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4 The Baytown Sun
Viewpoints
Tuesday
February 5, 2013
Diabetes ball a
sweet success
THE NRA Posted m Here
So You WOULDN’T BE AFRAID
of YoOR SHAPOW!
According to the American Diabetes Association, 25.8 mil-
lion children and adults in the United States - 8.3 percent of
the population - have diabetes, including my mother.
I have watched my mother prick blood from, her finger-
tip to test her glucose levels and seen the bruises around her
midsection where she injects herself with insulin. I’ve seen
tremors caused by sugar highs or lows. It’s a daily battle for
my mom and it has definitely had a negative impact on her
quality of life.
So when I say that I fully support the search for a cure that,
is the mission of The Baytown Council of
■PlHfck the American Diabetes Association, it's
r because the disease strikes close to home.
W ■ So it was an honor when my wife, Ado-
l: fy JJji ra, and I were invited to the Meet Me in
* n Jm Paris Gala, the Baytown Council’s annual
■pr’’ ® fundraiser, held Saturday at the Housto-
IT WORKED- IT’S
NO LONGER MY
SHAPOW THAT’S
SCARING ME-1
ADAM
YANELLI
Funds generated from the event help
pay for the ADA’s 2013 organizational
priorities, including;
• Expand and advance the field Of dia-
betes research though support of the most
impactful, transformational investigator-initiated research,
development of strategies for support of early career inves-
tigators in diabetes, and the launch of the Pathway program.
• Extend outcomes research to evaluate mission activities
and demonstrate effectiveness and improve mission delivery.
Complete a replicable outreach program pilot, targeting high-
risk populations in areas most in need of services, utilizing a
community-based collaborative partnership model.
• Aggressively focus on reducing diabetes health dispari-
ties by developing accountable, culturally and linguistically
appropriate community programs that serve high-risk groups
and demonstrate return on investment.
• Develop and execute strategies for improving clinical
practice to improve outcomes for people with diabetes and
pre-diabetes. . ■ ~
• Expand the Stop Diabetes movement through coordinat-
ed national, and grassroots promotional efforts to elevate the
sense of urgency for the diabetes epidemic; increase partici-
pation in key events and mission activities; and support pur
public policy objectives. .
Kudos to the board of directors of The Baytown Council,
including President Laurie Terry, Vice President Kathi Krish-
er Clausen, Secretary Mary Navarre and Medical Adviser Dr.
Dean Hutto, and the fundraising chairs - Sandra Bell, Kathy
Clausen and Kathi Krisher Clausen for making the event
such a joy to attend.
Thanks should also go to the sponsors: La Tour Eiffel spon-
sor, San Jacinto Methodist Hospital; Notre Dame de Paris
sponsors. Bayer and Dr. Wayne and Virginia Miller; Arc de
Triomphe sponsors, Centerpoint Energy and Community Re-
source Credit Union; La Palais de Versailles sponsors." Jack
and Kim Baker. Sandra Bell, Tony and Margaret Boyd; John
and Janet Braz/il. Ernestine Bright; Rob and Stacy Bunt-in,
Children's*t)entistry; Mike and Kathy Clausen: Shane and
Kathi Clausen, Community Toy ota/Honda Kia: Norman and
Patsy Crawford; Ken and Cindv Day. Environmental Health
Specialties; Eddie V. and Faye Gray; Ronn and Annal.ee
Haddox. Opal Handley; Dr. Deborah Holm and Dr, Larry
Brunson; Dr. Dean and Gena Hutto: David and Bennie Kad-
jar; Krisher-McKay Realtors; Linda and Torrence Krisher:
Frank and Ginger McKay; PORI-A-San. LTD., Ronnie and
Susan Hotchkiss; Seal-Pac. Steve Daniele; Shay’s Jewelers,
Sharon Rogers; Dr. Greg and Laurie Terry; Texas First Bank;
■Jane Tucker; United Environmental Systems/Automated
Logic; and Wes and Kathy Winn.
Adam Yanelli is the managing editor for The Baytown
Sim. He can he reached at viewpoints'a baytownsun.com.
Attention:'Adam Yanelli
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 36th day of 2013 and the 47th day of win-
ter. .
TODAY’S HISTORY; In 1919, Charlie Chaplin, Mary
Pickford. Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launched
United Artists.
In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced a
plan to expand the Supreme Court to as many as 15 jus-
tices.
. In 1988, Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega
was indicted in Florida on charges of bribery and drug
trafficking.
In 1994. white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was
convicted of the murder of civil rights leader Medgar
Evers 31 years earlier, in 1963.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Adlai Stevenson (1900-
1965), polfticjan/diplpmat; Red Buttons (1919-2006),
comedian; Hank Aaron (1934- ), baseball player; Chris-
topher Guest (1948- ). actor filmmaker: Jennifer Jason
Leigh (1962- ), actress; Laura Finney (1964- ), actress;
Chris Parnell (1967- ), actor; Roberto Alomar (1968- ),
baseball player; Sara Evans (1971-), singer/songwriter.
TODAY’S FACT: United Artists co-founder Charlie
Chaplin, who directed, produced, scored and starred in
most of his own films, re-shot one scene in "City Lights,”
featuring his famous “Little Tramp” character. 342 times.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1972, Bob Douglas, “the Fa-
ther of Black Professional Basketball.” became the first
African-American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “ Patriotism is not short, frenzied
outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedica-
tion of a lifetime.” - Adlai Stevenson
TODAY’S NUMBER: 1.2 million - stamps in Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt’s personal collection, according to the
FDR Presidential L.ibrary and Museum.
TODAY’S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Feb. 3)
and new moon (Feb. 10).
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We will meet again
Sometimes discouraged but not
defeated, cast down hut not de-
stroyed. There are times / don i un-
derstand. But / believe it V turning
around for me. I’ve had troubles
and disappointments, there are
limes I felt so alone. Some of my
friends they let me down, hut I still
believe it's turning around for me. ’
Turning Around for Me by
Vashawn Mitchell
My sister called me the other day
to ask me to sing “Turning Around
for Me" for her. She had only heard
it one time before when I was sing-
ing it and she needed some encour-
agement.
Life doesn’t always unfold in
the direction that we plan. There
are times when it seems there are
more bills than money, more pain
than peace; more defeats than there
are victories. But one of the luxu-
ries of being a follower of Christ is
having hope. I lope assures us that
we have the victory in every battle.
Sometimes it may not look like a
victory hut the battle is not ours, it
belongs to God who is the' maker
of all tilings. Since then, my sister
Paulette Johnson has gone on to be
with the Lord.
1 had a young lady ask me the
other day how I can still maintain
CONNIE
LEWIS
my smile even
though I was deal-
ing with adverse
situations in my
life. I explained
to her that often
we are faced with
challenges that
are difficult; how-
ever, we cannot
allow them to dic-
tate our reaction
to them. I am not saying-that 1 do
not have days when those challeng-
es cause trie to pause and ponder on
the situation. But, 1 am saying after
1 pause, I allow God to heal the hurt,
soothe the pain, remove the doubt,
ease the anxiety, and usher me back
into the joy I have in him. The joy of
the Lord is definitely my strength!
Dealing with the loss of a loved
one is difficult. In limes like these
you often wonder if you did enough,
if you loved enough, if you helped
enough...if you simply did your
best. Often doubts creep in because
it is difficult to fathom your world
now that the loved one is no longer
a part of your daily rouline and guilt
loves to rear its ugly head. The one
thing 1 hold onto is the memories
that I have of my loved ones and
the assurance that one day 1 will
see them again. There is a comfort
in knowing that we shared our life
here and will one day share our
eternity with Christ.
The young lady also wanted to
know why this happened ... why
does this parting take place. My
answer is simply this ... we all will
one day have to leave this place;
This is temporary. Some leave
young ... others old. But rest as-
sured if we live our lives accord-
ing to the word of God we will one
day meet again. In situations where
there is suffering, what better place
is there to be? Paul said in 2 Corin-
thians 5:8 thai. we are confident. I
say, and willing rather to be absent
from the body, and to he present
with the Lord.
I do not know the answers to
everything hut this I know...I am
forgetting (everything behind me),
reaching (for the goal of eternal life
with Christ), and pressing (against
all odds) toward the mark because I
have many loved ones waiting to see
me again...soon.
('onnie Lewis is an ordained minis-
ter and a disabled I S. Army veteran.
She can be reached at viewpoinlsia
hiiyrownsun.com. Attention ('onnie
Lewis.
Choose life, choose family
On the morning of the
40th anniversary' of the
Supreme Court's Roe v.
Wade .ruling, 1 felt a chill.'
and it wasn't the bitter
cold. After Mass at St..
Patrick’s Cathedral, some
500 or so New Yorkers
walked through the streets
of Midtown Manhattan,
in front of God, man and
Grand Central Station,
praying for life, love and
fmeycy. Our prayers were
’’not inf judgment of others
but that humanity may do
better: that women and
men may see better op-
tions than abortion,'and
that God may forgive us
for letting anyone think
that she is alone and has
no other choice than the
death of her child.
The chill was the know l-
edge that some of the peo-
ple nearby know the pain
of abortion all too well.
It was the certainty that
someone, on her morning
commute, was thinking
that was her only option. It
was the sharing in a com-
munity’s pain, guilt and
sorrow.
We tend to live our lives
masked in a veil pf the
self, pretending we live
alone. But as solitary as
we might sometimes feel,
our actions affect others.
Now is the time to take
a few steps back - not to
turn back the clock, but to
KATHRYN
LOPEZ
won’t be
solved
through
1 e g i s -
1 a t i V e
actions.
And leg-
islative
solutions, to the extent that
they' are effective, can’t
be maximized without a
fuller context. We can’t
simply hold a vote to de-
fund Planned Parenthood
in order to send a political
message and assume that
the culture will change,
that people will suddenly
see the poisonous eugen-
ics upon which the orga-
nization was founded and
see adoption as the bril-
liant and generous option
that it is. A congressional
vote is not a magic trick.
There are so many more
steps involved.
In a new book, “Fill
These Hearts,” author
Christopher West asks us
to “Consider the idea that
our bodies tell a story that
reveals, as we learn how to
read it, the very meaning
of existence and the path
to the ultimate satisfaction
of our deepest desire.”
West makes the point
that our bodies and souls
are not separate things.
and that our very phy sical
design speaks to our cre-
ation and destination. “In
the biblical understanding,
there exists a profound
unity between that which
is physical and that which
is spiritual,” lie writes.
“This means that our bod-
ies are not mere shells in
which our true ‘spiritual
selves’ live. We are a pro-
found unity of body and
soul, matter and spirit. In
a very real way, we are our
bodies.” -y
The general acceptance
of the notion that our bod-
ies are more than a con-
glomeration of biological
functions is no longer
something we can take
for granted. Not when our
federal health-care policy
treats women’s fertility as
a disease, as a roadblock to
a confused misunderstand-
ing of freedom and equali-
ty. Not when we are send-
ing women into combat.
The world-famous for-
mer mayor of New York
City, Ed Koch, just died.
He was good friends with
the late Cardinal John
O’Connor. They collabo-
rated on a book, “His Em-
inence and Hizzoner,” in
1989 in which Koch wrote:
“The future of our nation
depends on our ability to
inculcate a strong sense
of morality in our young
people. That moral sense
should be based on philo-
sophical, ethical and reli-
gious teachings, which arc
the underpinnings, of con-
science. The way to op-
pose abortion is by chal-
lenging the conscience ol
those who advocate it. If
the battle cannot be won
at the level of conscience,
it cannot be won,”
But what is con-
science? What constitutes
right or wrong? If vve do
not agree there are an-
swers to these questions,
we’ll never have a Con-
structive policy or cultur-
al debate about abortion.
That is the basic work
we need to address. No
election is ever going to
be better without it. No
culture is ever going to
be renewed without it.
No lives are going to be
truly saved and redeemed
without it. We won’t start
making sense again with-
out it. The dark bitter cold
of winter will be warmed
by the renewal that comes
with embracing life, liv-
ing life lovingly, support-
ing life, letting someone
know they are not alone,
Kathryn Lopez is the
editor-at-large of Nation-
al Review Online www.
nationalreview.com. She
can be contacted at klo-
pez@national review.
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C. STAFF REPORTS
I he Robert F.
Ganders opened D
19-4 A soccer play v
hard-fought 3-2 v
over (OF. King on I
night al Sullis Stadii
I .te senior defende
Uriel Rodriguez scor
a free kick from 32
out to give the Ganc
1-0 halftime lead.
„ C’.F. -King’s Juan I
tied the match at
when he tapped in a
ing ball played ove
defense from six m
out in the 49"1 minute
Panthers then went a
in the 54,h minute as
guel Alvarado score
another looping ball
the 6 i/2-yeard box,
“We had some cc
sion and indecision i:
back that really hut
in a short span of tii
said Lee head coach
Langlois. "However,
handled the situation
composure and did
• not to let the misfor
affect us.”
After King goalie J
Roa made a spectac
save on Abraham I
header, Lee’s Dominj
tied the match at 2-2 o
unassisted free kick f
35 meters.
“1 told the team
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