| Wild Card/Vacation Day 11 of 12
Only two more shopping days until I return to the final days of the City Council campaigns. Then, we'll have fun taking apart the campaigns. Any dirt yet? Any mudslinging. You know, the good stuff. Or is everyone behaving? My wife is now looking over my shoulder -- literally -- so I have to pretend that I'm just checking ball scores. See ya in two days. Here's Wild Card ... .
Self-management, the way to go
"Only through self-management skill, we can make wise decisions and guide others."
The workshop on self-management approach to solving drug and alcohol problems was conducted last November.
Except for one participant, the rest have all stopped taking drugs and alcohol – a 95% success for the first two months.
Thus the self-management approach to solving drug and alcohol problems did play an important role in encouraging good New Year resolutions.
Another participant testifies to this.
"I do have powers of self-management. On New Year's Eve, my peer group came in with half a carton of beer plus six litres of steam.
"After the self-management approach workshop, I promised not to get drunk.
"I was not interested in getting drunk but they were drinking next to my house and causing a disturbance.
ID cancer early, then get yearly screenings
A smile stretched across Bill Nevels' youthful face as he reminisced about peeking into George Steinbrenner's office. As he tells it, the New York Yankees owner had left early because his team was losing, and Nevels' grown son's connections got them the sports equivalent of a backstage pass. A sports fan extraordinaire and longtime grade school coach, Nevels, 72, isn't short on sports stories and he has a zest for telling them. But nearly a decade ago, as he was just getting into retirement, Nevels wasn't sure how many big-time sporting events he'd be able to make. He had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He underwent external beam radiation followed up with brachytherapy in which radiation oncologist Dr. Marc Apple implanted tiny "seeds" in Nevels' prostate that emitted a controlled dose of radiation.
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