 Russell Fork Pharmacy is your locally owned pharmacy offering fast, friendly service with competitive prices and free delivery. Call 606-754-7085. Visit RussellForkPharmacy.com and download our free mobile app for refill requests and more. With the winter holidays approaching, many families will be traveling long distances together with loved ones. Taking the time to prepare your vehicle for icy roads could prevent an accident as you travel this winter. There are a lot of things that we can do for ourselves. Of course, it's easier if you can take your vehicle to a mechanic or a service and have them check all these things for you. That's fine if you can do that, but make sure that these are among the things that are checked. So your battery, your windshield wipers, if you don't have really good windshield wipers, now's the time to replace them. Your front and rear defrosters, make sure they're working properly. Headlights and tail lights, if people can't see you or if their site of where you're located on the road is distorted, it could be a problem. All of your fluids, make sure all your fluids are checked. Your oil, your antifreeze, power steering fluid, windshield wiper solution, and always use non-freeze windshield wiper solution. Don't just pour water in there. Tires may be the single most important thing that you need to pay attention to. Not just the tire tread, whether it's worn and maybe the tire needs to be replaced. Some people can't afford new tires when they need them. That's when keeping the proper pressure in your tires is even more critical. If you want a winter emergency kit for your car, it doesn't have to be elaborate. I mean, it can be a cardboard box. Well, first of all, I'll always take a cell phone with you if you have one and make sure you have a charger that only stays in the vehicle. Then you need blankets, you need a small general first aid kit, booster cables, you need of course a windshield scraper. I would encourage everybody to go ahead while it's still relatively clear and it's not too cold. It doesn't take that long. Go ahead and get your little cardboard box or your tote bag or whatever together. Make yourself an emergency kit and winterize that vehicle. Do the things that you can do on your own and then take it to a garage, to your dealer, to one of these auto service places and they'll do all that for you. It doesn't cost hardly anything unless you need an oil change or new wipers or something's wrong. These are simple things that we can all take care of ourselves. I like to say that the safest thing about my vehicle is me. The safest thing about your vehicle is you and if we pay attention to our behavior in winter weather then we are also taking care of the other people that we encounter on the roadway.