Luevano Gives Back to San Elizario

VOL. 45, No. 38 SERVING ANTHONY, VINTON, CANUTILLO, EAST MONTANA, HORIZON, SOCORRO, CLINT, FABENS, SAN ELIZARIO AND TORNILLO SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 NEWSBRIEFS SEISD meetings San Elizario ISD will be holding two District, Family, & Community Meetings on Monday, Sept. 24th, 2018 at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. The meetings will be held at the SEISD Administration Offices, 1050 Chicken Ranch Road in San Elizario. – Hector Gonzalez

A real nailbiter Shridhar Chillal of Pune, India visited New York City recently and treated himself to a manicure at, of all places, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum in Times Square. He was long overdue. The last time Chillal,

who is 82 years old, had his nails cut – Photo by Alfredo Vasquez was in 1952. His clippings, including THRIFTY – El Paso County Commissioner Court recently approved for the fifth consecutive year to keep the actual tax rate the same a thumbnail that measures 6½ feet or lower. One commissioner said that this sends the message that the county has been vigilant with expenditures. El Paso County long, are on display at the museum. courthouse (above), which was built in 1991 in downtown El Paso houses the county judge and commissioners’ offices and staffs, as According to the publishers of the well as provides facilities for various court rooms. Guinness Book of World Records, he has the longest fingernails ever County budget includes four-percent salary increase recorded on a single hand. – John Grimaldi coming year as county commissioners increasing the commissioners’ annual By Alfredo Vasquez court included a 2.5 percent step increase salary four percent, to $93,748 a year Special to the Courier Bully states and a 1.5 percent cost of living adjustment from $90,143. The county judge’s salary With school’s back in session and 19% in its budget for 2019. increased two percent, to $105,080 of high school students reporting being EL PASO COUNTY – El Paso County Commissioners also raised their bullied on school property, the personal- employees can expect pay raises in the own salaries for the third year in a row, See BUDGET, Page 5 finance website WalletHub has released its report on 2018’s States with the Biggest Bullying Problems as well as accompanying videos. To identify the Luevano gives back to San Elizario ISD states where bullying is most pervasive, WalletHub’s analysts compared 47 By Hector Gonzalez states and the District of Columbia Special to the Courier across 20 key metrics, ranging from “bullying-incident rate” to “truancy SAN ELIZARIO – For the fourth year costs for schools” to “share of high in a row, former San Elizario High School school students bullied online.” Texas graduate, Lorenzo Luevano, donated was ranked number 15. Other stats: backpacks filled with all kinds of school • The District of Columbia has the supplies for elementary students in the San lowest share of high school students Elizario Independent School District. bullied on school property, 11.50 “It is my pleasure to be doing this once percent, which is 2.3 times lower than again – it always brings a smile to my in Arkansas, where the percentage is face every time,” Luevano said. “I know highest, 26.70 percent. it can be difficult for some families to buy • The District of Columbia has the school supplies for their children so that lowest share of high school students is why I like to step in and help.” bullied online, 8.90 percent, which Luevano was born and raised in San is 2.4 times lower than in Louisiana, Elizario and he loves his community. where the percentage is highest, 21.20 When he was younger, he always percent. told himself that one day he would • Kansas has the lowest share of give back and make a difference in high school students involved in a someone’s life. physical fight on school property, 4.6 “I remember the first year I handed a percent, which is 3.4 times lower than little boy a backpack and seeing the look in the District of Columbia, where the of joy in his face. That was a priceless percentage is highest, 15.5 percent. moment that touched my heart and that I • Massachusetts has the lowest share will never forget,” Luevano said. See BRIEFS, Page 4 The first year, he donated five backpacks. The second year that number jumped to 20 and the third year An honest executive is one that to 25. This year, he brought a smile to shares the credit with the man that the faces of 30 students who did not did all the work. expect to receive such a generous gift – Photo courtesy San Elizario ISD — Quips & Quotes GIVE IT AWAY – Lorenzo Luevano carts in backpacks filled with school supplies for See BACKPACKS, Page 8 elementary students in San Elizario ISD. He plans to keep donating each school year. Page 2 West Texas County Courier September 20, 2018

View from here By John Grimaldi Death toll from 9/11 terrorist attacks 17 years ago continues to rise Last week the nation VA. The fourth plane crashed to toxic debris. One report of epic proportions. According than died from the immediate remembered those who died in the in Pennsylvania, when patriotic suggests that some 37,000 to the Healthline Web site the impact of the attacks. There are a 9/11 terrorist attacks. Officially, passengers put up a fight. people have developed at least “dust, which remained in the lot of people who are very, very 2,997 people were killed when But, in fact, those attacks one medical condition as a result air for days, covered everything ill with lung disease who will 19 radical Islamic assassins “were a death sentence for of 9/11. Another one notes that and everyone in the area. It see at least 10 years taken from hijacked four airliners and turned countless more victims in the 20,874 individuals – including held a mixture of toxins and their normal life span and we them into guided missiles aimed aftermath of that tragic event,” 16,000 first responders – are irritants that included asbestos, are already seeing many more at vulnerable targets. Three of notes Dan Weber, president sick enough to be eligible for polychlorinated biphenyls premature deaths occurring, and those planes found their targets of the Association of Mature compensation.” (PCBs), benzene, dioxin, among younger people, from the – the Twin Towers of the World American Citizens. “More than The terrorists took down the glass fibers, gypsum, cement cancers. There is going to be a Trade Center in New York City 1,000 have already succumbed two main towers, each 110 particles, and heavy metals new generation of widows and and the Pentagon in Arlington, to illnesses caused by exposure stories tall, creating a dust storm such as lead, among other widowers.” substances.” Says Weber, “December The diseases afflicting 9/11 7, 1941 is remembered as ‘a survivors run the gamut from date that will live in infamy’ heart and lung disease to a variety in memory of the more than of cancers and even Alzheimer’s 2,400 Americans killed in that disease, according to Weber. cowardly attack on Pearl Harbor. The late Dr. Jim Melius was an It once was described as the day expert on workplace medicine ‘a sleeping giant’ was awakened. who chaired the Steering September 11, 2001 is a day that Committee for what would is as infamous – if not more so. become the World Trade Center And, once again that “giant” was Health Program. In an interview awakened. But, while we’ve with Britain’s Guardian had important successes in the newspaper last year, he said, war on terror over the past 17 “within the next five years we years, there is more to be done. will be at the point where more We cannot become complacent people have died from World and we must support those who Trade Center-related illnesses recognize the dangers ahead.” PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES: The West Texas County Courier office is closed. The office will open again on Thursday, October 4, 2018.

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The blue-collar recovery View from here By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD The economic recovery is unemployed Americans – it has really beginning to reach into benefited workers down the Mission possible: Saving Trump country. income scale. freedom in medical care The president is famous for his The administration, for its part, extravagant promises, involving, has leaned into a pro-growth tax In the original Mission: Impossible series, against all odds, invariably, the biggest and the and deregulatory program meant the National Association of through brilliant strategizing the good guys thwart stealth best. The landscape is littered to spur more investment and Manufacturers says that two- communist plots to undermine democracies. In trying to provide with examples, although he remove burdens on business. thirds of manufacturers plan to affordable, quality, personalized medical care, independent never promised to create blue- The goal has been to defeat increase worker training in the physicians face seemingly insurmountable obstacles: digging out collar jobs at the fastest clip since fatalist predictions of a “secular next year. This is so important from under piles of electronic paperwork, breaking free of third- 1984, something he achieved in stagnation” that supposedly meant because it’s only possible to party red tape, dodging hospital buyouts, and shielding patients the first half of 2018. that we could never realistically achieve sustainable wage gains from data mining and privacy intrusions. A labor market that has been expect anything more than by increasing the productivity But the biggest obstacle to great medical care is the socialist rocky since the financial crisis, and middling economic growth. of workers. And so far, despite brigade rallying around Medicare for All, the proposed federally hasn’t truly delivered for many At the moment, the warnings the boom, productivity increases financed program that boasts no premiums, deductibles or workers for decades, is robust are less of stagnation than of have still been lagging. copays, and medical, dental, vision and hearing benefits. What enough to reach all corners of the an alleged labor shortage that, The encouraging news for blue- could possibly go wrong? As they say, show me the money. The economy, including Trump areas according to CNBC, is nearing collar workers is welcome. But Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal government that have recently been doing better “epidemic proportions.” This is we should set our sights higher. will spend about $1 trillion on healthcare programs in 2018. A than other parts of the country. exactly what we need. As Josh Regaining what was lost in the detailed Mercatus Center analysis concluded that Medicare-for- As the Brookings Institution Barro of Business Insider points aftermath of the financial crisis All would add $32.6 trillion to federal expenditures during its first observes, “goods-producing out, a tight labor market puts isn’t enough. The national priority 10 years. industries have been surging while welcome upward pressure on should be, as Oren Cass of the Currently, payroll taxes and income tax on Social Security services industries have seen their wages and creates an incentive Manhattan Institute argues in his benefits fund Medicare’s Part A Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. seasonally adjusted employment for workers to get more training forthcoming book “The Once and The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) estimates growth slow since 2016.” This is and employers to provide it. Future Worker,” returning to a lost this fund will be depleted in 2026. General tax revenues and good news for smaller, more rural This dynamic still needs time to golden age of work, when labor beneficiary premiums fund medical services coverage (Part B). areas, which are now actually take hold. Wage growth, at least force participation rates and wage Medicare for All would be financed by current Medicare funds outpacing the growth rate in large by traditional measures, has been growth were both reliably high. – minus the insurance premiums – and would be supplemented urban areas. According to Jed surprisingly sluggish given the The implicit Trump pledge by the ever-popular “taxing the rich.” Beware: the definition Kolko of Indeed Hiring Lab, “job low unemployment rate (the White in the 2016 campaign was of of “the rich” will be ratcheted down to encompass more growth accelerated between 2016 House argues that wages are being jobs good and stable enough to taxpayers. and ‘17 in counties that Trump mismeasured and underestimated). make a decent living and raise Then there is the coercive nature of Medicare. A beneficiary’s won by at least 20 points.” But in August, encouragingly, a family. That should never be opting out of Medicare Part A means forfeiting all past and future Several things are going on. As average hourly wages increased over-promising in America. Social Security benefits. Medicare for All makes it clear that no the labor market has tightened – 2.9 percent from a year ago, the ______straying from the herd is allowed: neither private insurers nor in June, there were 6.7 million biggest increase since June 2009. See CARE, Page 5 job openings and 6.6 million As for training, a report from (c) 2018 by King Features Synd., Inc. Page 4 West Texas County Courier September 20, 2018 SISD instructional aides to earn teaching certiﬁ cation will receive up to $5,000 for recipients are: Kourtney competitions. By Christy Flores-Jones the successful completion of Edwards, Horizon Heights; Raul “We look forward to these Special to the Courier their teaching certifi cation Calderon, Helen Ball; Raymond outstanding members of Team program, and can be reimbursed Barraza and Jazmine Gomez, SISD completing their credentials EL PASO COUNTY – Socorro up to $10,000 for earning Loma Verde; Perla Rodarte, so they can begin teaching in • It was 19th-century English Independent School District has their bachelor’s degree and Lujan-Chavez; Valerio A. Etbaal, Socorro ISD,” Espinoza said. naturalist and biologist received the Texas Education certifi cation. They also will have Mission Ridge; Irma Bouche, “They were selected for this Charles Darwin who made the following sage observation: Agency Grow Your Own grant, the opportunity to transition John Drugan School; Yvette opportunity because of their “It is not the strongest of the which the district is using to help into full-time teaching roles Melendez, Salvador H. Sanchez; dedication and commitment species that survive, nor the 10 instructional aides to advance for positions that match their Becky Rodriguez, Montwood to treating and educating all most intelligent, but the one their careers. qualifi cations. High School; and Diana Rocha, students as their own children, most responsive to change.” The grant is designed to “We are honored to have Pebble Hills High School. which aligns directly with our increase the number of qualifi ed received the TEA Grow Your “I’m very excited to have expectation for all teachers who • In Nazi Germany it was and diverse candidates into the Own grant through which we are earned this grant because I really serve our community.” illegal to name a horse teaching profession by helping awarding 10 of our employees wanted to prove to my kids that All Socorro ISD teachers are Adolph. recipients complete their teaching this scholarship opportunity,” I can fi nish school,” Melendez certifi ed and highly qualifi ed. On certifi cation. said Superintendent José said. “I can go to school full average, SISD teachers have 11 • If you grew up with the Girl Scouts decades ago SISD was one of only 25 Espinoza, Ed.D. “Investing in time, and hopefully graduate years of teaching experience, and (as I did), you might be school districts in the state, and our future teachers is investing December 2019.” an average of nine years serving surprised to learn about the only one in the region, to win in our students. As a district we Grow Your Own grant funding in the district. The Socorro ISD a new badge they’re the Grow Your Own grant. continue to promote individual also will benefi t 36 SISD turnover rate of nine percent offering: cybersecurity. Yep, The grant recipients, who career growth, and help our students in the Texas Association is well below the state average that’s right. The national are currently serving as special employees receive continuous of Future Educators program. of 16 percent, according to the organization worked with a education and bilingual support so they can succeed.” The future educators will receive 2016-2017 Texas Academic security company to come instructional aides in SISD, Grow Your Own scholarship $300 each to attend state TAFE Performance Report. up with a curriculum, and now Girl Scouts everywhere can earn a badge for Briefs learning about cyberattacks, From Page 1 online safety and computer networks.

of high school students who • Statisticians claim that the missed school because they more money a man makes, felt unsafe at school, 4.5 the more likely he is to cheat percent, which is 2.6 times on his spouse. lower than in New Mexico, where the percentage is • On at least one early map highest, 11.8 percent. of the New World you’ll see the name “Codfi sh Country” Visit https://wallethub.com/ on the area now known as edu/best-worst-states-at- the United States. controlling-bullying/9920/ for the full report. • Between 1960 and 2006, – Diana Polk the average American’s production of solid waste – My purse including everything from paper packaging to lawn Women can be particularly clippings – increased by 150 protective when it comes percent to 4.5 pounds every to their handbags; Queen day. Elizabeth, for example, is rarely, if ever, seen • Those who study such without her purse, notes things say that the tradition the Association of Mature of a bride and groom American Citizens. But exchanging wedding rings when a woman going originated in the Middle East. through a security scanner • Farmers in Turkey marched before boarding a train on both the American and recently in China, her Soviet embassies in 1967, protective instincts demanding reparations for apparently got the better crops that they lost to fl oods. of her. When the security Why were the Americans and guard told her to put her Soviets to blame for fl oods in handbag through the X-Ray Turkey? The farmers claimed machine she placed it on that the fl ights of spacecraft the conveyor belt and then created “holes in the sky.” crawled into the machine. Thought for the Day: “The Security cameras caught the fi rst symptom of love in a incident on tape, showing young man is timidity; in a the skeletal image of the girl, boldness.” woman slinking behind the – Victor Hugo bag. – John Grimaldi (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

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county officials set money property taxes. The average value valuations, that is higher than Budget aside in the budget to invest of a home in El Paso county for this year’s effective tax rate of From Page 1 in economic development fiscal year 2019 is $124,638. 24.9 cents per $100 property initiatives, projects to address Even though 2019 rate of valuation. annually from $103,020. And, problems with stormwater, cyber 44 cents per $100 of property The difference between constables received a one percent security, new equipment for valuation is lower than the current keeping the effective tax rate and • On Oct. 1, 1864, salary increase, to $74,432 a year the election’s department, and tax rate of 45 cents per $100, adopting proposed rate is about Confederate spy Rose from $73,695. historic preservation. homeowners will still pay about $1.23 million in additional tax O’Neal Greenhow drowns The salary increases come after As part of the new budget, the $20 more on the county’s portion revenue for UMC, according to off the North Carolina coast. Greenhow was carrying all the commissioners recently Commissioners Court voted 4-1 of their tax bill compared with hospital officials. Confederate dispatches and approved a $425.3 million budget to lower the property tax rate last year because of the increased The adoption of the 25.2- $2,000 in gold when captured. for the upcoming fiscal year. from 45 cents to the effective tax average property valuations. cent tax rate will allow UMC to Insisting that she be taken Commissioners said that the rate of 44 cents per $100 property Last year, the average home collect about $109.8 million in ashore, she boarded a small court’s pay increase was part valuation. The effective tax rate value in the county was $118,853 property tax revenue, or nearly lifeboat that overturned in the of the county’s policy to keep is what the county needs to raise and the average homeowner paid $4.9 million more than in 2018. rough surf. The weight of the elected officials’ salaries at least the same amount of tax revenue about $538 in county taxes. The $755 million revenue budget gold pulled her under, and 70 percent of the market level as the previous year. Additionally, commissioners is 6 percent higher than the fiscal her body washed ashore the of what the 10 largest counties Commissioner David Stout court approved the University year 2018 budget. next morning. in Texas pay. The policy was voted against lowering the tax Medical Center of El Paso’s budget For the new fiscal year, the • On Oct. 2, 1968, St. approved by the Commissioners rate. He said that based on county and tax rate for the 2019 fiscal tax bill for an average home of Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Court in 2016. staff projections, the county’s year that starts in October. As part $129,628 will increase about Gibson strikes out 17 Detroit Only Commissioner Carlos reserve fund could significantly of UMC’s $755 million revenue $12.57, from $314.04 to about Tigers in the first game of Leon opposed the salary decrease in the next few years. budget, the Commissioners $326.61. Last year, the average the World Series, breaking increases for commissioners and In addition, state officials have Court voted unanimously to keep home value in the hospital Sandy Koufax’s record. county judge. Leon said that the been trying to reduce local UMC’s current property tax rate district was about $124,000, commissioners current pay was governments’ property tax of 25.2 cents per $100 valuation. which generated an annual tax • On Oct. 3, 1932, with the fair and that they didn’t need revenue, he stated. Because of increased property bill from UMC of $314. admission of Iraq into the to compare their salaries with With a $5,000 homestead League of Nations, Britain elected officials in other parts of exemption, the average terminates its mandate, making the Arab nation Texas. homeowner will pay about $558 independent after 17 years In addition to salary increases, on the county’s portion of the of British rule and centuries of Ottoman rule. be up to 12 months duration Care and can include an option for • On Oct. 4, 1944, Gen. From Page 3 guaranteed renewal up to 36 Dwight D. Eisenhower distributes to his combat months. Californians may be out units a “shell shock” report employers can offer insurance that of luck if the proposed consumer by the U.S. Surgeon General competes with the government. protection legislation prohibiting that reveals the hazards Fortunately, more choices STLD policies makes it to the of prolonged exposure to are becoming available for governor’s desk. combat. U.S. commanders potential patients. The House of According to CMS, in the judged that the average Representatives recently passed fourth quarter of 2016 the soldier could last about two packages of expansions of average monthly premium for 200 days in combat before Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) individuals for a STLD policy suffering serious psychiatric (H.R. 6199, H.R. 6311). To name was approximately $124, damage. a few benefits, the contribution compared with $393 for an • On Oct. 5, 1919, Enzo limit for an HSA nearly doubled unsubsidized ACA-compliant Ferrari makes his debut to $6,650 for individuals and plan with comparable $5,000 as a race car driver. In the to $13,300 for families. HSAs deductibles. That is an annual mid-1920s, Ferrari retired would be allowed to pay for direct savings of $3,228. Even adding from racing cars to pursue primary care (DPC) monthly $50 per month for a direct primary his dream: building them. fees. Best yet, anyone would care practice, an individual saves In 1947, the first Ferraris be able to purchase a lower- $2,628 a year. With DPC, all appeared on the market. In premium catastrophic plan — primary care services, including 1949, a Ferrari won the Le removing the ACA’s under age chronic disease management and Mans 24-hour race. 30 restriction. And purchasers access to low-priced commonly • On Oct. 6, 1683, of “bronze” and catastrophic used medications are included in encouraged by William (“copper”) plans would be able the upfront price. Penn’s offer of 5,000 acres to contribute to an HSA. The HSA bills and the new of land in Pennsylvania and Improving HSAs is not a trivial STLD rules are an antidote to the the freedom to practice their goal. HSAs are portable. HSA erosion of our freedom to contract religion, the first Mennonites contributions reduce taxable under the guise of protecting arrive in America. The group income, money in the account us from “junk” insurance. founded Germantown, grows tax-free, and money can Medicare-for-All is not the cure now part of the city of be withdrawn tax-free to cover for health care ills. Once the Philadelphia. qualified medical expenses. The central planners lure the masses • On Oct. 7, 1955, poet Alan Employee Benefits Institute into dependence on “free” stuff, Ginsberg reads his poem estimates that a person saving in abuse of power ensues. Voluntary “Howl” at a poetry reading in an HSA for 40 years, assuming participation by physicians San Francisco. The poem’s a 2.5% return, could accumulate becomes mandatory. When the book publication led to the up to $360,000. money tree withers, the non- arrest of publisher Lawrence The Executive Branch acted negotiable provider payments are Ferlinghetti for obscenity. He on CMS’s report that lower-cost slashed, and services to patients was later tried and acquitted. alternatives were necessary given are rationed. the rising premiums responsible To mitigate the unacceptable, (c) 2018 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. for the decline in the purchase sometimes fatal wait times in the of unsubsidized ACA plans. The Veterans Administration health Administration created new rules system a bipartisan Congress for short-term limited duration looked to the backbone of Send Your (STLD) insurance policies, great medicine: private practice which are not bound by the physicians. Independent medical To Advertise Call 852-3235 Newsbrief To: ACA’s restrictive mandates. practices will lead the way STLD plans, defined by the to achieving great affordable Archives: www.wtxcc.com [email protected] Obama administration as less medical care through competition than three-months duration, can and consumer choice. 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By Steve Escajeda The Aggies were going through one of of the football their number-one priority But the complete opposite should be Special to the Courier those seasons that grandpas will tell their coming into this season. the case. Every college football fan in a grandkids about 50 years from now. The idea was to open up the offense; to 50-mile radius of the Sun Bowl should be That magical season included a 41- spread the field and install a wide-open excited. The UTEP Miners were the only 14 beat down of the Miners in Aggie passing game. Why? Because we should have one college football team to go 0-12 a year Memorial Stadium. It hasn’t worked in the least. In fact, really good football game going on in El ago. And yet the optimism coming into That win by NMSU snapped an eight- the offense very much resembles the Paso at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. this season was amazing with the hiring game losing streak to the Miners. same three yards and a cloud of artificial Yes, it probably won’t be pretty at of new athletic director Jim Senter and Unfortunately for the Aggies, it takes turf that former coach Sean Kugler was times. In fact, it might even get ugly now new coach Dana Dimel. really good players to have a really good known for. and again. But for anybody who likes to Unfortunately, all the optimism in the season; and all those really good players It’s very simple for the Miners, who have watch two evenly matched teams go at it world doesn’t change the fact that these graduated and are no longer with the been outscored in their first three games – this is your game. are pretty much the same players from program. 106-34, they have no passing game, no Think about it, one team is going to win last year’s team. And the Aggies are once again playing running game, and their receivers don’t their first game of the season. And so far, the Miners are playing football the way they played the 57 have enough speed to get open. How awesome would it be for the exactly the same as they did in 2017. seasons before last year. Yes, they’ve also had some injuries in Aggies fans to drive home happy after UTEP is 0-3 and own the nation’s The Miners are 0-3 after a 24-0 loss the offensive line and that doesn’t help. knocking off the Miners for the second longest losing streak at 15 losses in a to Tennessee and the Aggies are 0-4 The Aggies were one of the most straight year? row. after their 42-25 loss to the New Mexico exciting teams in the country a year ago. How cool would it be for UTEP fans Anyone who knows anything about Lobos. They had a great passing game, they had to celebrate at home by finally ending the football knows that things won’t change And this Saturday evening, they will a runner who could pick up 100 yards and country’s longest losing streak against here until Dimel has a couple years to meet in their annual Battle of I-10 in the they had speedy receivers who could get their heated rivals? recruit his own style of players. Sun Bowl. open. UTEP and NMSU fans that are tired Miners’ fans will have to be patient For both the Miners and Aggies this will With all those players having moved of watching superior opponents rout until then. be one of their best chances to win a game on, the Aggies were outscored in their their teams will finally be able to enjoy While UTEP was going through its all season. It’s also a game that really first three games 137-30. a game. nightmarish season, the New Mexico doesn’t favor one team or the other. All these negative numbers coming out In other words, the Miners and Aggies State Aggies were going bowling for the UTEP, which fielded the worst offense of El Paso and Las Cruces are enough to are finally going to take on somebody first time in 57 years. in the country a year ago, made that side make any local football fan depressed. their own size.

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Nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen are among the most commonly taken classes of drugs in AMBER WAVES By Da v e T. Ph i p p s the world, with 17 million Americans alone taking them daily. Although these drugs are generally safe, any medication has the potential for side effects. Typically, the higher the dose and the more frequently it is taken, the increased risk of side effects. So, a once-a-week dose would be expected to have a low side effect risk. Adverse effects from this class are among the most frequently seen in clinical medicine. Although they can affect multiple systems, let me briefly go over the side effects of NSAIDs on the GI tract, kidneys and heart. NSAIDs might affect the stomach, and although we think of

THE SPATS By Je f f Pi c k e r ing ulcers, stomach pain without ulcers is more common. Ulcers happen most often in people who take higher doses for long periods of time. A history of ulcers, older age and use of other medications (steroids, warfarin, antiplatelet drugs like clopidogrel, or Plavix) increase the risk of ulcers and bleeding. NSAIDs also might affect the small bowel and colon, causing bleeding and diarrhea, among other symptoms. Again, these are most common in high doses for extended periods. NSAIDs can affect the kidneys, causing both acute and chronic kidney failure, but only in a few percent of people. Periodic blood and urine examination is appropriate for people who are on long-term NSAIDs. The risk of heart disease among people who use NSAIDs regularly is increased, but in people without known heart R.F.D. By Mik e Ma r land disease, the risk is small – about one bad event, such as heart attack, stroke or episode of heart failure, per thousand people taking the medication for a year. I would advise you that the risk of any of these side effects is unlikely in someone taking the drug only once a week, but people who take these drugs every day should know about the potential harms.

DEAR DR. ROACH: When I was 64, a cyst was found in my

See HEALTH, Page 8 Page 8 West Texas County Courier September 20, 2018 Health the risk is quite small after five From Page 7 years. However, the American Veteran services get big boost Urologic Association has clear guidelines: Because of the helps homeless veterans. That bladder. When the cyst was increased risk for recurrence, it amount will provide 13,000 removed, it was found to be recommends annual cystoscopy transitional housing beds during cancerous. My urologist wants indefinitely. Cystoscopy is a fiscal 2019. An additional me to continue to have an annual pretty safe procedure, so I think amount, $2.7 million, will go to special needs to provide cystoscopy, which I do. I’m now your urologist’s recommendation housing services for veterans 76 and in good health. Do you is reasonable. with minor dependents, mental • Add these to the list of feel the annual cystoscopy is still ______More than $536 million in illness and women veterans. items to eliminate the odor necessary? – C.K. grants has been authorized for Programs include bridge of cooking cabbage: a heel Dr. Roach regrets that he is services to veterans and their housing (short-term stay in of bread, a whole walnut or a Now that more people have had unable to answer individual families. transitional housing when pinch of baking soda. successful treatment of cancer, letters, but will incorporate them One award, which will help permanent housing is not yet low-income veteran families available); low demand housing we are starting to learn about in the column whenever possible. • “When nailing into wood, getting benefits from the for veterans who have been drag your nail through some the risks they face in subsequent Readers may email questions Supportive Services for Veteran unable to use traditional housing soap (bar soap is fine) before years. The risk of another to ToYourGoodHealth@med. Families (SSVF) program, will programs; hospital to housing for striking, and it will keep the cancer is generally higher, but cornell.edu. To view and order give out $326 million. That veterans who were hospitalized wood from splitting. The it’s the exact form of cancer health pamphlets, visit www. money will go to 252 non- or seen in emergency rooms; soap helps the nail drive into that determines how much risk rbmamall.com, or write to Good profit organizations around clinical treatment for veterans the wood.” there is, and consequently, how Health, 628 Virginia Drive, the country that help veterans who need mental-health or – P.K. in New Jersey and their families find stable substance treatment and need aggressive follow-up must be. Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2018 housing situations. Services housing and employment; • Grease spills on your In the case of bladder cancer, North America Synd., Inc. All will include outreach and service-intensive transitional I have read some studies that Rights Reserved. case management for health housing to permanent housing; fave shirt got you down? care, legal support, childcare, and transition-in-place support Start in the kitchen, and a fiduciary, transportation and services as a veteran adjusts over use dish soap to pretreat more. time to permanent housing. the stain. Simply wet and Last year this same fund Homeless veterans might gently scrub with dish soap, provided housing services to be eligible for any number of most of which are designed more than 129,000 people, benefits, such as insurance, to cut grease! including nearly 84,000 home loans, education and veterans and over 27,000 training, vocational rehab and • “I purchased a set of cork children. The funding will employment, pension and coasters from a discount begin in October 2018. To more. To learn more about the store to use as floor learn more about the services, benefits, go online to www. protectors for a couple of go online to ww.va.gov and benefits.va.gov/PERSONA/ heavy plant stands I keep put SSVF in the search box. veteran-homeless.asp. inside the house. They The other award, $200 ______were easy to attach with million will fund the Grant a small piece of double- and Per Diem Program, that (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc. sided tape, and I was able to use a few together, cut to fit exactly, for the largest ones.” Answer Page 4 – J.W. in Virginia

• Here’s a saltshaker tip: If your salt clumps (too much moisture) or comes out too fast (too many or too- large holes), you can solve it with rice! Simply fill about a quarter of the jar with uncooked white rice, and the rest with salt. It both absorbs excess moisture and keeps the salt from pouring out of the shaker too fast.

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