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Vol. 29

September 2, 2020

HEALTHCARE REALITY: Sen. Cornyn opines YOU should Get quality Healthcare Regardless of Zip code

UTHCT Dr. Torry Tucker Receives Outstanding Teaching award And $25,000 Plus Medallion

CHADWICK BOSEMAN Super Star King Tâ€™Challa in Black Panther Movie Succumbs to Cancer

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NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION

LISD REWARDS TEACHERS

$32,000 RAISE

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HB 3 enables Longview ISD to incentivize innovative, distinguished teacher-leaders with hefty pay hikes.

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Texas Digital divide wide Can be corrected TSTA study confirms The biggest victims are low-income, rural and minority students

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State Representative District 7 Jay Dean says, “This bill is to help school districts recruit qualified and quality teachers. I have always found LISD to be creative, getting the best teachers and retaining them. I am proud of the teachers and children they educate. It is a plus for the parents, the community, but especially for the children. By Joycelyne Fadojutimi / ETR In 2019, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed Texas House of Representatives Bill 3 passed by the 86th Texas Legislature. HB 3 Teacher Incentive Allotment Program, authorized increased teacher funding for compensation in eligible school districts that employ a teacher designation system to recognize specific classroom teachers as Recognized, Exemplary and Master teacher over the course of a five-year period. Such designation results from single or multi-year appraisals complying with T-TESS or a locally developed appraisal process. The allotments consider a range of funding for each accomplishment level, with additional funding reserved for teachers working at rural schools and schools whose students have the highest levels of socio-economic need. For this reason, the Texas Education It is important to note, a well-designed strategic compensation system clearly Agency (TEA) describes HB 3 as, outlines the values of the school district. “sweeping and historic school finance bill; Intricately correlated to the assessment ” called it, “one of the most transformative system is an efficient compensation system Texas education bills in recent history,” that supports effective teaching – defined and noted that “ it provides more money through teacher performance, and student for Texas classrooms, increases teacher achievement. Moreover, an effective system compensation, reduces recapture and cuts places premium on student achievement local property taxes for Texas taxpayers.” By the same token, LISD Director of thereby rewards teachers accordingly. Elementary Education John York, explains More than that, it: Validates hiring, training, and how TEA fully funds the Teacher Incentive retention of altruistically dedicated, Allotment. passionate. and innovative teachers. “The exact amount of funding per teacher Differentiate salaries to reward is determined by a formula that takes effective teachers who raise student into account the level of socioeconomic achievement and inspire excellence. need at the campus,” he said. “Funding Rewards competence and leadership for Recognized designations ranges from in the classroom. $3000 to $9000. Exemplary designations Hence, fifty-four Longview ISD super- range from $6000 to $18,000. Master star teachers from eleven campuses are set designations range from $12,000 to $32,000 for salary increase thanks to HB 3. These per year.” dedicated, passionate, and ingenious He points out that the TEA sets teachers can look forward to adding up to performance and validity levels that $32,000 per annum incentive pay paving govern teacher designations, ensuring that the way to a $100,000 annual salary. As all teachers have a shot at being recognized. a matter of fact, LISD earned allotments The district designation systems monitor totals to more than $650,000 with first all faculty for quality and equity. In so bonus pay slated for December paychecks. doing, LISD is one of just twenty-six Texas

school districts receiving system approvals in the first round of Cohort A applicants. But that is not all. Equally important, York concurs with Rep. Dean when he said that this program is a way to “attract and keep our most effective educators in the classrooms at our most challenging campuses … recruiting and retaining highly effective teachers is a major commitment at Longview ISD.” LISD Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox feels the same way. “We have teachers who are going above and beyond to help our students overcome incredible challenges, so it only makes sense for us to find a way to help reward their abilities as educators,” he said. “We want our teachers to know that the board and administration is always going to do everything we can to show how much they are valued at Longview ISD.” Dean could not agree more. “One of the big parts of the finance bill was to not only recruit but retain teachers. We wanted to make it more attractive to where teachers are appreciated for the hard work they do,” he said. “This bill is to help school districts recruit and keep their qualified and quality teachers.”

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Boseman was no stranger to playing iconic characters, bursting onto the big screen in 2013’s 42 as baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in major league baseball. Boseman went on to star as Soul legend James Brown in 2014’s Get On Up and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall in 2017. Boseman brought a quiet

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dignity and powerful presence to these characters, with performances reflective of the weight they hold in world culture. The world is reeling from the loss of iconic actor Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday, August 28, after losing a private battle to colon cancer. Boseman died at home surrounded by his family. A statement released by his family said Boseman was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2016 and the disease progressed to stage 4. Boseman endured countless surgeries and treatments as he continued to make films from Marshall (directed by Reginald Hudlin), Da 5 Bloods (directed by Spike Lee) and August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (directed by George C. Wolfe and produced by Denzel Washington). Washington and Boseman were first introduced when Washington paid for

Boseman and several other Howard University students to continue their theater studies by taking a theater course in Oxford. The Howard University-educated thespian was the star of Marvel’s Black Panther franchise, bringing to life one of the most important and revered superheroes in American film history. Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther was the first superhero movie to be nominated for a best picture Oscar and one of the highest-grossing films of all time, bringing in over $1billion. Black Panther became more than a movie, morphing into a celebration of Black culture, art, history, achievement and intellect in addition to highlighting the Black cultural presence and influence in comic book culture. Continued on Page 15

Overall digital access for Texas students is worse than in the country as a whole, but the biggest victims are low-income, rural and minority students, a study commissioned by the Texas State Teachers Association found. Inequities in virtual learning capabilities were known before the coronavirus pandemic struck Texas this spring, but they are more critical now that remote learning has assumed a much greater role in public education as educators and parents work to protect students, school employees and their communities. “The Texas State Teachers Association supports virtual learning as a safe way to provide learning opportunities to Texas children while protecting them, their teachers and their families from the dangerous coronavirus. But our state and federal governments must significantly increase funding for this effort so that all students, regardless of family income, race, ethnicity or home address, have access to the tools they need,” said TSTA President Ovidia Molina. “These are uncertain times, and we don’t

know how long they will last. Teachers will continue to do their part to educate our students, but the state and federal governments must do a much better job of providing the support and resources that this emergency requires.” Drawing on data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, Public Policy Associates Inc. (PPA), which conducted the study for TSTA, determined that Texas ranked 46th among the states in overall internet and computer access, 45th in broadband access and 45th in access to both broadband and computers. Seventy percent of households with schoolaged children in Texas metropolitan areas have access to broadband and computers, but only 50 percent of similar households in non-metro areas do, a 20-point gap. “In many rural areas, Texans are not able to get high-speed internet access even if they are willing and able to pay for it,” PPA noted in its summary. The study also found: • Students whose families are below the pov-

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Rural communities in Texas faced a health care crisis long before COVID-19. Over the past decade, 21 rural Texas hospitals have closed. Thirty-two counties have no doctor, and an additional 23 have only one. According to the 2018 Rural Health Report Card published by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas earns a D-minus overall. COVID-19 compounded these problems. Small hospitals with limited to no intensive-care capacity have been completely overwhelmed. Doctors, nurses, and EMTs have often needed to quarantine, leaving even fewer medical professionals to care for patients. And urban hospitals where critical patients are typically transferred are reaching capacity. The pandemic has exacerbated Texas’ rural health crisis and shone a spotlight on the most urgent challenges that must be addressed. Together, we’re fighting for better care, access and outcomes for families in rural communities. First, we need to ensure rural hospitals can keep their doors open. Congress provided $175 billion to help hospitals, clinics and other providers stay afloat, with at least $11 billion devoted to rural providers. So far, rural providers in Texas have received more than $720 million. This funding supports resources to keep both patients and health care workers safe today, while maintaining the ability to deliver reliable care tomorrow. Funding for Texas’ urban hospitals also is a benefit to rural communities. If patients’ needs exceed the capabilities of a small hospital, they’re often transferred to larger facilities in bigger cities. The nearly $4.5 billion Texas’ health care providers have received will help all Texans – regardless of ZIP code –access the care they need, when they need it. We must also ensure rural hospitals are home to highly trained medical workers – something The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) at Fort Worth is fighting to do. Since 2010, 110 HSC students have participated as Texas College of Osteopathic Medi-

cine Rural Scholars. On top of their normal curriculum, these students take additional courses to prepare for the unique challenges and opportunities that come with serving rural communities. More than 60 percent of these students are actively practicing in underserved areas, and they’re making quality care a reality for more Texans. We’re also thinking outside the confines of typical doctor’s appointments. Technology has allowed us to overcome distance barriers in nearly every part of our lives, and health care is no exception. Congress passed legislation allowing rural health centers to utilize telehealth to serve their communities, making long drives or exposure to others a thing of the past for many patients. In March, HSC transitioned from in-person to virtual care, and it has conducted 8,000 telemedicine appointments in specialties including family medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, cardiology, and dermatology. This ensured HSC’s patients could continue receiving the high-quality care they needed despite the obstacles presented by COVID-19. But nearly one-third of rural Texans can’t access reliable internet services, precluding them from not only telemedicine, but also virtual learning and working. Broadband access is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity – and we need to ensure rural Texans aren’t left on the wrong side of the digital divide. Congress provided hundreds of millions of dollars to help both providers and patients have access to the broadband and equipment they need to get connected. Legislation recently introduced by Senator Cornyn would triple the investment already made in telehealth, with at least $80 million going to small and rural providers. A person’s home address should never determine the outcome of a health condition. Whether they’re battling COVID-19, cancer, or a heart problem, every single Texan deserves access to quality health care, and that’s what we’re fighting to deliver. John Cornyn is Texas’ senior U.S. senator. Dr. Michael Williams is an anesthesiologist and President of UNT Health Science Center.

erty line are much less likely (43 percent) than their middle- and upper-income peers (74 percent) to have both computers and broadband access at home. • White students (78 percent) have greater access to both broadband and computers than Blacks (63 percent) or Hispanics (59 percent). The gap between Hispanic and white students in Texas is larger than in the country as a whole. • Only 70 percent of all school-aged children in Texas have access at home to what can be considered high-speed internet access. • Thirty-three percent lack either a computer or broadband access. PPA suggested the digital deficit for some groups may be even worse than these numbers indicate because the American Community Survey, on which the study was based, collects data on household access to computers, not how many or what kind. “It would be helpful for the ACS to ask respondents how many devices they have in the household. It would also be helpful to understand whether or not households with school-aged children are relying only on a handheld device, such as a cell phone, for internet access as opposed to a computer, tablet, or other device with a keyboard,” the report said. “Closing the gap will require additional dollars for low-income neighborhoods, rural and hard-to-reach communities, and in communities of color,” the report said, as well as for additional training for teachers and support staff. Molina added: “This is another reason Gov. Abbott must act now to call off STAAR testing this year. That will reduce student and educator stress and provide additional resources for computers and internet access for students in need. How can the state expect students to properly prepare for STAAR when many don’t even have the appropriate remote learning tools that will be necessary for much of this school year?” Wellness Pointe continued from page 1

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Ending school to prison pipeline Many school districts are deciding that police in classrooms cause more problems than they solve.

State/National 5 Dr. Torry Tucker receives Thank You to those businesses helping at this time outstanding teaching award

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By Uma Nagarajan-Swenson This school year will be unlike any other. For starters, school districts across the country are grappling with budget cuts and pandemic safety. But there’s something else, too: In the wake of a national uprising against police violence, many districts are rethinking what constitutes school safety. After the 2018 Parkland shooting, many districts rushed to put armed security guards and police officers in schools. That year, states allocated an additional $965 million to law enforcement in schools. The idea has been to keep children safe. But there’s simply no proof that armed security officers keep children any safer in schools — Parkland itself already had an armed officer on site. In fact, there’s growing evidence these officers make many students less safe. For instance, Black students are 3.5 times more likely to be arrested at school than white students, despite exhibiting similar behavioral patterns. Low-income students are also disproportionately harmed. According to a massive 2016 study, the arrest rate in California schools where more than 80 percent of students rely on free or reducedprice lunch is seven times the arrest rate in schools where most students don’t. These arrests do long-term damage. In what’s known as the “school-to-prison pipeline,” students who are arrested at school, often for routine disciplinary issues,

are more likely to find themselves caught up in the criminal justice system as adults. This pipeline is just one of the ways poor communities and communities of color are over-policed and hypersurveilled nationwide. But now, that narrative is beginning to change. With the growing movement to defund police — and many schools facing steep budget cuts — public school districts are reckoning with police brutality inside the classroom. As a result, school boards nationwide, from Oakland to Phoenix to Minneapolis, have voted to remove cops from their schools and end contracts with police. Removing police is an important first step towards disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline, but it needs to be part of a broader effort. After all, young people face the same racist policing outside their schools. As of a few years ago, Black youth were over five times more likely to be detained or committed to the prison system than white youth, leading to a lifetime of struggle. According to MIT research, 40 percent of people incarcerated as juveniles were locked up in adult facilities by the age of 25. Again, researchers have found no significant behavioral differences between Black and white adolescents: They are roughly equally likely to get into fights, carry weapons, steal, use or sell controlled substances, or skip school.

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Yet it’s mostly children of color who are criminalized for these behaviors, and the impacts are far-reaching. The school-to-prison pipeline is one of the most damaging aspects of mass incarceration in our country. It’s welcome news that many districts are moving away from officers in classrooms, especially when students have enough to worry about with the pandemic. But schools parallel society at large, and the school-to-prison pipeline affects kids well outside the walls of the classroom. Efforts to defund the police must extend beyond those walls as well. Uma Nagarajan-Swenson is a Next Leader at the Institute for Policy Studies. This op-ed was distributed by OtherWords.org.

USDA is serving up diseased chicken Federal regulators recently okayed selling chickens suffering from Avian Leukosis, which produces cancerous tumors. By Jim Hightower

Top regulatory officials in Trump’s government keep chanting the same oneword mantra: “Deregulate. Deregulate. Deregulate.” Day after day, these agency bosses have been “liberating” greedy business interests to do their damnedest to consumers, workers, the environment — and even our chicken dinner. Yes, chicken. Instead of Kentucky-fried

or tacos con pollo, they’re serving up “Chicken á la Avian Leukosis.” That’s chicken infected with a virus that produces cancerous tumors and lesions on the poor birds. In July, the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service rubber stamped a demand by Tyson Foods and other multibilliondollar meat conglomerates to deregulate chicken processing rules so they can sell chickens diseased with Avian Leukosis for human consumption. The huge brand-name marketers would not even have to put a label on the package so consumers could know what we’re buying. As always, the industry line is: “It’s perfectly safe… trust us!” They claim that slaughterhouse line workers can simply cut out any tumors they see, then process the rest of the animal.

There are two problems with this claim: First, Avian Leukosis can be a systemic disease passing through the blood, so slicing tumors doesn’t necessarily eliminate the virus. Second, line workers don’t have time to see tumors, much less remove them, since Trump’s corporate-hugging regulators have also allowed poultry factories to speed up their processing lines to 175 birds per minute. This means each worker handles up to three chickens a second! Trump & Co. assert that their policy of relentless deregulation is necessary to make the system fair for corporations. However, as Lyndon Johnson used to say about such political hokum, “They can’t make chicken salad out of chicken s—.” To learn more, go to FoodAndWaterWatch.org. OtherWords columnist Jim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, and public speaker. Distributed by OtherWords.org.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UTHSCT) Associate Professor Dr. Torry A. Tucker has been selected to receive the 2020 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award from The University of Texas System Board of Regents to recognize extraordinary classroom performance and innovation. The honor reflects the great respect students, peers and presidents have for a recipient’s teaching abilities and contributions. “This award is so well deserved, and we are so proud of Dr. Tucker,” said UTHSCT President Dr. Kirk A. Calhoun. “Great faculty, like him, will lead and educate a new generation of scientists and healthcare professionals. We appreciate what Dr. Tucker does for our university every day, and I look forward to when we can have an in-person and safe celebration of his award.” Dr. Tucker is an associate professor of cellular and molecular biology. He also serves as the associate dean for faculty and education initiatives. Dr. Tucker was trained as a cell biologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a focus on diseases of the lung, specifically cystic fibrosis. He came to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler as a postdoctoral fellow in 2007 and joined the faculty in 2009. His current research investigates the causes of pleural scarring and subsequent fibrosis. He also studies pathways involved in the development and progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Dr. Tucker receives a certificate, medallion and $25,000 in recognition of his impact on students and the institution. Tucker was one of 27 faculty members representing 14 UT academic and health institutions to receive the 2020 Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award. “These awards demonstrate the Board’s appreciation for exceptional educators at each of the 14 UT institutions,” Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife said. “Their dedication to teaching excellence and student success is instrumental to achieving our education, research and

healthcare missions.” “Great teachers inspire, motivate and challenge their students,” UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken said. “We honor these outstanding educators for their service to Texas and Texans.” The University of Texas System Board of Regents established the annual awards program in 2008 to honor exemplary classroom performance and innovation. Since then, the Board has presented more than $20 million to over 750 outstanding UT educators. Nominees undergo a series of rigorous evaluations by students, peer faculty and external reviewers. The review panels consider a range of activities and criteria in their evaluations of a candidate’s teaching performance, including classroom expertise, curricula quality, innovative course development and student learning outcomes. As part of the world-renowned University of Texas System, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UTHSCT) is a graduate school providing programs for those seeking careers in the medical field. UTHSCT offers Master of Science in Biotechnology, Master of Public Health and Master of Health Administration degrees, as well as residency programs for medical school graduates in family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, occupational medicine, rural family medicine, general psychiatry and rural psychiatry. Psychology internships and fellowships are also available. Graduate students, medical residents and other medical professionals-in-training develop marketable skills and qualifications to excel in the medical field as they learn alongside innovative scientists, physicians and other healthcare experts at UTHSCT and UT Health East Texas, a 10-hospital health system throughout East Texas. Led by Kirk A. Calhoun, MD, FACP, the university will soon become the home to the first medical school in East Texas, pending regulatory and accreditation approval. For more information visit www.uthct.edu.

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we do, how we live, what we say. They “read” about Christ in how we act and react to the events that come into our lives. They “see” Christ in what we do and how we do things for others. Simply stated, we are responsible for showing those around us His love. A Christian is to have a “mind” that thinks as Jesus thought, a “heart” that breaks when the ravages of sin are visible, a “hand” that reaches out to those in need, and a “voice” through which He speaks to share His message. Prayer: Our Father, You have given us a tremendous responsibility to represent You to others. We admit we are unable to do this unless we allow You to live through us. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. Scripture for Today: But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. 1 John 2:4-6

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The University of Texas at Tyler announced that Dr. Michael Gangone and Jessica Coleman have been honored as two of the best educators in the UT System. The UT Tyler faculty members received the 2020 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. They are among 27 honorees from the system’s 14 academic and health institutions who were recognized and will each receive $25,000, a medallion and a certificate in appreciation of their impact on students. “We appreciate the Board of Regents for honoring these professors and for recognizing their excellent contributions to student success at UT Tyler,” said Dr. Amir Mirmiran, UT Tyler provost. Gangone, an associate professor of civil engineering, has a strong passion for engineering education. His expertise and interests include innovative bridge research and design methods as well as the development of structural health monitoring and condition assessment techniques for highway bridges and other structural systems. In total, he has more than 50 publications in the area of structural monitoring, innovative bridge design and engineering education pedagogy. He has also been recognized with the White Fellowship in Teaching and the Minnie

Jessica Coleman

Stevens Piper Professor Nominee for UT Tyler (2018), the UT Tyler College of Engineering Most Outstanding Teaching Award (2017), the Alpha Chi Outstanding Faculty Award in the UT Tyler College of Engineering 2013) and is a six-time recipient of the UT Tyler Department of Civil Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award, which is voted on by students. Coleman, lecturer in biology, has been part of the Department of Biology since 2008. Her primary focus is teaching freshman the basic concepts of science and laying the foundation for biological knowledge.

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She uses a variety of teaching strategies to enhance student learning, which include teambased learning and college and career readiness. In her spare time, Coleman engages in field research while involving undergraduates to help them learn proper research techniques. She encourages her students to take an active role in learning science by using a hands-on approach. A member of the prestigious

UT System, The University of Texas at Tyler focuses on student success and innovative research in the more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered to nearly 10,000 students. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News and World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.

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In response to the increased need for food assistance due to COVID-19, the East Texas Food Bank will hold a drivethru produce distribution in Longview at the Gregg County Fairgrounds at the Longview Convention Complex on Friday, Sept. 11 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Families will need to enter from 300 W. Cotton St. and follow the route and traffic control directions to receive the free produce items. The distribution is drivethru only, and walkups will not be accepted. There are no eligibility requirements or identification needed. Multiple households can ride together. To pick up produce for someone else, a hand-written note from that person with their

name, address, permission for you to pick up for them and their signature must be provided. The physical note or a picture of it will be accepted. Any family seeking food assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic can visit www. EastTexasFoodBank.org and click “find food” to get information on the nearest food resources.

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Pine Tree ExCEL High School School Spotlight: Helping children navigate Sponsored by the City of Longview Water Department Everyone must do their part to preserve and protect the environment. You can help too!

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Plants, animals, and people count on the earth’s environment to help keep them alive. It is important not to use up or destroy the earth’s natural resources. Two very important ways you can help save our world are by conserving energy and water.

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Children may be more deeply affected by social distancing than any other group of people. Older children may understand the how and why of social distancing, but no matter their ages, kids may be left emotionally adrift as social distancing guidelines stay in place. No one is certain about what the long-term effects of social Creslynn Sustaire Teacher Chuck Davis helps Student Jayden Evans distancing will be on both children and adults. Amy Learmonth, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist at the Cognition, Memory and Development Lab at William Paterson University in New Jersey, notes that early social development takes place mostly within the family. As children age, their peer group becomes the more important by Joycelyne Fadojutimi hub of social development. Pine Tree Independent School District EXCEL principal Cleo Wadley just loves Longview. Parents can take steps to help kids The happy, friendly people and gentle traffic cope during these uncertain times. make even his daily drive to work a pleasure compared to Houston where he had his previous • Set up digital play dates. The assignment. His fondness for the city shows connectivity of the internet through in his work directing the school district’s enables people to keep in touch “Excellence Compelling Extraordinary myriad ways. Children and teens playing video games. For now,Learning”. even if they cannot be together Better known ascan the be EXCEL initiative, this should exercise each day. Families parents a bit more lenient physically. Encourage children to program is his labor of love. can exercise together to make and understanding about how engage their friends via online chats, “I love what we do because it is the wave of the physical activity more fun. technology can fill the void created ideally ones that feature video so future,” he says. “School must be like business, by social distancing. they can see and hear their friends. and EXCEL is the epitome of that because we • Set new goals. Ask everyone to do Parents of young children can reach customize learning for the student.” their part to complete to-do lists or • Participate in a scavenger hunt. out to one another and establish EXCEL students have specific individual make a set of goals to achieve while Join or organize a neighborhood digital play dates via FaceTime or objectives as the program presents knowledge to social distancing. scavenger hunt. Walk around the another virtual meeting app. prepare them for entering both the workplace and neighborhood looking for school higher education. There is a three-pronged axis Checking off items on the list as they’re mascot pictures in windows or • Lighten up on screen time for absolute success: completed can give everyone a sense rainbows on doors restrictions. Each person has a 1. Celebrating success. of accomplishment. Children may need different way to cope with social 2. Controlling our own work with no excuses. a morale boost while practicing social • Create time for physical activity. distancing and pass the time. According to Wadley, students are not distancing, parents can help in Exercise cantheir tamebackgrounds, stress, improve Children may spend more time Ricky Rodriguez and Emmanuel Jaydenand Evans, Miguel Hernandez permitted to blame various ways. mood and be great for the body in on tablets, watching television or Carranza and Jamie Rosas circumstances, families or anyone else for shoddy

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Fruit is one of the healthy food groups. We define fruit as the sweet, fleshy part of a plant that has the seed or seeds of the plant. It may be sweet or sour and is usually edible in its raw state. Eating fruit helps keep our hearts healthy. A healthy heart pumps blood through the body effectively. Healthy foods such as fruits also lower the risk of disease, such as cancer and diabetes.

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Grandparents Day

We love visiting our grandparents!

We always have great fun! This year we’ll teach the kids how to play Pickleball.

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“I think you will be impressed by what you see as you travel along the path with the bridges, culverts, crossings, retaining walls and signals,” said Caron. The mayor, city council and city manager all poured out their gratitude and praises for the proliferating success of this major improvement operation. The city’s 2015 Comprehensive Plan made provisions for an updated, improved direction to be taken for the city’s continued growth and improvement. Caron also credited the Texas Department of Transportation for its support of Longview’s now-commenced work on Phases Two and Three, which are already two miles long. When the ten-mile route is finished, runners, walkers and strollers will be able to start out at the Paul G. Boorman trailhead at the Loop, go south to Highway 80, veer northward and pass under McCann and Judson Roads on Guthrie Trail

at 4th Street, and finish by heading down to Teague Park on Highway 80. Civic movers and shakers envision all this being completed by 2021. The ribbon cutting was wellattended by local running enthusiasts and their canine companions. Christina Little was there with her whole family and many friends. “This is a family and friends trail,” she said. Nina Allen of the Longview animal shelter also came, bringing many furry attendees. There is more. They were among many habitual runners who are eager to get started. One of them was Rocio Mendez. “I love they are expanding it. We use this trail very often,” she said. “With these trails, Longview will be the envy of the region, if not the nation,” concluded Caron. No doubt.

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16 Diabetes is a killer that afflicts multitudes, although many live for years and even decades with the disease. The effects can be lethal, but generally there are symptoms that tip off those with type 2 diabetes that they have the affliction even though they can be mild to the point of going unnoticed. Common symptoms include: • Frequent urination, Chronic thirst, Feeling very hungry despite eating, Fatigue, Blurred vision • Cuts and bruises that are abnormally slow to heal, Noticeable weight loss even though the patient is actually eating more (Type 1). Tingling/pain/numbness in hands and feet (Type 2) According to the American Diabetes Association, the medical community is committed to helping the millions of Americans who already have and are at risk of this illness. Education is a prime treatment. Informing the whole world about diabetes, its causes, effects and treatments is the purpose of the following questions and answers. What does excess weight have to do with diabetes? As is the case with many physical ailments being overweight is a major factor, but there are other aspects to consider. Person’s amount of physical activity, family histories, ethnicity and age must also be taken into account. Too many are under the misconception that weight is the sole cause of type 2 diabetes, but many type 2 sufferers are either only slightly overweight or not overweight at all. Still, dietary habits are significant. Does eating sweets and sugars cause diabetes? Any diet high in calories (including sugar) contributes to weight gain, which is certain to place one at risk for type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is determined mainly by genetics, lifestyle and other, unknown

Community health and AIDS combined. Being diabetic nearly doubles the risk of heart attack. On the plus side diabetes is an illness that can be managed. DIABETES PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT: FROM HELEN DANIELS, MD Two primary things determine the development of anything in life – GENETICS and ENVIRONMENT. While we can do nothing to change our genetic predisposition to diabetes, we HELEN DANIELS, MD can do our best to decrease our risk and/ or delay onset of disease by optimizing our ENVIRONMENT, that is, optimizing the bodies in which we live. LIFESTYLE CHOICES will dictate this and only we can determine this. Here are some goals to aim for in the path to prevention. LOSE excess body FAT, and in particular belly fat. Being overweight or obese are major By Joycelyne Fadojutimi risk factors for diabetes. factors which precipitate the MAINTAIN CALORIE disease, but not by sugar intake. CONTROLS – with a high Do sugary beverages trigger proportion of lean meats , fish , diabetes? vegetables and fruits in smaller Research indicates that portions, while avoiding food drinking sugary beverages high in carbohydrate contents, is indeed a cause of type saturated fats and processed 2 diabetes. The American foods. At each meal or snack Diabetes Association there should be a combination recommends avoiding sugarof protein, healthy fat and fiber. sweetened drinks in order DRINK WATER. Replacement to head off type 2 diabetes. of high calorie sugarFurthermore, sugary drinks sweetened drinks which have also boost glucose (also known no nutritional value with water as blood sugar) levels by significantly reduces diabetes containing several hundred and obesity. calories per serving. ENGAGE in regular A single 12-ounce can PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. of regular soda contains Current recommendations are approximately 150 calories and for 150 minutes of moderate 40 grams of carbohydrates--in exercise, such as walking, other words the same amount weekly. as in ten teaspoons full of sugar! DE- STRESS. High levels Sugar-sweetened beverages of stress induce hormones include such drinks as: Regular that predispose to the soda, Fruit punch, Fruit drinks, development of diabetes. Energy drinks, Sports drinks, Find time to relax daily. Sweet tea and other sugary Get a good night’s SLEEP. drinks. Chronic sleep deprivation and/ As a disease, how serious or poor sleep quality increases is diabetes? risk for diabetes. Know the warning sings Every year diabetes kills ( increased thirst, urination , more people that breast cancer

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hunger, weight loss, itching) and see your doctor for an ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAM which will also include screening labs for common diseases. Diabetes Management Should diabetes develop, all hope is not lost. Your doctor in conjunction with you, will develop an individualized patient centered approach to the treatment of your disease with an array of meds available, Your goal is to KNOW YOUR NUMBERS and to start and maintain the lifestyle changes previously outlined in order to get to those targets. Here are some numbers to know. Glucose Levels: While blood sugar levels are individualized, the ADA recommends the following target for most nonpregnant adults with diabetes Hb A1C <7% or an average glucose reading of 154 mg/dl Fasting blood sugars of 80-130 2-hour Post meal sugars of <180 BP goal of < 140/90 Cholesterol levels. Improve your cholesterol profile. Bad cholesterol ( LDL ) targets no longer apply, however obtaining values of < 100 with improved good cholesterol ( HDL ) levels of > 40 are preferred. The current standard of care recommends use of a lipid lowering agent or statin in all diabetics, regardless of how good the cholesterol profile is, due to a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes. The American diabetic association (ADA) recommends that you be SMART, that is, that you set Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Relevant Time-bound goals. It’s your destiny that hangs in the balance and attaining well planned, timely, worthy goals leads to freedom. And as always be forever in pursuit of YOUR ULTM8 IDL.