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County Democrats announce young adult essay and media competition LINCOLN CITY, Ore. – The Lincoln County Democratic Central Committee (LCDCC) is launching its inaugural Ellen Rosenblum Youth Democracy Award pro- gram for 2016. The competition is open to Lincoln County high school seniors. Each year, the LCDCC Executive Committee will issue a non-partisan “challenge question or statement.” Com- petition participants will provide an essay response (1,500-2,000 words) or a streaming media response (2-3 minutes) that addresses the challenge. For the inaugural 2016 competition, “Is Voting Still Relevant?” is the challenge question. Submissions will be accepted until April 15 and judged by a volunteer com- mittee for thorough, fact-based and com- pelling content. Essays should be in PDF format and media should be in MOV, MP4, MPEG4, AVI or WMV format. The winner will receive a $350 award and additional awards will be given for second place, third place and honorable mention. All essays and media submitted also may be featured on the LCDCC.org website. State of Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will be on hand to meet with competition participants on awards night, which is scheduled for late May 2016. “It is vital to instill the importance of civic engagement in the next generation. They will face unprecedented challenges with regard to climate change, energy policy, voter rights and democracy in a complex and rapidly changing world,” said George Polisner, LCDCC chair. “We are pleased to host what we hope will become a successful annual competition and honored that our attorney general, Ellen Rosenblum, will be with us to meet com- petition participants and award winners.” An application form, competition guidelines and award information are available at LCDCC.org. About LCDCC We are a group of volunteers working to make sure important issues and con- cerns among Lincoln County Democrats are reflected into the Democratic Party of Oregon platform, legislative agenda, priorities and policy. Obama signs Every Student Succeeds Act, with Tribal provisions, into law President Obama signed S. 1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law on Dec. 10. This is the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, which expired in 2007, and includes several Tribal provisions, including: • • • Native language immersion programs in public schools Authorization to promote Tribal self- determination in education, improve the academic achievement of Native students, and promote coordination and collaboration of Tribal educa- tion agencies with state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) Stronger consultation requirements between SEAs/LEAs and Tribes in the • development of state plans for Title I grants and the design/development of programs under S. 1177 From the secretary of education, outreach and technical assistance to encourage submissions and assist eligible LEAs/BIE schools with grant applications and improving implementation Most Often Requested Numbers Election Deadlines Week of: Jan. 4-6, 2016 Absentee ballots mailed out/Voter’s Pamphlet 9 a.m. – Noon Jan. 9, 2016 Candidates Fair – Chinook Winds 4 p.m. Jan. 25, 2016 Deadline to request a mail-in ballot 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Feb. 6, 2016 In-person voting – Tribal Elections, Tribal Community Center, Siletz 4 p.m. Feb. 6, 2016 Deadline for returning absentee ballots WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SMOKING The National Congress of American Indians supports the passage of S. 1177, and will work to ensure both federal and state/local education agencies conduct proper implementation by incorporat- ing meaningful Tribal consultation and providing Native students with sufficient academic opportunity and accessibility. Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians – 800-922-1399 Salem Area Office – 503-390-9494 Salem Finance Office – 888-870-9051 Portland Area Office – 503-238-1512 Eugene Area Office – 541-484-4234 Contract Health Services (CHS) – 800-628-5720 Siletz Community Health Clinic – 800-648-0449 Siletz Behavioral Health – 800-600-5599 Chinook Winds Casino Resort – 888-244-6665 Chemawa Health Clinic – 800-452-7823 Bureau of Indian Affairs – 800-323-8517 Website – ctsi.nsn.us HOW SMOKING HARMS YOUR HEALTH Advice From Surgeon General’s Reports on Smoking and Health QUITTING WILL SAVE LIVES AND IMPROVE HEALTH Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Recent studies show that smokers who talk to a clinician about how to quit dramatically increase their chances of quitting successfully. Quitting smoking is the most important step you can take to improve your health. Your doctor can help you quit. TIPS FOR QUITTING If you are a smoker who wants to quit: l l l l l l l Set a quit date, ideally within two weeks. Remove tobacco products from your home, car, and workplace. Resolve not to smoke at all—not even one puff. Avoid drinking while you’re quitting cigarettes. Drinking alcohol can trigger cravings for a cigarette. Anticipate challenges, such as nicotine withdrawal, particularly during the critical first few weeks. Ask others not to smoke around you. Allowing them to smoke around you can make it harder for you to quit. Identify reasons for quitting and benefits of quitting. Medication and counseling help smokers quit: l l l Physicians can recommend counseling or coaching in combination with over-the-counter nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges or with FDA-approved medications, unless there are other health concerns about those medications. Medication and counseling in combination result in much higher quit rates than medication alone. Counseling and coaching are available through community, employer, insurance, and hospital/medical practice cessation programs or through quitline services (1-800-QUIT-NOW). YOU CAN QUIT AND YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CAN HELP 8 • Resources to help smokers quit: l l Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669), the national access number to state-based quitline services. Go to www.smokefree.gov, www.cdc.gov/ tips and www.ahrq.gov/path/tobacco.htm for free materials. Siletz News • January 2016 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORTS ON SMOKING AND HEALTH 1. There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. Any exposure to tobacco smoke—even an occasional cigarette or exposure to secondhand smoke—is harmful. 2. Damage from tobacco smoke is immediate. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals and chemical compounds that reach your lungs every time you inhale. Your blood then carries the poisons to all parts of your body. These poisons damage DNA, which can lead to cancer; damage blood vessels and cause clotting, which can cause heart attacks and strokes; and damage the lungs, which can cause asthma attacks, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. 3. Smoking longer means more damage. Both the risk and the severity of many diseases caused by smoking are directly related to how long the smoker has smoked and the number of cigarettes smoked per day. 4. Cigarettes are designed for addiction. The design and contents of tobacco products make them more attractive and addictive than ever before. Nicotine addiction keeps people smoking even when they want to quit. 5. Even low levels of exposure, including exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, are dangerous. You don’t have to be a heavy smoker or a long-time smoker to get a smoking-related disease or have a heart attack or stroke triggered by smoke. 6. There is no safe cigarette. HEART DISEASE CANCER Smoking causes dangerous plaque buildup that can clog and narrow your arteries. Poisons from tobacco smoke also quickly damage blood vessels and make blood more likely to clot. This can block blood flow and lead to heart attack, stroke, or sudden death. Even exposure to secondhand smoke can trigger a heart attack or stroke in nonsmokers. Tobacco smoke contains toxic chemicals that can damage your DNA and lead to cancer. One out of every three cancer deaths in this country is from smoking. Continuing to smoke weakens the cancer-fighting systems of your body. Smoking also can interfere with your cancer treatment. Cancer patients and survivors who continue to smoke are more likely to die from their original cancer, a secondary cancer, or other causes than are cancer patients and survivors who are former smokers or who have never smoked. Quitting smoking will improve your heart health. After just one year, your risk for a heart attack drops sharply. Even if you’ve already had a heart attack, you cut your risk of having another one by a third to a half if you quit smoking. Two to five years after you quit, your risk for stroke falls to about the same as a nonsmoker’s. DIABETES Smoking is a cause of type 2 diabetes. If you have diabetes and smoke, your risk for kidney disease is two to three times higher than if you don’t smoke. Smokers with diabetes also have higher risk for heart disease; eye disease that can cause blindness; nerve damage that leads to numbness, pain, weakness, and poor circulation; and amputations. Smokers who have diabetes also have more difficulty recovering from surgery. After you quit smoking, you will have better control over your blood sugar levels. When you quit, you will be less likely to have heart or kidney disease, blindness, or amputations. Most people find a combination of resources works best. Many smokers do not quit on their first attempt. Many need several tries to successfully quit. But the benefits are well worth it. Keep trying. FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY Smoking reduces a woman’s chance of getting pregnant and damages DNA in sperm. Damage to sperm could decrease fertility and lead to miscarriage or birth defects. Men who smoke are more likely to have erectile dysfunction, which can affect reproduction. Women who smoke during pregnancy have a higher risk for ectopic pregnancy, delivering their babies early, and stillbirth. Those who smoke during early pregnancy are more likely to have babies born with a cleft lip or palate. Babies whose mothers smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have low birth weight or to die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Tobacco smoke also damages the tissues of the unborn baby’s growing brain and lungs and could interfere with the growth of the placenta, the organ that feeds the baby in the womb. This could lead to miscarriage, premature delivery, or low birth weight. RESOURCES FOR QUITTING l Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW. www.smokefree.gov www.cdc.gov/tips l l
