Price T. Young Middle School held its annual career fair Dec. 18 with 11 vendors who were on hand to talk about their careers.

Those included: Texas State Technical College Recruiter Patty Lopez, Former Marshall Independent School District students Eddie Blacknell and Montre Gaut from the Marines, Charlotte Anderson representing Edward Jones, Battalion Chief, Joseph Hudson from Marshall Fire Department, Shakari Johnson, Navy Recruiter/Mentor-Americas Navy, Lynn Wright, representing Texas Parks and Wildlife, Detective Sonya Johnson of the Marshall Police Department, Henry Palmer, histo tech and director of programs from Good Shepherd Medical CenterMarshall, Marylin Richardson of Texas Association of Developing Colleges Educational Opportunity Center, Troopers Brittani Biyzes and Allen Dangleben- Department of Texas Highway Patrol and Prevention Specialist Debra McAfee of Wellness Pointe.

When asked what was the most important fact they would like for the students to know about their organization, each vendor had a different answer.

Id like for the students to know that in order to become a marine or anything other in life, you must maintain good grades, listen to your parents and teachers and, most of all, it takes hard work and dedication, said Marine Montre Gaut.

Marine Eddie Blacknell wanted the students to know that in order to be a Marine you must be disciplined. Blacknell said, you must pass Boot Camp and three months of intense training, hand -to-hand combat training, shooting training, must know how to swim and be physically fit.

Lynn Wright from Texas Parks and Wildlife encouraged the students to begin thinking about that career path theyd like to take and start now making the necessary steps to get there.

Wright said, If students were interested in the wildlife, they would need to focus in on biology/science courses.

Henry Palmer, histo tech, really scored with the students with the visual displays of an actual lung, from several years ago of a 45 year old smoker, who nearly smoked a pack of non-filtered cigarettes a day for 20 years, compared to a nonsmoker. Palmer also displayed a perfectly-good heart, only destroyed by a gunshot wound from an 18-year-old male.

Palmer said, The young man had a scholarship ready for college. He stayed out late and was consistently in the wrong place and the wrong time, and trying to buy drugs, was gunned down at a very young age.

Id like for the students to understand the importance of taking care of their bodies and making good choices in life, starting now that would affect their future, Palmer said.

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Groundbreaking coming for Hoag Health Center Irvine

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for Hoag Health Center Irvine at 10 a.m. on Jan. 15 at Alton Parkway and Sand Canyon Avenue.

The new 150,000 square-foot medical facility will provide an array of primary and specialty health care services.

Free parking for the ceremony will be available at Hoag Hospital Irvine, 16200 Sand Canyon Ave.

Information: HoagEvents@Hoag.org or 800-400-4624

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Assemblyman Don Wagner, R-Irvine, has announced that he has been appointed to serve again as Judiciary Committee vice chairman.

Calling the role an honor and a privilege, Wagner said he looks forward to producing legislation that will impact the courts.

The committee has jurisdiction over family law, product liability, tort liability and other legal issues.

Other committee assignments for Wagner in the 2015-16 legislative session include positions on the Assemblys Appropriations, Revenue and Taxation Committee and the Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee.

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Huron played host to arguably its biggest special event as the Red Power Roundup spent the end of June at the State Fairgrounds. In the next photo is shown the only classroom in the remodeled and expanded Buchanan K-1 Center without windows as that is preferred for computer workstations. PHOTOS BY SEANM.X. KELLEY/PLAINSMAN HURON Like the reflections of 12-month periods of time tend to be, the year 2014 in Huron had its ups and downs. But with a few notable exceptions, it was a time when the city collectively stepped up to begin developing some of the necessary building blocks for a more successful tomorrow.

Major businesses changed hands as new owners have begun looking to the future. Progress was made on school buildings as the local enrollment continues to soar.

The community set in motion a plan to expand its workforce, and to develop its water recreation assets that many cities cannot boast about having.

An international celebration was a highlight of a successful season of outdoor events, and Huron began looking within itself as it planned for new building and expansion projects.

Here, in no order of importance, is a compilation of some of the top stories for the year:

The James River Recreation Master Plan is a comprehensive look at what the community can do to better utilize its natural resources at the James River and Ravine Lake.

As a Sioux Falls consulting firm prepared its recommendations, it emphasized that its work had relied heavily on ideas generated during a series of public input sessions.

It is an ambitious plan that includes new development at the river and lake, along with Crown Park, boat ramps and other city-owned property in the area.

In a beginning project, the city is asking the state to pay to assess the asbestos levels in the former water treatment plant near the river on Third Street Southeast. Closed for 10 years, the plant could be demolished to make way for some kind of new commercial use at the site.

The master plan encompasses a great deal, and the plan will be years in its implementation as funding becomes available.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sophomore Chris Lindeman, a Lexington High School graduate, received the Holling Memorial Scholarship this school year to further his studies.

The $700 scholarship is named in honor of John Holling, a UNL alumni with the Class of 1912, who provided a gift of stocks to the University of Nebraska Foundation to establish the fund.

Lindeman is double majoring in Microbiology and Biochemistry, minoring in chemistry. He hopes to attend medical school to become a surgeon after graduating from UNL.

Lindemans parents are Earl and Tracy Lindeman.

He is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma Honor Societies, a UNL Donald Liehs Scholarship recipient and Lexington Community Foundation Scholarship recipient.

Last semester, Lindeman worked as an undergraduate assistant under the director on Dr. Xu Li of the Civil Engineering Department at UNL. In his free time, he volunteers with the Friendship Home and Peoples City Mission Free Clinic in Lincoln.

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GLENS FALLS -- Dont procrastinate and dont spread yourself too thin were among the nuggets of advice that current college students and graduates gave on Friday to Glens Falls High School students.

Sean Glasheen, a class of 2010 graduate, said he had to pull two all-nighters to study for exams.

I killed the tests but my sleep schedule is all messed up, he said Friday at the schools Alumni Day.

Close to 100 graduates came back to share their wisdom at the event, which has been held for the last four or five years, according to district spokeswoman Skye Heritage. She said the alumni, not too long out of high school themselves, can offer a different perspective from other adults in the students lives.

Its such a big transition to go from high school into the world be it college or work. Its daunting, she said.

Glasheen, who is studying international finance at Clarkson University, also encouraged students to take advantage of opportunities to study abroad. He spent three weeks in Australia.

Clair Davis, a 2014 graduate of LeMoyne College, is a nurse at Saratoga Hospital. She encouraged students to work hard in high school, because it will reap dividends.

I did well in college because I already had the work ethic, she said.

Glasheen asked Davis if her student loan repayments have kicked in. She said yes.

Is it like trying to pour a bucket on a huge fire? he asked.

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At a recent meeting of the Temperance Smith Alston Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, at Pinehurst Country Club, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey B. Clark, director of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., gave an overview of the medical care at the facility for wounded warriors and patriots.

He was joined in the program by his daughter, Anna Clark, alumni manager of Wounded Warriors. Following a presentation of the colors ceremony by the Pinecrest High School ROTC, Clark gave a history of Veterans Day.

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MORRISTOWN The Morris Educational Foundation on Monday night announced the winners of the Morristowns Got Talent! auditions held Saturday at Morristown High School.

The winners will go on to compete on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2015 at the annual Morristowns Got Talent! show at the Mayo Performing Arts Center on South Street.

The contestants will be:

Amy Albin, a student at Morristown High School, singing A Moment Like This.

Ally Are, who works at Mini of Morristown, will perform an original poetry reading.

Art of Play, a band of Morristown High School students, will perform a funk medley.

Battlefest Nation, who work as Emergency Medical Technicians in Morristown, will perform a mixed dance.

Evan Boncelet, a student at Sussex Avenue School , will sing When I Was Your Man.

The Bottle Openers Band, who live in Morristown, will perform Wagon Wheel.

Amy and Julia Bozza. Amy, who works in the Morris School District, and Julia, a student at Frelinghuysen Middle School in Morris Township, will sing a duet, Try.

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 16, 2014

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) joined with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in creating an important new set of resources aimed at reducing health disparities experienced by people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), gender nonconforming or born with differences of sex development (DSD). The resources include the first-ever guidelines for training physicians to care for these populations, a report on how to apply these guidelines in the medical school curriculum, and a professional development video series. The guidelines and report were released in November and the video series will be released in January 2015.

People who are LGBT, gender nonconforming or born with DSD often experience challenges when seeking care in doctors offices, community clinics, hospitals and emergency rooms. These experiences, which can range from being made to feel unwelcome to outright discrimination and mistreatment, lead to poorer physical and emotional health.

Addressing health disparities in LGBT populations fits well with Morehouse School of Medicines tradition of serving the underserved, said Carey Roth Bayer, Ed.D., R.N., C.S.E., Associate Professor of Community Health and Preventive Medicine/Medical Education at Morehouse and Associate Director of Educational Leadership for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute.

The AAMC resource guide identifies 30 competencies that physicians must master. These competencies fall under eight domains of care critical to training physicians. This competency-based framework will allow medical educators to integrate the new guidelines into existing curricula more easily and encourage faculty and health care professionals to move away from thinking of patients in these groups as separate from the general patient population.

Dr. Bayer served on the AAMC Advisory Committee on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Sex Development and wrote and edited several sections of the report. In addition to Dr. Bayers involvement, current Morehouse School of Medicine medical student Jennifer (Jae) Goines and lore dickey, Ph.D., Health Policy Leadership Fellow from 2011 to 2012, will appear in the professional development videos.

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Morehouse School of Medicine Satcher Health Leadership Institute and former U.S. Surgeon General has championed Morehouses leadership role in this project.

When it comes to neglected areas such as LGBT, gender nonconforming, and DSD patient health, leadership development in addressing health disparities is critical, he said.

The new AAMC competencies, resource guide, and video series on LGBT, gender nonconforming, and DSD patient health are important for training future physicians to care for all patients in a culturally competent manner, said Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., MSMs President and Dean. I am proud of the leadership of Morehouse School of Medicine faculty, students, and alumni in the development of these groundbreaking resources.

As a historically black medical school based in the South, Morehouse School of Medicine plays an important role among academic medical centers leading the way in this area. Morehouse has already taken significant steps to create an inclusive climate for LGBT students, staff and faculty; to teach medical students about sexual health and sexuality; and to address the needs of LGBT patients. For example, all medical students receive training in LGBT and DSD health issues as curricular components in the schools Fundamentals of Medicine courses. Students can also choose fourth year electives on human sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, and adolescent medicine. In addition, the Pediatric Residency Program ensures that all pediatric residents receive content specific to LGBT and DSD health.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. It was a move Penn States nine alumni-elected trustees saw as a final effort for the university to become plaintiffs in the joint lawsuit by state Sen. Jake Corman and state Treasurer Rob McCord against the NCAA.

With the NCAA headed to trial in January over whether the governing body overstepped its bounds and acted in good faith by handing Penn State unprecedented sanctions in 2012, Mondays special meeting called by the alumni-elected trustees was a final opportunity for the board to take a stand.

Instead, the divisions between Penn States trustees continued as board chairman Keith Masser, Penn State president Eric Barron and the majority of other trustees chose not to attend. Without enough members present for a quorum, several alumni-elected trustees spoke to nearly 45 audience members about the ongoing issues the board faces and questioned the fiduciary responsibilities of many of their colleagues.

Individuals in the groups are loyal to themselves first, the group second and maybe Penn State third, alumni-elected trustee Al Lord said to the group at the Penn Stater Conference Center. This board must change. This great university, in spite of this board. It would be better served without any board right now. This board began digging the sewer that were in in 2011 and were still digging.

We cant fix this board from inside, Mr. Lord said. This board is failing badly right now. If I could suggest one thing, I would say start over.

Among the attendees was Sue Paterno, wife of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Stemming from the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, in July 2012 Penn State signed the NCAAs consent decree, thus accepting unprecedented sanctions that included a four-year bowl ban, scholarship reductions, a $60 million fine and 112 vacated wins.

The board needed 16 members present Monday in order to take action on a motion called for by trustee Anthony Lubrano regarding the lawsuit. Nine trustees were accounted for.

This is one of the saddest days of my career, alumni-elected trustee Robert Jubelirer said.

Those who chose not to be here by judgment have ignored their fiduciary responsibility. You call that leadership? I call that irresponsibility and I call that absolute arrogance.

Responding to criticism that the alumni-elected trustees are solely interested in overturning the sanctions and rehashing the past rather than moving toward the future did not sit well with the group gathered at the front of the room. Trustee Alice Pope, who was elected by the alumni, said by accepting the sanctions Penn State then agrees that the university has a culture problem.

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 15, 2014

Almeta E. Cooper, J.D., joins Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, bringing a wealth of health care law and operations experience. Serving as the head of the legal team, she will provide counsel to and direct the legal affairs of the institution, including serving as the secretary to the MSM Board of Trustees.

"It is my pleasure to welcome Almeta E. Cooper to our team," said President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. "Her extensive health care experience is exactly what we need to advance our mission and remain competitive in this dynamic health care environment."

Cooper comes to MSM from The Ohio State Universitys Wexner Medical Center, where she served as associate vice president for health sciences and executive director for Health and Human Services (HHS) advocacy, regulatory and quality improvement programs. She has used her expertise to resolve problems in a range of complex settings such as associations, integrated health care delivery systems and academic medical centers. Cooper served as the general counsel at Ohio State Medical Association immediately prior to her tenure at OSU Wexner Medical Center.

In addition to her extensive experience as a health care lawyer, Cooper speaks and presents nationally about health care issues.

A past president of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), Cooper was awarded the AHLA David J. Greenburg Service Award in 2012 and is an AHLA Fellow. She is also a fellow of the American Bar Association, a member of the advisory board of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Healthcare Industry Foundation, the Governing Board of the Health Care Cost Institute and Northwestern University Council of 100 Women. In 2013, Cooper was included in The History Makers video oral history collection as a Law Maker for significant contributions to the legal field. She was awarded in 2011 an inaugural Top Corporate Counsel Award by Columbus Business First and has been recognized for community service as a Central Ohio YWCA 2009 Woman of Achievement.

Cooper earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in German from Wells College in Aurora, New York, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.

About Morehouse School of Medicine Founded in 1975, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is among the nation's leading educators of primary care physicians and was recognized by Annals of Internal Medicine in 2011 as the top institution in the first study of U.S. medical schools for our social mission based on our production of primary care physicians, training of underrepresented minority doctors and placement of doctors practicing in underserved communities. MSM faculty and alumni are noted for excellence in teaching, research and public policy, as well as exceptional patient care.

Morehouse School of Medicine is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award doctoral and master's degrees. For more information, please visit http://www.msm.edu.

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