
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Main
Street Corner News
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[JAN.
17, 2001] Main
Street Lincoln has
a lot planned in the next five weeks, and we want to be certain you
mark your calendars now so as not to miss a single important event.
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Happy New
Year!
• MORNINGS ON MAIN —
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 8 a.m. at Sorrento's, 521 Broadway St. Coffee,
rolls and a chance for you to share your ideas with others concerned
about downtown Lincoln. Everyone
is welcome!
• ANNUAL MEETING —
Monday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers (second floor
of City Hall). Acknowledgement of accomplishments, voting on new
board members and officers by current Main Street partners, plans
for the new year. Come and get in on the action!
• LOOKING FOR LINCOLN
MASTER PLAN MEETING — Wednesday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. in the second
floor conference room at Union Planters Bank, 303 S. Kickapoo. Are
you interested in economic growth through heritage tourism? This is
the group that's making it happen! Join us!
• ECONOMIC
RESTRUCTURING COMMITTEE MEETING — Wednesday, Jan. 31, 5:30
p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library Annex Conference Room. Are you
concerned about the wide-open spaces in our downtown retail
environment? Then this is the group to get involved with! We're
developing a plan of action to fill the vacancies and revitalize the
area. Creative thinkers with a positive attitude needed.
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• MAYORAL FORUM AT
MORNINGS ON MAIN - Tuesday, Feb. 13, 7:30 a.m. (note the time
change) at Sorrento's. We've invited all mayoral candidates to join
us and present their ideas and views on downtown Lincoln. In
preparation, we're asking YOU to write down and send your suggested
questions to Main Street by Feb. 1. You may mail them to 303 S.
Kickapoo, fax them to 735-9205 or e-mail them to manager@mainstreetlincoln.com.
Questions will be sorted for duplication and the most relevant
chosen. Each candidate will have the opportunity to address each
question selected. No questions will be accepted from the floor;
therefore, if you want to address a topic, you must send the
question in advance. If you think the mayor has an impact on
downtown, now is the time to find out the candidates’ views so you
can make the best decision in the voting booth.
• AS ALWAYS, Main
Street Lincoln is working with you to make downtown a great place to
work, shop and socialize. Got a suggestion? Call us at 732-2929.
[Wendy
Bell, program manager]
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