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Early detection is key to fighting many types of diseases that often don't have symptoms.
One of the most serious of those diseases is cancer.
According to doctors and health specialists, screening can help detect various forms of cancer so they can be treated more easily, and often cured.
"Screening tests can help find cancer at an early stage, before symptoms appear. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat or cure. By the time symptoms appear, the cancer may have grown and spread. This can make the cancer harder to treat or cure," according to the National Cancer Institute.
Locally, residents have several options for screening or treatment.
Stephanie Waggoner, chief executive officer of United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries, said it's important for community members to visit physicians and get screened.
"Community members really need to establish a medical home where they have a relationship with a primary care physician. That way they can focus on prevention as a whole. Cancer is one of the screening tools, but there are also other screenings that are important, as well," she said.
The two programs that are most well-known for cancer education and screenings at UMMAM are the Early Detection Works, the breast and cervical cancer initiative, and a partnership UMMAM has with KU Med Center.
Irma Robbins is a community health worker that is working with the Cancer Health Disparities Network, educating the Latino population in southwest Kansas about health in general, as well as working with the community to improve treatment and increase awareness about cancer prevention, screening and risk-reduction, according to Diana Machotka, marketing and recruitment coordinator at UMMAM.
"Medical providers can screen patients for cancers as needed when they schedule an appointment," she said.
The Cancer Center at St. Catherine Hospital offers diagnostic PET Scan Services, dual energy linear accelerator, a simulator for pre-treatment and testing, and a 3D treatment planning program that utilizes the latest in computer technology to aid in defining treatment areas while avoiding harm to at-risk organs, according to its website.
Screening tests can include a physical exam or body scan to check general signs for disease, including checking for lumps or anything else that seems unusual. A history of a person's health habits and past illnesses and treatments also is taken into consideration for screening.
Screening also can be done with laboratory tests that take samples of the blood, urine or other substances in the body, according to the NCI.
Doctors also can take images of areas inside the body that are cause for concern. Genetic testing that looks for certain gene mutations that are linked to some types of cancer also is used.
The American Cancer Society recommends several guidelines for the early detection of cancer. People 20 or older should have periodic health exams, a cancer-related check-up should include health counseling and, depending on a person's age and gender, exams for cancers of the thyroid, oral cavity, skin, lymph nodes, testes and ovaries, as well as for some non-malignant (non-cancerous) diseases.
The ACS recommends yearly mammograms for women starting at age 40, clinical breast exams every three years for women in their 20s and 30s and every year for women 40 and older.
"Women should know how their breasts normally look and feel and report any breast change promptly to their health care provider. Breast self-exam (BSE) is an option for women starting in their 20s," according to the ACS's website
Beginning at age 50, both men and women should get the following exams: flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years, or colonoscopy every 10 years, or a double-contrast barium enema every five years or a virtual colonoscopy every five years to detect polyps and cancer.
For cervical cancer, women should begin screening at age 21. Women between 21 and 29 should have a Pap test every three years. Women between the ages of 30 and 65 should have a Pap test plus HPV test every five years.
The ACS recommends that at the time of menopause, all women should be told about the risks and symptoms of endometrial cancer. Women should report any unexpected bleeding or spotting to their doctors. Some women, because of their history, may need to consider having a yearly endometrial biopsy.
The ACS recommends that men make an informed decision with their doctor about whether to be tested for prostate cancer. Research has not yet proven that the potential benefits of testing outweigh the harms of testing and treatment. The American Cancer Society believes men should not be tested without learning about the risks and possible benefits of testing and treatment.
Black men, or men who have a father or brother who had prostate cancer before age 65, should have this talk with a doctor starting at age 45. If men decide to be tested, they should have the PSA blood test with or without a rectal exam. How often they are tested will depend on their PSA level.
Some health issues cannot be avoided, but the ACS recommends several health guidelines to help prevent cancer, including staying away from tobacco, maintaining a healthy weight, regular physical activity, nutrition with plenty of fruits and vegetables, limiting alcohol, protecting skin from sun and tanning bed exposure, being aware of family histories and having regular check-ups and screening tests.
For more information on The Cancer Center at St. Catherine, visit www.stcath-hosp.org/services/cancer.php, or call 272-2579. To contact UMMAM, call 275-1766 or visit www.ummam.org


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Lately, it seems as though my Facebook feed has seen a proliferation of photos of friends who are posing with celebrities. Many of them are backstage pictures with young country music performers (most of whom I've never heard of), or are along the lines of "Hey, we were walking down the street in NYC and ran into Alec Baldwin!"
Encountering a celebrity is an event one will usually remember forever. As an elementary school student, I remember the thrill of shaking hands with Carl Yastrzemski when he came to my hometown. In junior high school, I'll never forget meeting Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe, when he came to Brainerd Park for a softball game featuring the Whalers against the Enfield Police Department.
As a journalist, interviewing celebrities is commonplace; over the last few years, I have spoken with stars such as Michael Jordan, Bill Cosby, Joe Pesci, George Lopez and Kenny Rogers. I have almost become immune to the thrill of meeting someone with that status.
I must admit I was a bit awestruck when I recently had the opportunity to share a few moments with Magic Johnson. When I was in high school and college, Magic was the man that seemed larger than life (before Air Jordan took over the sports scene), and his graciousness and humility during our brief interview showed him to be not just a world-class athlete, but a first-class person as well.
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Has anyone else noticed the position of Chads hands in the photos takens at the Here and Now concerts. Most of the shots have Chads right hand pointing to a females breast. Is this deliberate or accident???????
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This article is the third installment of a three-part series on social media strategies for business.
When it comes to social media marketing, small to medium-sized businesses often make the mistake of dedicating boundless resources trying to be all things to all people.
The issue of marketing specificity emerged as a main discussion point at the Forbes "Social Media: Cracking the Code" forum on September 20.The event focused on providing businesses with essential tools and insights to build an effective social media marketing strategy.
"Don't overstretch yourselves trying to do everything, you'll just get exhausted," panelist Scott Gerber of Young Entrepreneur Council directed the crowd.
And that's a piece of sage advice. When it comes to such unchartered territory as social media, we all suffer a little of what might be called FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out.
CEO and founder of TekScape Dave Smith certainly learned this the hard way.
He'd been spending all his time trying to find interesting and relevant articles to post on Facebook Facebook or retweet on Twitter, because that's what everyone else was doing, and that's what he thought he should be doing. But he wasn't getting anywhere. He wasn't creating commentary. Smith decided to put his problem to the panel of experts at "Social Media: Cracking the Code."
"It was just noise going out," he said.
Smith quickly realized that for his business, which is tech services, the ROI doesn't come from simply generating more followers — it comes indirectly, from customer satisfaction.
Gerber's advice to Smith at the forum was, "Focus." A business owner, he explained, needs to ask himself why he wants to be on social media — and what he's offering that no one else is.
Let's take TekScape as an example. They're a tech service company, and they pride themselves on their personalized customer care and problem solving.
How would social media benefit them? The simple answer is the core of their business: customer service.
A company like TekScape — or any business, for that matter — may want to take a leaf out of JetBlue's book. The airline will respond to any tweet in five to ten minutes. This is their competitive advantage.
"And now people are talking about how good the customer service is at JetBlue," said Gerber.
It isn't about creating more noise, but about knowing your audience. "You really need to send out content-specific material that customers can particularly relate to in order to create communication," Smith said. "Work out where your traffic comes from and capitalize on that."
In the case of TekScape, instead of trying to generate a conversation about issues and news, why not fully utilize the interactivity social media offers?
In the future, Smith intends to take what he learned from the panel and apply it toward a new strategy that focuses on TekScape's strengths. "For our business," he said, "social media is a resource that can be very beneficial when used together with a blog which allows us to express our IT knowledge and new services."
What a killer combination.
For more installments, please see Part 1: Why 'Tweeting Like Crazy' Doesn't Always Boost the Bottom Line and Part 2: Social Media Breathes New Life Into Branded Content.
B2B marketing with social media is kind of complicated. According to Eloqua nearly 40% of the 548 companies surveyed don't use social media. They may have set up the accounts b/c they think it is important, but they aren't active whatsoever.
Social media is separate from other business goals. Social media ROI is still lucrative,and marketers have a hard time defining how social media is useful to sales, etc. The thing is, It can be very useful in other ways, such as brand interaction, brand awareness and communication. But what else? The world of Social media is getting louder as we speak. How can people that are already behind squirm their way into an already crowded market place?
Wonderful blog on social media marketing. Many organisations still have not realised the power of social media. With focus, knowing where their customers are and how to engage them, social media channels like Facebook can significantly help to boost a brand's reputation and fuel its sales growth.
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ATLANTA — Stand next to Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy and try to envision blocking him.
You cant.
More than any defensive lineman Ive been around, in any locker room on any team, you cant. Hardy is 6-foot-4, weighs 290 pounds and is an athlete. He played basketball for Mississippi only his freshman year, so he didnt have the basketball career former Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers did. But theres a menace to Hardy, an unpredictability, that Peppers lacks.
Plus, hes funnier.
Hardy had four sacks in Carolinas 21-20 victory Sunday against Atlanta. He has 15 for the season, which ties the Panthers record set by rushing linebacker Kevin Greene 15 years ago and is one-half more than Peppers had in 2008.
Somebody Hardy didnt know asks him if he had ever dominated the way he did Sunday.
Man, I dominated breakfast when I woke up so I dont know what youre talking about, Hardy says. I dominate everything I do. Silly question. Next question.
When a guy says next question, the next question has to be good. Fortunately, I had one.
What did you have for breakfast?
Cereal, Hardy says. I killed it. No spoon.
The Atlanta offensive line was lunch. Hardy lined up at left end and right end and in the middle. He and his pass-rushing teammates were more dominant than any Panthers defensive line has ever been. They set a single-game team record with nine sacks (the old record was seven).
Hardy alone had three more sacks than the Atlanta defense. Hes in his fourth season. He had seven sacks his first two combined and 11 in 2012.
Hardy, 25, will be a free agent when the 2013 season ends. He will get paid, I assume by the Panthers.
Somebody asks Hardy about the Pro Bowl; last week, he was selected to his first.
Im talking about championships right now, he says. They pay a whole lot more for that. You know I like the money.
After a pause he says, Im not lying to you.
How did Hardy, after two learning seasons, put himself in position to get paid?
G is the workhorse of this defensive line, says tackle Dwan Edwards, who is in his 10th season. Nobody works as hard as he does. Its a pleasure to come out there and watch him kind of grow up and turn into a professional.
He can do it all, inside, outside. Im glad hes on our team, Im glad I get to play with him. Salute to G.
Hardy returns the salute. As reporters crowd around him, he introduces the defensive linemen who stand on his right.
We rely on each other, pull strength from each other, and we go out and do what we want because we practice like that, Hardy says.
He says he wasnt aware he had four sacks or that he had tied the Panthers season record until somebody in the media told him.
I know we got the team record, and thats all that matters, Hardy says.
He adds: Everybody was trying to get (a sack). Frank (Alexander) got the first one, and it just kept going from there. It was contagious.
Its fun to even just congratulate another guy. Everybody is so excited. Its not just about youre out there doing your own dance. Its like, Oh man, were all in here, were all doing it. Were better as a collective and that feels good.
On Hardys head was a black NFL Division Champs cap, and he wore it as if it were implanted.
Youre never taking this off my head, good luck with that one, Hardy says.
Around Hardy, teammates chant and dance. Youre in the playoffs, can you describe the feeling?
If I had some words for you, man, Id give them, Hardy says. Ive never been here before. Ive never been in the playoffs before. Im dumfounded. Im lost in the lights.
Not true; a football player who refrains from talking about an individual record but excitedly talks about one he shares with teammates is far from lost.
Hes a high energy guy who loves to play this game, linebacker Thomas Davis says. Whenever you get a guy like that hes going to produce. I think the skys the limit for the kid.
Hardy is too good a quote to lose in free agency, and he can play a little, too.
I hope hes back.
You and me, both, Davis says. You and me both.
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Artists and particle physicists to collide in Geneva
I've had this fantasy that the planet's most brilliant physicists and most talented artists are not only grappling with some of the same fundamental questions about the nature of the universe but that they might someday summit together, reaching their respective "theories of everything" only to scratch their heads and ask: "Hey, how did you get here?"
For this reason, I take a sort of perverse pleasure in watching the news come out of CERN, home to the largest particle collider in the world in Geneva, Switzerland. With CERN getting more and more data about things such as the existence (or non existence) of the Higgs boson, the supposed "god particle," we may be getting close to some real discoveries. It reminds me of the space race. Who will get there first?
Well, maybe they'll get there together. CERN announced today that is is starting an artists' residency. Science and art will collide at CERN too, it would seem.
Collide@CERN is an international competition that will run for a period of three years. Each year, winning artists will be funded for a residency of up to three months.
The news was announced today at the Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria. The winning artists will spend two months with scientists at CERN and then a month with Ars Electronica, one of the world's leading digital arts organizations and a cultural partner for CERN.
Some of the world-known aritsts who have agreed to be creative patrons for the project include Swiss architect Jacques Herzog, German visual artist Andreas Gursky, Japanese video artist Mariko Mori, Dutch photographer Frans Lanting, British musician Brian Eno and British sculptor Antony Gormley, who recently donated a sculpture to the lab.
Online applications will be available for the Prix Arts Electronica Collide@CERN prize beginning Sept. 15 at the Ars Electronica site.
(Speaking of artists and the fundamentals of force and matter, here's my recent review of Greg Klassen's show at Inova).
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Tributes paid to long-serving lollipop lady (From Gazette)
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Tributes paid to long-serving lollipop lady
1:00pm Monday 24th February 2014 in News By Will Lodge, Senior reporter
A POPULAR lollipop lady has lost her battle with cancer.
Patricia Butcher helped youngsters safely get to Myland Primary School for more than 35 years before she was forced to retire due to ill-health.
She began the job when her only child Ralph started going to the school, and was eventually replaced by a traffic light at the Mill Road junction with Mile End Road.
Patricia, who bought lollipops for children at special times of year, including Christmas, received many awards for her service and went to Buckingham Palace after her 35 year award.
Her cremation will take place on Wednesday at 11.45am at Colchester Crematorium, followed by a service of thanksgiving at Marks Tey Methodist Church at 1pm.
For the full tribute see today's Gazette.
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When you consider that : So called celebrites get a royal knighthood for
Bu**er all. This puts things in perspective..
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linton68 wrote:Well said amazing lady. Always smiling ,everyone's friend
A dedicated lady 35 years looking after the road safety of our local school children. It's nice that this paper should give her this write up.
When you consider that : So called celebrites get a royal knighthood for
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Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever: Haiti Pre-decision Brief for Public Health Action
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- The most effective control measure to prevent cases and outbreaks of typhoid, paratyphoid, and other waterborne enteric illnesses is water chlorination. This can be best accomplished by centralized chlorination of water delivered by piped networks or tanker trucks. Where these are not available, point-of-use water treatment and safe water storage should be used.
- If possible, key prevention measures and surveillance should be strengthened prior to onset of the rainy season. This should include maximizing access to safe water supplies and improving personal hygiene practices in internally displaced person settlements. Water distributed via piped networks or tankers needs to be chlorinated effectively.
- An increase in the number of reported cases of acute febrile illness, followed by laboratory confirmation of Salmonella serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) or S. Paratyphi A or B, should trigger a public health response to ensure that control measures are being implemented in the affected area. Baseline data are not available, but typhoid is known to be endemic in Haiti. An initial epidemiological assessment should be performed to determine whether cases are clustered in space and/or time.
- A single-dose vaccine for typhoid is available, but the efficacy of vaccination as a primary outbreak control measure has not been documented. Before a vaccination campaign is undertaken, a group of experts should be convened to consider whether such a campaign is warranted. If a vaccination campaign is initiated, careful evaluation of impact should be planned from the outset.
1. What was the situation in Haiti prior to the earthquake?
- Typhoid fever is endemic in Haiti. During most years, United States surveillance identifies cases among travelers returning from Haiti.
- There are no reliable data on the incidence of typhoid or paratyphoid in Haiti.
- Although staff training has been provided post-earthquake, it is uncertain whether the range of tests required to diagnose typhoid was being conducted at the National Public Health Laboratory (LNSP) in the period before the earthquake.
2. What is the likelihood of cases/outbreaks of this disease developing in the near future?
- There have been anecdotal reports of past outbreaks in Haiti, but detailed information has not been published. There were no recognized typhoid fever outbreaks following the hurricanes in 2005 and 2008.
- There has been a single instance of a typhoid outbreak identified following a natural disaster. This outbreak followed a cyclone in Mauritius in 1980. Municipal water supplies were contaminated following a water mains rupture. 1
- Outbreaks have occurred when water used for drinking and/or preparing food was contaminated with sewerage containing S. Typhi. With one notable exception, infected food workers have caused only small outbreaks.
- S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi are almost always transmitted by ingestion of contaminated water or food vehicles. In contrast, direct person-to-person contact transmission of typhoid and paratyphoid, or transmission via fomites, is believed to be exceedingly uncommon.
3. Should an outbreak occur, how would it be detected?
- The Health Cluster has established sentinel site surveillance for clinical signs of typhoid/paratyphoid fever throughout Haiti, with additional coverage for Port-au-Prince.
- An outbreak of typhoid/paratyphoid fever would be suggested by an increase in the number of cases of acute febrile illness with abdominal pain, with or without intestinal perforation or neurological abnormalities.
- Laboratory confirmation of S. Typhi or S. Paratyphi as the etiologic agent will be essential to distinguish typhoid/paratyphoid from numerous other causes of acute febrile illness. A rapid diagnostic test (Tubex TF, IDL Biotech, Bromma, Sweden) can detect typhoid (but not paratyphoid) antibody in patient serum. In field trials, the Tubex TF kit had a sensitivity of 60–78% and a specificity of 58–89%.
- CDC has sent rapid diagnostic tests for S. Typhi and supplies for blood and stool culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi isolates to the LNSP.
4. What options for public health action should be considered in the event of an outbreak?
- The most effective control measure for waterborne bacterial disease in Haiti is water chlorination. Most of the affected population in Port-au-Prince receives water either through the piped water supply or from water tankers. Enhanced chlorination and improved monitoring of water supplies will be essential in response to an outbreak in these areas.
- Point-of-use water treatment and safe water storage have been used successfully in Haiti for more than 15 years to reduce the incidence of waterborne bacterial disease. In areas without piped or tanker-delivered water, point-of-use chlorination and safe water storage need to be implemented.
- Improved sanitation and hygiene will reduce the risk of foodborne and waterborne outbreaks of typhoid fever and of other enteric infections.
- There are two licensed typhoid vaccines: a single-dose parenteral vaccine (Typhim Vi, Sanofi Pasteur) and an oral four-dose live attenuated vaccine (Vivotif, Berna). There are no licensed paratyphoid vaccines.
- The success of mass vaccination programs in countries where typhoid is endemic has led to vaccination being considered for outbreak control. However, the evidence concerning effectiveness in outbreaks is limited:
- A cluster randomized clinical trial in Kolkata, India, an endemic area, showed that typhoid Vi vaccine can be effective at reducing disease risk among vaccinated populations, with 80% effectiveness in children 2–4 years of age, 59% effectiveness in children 5–14 years of age, and 48% effectiveness in persons 15 years of age or older.2
- A Chinese Vi typhoid vaccine was used in a school-based outbreak in China and showed 71% effectiveness for children vaccinated during the outbreak, which was comparable to the 73% effectiveness seen in children vaccinated in a school-based campaign conducted before the outbreak began. However, the use of the vaccine did not control the outbreak. 3
- An uncontrolled open use of a Vi typhoid vaccine in Russian troops in Tajikistan at the time of an epidemic of waterborne typhoid has been cited as evidence of successful control,4 but vaccination occurred at the same time that the city water system was re-chlorinated and cases dropped substantially in the non-vaccinated host population as well.5
- The single-dose parenteral vaccine is effective for individual use and would be the logical choice for use in an outbreak setting. It is licensed for use in adults and children at least 2 years of age. Immunity is engendered about two weeks after injection. However, this vaccine has not been used for outbreak control in a disaster setting, nor has its effectiveness as an outbreak control measure been established.
- Injection safety must be maintained if the parenteral Vi vaccine is used, to avoid inadvertent transmission of bloodborne viruses to other patients or vaccinators.
1 CDC. Epi-AID 80-45-2 "Typhoid Fever Outbreak in Cite Roche Bois, Port Louis, Mauritius." 1982.
2 Sur D et al. New Engl J Med 2009; 361: 335-44.
3 Yang H et al. J Infect Dis 2001; 183: 1775-80.
4 Tarr P et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999; 61: 163-70.
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RALEIGH — Runners and cyclists looking for easier access to North Carolina's busiest urban park lost ground Tuesday, when state officials balked at opening a third car entrance to Umstead State Park.
The state parks division said last year it might allow Umstead patrons to start driving into the park through what now is a locked maintenance gate on Graylyn Drive - a dead-end road on the north side of the park.
But Lewis Ledford, the state parks director, said Tuesday that the Graylyn gate will stay closed. He cited worries about security, staffing costs and environmental issues.
"We're concerned about not putting more of a development footprint into that park than is truly necessary," said Charlie Peek, a spokesman for Ledford.
Instead, the parks division will improve a bumpy gravel road inside the park that provides access from the Glenwood Avenue entrance to the popular Sycamore bike and bridle trailhead near Graylyn. The park road will be paved when funds are available, Peek said, though he did not have a timetable. The trailhead parking lot also will be expanded.
Cyclist Dave Barbour, 43, of Raleigh, was sorry to hear that Ledford had decided against opening the gate at Graylyn. Barbour used Graylyn as a place to park his car until the state banned parking and paved the road last year.
"It's still by far my preferred way of entering the park," Barbour said. "Improving the roads inside the park isn't a big deal to me. If they're not going to open up the Graylyn entrance, I'd rather they not do anything at all."
A maintenance gate offReedy Creek Road on the east side of Umstead is another widely used entry point for unofficial, quick access to some of the park's most popular running and biking trails.
The Raleigh City Council had been expected to vote Tuesday on a proposal to restrict parking in a residential neighborhood nearby, but the council deferred its decision.
Homeowners in Trenton Woods, a new subdivision near the Reedy Creek gate, have been unhappy about Umstead patrons who park near their houses. They petitioned the council for a total on-street parking ban. Residents of other neighborhoods near Umstead were waiting to see what kind of precedent the council would establish.
The council's Public Works Committee last week recommended "No Parking" signs only on one side of the street in Trenton Woods, and not on cul-de-sacs. But council members agreed Tuesday to postpone action until the new council, to be established by the results of the municipal election Tuesday, takes office.
"There is no clear compromise" on the Trenton Woods parking dispute, said council member Russ Stephenson, who leads the Public Works Committee.
The council approved a separate proposal to add a two-foot-wide paved shoulder for 630 feet along Trenton Road near the Trenton Woods neighborhood and the Reedy Creek Road gate. The wider pavement was proposed to make the road safer for pedestrians, cyclists and residents pushing baby strollers.
Cars and parking remain an issue for Umstead users and residents near the two maintenance gates regarded as neighborhood entrances to Umstead. A park advocate said she agreed with the state's decision on Graylyn Drive.
"We're not opposed to some controlled parking on Graylyn, but we're not in favor of opening the gate to traffic," said Jean Spooner, chairman of the Umstead Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group.
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David Messerly lives in The Lakes, another subdivision near the Reedy Creek Road entrance. Like residents of Trenton Woods, his neighbors are unhappy when their streets are filled with cars belonging to Umstead patrons.
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DURHAM — Durham County is discussing contracting with the state to hire three crime lab analysts to work on local cases, as well as maybe building its own lab.
Supporters say the program could reduce the time it takes to analyze alcohol, drug and blood samples and cut the time jail inmates must wait for trial.
In a presentation to the Board of County Commissioners last week, Deputy County Manager Lee Worsley said the State Bureau of Investigation lab has a backlog exceeding six months. Without the backlog, most routine analysis would take about a week.
Local funds of an estimated $186,000 would be used to fund the three new positions, with the SBI conducting the hiring and bearing the equipment and facility costs.
As far as the county building its own lab, the county is considering two options: a blood-alcohol-content-only lab or a full lab at the future jail annex that probably won't be built for five to 10 years.
The county first began discussing the possibility of a crime lab about a year ago.
It appeared that the county might receive a Governor's Highway Safety Program grant of more than $900,000 from the state to fund a blood-alcohol-content-only lab for Durham, but now that has dwindled to about $524,000 available for one-year expenses.
Worsley said the lab would require about $250,000 a year in local money to keep running.
County staff has concluded that it would be cheaper to hire Durham-specific analysts in Raleigh.
The third option, of building a full, multidisciplinary lab at a jail annex that is expected to be needed in five to 10 years, remains open even if the county decides to contract with the SBI to hire the three analysts now. The county would look at regional partnerships for the lab.
Commissioner Ellen Reckhow noted that 12 years ago, commissioners visited Wake's city-county lab. She said she was amazed by the amount of work that could be done in a small space, what she estimated as the size of two storage closets.
Commissioner Fred Foster asked about the possibility of working with neighboring labs.
Worsley said Wake is the only nearby county with its own lab, and it has rejected requests to collaborate.
Commissioners also raised questions about how to keep the contracted SBI employees accountable to Durham and not drawn away on other cases once they have been hired.
Worsley said that would be addressed by the contract to be drawn up.
Worsley also added that the SBI has been approved for 19 new lab positions, and negotiations would address how that might affect Durham's backlog.
County Manager Mike Ruffin said he would look to the city of Durham to help with funding.
A visibly shaken Commissioner Brenda Howerton, who said she had just come from visiting a child in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, said, "We're all responsible for what's happening in our community. ... We can't separate the city's responsibility from the county's."


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Bob Everhart, Pioneer Music Museum curator and president of the National Traditional Country Music Assn., which owns the museum, said it has been in existence since 1976, though a permanent building wasn't acquired until 1980. The building it is now in, has serious health problems with the roof, so that is what we are raising money for, and one of the most prolific country music song writers in Nashville, Terry Smith, is willing to help us raise the money to do that.
Terry Smith bas agreed to give a concert of some of the songs he has written on Thursday, Aug. 1 at the Iowa Theater in Bloomfield following the opening act of Bob and Sheila Everhart, Grammy nominated artists that record for the Smithsonian Institution, who will open the concert at 7 p.m.
Call (712) 762-4363 for ticket information.
Some of the songs Smith has written include the "Far Side Banks of Jordan," "I Can't Find A Train" and "Lord I've Been Ready For Years." A traditional country singer in his own right, Smith has released 10 albums of original material to date, and will be performing some of his most popular songs at his Bloomfield engagement, including the popular "Little Brown Dog and the Little Green Frog."
The Everharts have recorded six albums for the Smithsonian Institution, one a Grammy nomination, and seven albums for Prairie Music Records. Bob Everhart was the host performer for the popular award winning Iowa Public Television Show, "Old Time Country Music," and he and bis wife are world travelers performing their Smithsonian 'Traveling Museum of Music." They work hard keeping the Pioneer Music Museum up and running, and managing the Oak Tree Performance Center in Anita.
The Pioneer Music Museum resides in Anita in Cass County and contains well over 3,500 artifacts, momentoes, photos and memories of the super stars of country music, from the very beginning of the music, starting with Jimmie Rodgers.