Campus and Community Briefs
Diabetics show holiday caution
The Bear River Health Department encourages diabetics to watch what they eat, stay active, test their blood sugar regularly and take their medications as prescribed.
With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, the tempation to overindulge at the dinner table can be overwhelming. For people with diabetes, abrupt dietary changes could cause serious complications.
Research shows that diabetics who keep their blood sugar close to normal can reduce their chances of serious health problems such as heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and amputations. For more information, call the health resources hotline at
1-888-222-2542.
Gold Key reaches
25-year marker
The Golden Key International Honour Society will celebrate 25 years of success as an academic honor society, Nov. 29.
The society is dedicated to recognizing the top 15 percent of academically successfull juniors and seniors at 333 college and university chapters around the world.
It offers benefits beyond academic recognition including leadership training, service opportunities and career assistance. Significant achievements include the awarding of more than $4 million in Golden Key scholarships, extending the honor society concept to include chapters in seven countries and creating the Golden Key corporate council.
Golden Key was created by a group of undergraduate students at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Ga.,
Nov. 29, 1977.
In 25 years, the society has grown to serve more than 1.4 million lifetime members representing 160 different countries and has established itself as a positive force in higher education. More than 13,000 honorary members, including world leaders, public servants and Nobel Prize winners are proud their association with this organization.
Jail construction continues rapidly
The construction of the new Cache County Jail is moving along at a much more rapid rate than expected.
The county broke ground for the facility on Oct. 17, 2002. Within the next few days, a building will appear where today there is only a concrete pad and footings.
Sahara Construction of Bountiful, the county’s construction manager, is utlizing prefabricated cells constructed by Tindall Corp. from Georgia for the housing pod areas of the jail. Those cells arrived by rail car Monday and placement of the units commenced Tuesday.
Woodburning may get mandate
The Bear River Board of Health will hold a public meeting on Dec. 4 to gather comments on a proposal that would prohibit the use of woodburning stoves, fireplaces and other sources of unclean combustion on days when the air is particularly susceptible to
pollution.
The hearing will be at 5 p.m. at the Health Department, 655 E. 1300 North, Logan.
A mandatory “red, yellow and green light” program has been in effect for several years along the Wasatch Front. The program started last year on a voluntary basis in Cache County.
The red, yellow and green “lights” are reported in the media. A green light means conditions are satifactory for burning wood in stoves and fireplaces. A yellow light means people should burn only if necessary. Burning is not allowed on red light days.
Koford said the proposal would include fines for people who use their woodburning stoves, fireplaces or other forms of combustion that do not have a clean exhaust, on “red light” days. Exemption will be available for people who use such devices as their only source of heat during the winter.