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Show Senior & Health September 28, 2007 The Summit County Bee North Summit Senior Citizens by Louise Wallace This week brings an end to September and I want you all to know that I have enjoyed the whole month. If you looked for our report and didn’t find it, it was because I was off having a grand time. Rose and I, along with Lois and Hal Hardin, went to Glacier National Park in Montana. We traveled through Idaho on a very scenic route. The journey over the Going-To-The-Sun highway was absolutely out of this world. It is impossible for me to explain it, but one thing is for sure, only the Great Creator could have fashioned the country with so much variety as we were privileged to behold. The scenery going to Cedar Buttes and the area at Strawberry pinnacles is great, too. I am so glad we haven’t missed any of them. However, I am happy to be back home in our own beautiful surroundings. Now, what has happened at Seniors during the last two weeks? To begin with, we have had the pleasure of help from a young lady, Ashley Potter in setting the tables and etc. She not only helps us but spreads sunshine with her beautiful smile. Starts our mornings out on a very pleasant note. Thanks, Ashley, it’s good to have you here. Carma Burns was the lucky driver to take the people on their September shopping trip. Along with picking up medication and groceries, they even took time to have lunch. Sounds like they totally enjoyed the trip and are looking forward to the October one which will be on Oct. 4. It’s a great service and I plan on being on this one. We will be getting our annual flu shots on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Center from 10 a.m. until noon. Be sure to bring your Medicare cards with you. Next Tuesday, Oct. 2, we are going on a scenic trip through Logan Canyon to see the autumn foliage. The club is providing the transportation on a Trailways bus. We will have lunch at the Golden Corral in Logan and will be leaving the Center at 8:30 a.m. The deadline for signing up is this Friday, Sept. 28. The cost to you is $10 due then and it is non-refundable. There are only so many seats so when the bus is full, that is it. Please sign ASAP. We bade farewell to Mattie and Philip Wood who left for their home in Texas where they plan on spending the winter. If everything goes well, they will be back with us next spring. We hope they will. We had a pleasant morning Friday when Donald Judd playing the gui- tar with Lois Griffith and others joining in a kind of Sing-A-Long program for us during the morning hours. It was easy listening music and we thank them all. We have had some of the best home grown vegetables brought in. I can’t tell you who brought what, there was carrots, cucumbers and, of course, zucchini’s and tomatoes. We sure are grateful to all of you green thumb gardeners for sharing your produce with us. We have had some sadness in the community, too. We send our sympathies to Wanda Whittaker and her family on the death of her husband, L.M. Whittaker, better known as Dick. He will be missed. We also send our sympathies to the families of Ron Robinson. Cheryl Ovard’s “Salute to Ron Robinson” in last Friday’s Bee said everything. I couldn’t add to that except to say that Ron Robinson was sheriff when we first moved to Coalville and was one of the first ones to welcome us to the community. I expect both he and Dick are enjoying starting their new mission in heaven. A group of us are going on the Lehman Caves Tour this week and Friday, the 28, we are having a Karioke Bush Clan program. So as soon as you read this hurry to the Center to participate. We thank Lois Griffith who is in charge of the month for making the arrangements. We held our board meeting on the 14th due to the fact that Harold Donaldson is now on vacation, somewhere near Boston and other areas in the east. Hope you are all staying well. See you next week. Subscribe To The Summit County Bee! 336-5501 Page A7 Summit County Health Dept. Prepares For a Pandemic The Summit County Health Department, in conjunction with the other 11 local health departments across the state and the Utah Department of Health, tested their abilities to respond to a pandemic influenza outbreak. The Statewide Public Health Emergency Response Exercise, or SPHERE, was held across the state the week of Sept. 1720. As part of the exercise, the Summit County Health Department brought together all of its employees for a day to discuss their roles and responsibilities in a pandemic. SPHERE was directed by controllers from CRI, an exercise design firm from Virginia, and evaluated by the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters. During SPHERE, the staff reviewed the levels of alert with regards to a pandemic and what their job duties would entail during each phase. How the Health Department would work under the Incident Command Structure was also a main training part of the day. With all incidents, an agency-wide structure ensures that all areas of a response are being covered and that all responders know who to report to. The Incident Command Structure also allows others from outside the specific agency to easily integrate into a response. Another main component of the pandemic response exercise was testing communication protocols and equipment. During a pandemic or other public health emergency, the Health Department will be on the front lines providing the public with information on how to prevent illness and take care of those that are already sick. One of the main ways of providing this information will be through hotlines. During SPHERE, the Richins Health Department office was turned into a large-scale phone bank. This gave the staff and the Facilities Department a chance to test hotline setup and operation. The Health Department staff was also trained in how to provide information to the public during a time of crisis. Thanks to the SPHERE exercise, the places in the Health Department plan that needed improvement were identified and the staff gained a better understanding of their role in a pandemic response. FDA Warns Consumers Not to Consume “Organic Pastures Raw Cream” Risk of Listeria Contamination The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to drink or consume raw (unpasteurized) cream labeled as “ORGANIC PASTURES Grade A RAW CREAM” in one-pint plastic bottles coded “SEP 14” through “SEP 21.” This product, marketed by Organic Pastures Dairy Company (“Organic Pastures”), Fresno, CA, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause a serious and sometimes fatal disease called Listeriosis in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeriosis can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. The product was sold in retail stores throughout California and was also available worldwide via phone orders, and is not pasteurized. Pasteurization, a process that heats milk to a specific temperature for a set period of time, kills bacteria responsible for diseases such as listeriosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, diphtheria and brucellosisis. The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued an order to Organic Pastures on Sept. 7 to withdraw the raw cream from retail distribution after routine product sampling at the facility detected the bacteria. As of Sept. 20, the California Department of Agriculture has now permitted Organic Pastures to sell and distribute raw cream within the state of California. FDA advises consumers to throw away product labeled as “ORGANIC PASTURES Grade A RAW CREAM” with code dates “SEP 14” through “SEP 21”. Individuals who have consumed Organic Pastures raw cream and who have experienced any of the symptoms described above should contact a doctor or other health care provider immediately. No illnesses have been reported to date. Consumers with questions may contact Mark McAfee, Chief Executive Officer/Founder of Organic Pastures, at 1-877-RAWMILK (1-877-729-6455). Coalville Health Center 82 North 50 East Coalville, UT Kamas Health Center 155 West 200 South Kamas, UT 435-336-4403 435-783-4385 9-5 M-F, 9-12 Sat. 9-5 M-F WAIN ALLEN M.D. FAAFP, DABFP JEANETTE R. VERNON RN PA-C LISA M. 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