Dental-assisting students at Hagerstown Community College recently gave a dental awareness presentation to fourth-grade students at Maugansville Elementary School.
The presentation focused on cavity awareness, healthy nutrition for teeth and the dangers of smoking and smokeless tobacco. The presentation also included demonstrations on tooth brushing and flossing.
“Giving this presentation was a great way for HCC’s dental assisting students to teach fourth-graders about the importance of taking care of their teeth and the harmful effects of drugs and tobacco,” said Theresa Marks, HCC instructor, dental assisting/hygiene. “It was a great opportunity for students to do some community service.”
Students who participated in the presentation included Allison Flynn of Boonsboro; Cassandra Aleshire, Anna Banca, Hannah Barton and Amy Snyder, all of Hagerstown; and Jennifer Yeakle of Hancock.
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There are a lot of "crash" diets out there that promise that you'll drop a considerable amount of weight in days or a week.I have tried a few of these, and in my experience the weight always comes back on, just as quickly since the weight loss tips given are not something that will work with your body.
Wanna know the truth?� If you're going to be slim, you're going to have to swim against the current.� You're going to have to take charge of your body and make your own decisions?cause if you go with the flow today, I guarantee that you're going to be fat.
So you've decided that you're going to do it.You're sick and tired of being sick and tired and are once and for all hell bent on losing weight.
Although every dieter knows that keeping food records is a key to permanent weight loss, few understand the importance of also keeping an "emotional journal."�� In fact, one dieter lost 100 pounds, thanks in part to the insights gained through daily journaling.
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, writing about stressful life events helped reduce symptoms of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis in patients with these chronic illnesses. The effects of the writing exercise were still evident four months later and resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in patient symptoms.
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When you truly consider the weight-loss process, the battle waged is mostly in your mind. "Should I eat the corn muffin with butter or would it be better for me to have margarine or better yet, have jelly? What am I doing eating this muffin anyway? It's so caloric and filled with saturated fat.
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We've entered the Twilight Zone when it comes to the multitude of diets being promoted today. Starting with the Atkins Diet, then the South Beach Diet, now the Hamptons Diet and more.
Telling yourself you have to "struggle with this weight issue for the rest of my life," is as good as telling yourself there's no point in trying. "Why bother? I'll just gain it right back.
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Many people have asked me what foods they should eat in order to cut down on the sugar cravings. And in the past I've always had to say "I don't know.
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Many people think obesity means that a person is overweight, but that's not exactly true. An overweight person has a surplus amount of weight that includes muscle, bone, fat and water.
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We have such good weight loss intentions. We emotionally beat ourselves up for lack of self-discipline, weakness, cheating.
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You have noticed your obese friend suddenly slimmer. You want to know what she's doing, but you don't want surgery or side effects.
Exterminators hired by a homeowners group have put down one animal. Recently a girl was bitten at school and a woman threatened.
Residents of a neighborhood in the hills near San Clemente are upset that their homeowners association has hired hunters to trap and kill coyotes. An extermination company was hired this week after a coyote bit a grade-school student and several of the animals surrounded a woman, both within the past few months. So far one coyote has been killed.
Some residents said they are willing to accept the risks that come with living near the foothills and are more upset by the extermination plan than by the coyotes.
Jim Cox, the fire chief of Montebello and a resident of the Talega community, said he witnessed a killing early Tuesday morning while walking his dogs. He said the coyote -- trotting along a ridge -- stepped into a trap and injured itself as it struggled to get free.
Cox said he rushed home, got wire cutters and raced back to the trap to free the animal. But, Cox said, a man got out of a truck, threw a blanket over the animal and injected something into it before the animal became still.
"At first, I thought, 'Maybe it's a tranquilizer,' " said Cox. "I knew better, but that was my first hope."
Animal Pest Management was hired by the homeowners association to trap and kill aggressive coyotes over a 10-day stretch, said Patricia Minassian, vice president of the company that manages Talega under a contract with the homeowners association.
She said the plan was approved after several coyote incidents had been reported: One bit a girl at a San Clemente elementary school, and several coyotes surrounded a woman and her dog, who were rescued by a motorist who stopped and let them into his car.
"The action the board has taken at this time is a coyote management program that only identified the most aggressive coyotes that have become bold enough to leave their natural habitat and enter the human habitat," Minassian said.
The company has about 11 traps in the hills behind the homes. One coyote has been trapped and killed so far.
One resident said she is so distressed by the traps she plans to withhold her monthly association dues.
"Until they can provide me with a financial accounting that my money is not being spent to do something that I think is morally wrong, I'm not going to pay my dues," said Jamie Gable.
Gable is also worried that her children, who like to play in the hills behind her home, could get caught in one of the traps. "To think your child could get injured in a place that you assume to be safe is frightening," she said.
It is illegal to relocate them, according to state Fish and Game officials. And because coyotes are not endangered, no permits or approval is needed.
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Police will use crime-mapping technology and aggressive enforcement after last week's beating, which left a Giants fan hospitalized. Limits on alcohol sales at the ballpark are also being studied.
The Los Angeles Police Department announced plans to bring aggressive crime-fighting tactics that it employs on city streets into Dodger Stadium as part of a security crackdown a week after a visiting fan was attacked in the ballpark's parking lot.
Overriding a Dodger policy against armed police inside the stadium, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Friday that uniformed officers will be posted throughout the ballpark and will be more aggressive about arresting or expelling people who cause trouble. Beck also said Dodgers owner Frank McCourt had agreed to pay for an increase in the number of LAPD officers patrolling in the stadium and the parking lots during and after games.
McCourt consented as well to create a computer mapping and crime tracking system for the stadium that is similar to the one the LAPD has used for years to scrutinize crime patterns and hotspots throughout Los Angeles. The department's computer analysis of crime data is considered by many criminologists to be a factor in the city's decline in crime over the last decade.
Improvements in surveillance and parking lot lighting are planned as well. And the Dodger organization has agreed to revoke the passes of season-ticket holders if they or their guests misbehaved, Beck said.
"If you come to intimidate, to antagonize … we're going to do one of two things," Beck said. "You're going to be thrown out of the stadium or you're going to get to go to jail."
The changes, which will take effect in time for the Dodgers next home game on Thursday, mark a turnabout for the team. McCourt said last weekend that he was satisfied with the team's security measures, saying "you could have 2,000 policemen there, and it's just not going to change that random act of violence."
But at a news conference Friday with Beck and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, McCourt said he fully supported a greater police presence and acknowledged hearing concerns from fans who felt unsafe at the stadium.
"I hear you loudly and I hear you clearly," he said. "We are going to redouble our efforts to make sure we fulfill our promise to the fans and all the citizens of the Greater Los Angeles area. We are going to provide a safe, family-friendly, fan-friendly environment at Dodger stadium. I promise you that."
McCourt deflected a question from a reporter regarding complaints from some fans that the atmosphere at the park has become more hostile in recent years. He also expressed skepticism that curbing alcohol sales would make a significant difference.
"I don't think it's the sale of beer that's a problem, per se. I think it's the abuse of that privilege," he said.
But Beck, in an interview, said he believed beer and alcohol consumption did, in fact, contribute to the problems at the stadium and said police officials were pushing the Dodgers to raise prices and stop sales at an earlier point in the games.
Dodger officials have told the LAPD that they are reconsidering their plan to sell half-price alcohol at six games this season. They also promised to look at prices and serving sizes for alcohol, as well as when to stop serving alcohol, according to Dodger spokesman Josh Rawitch.
Friday's announcement capped a week of increasing scrutiny for the ballpark. Last Thursday, as fans left the stadium after the Dodgers' opening day game against the rival San Francisco Giants, two men attacked 42-year-old Bryan Stow from behind. Stow remains in a medically induced coma and his doctors say he may have suffered brain damage. Detectives say they have received scores of tips and witnesses' accounts involving the two assailants. Various rewards have been offered for information leading to their arrest, totaling $150,000.
Villaraigosa urged the attackers to turn themselves in. "What you did was wrong. It was despicable and senseless, unprovoked. But, make it a little better, by coming forward, by doing what will be looked at in hindsight as doing the civil, right thing when you've done wrong," he said.
Beck attributed much of the problems at Dodger Stadium to "a fringe fan base" that is made up of gang members or troublemakers who dress and act the part. Dealing with them effectively, he said, will require bringing the LAPD's tough stance on street crime into the park. "There is an element of society that has adopted the Dodgers and who go to their games for all the wrong reasons," he said. "Can I fix that? Sure. I fix that the same way we're fixing the gang problem in Los Angeles."
The department deploys anti-gang units throughout troubled spots of the city. Those officers work exclusively on combating gang crime and develop intimate knowledge of the gang members who are active in their areas. Beck said he was considering using anti-gang officers at games, but expressed confidence that regular patrol officers would be effective in deterring problems.
The total number of LAPD officers to be deployed at games was still being determined. Beck declined to detail the types of behavior that would get a fan expelled from a game.
Members of a team of security experts hired by McCourt this week to make recommendations for additional safety improvements were expected to arrive at the park Friday. The team is headed by former LAPD Chief William J. Bratton, who now runs Kroll, an international security consulting firm.
Rawitch said the team would wait until Bratton completes his review before deciding whether to make public some or all of his findings.
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CAPE CANAVERAL — Two people were hospitalized in stable condition Monday after they were injured when a charter fishing boat out of Port Canaveral hit a large swell.
Guna Watson, 58, of Salt Lake City, and Caroline Condon, 63, of Melbourne, were taken to Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach after the 9:15 a.m. accident aboard the Trade Winds V.
Watson suffered a fractured kneecap and Condon a fractured pelvis, a hospital spokesman said. The husbands of both women were treated for minor injuries.
A spokesman for the fishing charter said the swell might have been caused by a submarine surfacing. The four people were standing in the boat's bow when the accident occurred.
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