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EVERYONE COUNTS:

202O CENSUS Counting everyone once, only once and in the right place What is a census and why is it important?

Once a decade, America comes together to count every resident in the United States, creating national awareness of the importance of the census and its valuable statistics.

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Nothing kills more people than heart disease. Still, it is far from the only mass murderer.

One out of every four deaths in this country comes from cancer. Even more, for women, breast cancer is the worst threat.

Apart from a few strains of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women of all persuasions, although some are more vulnerable than others. African Americans are especially prone to this disease.

It is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among, white,

black, Native American/Alaska Native women. Statistics from the American Cancer Society are sobering.

By the end of this year, about 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer are anticipated.

There will be about 62,930 cases of carcinoma in situ.

This is a non-invasive strain, and the earliest form of breast cancer. A whopping 41, 760 women are expected to die from cancer this year. But all is not lost. There is hope.

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Renovations Programs could Community Meeting help veterans Scheduled Nov. 2 For Broughton become next Recreation Center, Park generation of producers

Medicare Open Enrollment: Scammers in Full Swing

By Mechele Agbayani Mills Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage is in full swing, and that means the scammers are as well.

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Harriett Tubman Movie debuts

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Early detection is always the most promising start to combating malignancy.

Getting state-of-the-art treatment before cancer has time to spread considerably improves the odds of recovery. The best way to achieve early detection is via regular cancer screenings. The American Cancer Society provides guidelines for women of all risk factors. Although there are frequently lumps that can be felt, cancer can also get started without noticeable symptoms. Screening can detect malignancies before they are conspicuous. Detection of breast cancers while they are still confined to the breast is vital. The size of breast tumors and the extent to which they have spread at the time of detection are crucial factors in a woman’s chances of beating the illness.

These guidelines are for women at average risk for breast cancer. For screening purposes, a woman is considered to be at average risk if she doesn’t have a personal history of breast cancer, a strong family history of breast cancer, or a genetic mutation known to increase risk of breast cancer (such as in a BRCA gene), and has not had chest radiation therapy before the age of 30.

Ladies aged 40 to 44 have the option for screening (mammograms) every year, while those aged 45 to 54 are recommended for annual mammograms. Women aged 55 and older may cut back to screenings every other year, but under all circumstances regular screenings are a good idea for all ladies who are expected to live at least 10 more years. Those undergoing mammograms should understand what to expect during the procedure.

Breast cancer screenings are a lowdose x-ray of the breast and have a history of success in finding malignancies early.

This decreases the chances of needing such aggressive treatments as chemotherapy and mastectomies (removal of the entire breast.)

Mammograms are not flawless. They may miss some cancers, and sometimes additional testing is required to establish whether something showing up on the mammogram is even malignant. Although rare, it is possible for small cancers to form that are non-threatening. This is called “overdiagnosis.” All women undergoing mammograms should educate themselves on the procedure in order to understand its benefits and limitations. There is more.

The cost of periodic screening can be a problem, but the Mobile Mammography Bus enables all women to receive screening.

The recent Gold Rush financially supported the Mobile Mammography program.

The CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center-Longview Guild Gold Rush event gave interested East Texans a chance to look over the Mobile Mammography Bus. Driver, coordinator and registrar of the Mobile Mammography Bus, Molly Burns, loves what she does, and can personally appreciate what a blessing the unit is to working women. As a former school district employee, she knows the time restrictions of a tight schedule make it difficult to find time for a mammogram.

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Executive Director of Development, CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health System Aliceson Howell and husband Corey Howell of Grady Crawford Construction Company Inc.

The Longview Parks and Recreation Department and District 3 Councilman Wray Wade will hold a community meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12 to reveal concept plans and solicit community input on improvements coming to the Broughton Recreation Center and Broughton Park.

The meeting, which is one in a series of parks meetings which have been held across the city, will be held at the Broughton Recreation Center at 801 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Longview, TX 75602. The meeting will be led by LPA Design Studios, the firm hired by the City of Longview to prepare designs and construction documents, with opportunities for the community to provide input on the priorities and ideas.

In November 2018, Longview voters approved $24.71 million for parks improvements, some of which is being utilized to upgrade the Broughton Recreation Center and Broughton Park. Of that package, $5.7 million was allotted to the recreation center and park. Broughton

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Park was acquired by the city before 1960 and the recreation center was built in 1978. Current recreation center facilities include a gym and stage, three classrooms, the Longview Public Library Broughton Branch, and a common area. Park facilities include two pavilions, basketball courts, a playground, a splash pad, a trail, and a softball field.

“We had great participation with our first set of parks meetings to discuss renovations to our neighborhood parks, and that input has been incorporated into those designs,” Parks and Recreation Director Scott Caron said. “We know how important Broughton Park and the Broughton Recreation Center are to our residents, and we want to make sure that they have a chance to weigh in on the project.”

For more information about the November 2018 bond election, please visit LongviewTexas.gov/Bond.

For more information about the Parks and Recreation Department, contact 903-2371270 or LongviewTexas.gov/ Parks.

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Life in America’s child care deserts Without affordable care, women — and small business owners like me — are at a huge disadvantage.

By Sarah Piepenburg

My husband and I run an oil and vinegar shop in Minneapolis. We love helping customers brighten their meals, but another reason we started our business doesn’t fit neatly into marketing materials: We needed child-care, and we couldn’t make it work any other way. Here in Minnesota, we have the fourth highest costs in the nation for infant care. What’s more, 44 percent of Minnesotans live in a child care desert, where there are simply no spots for anyone. For two years after we had our son, we did our best to piece together day care and work. We sat on countless waitlists. I even delayed taking a job until my son had aged out of the most expensive infant care category, which costs more than in-state college tuition.

Even with all our juggling, I was still only taking home $244 a week after child -care expenses. It just didn’t seem worth it. I quit my job to stay home, but I knew we’d have to find another solution soon. For my husband and me, the best choice was to go into business ourselves, arrange our schedules as best we could, and get help with child-care from family and friends.

With this help, we got by. But the irony is that it’s very hard for family businesses to provide family-friendly jobs. We can’t offer the support with child-care, paid leave, and

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health care that large corporations can.

And what about work schedules? Most daycares close at 6pm, but we close at 7pm.

It’s even more complicated for shift workers and 24-hour employees in other industries.

We aren’t alone. Small businesses in our area are scrambling to retain employees with kids or having to scale back hours and serve fewer clients. A lot of women leave the workforce entirely, like I did.

When one of our first employees was pregnant, we offered her more time off after her baby was born. But she wanted to come back after just two weeks because she needed the paycheck. Luckily, she had a family member who could take care of her child. But whenever that fell through, she missed work.

According to Child Care Aware, over a six-month period, 45 percent of working parents missed work at least once due to child care breakdowns. Businesses lose over $4 billion annually because of these issues. This is unfair — not just for small businesses, but for our society.

Women are more likely to shoulder caregiving than men, and lack of affordable care limits their economic independence.

Low-income families of color are disproportionately impacted by high costs, while rural communities are most likely

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to be classified as “child-care deserts.”

And, of course, the current system puts small businesses at a major disadvantage to big corporations with the resources to subsidize on-site care.

We do our best to help our employees who, like us, are parents. But the truth is, we’ve come to the limits of what we can do as individual business owners. When others ask me what they can do, I tell them we need to talk with our representatives.

We need lawmakers to invest in highquality child-care for everyone in our country.-We need innovative solutions like the Child-Care for Working Families Act that address the crisis from three fronts — maintaining care quality, ensuring quality jobs, and capping costs for families. If we believe in small business, we need our lawmakers to change this system. Childcare isn’t just a family issue — it’s an economic one, too.

Trump to small farmers: get lost As hundreds of Wisconsin dairy farms go under, the White House is telling them to clear out for the big guys.

By Jim Hightower

Donald Trump’s idea of a good farm program seems to be “Hee Haw. On a recent trip to Wisconsin, he drew guffaws from the state’s hard-hit dairy farmers by proclaiming that — thanks to his policies — the farm economy was looking good. “We’re over the hump,” he gloated.

Perhaps Trump thought that farmers are rubes, unable to do simple math.

But those dairy farmers were painfully aware that it costs them $1.90 to produce a gallon of milk, while the processing giants that control the milk market are paying them only $1.35 a gallon.

That 55-cent-a-gallon loss quickly adds up to a huge loss of income, and a devastating loss of farm families.

Wisconsin lost 638 dairy farms last year and another 551 so far this year. Far from “over the hump,” farm prices have been further depressed by Trump’s tariff clash with China: U.S. dairy sales to China fell by 54 percent in just the first half of this year.

Meanwhile, monopoly power is crushing prices. An $8 billion behemoth named Dean Foods now controls 90 percent of Wisconsin’s milk market, empowering it to commit daylight robbery, essentially stealing farmers’ product — and their farms.

Yet, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue — the one national official who’s supposed

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to stand up for farmers — nonchalantly kissed them off, smugly declaring it natural for the big to devour the small.

There’s nothing he can do for family operators, he says, except tell them to “go out” of agriculture.

Perdue and Trump are simply inept stewards of America’s farm economy.

What we need is a different approach — a path to a revitalized, family-farm-based food system that will break the corporate stranglehold over U.S. agriculture.

Open EOpen Enrollment for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage is in full swing, and that means the scammers are as well. From now through December 7, many Medicare recipients will be making decisions on whether to make changes in their Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans. Affecting more than 4 million Texas Medicare beneficiaries, the Annual Open Enrollment (AEP) enables recipients to make the following changes to various aspects of their coverage. They can: • Switch from Original Medicare to Medicare Advantage, or vice versa.

• Switch from one Medicare Advantage plan to another, or from one Medicare Part D (prescription drug) plan to another.

• Enroll in a Medicare Part D plan if you did not do so when you were first eligible • As much personal information will be disclosed during this type of change, BBB reminds consumers to be watchful for scammers who will try to take advantage of unsuspecting Medicare recipients.

BBB offers the following ways to avoid Medicare fraud: Shop around. Shop and compare plans at www.medicare.gov.

Guard your Medicare number. Your number is unique to you, just like

your Social Security number.

Verify licensing. The Medicare-eligible population grows every year, making sales of Medicare plans big business.

Dodge phony pitches. Phone calls, door-to-door, phishing emails, mail offers, health fairs, dinners, contests or prizes have all been used to lure people who may be pressed for time or confused by their Medicare options.

Hang up if: • You receive a cold call. No health care is allowed to cold call.

• The caller uses high-pressure sales or offers for “early bird discounts” during open enrollment • The caller offers a “special plan made just for you”.

• The caller asks for personal information upfront before you are enrolled.

• Claims there is a problem with your plan or there is a new card for your plan • If the caller asks for payment over the phone.

For additional resources contact the Texas Health and Human Services at (855) 937-2372 and Texas Senior Medicare Patrol at (888) 341-6187.

Mechele Agbayani Mills, is president and CEO of BBB Serving Central East Texas.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Harriett Tubman Movie debuts

By Rusty Wright Born into slavery in Maryland in about 1822, Harriet wanted out in her twenties.

At great risk, she made her way north to Pennsylvania and freedom. But her heart was with family left behind, so she returned to help others escape. A network of sympathizers and safe houses that stretched into Canada – dubbed the “Underground Railroad” – assisted the slaves on their journey to freedom. Teams would travel by night. Perils were legion.

Altogether, Harriet liberated about seventy people, many of them related to her, on twelve (or possibly thirteen) rescue missions. When the Civil War broke out, she served the Union army as a nurse, spy and scout. The woman had craft and courage.

Legend or truth? : As happens with many heroes, stories sometimes grow with the telling, and so with Harriet. Many accounts number nineteen rescue missions and say she freed three hundred. Three hundred sometimes morphs into several thousand.

Syracuse University historian Milton Sernett taught a course on “Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory and History” and published a book of the same title. He seeks to sift truth from legend: “Harriet Tubman’s courage has never been questioned. A chorus of voices sings her praises in this regard. She put herself at risk for the sake of others, be it as a guide

for frightened freedom seekers, as a nurse caring for sick contrabands [i.e., escaped slaves] and the battlefield wounded, or ministering her folk remedies in the Florida swamps in spite of infectious diseases to which she herself had no immunity. …”

“Though there is evidence that Tubman bore firearms, there is no report of her actually firing a weapon at anyone. On at least one occasion, she took out the gun she carried and used it to intimidate those who lost their nerve and the will to press on.”

Bravery and faith : Sernett concludes that Harriet succeeded “because she was brave and full of faith, in her God and in her people.” That she believed God guided her is beyond question from primary sources.

White abolitionist Thomas Garret wrote, “I never met with any person, of any color,

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Programs could help veterans become next generation of producers

By Teresa Hoffman With the average age of a U.S. farmer at nearly 60 years, and millions of acres expected to change hands over the next few years, military veterans have a key role to play as the nation looks for the next generation of producers.

To do so, veterans will need assistance overcoming barriers, such as accessing land and the lack of assets or cash flow to purchase land, equipment, and farm inputs.

Access to credit is an important component of most farming operations, especially for new and beginning producers.

Farm Service Agency (FSA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), offers a variety of loan programs, including providing access to muchneeded credit. FSA offers both direct and guaranteed loans.

In 2018, FSA loan programs had a monumental year, as obligations to all farmers reached a record $1.1 billion.

Of those, veteran farmers received $82.1 million from FSA and $76 million from third-party providers.

There are also conservation loan programs available through the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, with preference given to veteran farmers who support conservation on their farming operations.

Additionally, changes in the 2018 farm bill seek to improve outreach to veteran farmers and expand eligibility for various programs.

To ensure the U.S. is able to maintain a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry and support rural communities, our policies must create opportunity for the next generation of those who intend to produce our food and fiber. who had more confidence in the voice of God…. Her faith in a Supreme Power truly was great.” Harriet gained a reputation as “Black Moses,” liberating the oppressed.

She later told an interviewer she felt like the reluctant Moses, who, when told by God to free his people, pled inadequacy and requested a substitute. But God persisted with Moses…and with her, she affirmed.

She trusted in divine provision, explaining, “I tell de Lawd what I needs, and he provides.” A month before she died, she told a visitor, “I’ve been fixing a long time for my journey and now I’m almost home. God has shown me the Golden Chariot, and a voice spoke to me and said, ‘Arouse, awake! Sleep no longer, Jesus does all things well.’”

He certainly did things well through this inspiring woman. The film’s riveting drama left me breathless at times. It’s a powerful, compelling depiction of a woman with unswerving devotion to freeing her people and following her God. www.FocusFeatures.com/harriet Opens November 1 (USA) International release dates Rated PG-13 (USA) “for thematic content throughout, violent material and language including racial epithets.”

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The Attitude of Gratitude “

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with all my heart.” The thanksgiving he describes is total and consumes all of his being - his entire self. The word he used for heart would include his consciousness of God’s presence, his memory of God’s goodness and his awareness of God’s grace.

He worshiped God with excitement, enthusiasm and expectation.

“I will tell all of the marvelous things You have done.” Marvelous comes from a word that means “extraordinary, not to be surpassed by anyone and wonderful!” He is so overwhelmed by God’s

our heads and out through our hands. Everything we do should be done with a smile on our face and gladness in our eyes.

“I will sing praises to ANSWERETH DELIVER Your Name, O Most DESPISETH High.”

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How does your family feel about you being a police officer? I have been married to a wonderful woman for 33 plus years. She has been supportive in every step of my career and has encouraged me at every turn.

Education: College degree in Business Hometown: Silsbee Texas

Police officers work long hours and the work is very stressful. How do you like to relax? I enjoy fishing, shooting, and yard work. I’m currently building a large wooden deck that is really testing my carpenter skills!

Prior job experience: None as far as Law Enforcement How do you feel when you put on your uniform each day? The uniform is a symbol of law enforcement.

The rules of society by society. I wear it proudly.

If you could go back in time and tell your younger self one thing, what would it be? As I near retirement, I see the value and importance of financial planning at an early age. Health is another area where hindsight is clearer than foresight.

So, health and financial planning would be areas I would concentrate more on if I could go back in time.

People do not often understand how hard police officers work to keep the community safe. What inspired you to become a protector of the community and can you tell us any of daily risks you have experienced? I come from a long line of family members who have chosen Law Enforcement as a career path. I knew I wanted a career in Law Enforcement from early on. I started my career with the Longview Police Department in the summer of 1984 at the age of 23. I just celebrated 35 years this past July.

What is the misconception you have seen that the public have about police officers? I have seen policing evolve and change over the years. Some of those changes have been positive…some not so much. There are times I believe the public has an unrealistic view of Law Enforcement that is based on social media influence as well as Hollywood hype.

As a police officer, what do you want your legacy to be? I hope my specific career leaves the impression of fairness and a sense of enforcement of the law from the perspective of the intent of the law more than the letter of the law.

What was one of your toughest days on the job?

I have been a violent crimes detective for the past 28 years. With that I have had too many occasions requiring me to speak with family about the death a loved one. That is never easy or pleasant and each incident takes away a little piece of you that is not replaceable.

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In a time when pop culture encourages not co-operating with police officers, can you expand on the dangers this causes?

A desire to stand against cooperating and assisting Law Enforcement is actually only hurting yourself in the big picture.

Today you may be a witness…someone who could help their fellow man right a wrong. But tomorrow you may be that victim who needs the help from a witness.

As a champion of the community and symbol of justice, how can we as a community better support the police? The support of policing in a community is a two way street. Officers getting to know the citizens in their beat is huge to developing trust and a partnership. As a citizen, get involved in the Police Dept Ride Along Program as well as Citizens Police Academy and Citizens on Patrol program. School resource officers are is an amazing position to develop and nurture the relationship between Police and the youth of our city.

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Donuts are mighty good! All in moderation….

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Students visit City Hall, Mayor Andy Mack

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Education by Design, an innovative, avant-garde after school program involved in indigenous leadership development took its students for their first visit to City Hall.

The young leaders are enthusiastic about government processes.

Most important of all, they had much to say about Mayor Andy Mack.

Alaya Clayton a 3rd grader and future haute fashion designer said, “It is really cool to meet the Mayor. He is very nice.”

Xavier Hopson is in 10th grade. His mother was very happy for her son’s opportunity to meet Mayor Mack. “My Mum is very happy for me,” said this future law enforcement officer. “The Mayor is pretty cool. He is genuine, not distant, he is real.”

Elijah Clayton another 10th grader and future mechanical engineer is still happy about the trip to City Hall. “I am very humbled to get this opportunity to meet the Mayor of Longview,” he said. “Many students do not have this opportunity.”

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Jamestown, Virginia was settled over 400 years 7 ago. It was the first permanent English colony in North America. Here is some of its history.

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There is no town left, but today you can go to visit the area where Jamestown started and see copies of the ships on which the first settlers sailed to get to a new land. There are also models of the English fort and a Native American village that you can study to learn how the people lived then.

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1. Men would shave one side of their heads so bow strings didn’t get caught in their hair.

2. Women built the “yehakins” (long houses).

3. Men built canoes to travel across the sea.

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She said. “He seems genuine, not standoffish but very welcoming.”

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1. When was the first American Thanksgiving celebration?

2. Where was the turkey first domesticated?

3. What is a female turkey called?

4. What is a male turkey called?

5. What great American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?

6. What sound does a female turkey make?

7. What sound does a male turkey make?

8. About how many feathers does a mature turkey have?

9. Which state produces the most turkeys annually?

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1. Make a turkey out of colorful paper.

2. Cut off the turkey’s feathers.

3. Give one feather to each family member, friend or guest.

4. Ask each person to write things that he or she is thankful for on the feather.

5. Paste the turkey with its feathers on a big piece of paper.

6. Hang it up for all to read and enjoy!

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• Businesses use Census Bureau data to decide where to build factories, offices and stores, and these create jobs.

Local government officials use the census to ensure public safety and plan new schools and hospitals.

• Real estate developers and city planners use the census to plan new homes and improve neighborhoods.

The next census is coming in 2020.

Counting an increasingly diverse and growing population is a massive undertaking. It requires years of planning and the support of thousands of people.

Ultimately, the success of the census depends on everyone’s participation.

The 2020 Census is important for Longview. Get counted!

10. How fast can wild turkeys run?

11. How does Arkansas rank among the other states in turkey production?

12. What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?

13. Can wild turkeys fly? If so, how fast?

14. Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving?

15. Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Christmas?

16. What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck?

17. Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the fourth Thursday of November?

18. Which president attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the next to last Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?

19. Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?

20. What is the fastest way to defrost a turkey?

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What is a census and why is it important?

Once a decade, America comes together to count every resident in the United States, creating national awareness of the importance of the census and its valuable statistics. The decennial census was first taken in 1790, as mandated by the Constitution. It counts our population and households, providing the basis for reapportioning congressional seats, redistricting, and distributing more than $675 billion in federal funds annually to support states, counties and communities’ vital programs — impacting housing, education, transportation, employment, health care and public policy.

How does the Census benefit Longview?

Federal funds, grants and support to states, counties and communities are based on population totals and breakdowns by sex, age, race and other factors. Longview benefits the most when the census counts everyone.

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30 minutes, 45 max of your time, and we will come to your school, church or business.”

The bus was recently at a community event on Green Street, in South Longview geared to the Hispanic community. “We have been to Drug Emporium and Ellis Pottery,” said Burns. “It is a great privilege to be part of this effort for women. I love being the driver/coordinator and person doing the registration.”

For $99 any woman can have a mammography and radiology reading.

Private insurance is accepted.

The Longview Guild annually supports needed services and projects referred to them by CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center-Longview. The Guild has been deeply involved in development and proliferation of the Heart Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Perinatology Clinic and Women’s Center, the Shepherd House, and this year’s winner--the Digital Mobile Mammography Service and 3D Mammography Technology.

This year’s Gold Rush fundraiser was held at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center. Titled A Night in Old Havana, it featured spectacular food, dancing, silent and live auctions, plus a car raffle. All the while this funded the 3D mammography equipment for the mobile mammography bus.

“Since 1984 the Guild has raised more than $9 million for CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center-Longview, and has directed their philanthropic efforts towards such areas as the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Institute for Healthy Living, Mobile Mammography Unit and more throughout the decades,” said Christus Good Shepherd Health System Executive Director of Development Aliceson Howell. “In 2010, with this community’s support, we were able to purchase the Mobile Mammography Bus, and today we are honored by the efforts of the Guild and by the continued commitment of this community to support CHRISTUS Good Shepherd and our mission in Northeast Texas as we look to build on this wonderful legacy.”

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16 Diabetes is a killer that afflicts multitudes, although many live for years and even decades with the disease.

The effects can be lethal, but generally there are symptoms that tip off those with type 2 diabetes that they have the affliction even though they can be mild to the point of going unnoticed. Common symptoms include: • Frequent urination, Chronic thirst, Feeling very hungry despite eating, Fatigue, Blurred vision • Cuts and bruises that are abnormally slow to heal, Noticeable weight loss even though the patient is actually eating more (Type 1).

Tingling/pain/numbness in hands and feet (Type 2) According to the American Diabetes Association, the medical community is committed to helping the millions of Americans who already have and are at risk of this illness. Education is a prime treatment. Informing the whole world about diabetes, its causes, effects and treatments is the purpose of the following questions and answers.

What does excess weight have to do with diabetes?

As is the case with many physical ailments being overweight is a major factor, but there are other aspects to consider. Person’s amount of physical activity, family histories, ethnicity and age must also be taken into account. Too many are under the misconception that weight is the sole cause of type 2 diabetes, but many type 2 sufferers are either only slightly overweight or not overweight at all. Still, dietary habits are significant.

Does eating sweets and sugars cause diabetes?

Any diet high in calories (including sugar) contributes to weight gain, which is certain to place one at risk for type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is determined mainly by genetics, lifestyle and other, unknown

COMMUNITY HEALTH and AIDS combined. Being diabetic nearly doubles the risk of heart attack. On the plus side diabetes is an illness that can be managed.

DIABETES PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT: FROM HELEN DANIELS, MD Two primary things determine the development of anything in life – GENETICS and ENVIRONMENT. While we can do nothing to change our genetic predisposition to diabetes, we HELEN DANIELS, MD can do our best to decrease our risk and/ or delay onset of disease by optimizing our ENVIRONMENT, that is, optimizing the bodies in which we live. LIFESTYLE CHOICES will dictate this and only we can determine this.

Here are some goals to aim for in the path to prevention.

LOSE excess body FAT, and in particular belly fat. Being overweight or obese are major

By Joycelyne Fadojutimi risk factors for diabetes. factors which precipitate the MAINTAIN CALORIE disease, but not by sugar intake. CONTROLS – with a high Do sugary beverages trigger proportion of lean meats , fish , diabetes? vegetables and fruits in smaller Research indicates that portions, while avoiding food drinking sugary beverages high in carbohydrate contents, is indeed a cause of type saturated fats and processed 2 diabetes. The American foods. At each meal or snack Diabetes Association there should be a combination recommends avoiding sugarof protein, healthy fat and fiber. sweetened drinks in order DRINK WATER. Replacement to head off type 2 diabetes. of high calorie sugarFurthermore, sugary drinks sweetened drinks which have also boost glucose (also known no nutritional value with water as blood sugar) levels by significantly reduces diabetes containing several hundred and obesity. calories per serving.

ENGAGE in regular A single 12-ounce can PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. of regular soda contains Current recommendations are approximately 150 calories and for 150 minutes of moderate 40 grams of carbohydrates--in exercise, such as walking, other words the same amount weekly. as in ten teaspoons full of sugar!

DE- STRESS. High levels Sugar-sweetened beverages of stress induce hormones include such drinks as: Regular that predispose to the soda, Fruit punch, Fruit drinks, development of diabetes.

Energy drinks, Sports drinks, Find time to relax daily.

Sweet tea and other sugary Get a good night’s SLEEP. drinks.

Chronic sleep deprivation and/ As a disease, how serious or poor sleep quality increases is diabetes? risk for diabetes.

Know the warning sings Every year diabetes kills ( increased thirst, urination , more people that breast cancer

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hunger, weight loss, itching) and see your doctor for an ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAM which will also include screening labs for common diseases.

Diabetes Management Should diabetes develop, all hope is not lost.

Your doctor in conjunction with you, will develop an individualized patient centered approach to the treatment of your disease with an array of meds available, Your goal is to KNOW YOUR NUMBERS and to start and maintain the lifestyle changes previously outlined in order to get to those targets.

Here are some numbers to know.

Glucose Levels: While blood sugar levels are individualized, the ADA recommends the following target for most nonpregnant adults with diabetes Hb A1C <7% or an average glucose reading of 154 mg/dl Fasting blood sugars of 80-130 2-hour Post meal sugars of <180 BP goal of < 140/90 Cholesterol levels.

Improve your cholesterol profile. Bad cholesterol ( LDL ) targets no longer apply, however obtaining values of < 100 with improved good cholesterol ( HDL ) levels of > 40 are preferred.

The current standard of care recommends use of a lipid lowering agent or statin in all diabetics, regardless of how good the cholesterol profile is, due to a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes.

The American diabetic association (ADA) recommends that you be SMART, that is, that you set Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Relevant Time-bound goals.

It’s your destiny that hangs in the balance and attaining well planned, timely, worthy goals leads to freedom.

And as always be forever in pursuit of YOUR ULTM8 IDL.