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help reduce stress and im-.
, prove the animai's adoptabili-
,// , ty. Key aspects of this unique
program include a mid-day
" quiet time, dog massage and
play yard leash work. You are
invited to come and learn
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HOMELESS PETS
HIGH SIERRA ANIMAL RESCUE
Thinking about volunteer-
ing and giving back to the
community? Here's your
chance.
High Sierra Animal Rescue
is hosting an Open House and
Volunteer Appreciation Day
Sunday, June 10, from noon to
3 p.m. at its Delleker/Portola
facility. Representatives from
PAWS (Plumas Animal Wel-
fare Society) and Friends of
the Plumas County Shelter
Animals will also be available
to answer questions about
their rescue organizations.
The backbone of any suc-
cessful nonprofit organization
is a dedicated group of volun-
teers. High Sierra Animal
Rescue, PAWS and Friends
are no exception. Plumas.
County is blessed to have
three rescue groups to help
the many homeless cats and
dogs find their new, and hope-
fully forever, homes. An aver-
age of more than 400 cats and
dogs are placed each year by
these three organizations in
cooperation with Plumas
County Animal Services, .our
county shelter. Again, these
organizations cannot do this
without the help of volun-
teers.
Of particular interest, High
Sierra has developed a unique
wellness program focused on
human contact and including
routine and repetition, a com-
bination that has proven to
these new ways of helping a
dog have a more quality life
while in a shelter environ-
ment and improve the dog's
adoptability and increase his
chances of finding that forev-
er home!
Currently, there is a need
for help in community out-
reach at High Sierra. Maybe
you have a background in
fundraising, advertising vol-
unteer programs and/or with
social media such as Face-
book. There are focus group
subcommittees that can use
your help with humane edu-
cation and our new
spay/neuter program in
Plumas County. Come by and
see how you can put your ex-
perience and skills to good
use as a community outreach
coordinator or simply a sup-
port volunteer.
HSAR also does an adoption
day at Petco in Reno almost
every Saturday of the year
and transports the dogs and
volunteers in the shelter van.
And finally, there is a need
for help with our fundraising
events like the Bow Wow at
the Barn in July and the Duf-
fers for the Dogs Golf Tourna-
ment in October.
$6 what are you waiting
for? Save the date Sunday,
June 10, and come join us! Re-
freshments will be provided.
High Sierra Animal Rescue,
PAWS and Friends are all reg-
istered nonprofits and need
your help. For answers to
questions and more informa-
tion on this eventl call the
shelter at 832-4727.
Chroni(' Lyme (lisea00:e: )n 00ise
at Northwest Community
Hospital in Arlington
Heights, Ill. -- recently re-
ported in the Chicago Daily
Herald: "Lyme disease is
most common in the north-
eastern U.S., but the disease-
spreading ticks are also
HEA HESS states as well as along the Pa
found in the north central
info@creators corn . cific coast. Lyme disease has
explained, "The classic
symptom is a rash but also"
can have very serious long-
term neurological, rheuma-
tological and arthritic symp-
toms, as well as some cardiac
symptoms." Moreover, the
National Institutes of Health
concluded that Lyme's im-
pact upon one's total person-
al health can be equal to con-
and often-debilitating dis-
ease, especially if
unchecked, ignored and un-
treated.
As always, if you experi-
ence any of the symptoms
above, immediately consult
your physician or health
practitioner.
In the next two columns, I
will address how to reduce
Q" I understand that May
is Lyme Disease Awareness
Month. As a mom with chil-
dren, I must confess that I'm
completely baffled by the dis-
ease. What is it?. How do we
get it? How can we avoid it?
And what are its treatments?
--4anetB.
Springfield, Ore.
A: You're right. May is Ly-
me Disease Awareness
Month. There's no better
time to address this question
and educate people about
this often-debilitating dis-
ease than now, especially be-
cause it's on the rise domes-
tically and internationally.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention re-
ported that in 2009, Lyme dis-
ease surpassed the number
of HIV cases. The CDC also
confirmed 30,188 probable
Lyme cases in 2010.
Just.this past week, I
found news reports on how
Lyme disease is increasing
in Kansas, Virginia, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, vermont and
New York.
Though ticks infected with
the Lyme bacteria are gener-
ally more common in the Up-
per Midwest and Northeast,
their numbers have in-
creased in the West, as well.
With the ease and increase of
domestic and global travel
and transport, the migration
of these bloodsucking, dis-
ease-depositing critters is on
the rise.
Dr. Helen Minciotti -- a
mother of five, a pediatrician
and the former chairwoman
of the pediatrics department
been reported in 49 states.
(Connecticut entomologist
Kirby) Stafford reports that
Lyme disease peaks during
the summer months and is
most often seen in patients
younger than 14 and those
older than 40."
The staggering aspect
about Lyme disease is that
it's caused by a bite from a
deer tick the size of a freckle
or the smallest of Seeds (even
much smaller than the more
well-known dog tick).
And with a mild winter
and early heat waves, their
population is booming.
Claudia Blackburn, Sedg-
wick County Health Depart-
ment director in Kansas, ex-
plained: "Ticks are out there
because we've had warmer
weather. They're out there
earlier than normal."
There is a long list of
symptoms of Lyme disease,
and many of them can be
vague. A KSN news special
out of Wichita, Kan., report-
ed that "ticks carrying Lyme
disease leave behind a large
'bulls-eye' shaped rash. Oth-
er symptoms include fatigue,
chills, fever, headache and
muscle aches."
The bull's-eye-shaped rash
occurs in about 80 percent of
those infected, according to
Dr. Rajlakshmi Krishna-
murthy from Boston Medical
Center. The rash can appear
one to 30 days after a tick
bite and often is followed by
the above symptoms.
Epidemiologist Megan
Saunders, from the Maine
Center for Disease Control
and Prevention, further
gestive heart failure.
Brand-new research also is
linking chronic Lyme dis-
ease, or CLD, to attention-
deficit hyperactivity disor-
der in adults, according to
principal investigator Joel L.
Young, medical director of
the Rochester Center for Be-
havioral Medicine in Min-
nesota: Young told Medscape
Medical News, "The associa-
tion between ADHD and CLD
has not been identified previ-
ously."
The survey results also
corroborated a relationship
between CLD and depression
and anxiety. (The findings
were presented at the Ameri-
can Psychiatric Associa-
tion's meeting May 8.)
Pat Smith, the president of
the national nonprofit Lyme
Disease Association Inc., ex-
plained in a recent press re-
lease that CLD "needs to
move out of the dark ages ....
LDA wants people to know
that without proper diagno-
sis and treatment, Lyme dis-
ease can seriously and
chronically affect all systems
in the body."
CLD's international in-
crease is one reasonthat
throughout Lyme Disease
Awareness Month, the LDA
is launching a multiple-week
campaign asking, "Chronic
Lyme disease, are YOU
next?"
I don't want to alarm any-
one, but like the LDA and
health practitioners and ex-
perts everywhere, I want to
raise awareness and echo the
warnings to you and your
family about this increasing
your risks of being bitten by
a deer tick and then discuss
the various treatments for
Lyme disease at its various
stages. I also will share with
you the story of a young and
courageous woman named
Brittany, who contracted
CLD and is, even at this mo-
ment, fighting it.
My wife, Gena, and I en-
courage you to read Brit-
tany's story at heal-
ing4brittany.com and see
how easily she was infected
with Lyme disease. Then, if
you are so moved, please
share it with others and
even financially help with
her roughly $50,000 share
of costs to free her from
this progressive disease.
For more information
about deer ticks and Lyme
disease, I recommend the
following websites: lyme
diseaseassociation.org,
' cdc.gov/ticks, underour
skin.com and texaslyme.
org/about.htm.
Lastly, for a more holistic
medical approach to and
treatment of Lyme disease,
Gena and I recommend
Sierra Integrative Medical
Center (SierraIntegra-
tive.com), in Reno, Nev.
The people there are pio-
neers in integrative medi-
cine. They blend the best
of conventional medicine
with the best alternative
therapies.
Write to Chuck Norris (info@
creators.corn) with questions
about health and fitness.
Copyright 2012 Chuck Norris
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1. "A_ formality"
5. Of a pelvic bone
10. Stashed away
13: Tennis great Lendl
14. Aqua (gold
dissolver)
15. Putto the
grindstone
16. Life during a power
outage?
18. Writer Sarah
Jewett
19. Linda Ellerbee's
" It Goes"
20. Sowed again
22. Prefix with natal
25. Two-sport man
Deion
26. Henrik Ibsen
drama
31. Legendary big bird
32. Mob chief
33. School founded by
Henry VI
35. Dry Italian wine
39. Make stout
40. More achy
42 "Mila 18" author
43. Built for speed
45 One of The Three
Bears
46. Stink to high
heaven
47. When doubled, an
African antelope
49. Natura
environments
51. Shoe pads
55. Novelist Deighton
56. Wine server
58. "Over There"
composer
63. Jim Croce's" a
Name"
64. Long, long poem?
67. Kicks a grounder
68. Get down pat
69. Bowls over
70. Anonymous John
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71. Surrealist Max
72. Post-Mardi Gras
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2. Politico Bayh
3. South African cash
4. Goes no further
5. III tern per
6. NASA moon craft
7. Humpbacked
hel per
8. Hospital helpers
9. Salad choice
10. Huge swarm
11. City or circle
preceder
12. Monopoly stack
15. Farmer's
handiwork at
Wimbledon?
17 Huey of Louisiana
politics
21 Seth's son
23. Peepers
24. In the lead
26. Toxins banned in
the '70s
27. Jurist Warren
28. Blunted sword
29. Arrays at the
Cheerios factory?
30. Bar Mitzvah
reading
34. Neighbor of Tibet
36. Gazetteer datum
37. Cong
38. I-6o dwellers:
Abbr.
41. Broccoli
44. Ceramist's oven
48. Stovetop whistler
50. Pizarro victim
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Times" (1955 Jack
Palance film)
52. The "N" in UNCF
53. Beat the goalie
54. Urban conduit
57. Parti-colored horse
59. Like the Sabin
vaccine
60. Hockey great
Gordie
61. Yemeni seaport
62. Arboreal abode
65. Decade divs.
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