BUILDING WELLNESS
SAFETY
District employee quits smoking with a little help
Cecy Ordonez
The American Cancer Society will be celebrating their
annual Great American Smokout on Nov. 21. This day is used
to encourage smokers to quit smoking for one day.
Quitting smoking is arguably the single most important
choice to improving your health. Smoking has been known
to cause heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, kidney
failure, lung cancer, throat cancer, mouth cancer, bladder
cancer, kidney cancer, cervical cancer, cancer of the pancreas,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, macular degeneration, and many other ailments. Regardless of whether
people already know the effects of smoking, it is the hardest
habit to break because of the addictive qualities of tobacco
and the additives used in ciggarettes. Here is an insight story
about one of our own who is successfully kicking the habit:
Michele Denham, Workforce Management Administrator.
How long have you smoked?
Off and on for many years.
Why did you start smoking?
Well, I guess it must have been peer pressure in the very
olden days when lots of people thought smoking was cool. I
can’t remember that far back.
At some point in the past twent years, every county in California has been declared a federal flood disaster area. Residents should prepare by finding
out whether or not they live within a flood plain and engage their local emergency management organizations. The objective of California Flood
Preparedness Week is to make residents aware of the numerous resources available to them at the federal, state, and local levels. (File photo)
Preparedness week warns of flood dangers
David A. Salazar
LOS ANGELES—The webpage for
California Department of Water Resources’ California Flood Preparedness
campaign poses a simple yet important
question: “Do you know that every
county in California has been declared
a federal flood disaster area at least
once in the last 20 years?”
For many Californians, the answer
is no. California Flood Preparedness
Week, a statewide awareness campaign
which takes place the week of Nov. 4,
hopes to change this lack of awareness.
“California Flood Preparedness
Week is essentially an awareness week,”
said Anne Hutton, chief of the District’s
emergency management office. “It tries
to make all people aware of flooding
in California and the types of flooding
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and what they can do to prepare so that
they’re less affected in the event of a
flood.”
Flood season in California begins
Nov. 15, when cool autumn temperatures bring increased precipitation to
the area. Flood preparedness week
precedes the flood season to help those
at risk become aware of resources available to preserve life and property.
“It’s the perfect time to get the
public thinking about floods and preparing themselves,” Hutton said. “If
someone determines that they’re in an
area of concern and find themselves in
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