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Jake Kulland's Take on Sports can be found on Page 3. Turn to Page 5 for Leon Hiltner's Veterans Service Update.
Index
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Monday, June 8, 2020
June is Men's Health Month
By Melissa Anderson Republican Editor
Catch up with the latest from the Cavalier County Commissioners on Page 3.
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A man's health is his most prized possession, and during the month of June, the United States puts the focus on improving the health of its male citizens. Cavalier County Memorial Hospital and Cavalier County Health District want to remind residents that now is a great time to bring the focus back on your general health. “With the warmer temperatures outside, we welcome the start of June and Men's Health Month. As stubborn as we men can be, it is important that we take responsibility for our own health and wellness. This is true whether you've just graduated from high school, are in the 'prime' of life or consider yourself 'high mileage',” Dr. Charles Emerson, MD, of CCMH said. No matter the age, being healthy begins with healthy habits. The Centers for Disease Control offers these tips not only for men but for everyone to take up. By encouraging overall healthy habits, everyone can enjoy good health. Eat healthy and include a variety of fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables have many vitamins and minerals that may help protect you from chronic diseases. Limit foods and drinks high in calories, sugar, salt, fat, and alcohol. Regular physical activity has many benefits. It can help control your weight, reduce your risk of
heart disease and some cancers, and can improve your mental health and mood. Find fun ways to be active together. Adults need 2.5 hours of physical activity each week. Set an example by choosing not to smoke and encourage the men in your life to quit smoking. Quitting smoking has immediate and long-term benefits. You lower your risk for different types of cancer and don’t expose others to secondhand smoke—which causes health problems.
help protect yourself against COVID are the same things that will protect you from other chronic and acute disease. These steps include quitting tobacco, exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, eating healthy and reducing stress. It is also important to check with your provider about routine health screenings you may be due for such as colonoscopy, lipid screening, diabetes screenings and blood pressure screening," Stephanie Welsh, RN, Cavalier County Health District
Help the men in your life recognize and reduce stress. Physical or emotional tension are often signs of stress. They can be reactions to a situation that causes you to feel threatened or anxious. Learn ways to manage stress including finding support, eating healthy, exercising regularly, and avoiding drugs and alcohol. "With all the focus on COVID, other health issues seem to be taking a backseat right now. Many of the things you can do to
said. Health care providers, along with family and friends, can and have taken up the cause of reminding men of the importance of getting check-ups. By encouraging men to see a doctor or health professional for regular checkups, health is better taken care of. Knowing your family's health history also makes catching any health issues that much easier. Men can prepare for doctor’s visits. Certain diseases and
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conditions may not have symptoms, so checkups help identify issues early or before they can become a problem. It’s important for men (and women) to understand their family health history, which is a written or graphic record of the diseases and health conditions present in your family. It is helpful to talk with family members about health history, write this information down, and update it from time to time. “Doing things like yearly exams and blood work can catch medical issues early on and prevent them from becoming big problems. If you have a family history of cancer, diabetes, or heart disease, a simple yearly lab test and basic physical exam can catch many of these things early,” Dr. Emerson explained. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men in the United States, killing 347,879 men in 2017—that’s about 1 in every 4 male deaths. Half of the men who die suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms. This “silent killer” may go unnoticed and not be diagnosed until a man experiences signs or symptoms of a heart attack, heart failure, or an arrhythmia. Even if you have no symptoms, you may still be at risk for heart disease. High blood pressure, high LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol, and smoking are key risk factors for heart disease. About half of Americans have at least one of these three risk factors. cont. on page 2
Frost boils painful reminder of street conditions Mask Drive in Cavalier County Street projects have been a vide an estimate for the most se- tion cannot drain adequately. The summer fixture for the residents vere frost boils. A total of 17 spots damage from frost boils is often of Langdon as the Langdon City were given to the commissioners large and deep enough to make Commission looks to improve as needing attention immediate- a roadway impassable. The potenthe city roadways. This spring has ly, totaling nearly $167,000. tial for damage is increased after brought a new headache as frost “There will be no overall im- a severe winter, which deepens boils made themselves more ap- pact on the budget. We are using the frost layer, and/or where sigparent and 'a must' issue to be ad- the reserve fund as intended just nificant late winter or early spring dressed by the commissioners. for these instances,” Nowatzki ex- precipitation further saturates “Due to the very wet fall and plained. the soil which happened in the very early fall of 2019. winter, moisAs temperature made tures begin it deep into to rise in the the streets to spring, frofreeze. These zen moisture [boils we are in roadway co n ce nt rat surfaces and ing on] are supporting the most imlayers start portant due thawing from to their severthe top down. ity. The origiThe bigger nal list was problems betwice as long. gin to show When the themselves in quote came This is just one of the frost boils that the City of Langdon is looking the support in, it [the cost] to repair. This is located on 8th Avenue. Photo by Lori Peterson. layers, as far was almost as down as the much as we had in the city street Langdon City Auditor, Roxanne frost line. maintenance and repair reserve Hoffarth explained, "The commisDuring the cold, winter months, fund,” Langdon City Commission sion has voted to pay for these moisture in these layers freeze Chair Jerry Nowatzki said. frost boils with the street main- and expand. As spring temperaRetiring Langdon City Com- tenance reserve fund. This fund tures warm the support layers, the missioner Marty Tetrault worked is funded by overage funding (if melting frost may produce a fluid to get a comprehensive list of all any) from the state highway tax subgrade condition that provides the frost boils needing to be fixed. to the street department fund. little or no support. Under traffic, When that list came in, there were So when funds are available we the pressure is relieved through over thirty spots in the city total- transfer to the street maintenance the point of least resistance—up ing over $300,000 that needed fund." through the roadway surface— attention. Tetrault and the rest of Frost boil damage involves the producing a mound of mud or the Commission went back to the breaking up of a section of road- boil. The boil is a visual indication drawing board asking the con- way surface where moisture from cont. on page 2 struction company to only pro- spring thaws and/or precipita-
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Cavalier County Emergency Management and Cavalier County Public Health District are tackling the issue of masks. Specifically, the lack of cloth masks for the general public to wear as they go about their day and interactions with others. “The masks allow all of us
of spreading this or any virus,” Karen Kempert, Cavalier County Emergency Manager, said. Steph Welsh of the Cavalier County Public Health District explained that with the Centers for Disease Control continuing to study the spread and effects of the novel coronavirus across the United States, there are
to move about our daily lives without threat to others. 3035 percent of COVID-19 cases are without symptoms. With a mask on, you decrease the risk
things that citizens can do to protect themselves and others. Recent studies show that a significant portion of individuals cont. on page 2
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