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Show i w V WW P M A-18 The Park Record Wednesday, September 16, 1998 i r Number of whooping cough cases up REE Dinner Entree When you purchase another entree of equal or greater value. Present this coupon to your server when you order. Limit one coupon per table. Not valid with any coupon or offer. Offer limited to Dine-in only. Tax, beverages, side dishes and gratuity not included. Valid through 10-31-98 DONALD J PLINER MADE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ITALY i:.ii;!.7A'i,v.v?i Based on hundreds of Utahns having signs and symptoms of pertussis, per-tussis, Utah's public health community commu-nity is asking health-care providers and the public to help limit the spread of this vaccine-preventable disease. During the last month, pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has been confirmed in people of all age groups living in Salt Lake, Summit, Washington and Utah counties. So far in 1998, 50 Utah cases have been reported. "Families should make sure their immunizations are up to date, especially among their youngest children," said Dr. Scott Williams, deputy director of the Utah Department of Health. "Adults and children with severe or persistent coughs should be tested and treated by a health care provider. Whooping cough symptoms commonly com-monly occur in stages. The first stage usually begins like a cold, with a runny nose, sneezing, low-grade fever, and cough. In adults, adolescents adoles-cents and some children these may be the only symptoms. In more severe cases, often among youngest children, the cough lasts one to two weeks and then becomes worse. The second stage of pertussis includes uncontrolled coughing spells followed by a whooping noise when the person breathes in. During these severe coughing spells, a person per-son may vomit, or the lips or face may look blue from lack of oxygen. Between coughing spells, the person may appear well. This stage may last four to six weeks. Infants younger than six months of age and others with severe cases often require hospitalization. Severe cases may require oxygen and mild sedation to help control coughing spells. Pertussis can be fatal with most of those deaths occurring in children less than one year of age. Pertussis can be prevented by giving a series of shots to children in early infancy. Pertussis vaccine is given at two, four, six and 15 months of age, and again when a child enters school. At least four to five doses are necessary to protect a child from pertussis. However, for those already exposed to the disease, beginning the vaccination series is not likely to prevent pertussis. Immunizations against whooping cough and other vaccine-preventable diseases are available through local health departments or from private health care providers. "We're concerned to see so many cases among adults," said Dr. Williams. "Since adults dont have the severe symptoms seen in infants, we want Utah's adults to know that they may be transmitting a very serious seri-ous disease." The immunity provided provid-ed by the pertussis vaccine series starts to wane by age 10. Booster shots cannot be given to older children chil-dren and adults. The bacteria which cause pertussis pertus-sis are found in the mouths, noses, and throats of infected people. The bacteria are spread in the air by droplets produced during sneezing or coughing. 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Cases in 1998 by county include: Salt Lake CityCounty Health Department (29), Utah County Health Department (12), Summit County Public Health Department (2), Southwest Utah Public Health Department (Beaver, Iron, Garfield, Washington and Kane counties) (2), Tooele County Health Department (2), Davis County Health Department (2), and Weber-Morgan Weber-Morgan Health Department (1). Ages of cases range from newborn to 55. Utah businesses partner with Utah's Promise Utah's businesses are stepping up to the plate to answer retired Gen. Colin S. Powell's challenge delivered last October to ensure Utahns have access to caring adults, safe places, marketable skills, a healthy start and opportunities to serve. "Not withstanding all of our wealth, not withstanding all of the success that we have had, we know that there are young people who are still in need," said Powell during the Volunteer Summit on the steps of the State Capitol. "We believe that up to 15 million young Americans are not on a road to success, that they lack some of the basic resources that they need in their lives in order to make them a success." Powell is the chair for the national nation-al nonprofit organization America's Promise The Alliance for Youth and came to Utah to launch Utah's Promise, the state's response to America's Promise. While Utah's Promise is fueled by motivated volunteers vol-unteers in communities across the state, statewide business support is still in great need. "It's exciting to see the response we've received from companies that employ a great number of Utahns," said Lt. Governor Olene S. Walker. "With their help, we will accomplish the five goals we set at the Volunteer Summit. We will keep our Utah's Promise." KTVX Channel 4, for example, has been running its "Volunteer 4 Utah" campaign for over a year now. The advertisements couple an emotional portrayal of the benefits received from giving service with a 1-800 number which connects viewers view-ers with local volunteer centers. In turn, volunteer centers match the caller's skills and schedule with an appropriate volunteer opportunity. KJZZ Channel 14 is also running run-ning public awareness advertisements advertise-ments on child abuse prevention, foster care and adoption. NPS Pharmaceuticals has also implemented an employee volunteer volun-teer p rogram. In addition to allowing allow-ing employees time off to volunteer at the Traveler's Aid Society and Primary Children's Hospital Residential Treatment Center, NPS also donated $5,000 to each organization. organi-zation. Several companies are also giving giv-ing paid release time for their employees who want to volunteer. US WEST and KSL TV and radio have programs that allow a predetermined prede-termined amount of paid volunteer time. ; Bonneville International, the parent company of KSL, has also committed production and air time for public service announcements and publicity of the Utah's Promise initiative. County employee finds! happiness in diversity ! Continued from A-17 says he also collects paychecks from the travel tours he leads, from some of the writing he does, and from his PR. firm for small companies. "Anything in the realm of communications commu-nications I deal with," he says. For a man who keeps an heirloom heir-loom garden and a happiness calendar, calen-dar, for a man who hosted a radio show for five years called "Provident Living," for a man with 10 admiring grandchildren, working, in emergency management clearly is, not something Cooper does to pass time. He seems to love the potential rush of the position and he certainly values the trust and respect it has built for him. "Creating trust is something I highly value, perhaps more than anything else," he says. The Real American Cooper is a man who yearns to be important. "I never want to go to a rocking chair and be irrelevant. . In fact, I feel as if I'm at the peak of my skill level I can offer more now than I ever could' before." Teaching all those classes, working work-ing for small buisnesses, and investigating inves-tigating and writing about new concepts con-cepts is how he spends his days. "I think its important for us to havfc open horizons and have the ability to think beyond the known." In all, he is a bold, confident, searching man who speaks well, contemplates before acting and doesn't hesitate to look one in the eye. In 1989, Cooper won the George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedom's Foundation at Valley Forge for a poem titled, "The Real America." 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