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Show OCTOBER 26,2006 Page 4 T H E GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER INFLUENZA SEASON = Possible bio-terrorist attacks and the Avian Flu have taken over the news. These two threatening conditions have overshadowed a much greater public health risk — the flu. Each year in the United States millions of people get the flu, which results in about 114,000 hospitalizations and 20,000 deaths. The flu vaccine is the best tool to prevent death and severe illness from influenza among the elderly and chronically ill. Health officials are preparing for the upcoming flu season and expect that vaccine supplies will be more than adequate. "The influenza vaccine will be available at a special clinic for adults on November 4" says Dr. David Blodgett, Health Officer/Director of the Southwest Utah Public Health Department. 'This is our annual drive thru event." The mass inoculation will help residents protect themselves from the highly contagious respiratory disease that infects many parts of the body, including the lungs. The flu vaccine will be available for $25.00. Bring your Medicare card, cash or check, Our drive through event will be held on November 4,2006 from 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Dixie State College. Enter the college campus on 400 South, turn left on 900 East and follow the signs. If you live in Cedar City, you can get your flu shot at the Valley View Medical Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. An additional clinic will be available to the public on November 8,2006 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Coral Cliffs Cinema parking lot in Hurricane;. Flu shots are available on an appointment basis in our clinics as well; children and those wishing to use insurance can get their shots there. During a normal flu season the best time to vaccinate is during October and November - especially for persons at highest risk. Utah's flu season typically runs from November through March with peak levels in January and February. The Utah Department of Health encourages providers to continue vaccinating through December or later, as long as vaccine is available. Protective antibodies usually develop about two weeks after vaccination. The health department recommends vaccinating those at greatest risk for complications from influenza infection and others in close contact with them. The following groups should be vaccinated in October. • Children aged 6 to 59 months • Women who will be pregnant during the influenza season • Persons age 50 years and older • Residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities of any age who have long-term illnesses • Healthcare workers • Household contacts and others who can transmit influenza to those at high risk persons aged 5 to 49 years with chronic heart or lung conditions, including asthma, who need regular medical care or had to be hospitalized because of metabolic diseases (like diabetes), chronic kidney disease, or weakened immune system (including immune system problems caused by medicine or by infection with human immunodeficiency virus [HIV/ AIDS] • Children and teenagers 6 months to 18" years who are on long-term aspirin therapy and therefore could develop Reye Syndrome after the flu Beginning in 2000, vaccination was recommended for people 50-64 years due to the number of high-risk 50-64 year olds who need a flu shot. While people in this age group without chronic (longterm) medical conditions may not be at high risk from the flu, about 26 percent of people aged 50-64 years do have high- risk conditions and are at increased risk for serious flu-related complications. In the spring of 2006, influenza vaccination was also recommended for healthy children from 6 to 59 months of age. Children less than 9 years of age who receive vaccine for the first time need a booster dose one month after the first dose. Parents should check with their health care provider to discuss annual influenza vaccination of healthy children in these age groups. The Utah Department of Health recommends that high-risk individuals also receive the pneumonia vaccine because pneumonia is a life threatening complication that could result from influenza. Pneumonia vaccine can be given year round and is usually given just once in a lifetime. For more information about influenza and pneumonia vaccinations, contact your health care provider or your local office of the Southwest Utah Public Health Department or the UDOH's Immunization Hotline at 1-800-275-0659. Stick with proven leadership, Vote Republican Paid for by Garfield County Republicans STATE HOUSE OF COUNTY TREASURER REPRESENTATIVES (Vote for One) DISTRICT 73 XJUDYP.HENRIE RrpoacAH (Vota for One) - .Write-in 00 UDCE NOEL RTPUBUCW O ALLISON HOWES COWTTIUTON JUDICIAL RETENTION ,; -; Write-in Shall RONALD E. NEHRING be retained In the office of Justice of the COUNTY RACES Supreme Court of Utah? COUNTY COMMISSIONER OC D. MALOY OODDS « ~. HARSHAD P. DESAI , , Write*! COUNTY COMMISSIONER "B" (Vote lor One) X CLAREItRAIISAY OYES ONO Shan JOHN W. YAflDLEY be retained BWWCAH In the office of County Justice Court Judge ot Garfletd County? 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MEASURES SUBMITTED TO VOTERS O mi-i^cw ' GLADYS LEFEVRE ; LEWIS LOUR BARNEY (—> Writ»4n - OBITUARIES Russell J . LeFevre Russell Johnson LeFevre, 62, passed away at home on October 17, 2006. He was born on May 1, 1944, to Leslie and Flora Johnson LeFevre. He graduated from Bryce Valley High School and then went to Salt Lake City to Trade Tech School to earn his Diesel Mechanics License. He was a hard working man and was very good at his trade. He married Ruth Anne Ipsen of Idaho, in the Manti LDS Temple and had five children together, they later divorced. He retired in 1998 because of health problems and moved back home to Henrieville. He was an active member LDS Church where he served as Executive Secretary under two bishoprics. He was a member of the Henrieville Town Board and President of the Bryce Valley Lions Club for five years. He married Lyllian Shakespear on March 24, 2001. They enjoyed traveling and working together on Lions Club projects. They also loved spending time with their grandchildren. Russell is survived by his wife of Henrieville; children, Eric (Penny) LeFevre, Hickman Air Force, Honolulu, Hawaii; Jeron (Sharlee) LeFevre, Zackary LeFevre, and AmandaLeFevre, all of Pocatello, Idaho, and Cassie (James) Schmidt, Richland, Washington; 28 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; Brothers, LaMar (Ethyl) LeFevre, Tropic, Dale (Olene) LeFevre, Cedar City; and Reed (Mary) LeFevre, Tropic; sisters, Leslie Vaughn Willis of Cannonville and Velma Lamb of Roy. He is preceded in death by his brothers, Ellis and John Lyle. Funeral Services were held on Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. in the Henrieville LDS Ward Chapel. Friends called at the Ward Chapel in Henrieville on Saturday from 11:00 to 12:30. Burial was held in the Henrieville Cemetery. In Lieu of Flowers the family asks that you make donations to the Bryce Lions Club in Tropic, Utah. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. 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