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DEATHS DOROTHY STEWARD Funeral services for Dorothy Steward, 95, Lawrence, formerly of Belleville, are pending and will be announced by Warren-McEl-
wain Mortuary. She died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Baldwin City.
EDWARD J. GERGICK SR. Funeral services for Edward J. Gergick Sr., 87, Tonganoxie, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Tonganoxie. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Tonganoxie.
Mr. Gergick died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at his home. The family will meet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with a rosary to be recited at 7 p.m.
Obituary policy Information about what the newspaper accepts and other guidelines, including costs for obituaries, can be obtained through your mortuary, by calling the Journal-World at 785832-7154, or online at LJWorld.com/obits/policy/.
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Yearly cost of a first conviction for driving under the influence: Interlock installation and fees: $917 Insurance increase: $60/month Court/jail costs: $143.50 Treatment: $220 to $270 Fines and probation costs: $810, $1150 Lawyer: $1,000 minimum License reinstatement fee: $100 Refusal of breath test to find blood-alcohol level: $400 Total estimated cost range: $3,910 to $4,700
wasn’t criminalized. That is, it’s not a criminal — but rather a traffic — offense for someone to refuse a Breathalyzer during a traffic stop. While a person who refuses a Breathalyzer automatically loses his or her driver’s license for a year, it’s more difficult for prosecutors to obtain a DUI conviction without the test. “Defendants (who refuse) are less likely to face criminal charges,” said Charles Branson, Douglas County District Attorney. But some prosecutors, including Branson, have taken steps to close that loophole by working with police and judges to streamline the search warrant process for a blood test when probable cause exists. Scott McPherson, county attorney for Rice County, said his office has copied the Douglas County model. “It seems to be working well,” said McPherson, who estimates officers have requested search warrants for blood tests in about a dozen cases since the new law was implemented. Whether district attorneys take the steps Branson and McPherson have to handle refusals is up to each district, and it’s unclear how many counties have implemented similar plans. The takeaway for drivers who are pulled over, at least in Douglas County, is simple: A refusal will likely lead to a search warrant for a blood test, and refusing will bring about more consequences than if a driver consents. In addition to losing a license for a year, drivers who refuse will be assessed a $400 lab fee for the blood test.
Treatment Kendall Heiman, addictions counselor at Professional Treatment Services, performs the substance abuse assessments and evaluations required for all DUI offenders. Judges use the assessments when deciding whether to order further treatment. The biggest change with the new law, Heiman said, is an opening up of state funding for offenders who are tagged in assessments as needing additional treatment. Since the law has passed, Heiman said the treatment needs for of-
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Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center’s 2010 Wallace Galluzzi Outstanding Volunteer Award. With Dyke sharing many of the day-to-day duties of the busy office, which serves about 4,800 clients a year, Okwuone says she is freed up to do more comprehensive case management for clients and to collaborate with other social service partners in Douglas County. “Nicole loves people and gives joy to others,” Okwuone shares. “She has such a caring and giving personality that you feel good when she is around you.” “I like helping people — it’s
Costs will vary based on service providers chosen and whether someone applies for diversion. Information provided by Ace Bail Bonds, Professional Treatment Services, Douglas County Assistant District Attorney Greg Benefiel, the Ron King Agency and local attorney John Frydman.
fenders who come through her door vary. For DUI offenders who don’t present the markers for a substance abuse disorder, their treatment plan will consist of the assessment and follow-up at an eight-hour alcohol awareness and information course, Heiman said. But when someone fits the criteria for further treatment, Heiman can recommend outpatient treatment, which can range up to 20 hours of group and individual treatment per week. Heiman said they’ve seen success at this stage of treatment, which can provide the wake-up call to people that they have a substance abuse problem. “There’s this moment of clarity” for offenders, Heiman said. In rare cases, Heiman can recommend inpatient treatment, and the new law allocates state funding for offenders who don’t have insurance and can’t afford inpatient treatment. Gary Lee, director of services at Valeo, the Topeka-based substance abuse treatment facility, said they haven’t yet begun to see DUI offenders sent to their 40bed facility based on the new law, but he expects to in the coming years. The center provides a wide-range of treatment, including detox, group therapy and individual counseling for their clients, who typically stay about two weeks. — Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173. Follow him at Twitter.com/ shaunhittle.
something I was born to do,” Dyke said. “Knowing you can help someone and get something they need, it makes you feel good. Sometimes people just want to talk to someone, but no one else will listen.” During the holiday season the ECKAN office is busy, so Okwuone is hoping other volunteers will join the team. Now, ECKAN needs volunteers to provide general administrative support, to adopt families and individuals through the Christmas Bureau, and to stock food shelves at Just Food. To find out more about volunteer opportunities at ECKAN, contact Okwuone at 785-841-3357 or lokwuone@ eckan.org. — Micki Chestnut, associate director of the United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center, can be reached at 785-865-5030.
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Salvation Army enlisting help for serving community meal Agency: Salvation Army Contact: Liz Coleman, 785843-4188 or liz_coleman@ usc.salvationarmy.com Salvation Army needs volunteers for its Holiday Community Dinner on Wednesday. The meal will be served from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help set up and start preparing food from 9 a.m. to noon and are then needed for cleanup from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. If you’d like to help provide a hot holiday meal for community members in need, contact Liz Coleman at 843-4188 or liz_coleman@usc.salvationarmy.com.
Immediate needs
Ballard Community Services is seeking volunteers to help at its food pantry from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Ideally, volunteers will be able to commit to one day a week, at least. However, days are flexible. Volunteers
will perform a variety of tasks including entering data into a computer and answering phones. Additionally, volunteers must have the ability to carry 25 pounds up stairs. For more information, contact Doug Davison at 785-842-0729 or doug@ballardcenter.org.
Just Food is always in need of new volunteers to help support its mission of fighting hunger in Douglas County. Volunteers are the backbone of Just Food and perform a variety of tasks including warehouse assistance, data entry, client assistance, and food collection and delivery. If you’d like to find out more about specific volunteer needs, attend one of the regularly scheduled trainings: 10 a.m. the first Monday of each month, 1:30 p.m. the second
Tuesday of each month, 2 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month, or 8 a.m. the fourth Thursday of each month. All training takes place at the Just Food warehouse, 1200 E. 11th St. Call 785-856-7030 or email justfood@eckan.org to reserve a spot.
The United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center still has “How to Help at the Holidays” brochures available for the community. If you’re still looking for a way to give back this holiday season, this brochure is a great way to find an agency that needs your help. Go to volunteerdouglascounty.org to download the brochure, or contact the Volunteer Center office at 785-865-5030 or volunteer@ rhvc.org to request a copy. — For more volunteer opportunities, contact Shannon Reid at the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, at 785865-5030 or volunteer@rhvc.org, or go to volunteerdouglascounty.org.
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Women, in particular, often found jobs and opportunity. Women whose husbands were serving suddenly found themselves working for the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant and living in tiny cabins in De Soto. Men, both inside and outside of the military, were able to learn new skills that prepared them for new careers. “There are several seminal events that, at least in terms of perception, change the way the population and the people think about issues,” Wilson said. Pearl Harbor, he said, was one of a relatively few of those moments. Hal Wert was a graduate student teaching assistant for Wilson’s class and has since gone on to his own career as a World War II historian. He currently teaches history at the Kansas City Art Institute and serves as an adjunct faculty member at KU in its international studies program. He’s noticed that the attack is slipping from the minds of his students more and more. “If you ask me what it means to my students, it’s nothing,” he said. “The war in Vietnam is ancient history.” This is nothing new, though, Wert said. History has a natural tendency to fade. And with more and
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a second heart attack. “I feel pretty fortunate to be alive,” Sufian said. What Sufian didn’t know was that signs are different between men and women. According to the Women’s Heart Foundation, women wait longer to go to the emergency room during a heart attack, and physicians are slower to recognize that a heart attack is occurring because often the telltale signs of chest pains and EKG changes aren’t present. Each year more women than men die from heart disease. And, after having a heart attack, women are twice as likely to die within the first couple of weeks. While heart disease is just as serious in women as it is in men, decades’ worth of research has been focused on men. One of the reasons is because a large national data set came from patients at veterans hospitals. And those hospitals overwhelming cared for male patients. For both men and women, the most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. But the health organization warns that women are more likely than men to experience other symptoms, such as shortness of breath, nausea or vomiting or back or jaw pain. Women can also have pain in the arms, neck, jaw and stomach. Women are beginning to recognize those differences, said Dr. Roger Dreiling, a cardiologist at Lawrence
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A MEMORIAL WALL LISTS THE NAMES of the servicemen on board the U.S.S. Arizona who were killed in the attack and entombed with the wreckage of the battleship. Of the 2,400 Americans who died in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, nearly half, 1,177, were killed on board the Arizona. more members of the World War II generation dying each day, Pearl Harbor will likely continue to slip from the national consciousness, he said. “Before Pearl Harbor, the patriotic rallying cry was ‘Remember the Maine,’” Wert said, referring to an ill-fated battleship in the Spanish-American War, in 1898. “I would guess not too many people today remember the Maine.” Still, for many older Americans, the parallels between Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks are obvious, Wert said. Both were surprise attacks that profoundly affected the nation’s people. “The same issues persisted afterward,” he said. “Should we have known and could you connect the dots?” Grant Goodman, an
87-year-old retired KU Japanese historian, gave a presentation on Pearl Harbor last year with Wilson from the point of view of the Japanese. “People today have no idea what the people in Japan suffered” after the war, Goodman said. The booming economy of Japan today bears little reflection of the difficult postwar times. But the world’s technology is advancing at a far greater pace. “Seventy years in today’s world is like hundreds of years, years ago,” Goodman said. “You talk about World War II, you may as well be talking about the Trojan War.”
Memorial Hospital. He pointed to a patient he saw over Thanksgiving. She was out taking a walk when she started feeling pain, but it wasn’t in her chest. She was 54, had no risk factors for heart disease but knew women’s symptoms for heart attacks could be a bit different than men’s. So she went to the emergency room where an EKG showed she was having a heart attack. Dreiling said it is more common for women to come in with angina, a pain or discomfort that occurs when the heart isn’t getting enough oxygen, than heart attacks. Angina occurs during everyday physical activities. The pain can show up in unexpected places, like the high back and even right elbow. One of the reasons women may have a lower threshold for coronary heart disease than men is because their arteries are smaller, so it doesn’t take as much plaque to block them. And, one of the reasons they may have a tougher time recovering from a heart attack is that they are on average older. The average age for coronary heart disease in men is 56 or 57. For women it’s 10 years later. Looking back, Sufian said she had warning signs even earlier than the day of her heart attack. During the previous two months, she would get a sharp pain in her shoulder while directing choir music for her church. But she just thought it was a sore muscle. A 2003 report by the National Institutes of Health showed that 95 percent of the women studied often experienced new or different physical symptoms as much as a
month before a heart attack. Those symptoms included unusual fatigue, sleep disturbances, shortness of breath, indigestion and anxiety. All of those symptoms were more common than chest pains or discomfort. Sufian’s recovery wasn’t an easy one. She spent three weeks at LMH and another two and half weeks at a rehabilitation center in Kansas City, Kan. She had two stents put in her heart and a pacemaker. And there were complications along the way. At one point, her kidneys started shutting down, and she wasn’t taking any oxygen in. Her daughter began spreading word among friends and family that it was time to say their goodbyes. “I just decided I wasn’t going to die. I was going to live. I was going to walk home,” Sufian said. Last week Sufian arrived home, where she continues her recovery. “Pay attention to your body,” she advises women. “If something says it’s not right, it probably isn’t.”
— Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU.
— Reporter Christine Metz can be reached at 832-6352.
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