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Diabetes awareness held at UNF to battle high local statistics


by Kortney Wesley
To raise awareness for the increas-
ing number of Jacksonville resi-
dents who suffer from diabetes and
to recognize American Diabetes
Month, the Duval County Health


Department (DCH-D) recently host-
ed its first annual "Power to End
Diabetes" community health expo
at the University of North Florida.
A host of local healthcare profes-
sionals provided guests with infor-


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 Shown above (L-R) Ada Standford, Kaci Smith, Sandra Thompson,
Devritt Thompson, II, Amber Smith, Kelsy Smith and Kim Smith.
TAustin photo
 Gamma Rho Omega BRATS
 recomitted to community service
 The Gamma Rho Omega Chapter's B.R.A.T.S. have recommitted their
 vow to community service. The youth oriented component of Alpha
 Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc., is a community service group of teens 9th-
 12th grade established in 2006. Their first project of the season will be as
 Red Kettle Bell ringers. B.R.A.T.S. is the acronym for Brilliant,
Responsible. Alert, Talented, Scholars.

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 Versallie Sales at the New DEAL (Defeating Diabetes through
Education, Awareness, and Leadership) Program table where she was
conducting diabetes risk assessments and explaining the services
offered by A New DEAL.


mation on how to prevent and man-
age diabetes. Various exhibitors
including nutritionists, Trisha
Howell and DCHD Community
Relations Director, Jocelyn Turner
who were also on site to give atten-
dees updates on the latest treat-
ments available for the disease.
More than 9 percent of the popula-
tion living in Duval County suffers
from diabetes, a rate higher than the
state's average of 8.7 percent.
According to the DCHD, the coun-
ty rate is highest in areas of the city
where the socioeconomic status is
below the national average and peo-
ple have limited access to health-


care and healthy food choices.
 For more information on how to
prevent or manage diabetes, contact
the Duval County Health
Department's New DEAL Program
at 904-253-1800.
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Rangel's supporters urge

 'no' vote on censure
 NEW YORK Supporters of Rep. Charles Rangel said Sunday that
 the Democratic lawmaker has been punished enough by the House
 ethics committee's two-year investigation and should not by censured
 by the full Congress.
 "Charlie Rangel is a giant," said former Mayor David Dinkins. "He's
 a man who has served not only the 15th Congressional District but this
 city. He's served this nation. .... There's nothing to be gained by seeking
 to further humiliate this great man."
 The House ethics committee voted 9-1 on Thursday to recommend
 censure for Rangel after the same panel convicted him of 11 violations,
 including failure to pay taxes on rental income from a villa in the
 1 Dominican Republic. Censure is
 Sthe most serious congressional
 discipline short of expulsion.
 The full House is expected to
 S- vote after the Thanksgiving
 break.
 SState Assemblyman Keith
 Wright said Congress should
 vote "no."
 "I will be making phone calls,"
 Wright said. "All of us will be
making phone calls. And we will urge all congresspeople throughout
this nation to vote no on this process."
Rangel told the ethics panel that he was not a crooked politician out
for personal gain.
 Supporters at the news conference in Harlem said the 20-term
Democrat had done nothing illegal.
 "He had sloppy bookkeeping, yes," said City Councilwoman Inez
Dickens. "Illegal, no."
The 80-year-old Rangel has spent 40 years in Congress and has steered
millions in federal funds toward the revitalization of Harlem, where he
is a beloved figure for many.
 The Rangel supporters ended their news conference outside the
Mother AME Zion Church by singing "We Shall Overcome."


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