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PAGE 6A —THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. APRIL 12, 2012
Opinions
Some facts about a prevalent STD
We put up posters in the clin
ic recently that showed rates of
Chlamydia for Madison County
teens in 2010.
There were 34 cases, just in
teens, and 76 cases total. Since
then, we have been answering this
question over and over. It seems
like a lot for our small community,
but it’s likely just the tip of the
iceberg.
Chlamydia is the most com
mon bacterial sexually transmitted
infection. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention say that
there were over 1.3 million cases
reported in the United States in
2010, but almost 3 million infec
tions a year are estimated because
Chlamydia is under reported.
Teen girls are more likely to get
Chlamydia because their cervix
has not fully matured and is more
susceptible to infection.
Over half of people who have
Chlamydia do not have any symp
toms, and this helps to explain
why it is so common. Symptoms,
if they occur, are similar in men
and women; burning and abnormal
discharge. Women with untreated
Chlamydia may also develop pel-
Askthe
Nurse
By Beth Heath
vie inflammatory disease, which
can cause symptoms such as fever,
nausea, low back pain, and pelvic
pain.
Chlamydia can be treated with
antibiotics, but is serious if it is left
untreated. Untreated Chlamydia
can cause so much damage to a
woman’s reproductive organs that
it increases a woman’s chances of
having a tubal pregnancy, which
can be life threatening. The dam
age can also cause chronic pain
and infertility in both men and
women.
Chlamydia is spread through
oral, vaginal, and anal intercourse.
Because of how easily it is spread,
the CDC recommends that every
sexually active female age 25
and younger be screened yearly.
Others need yearly screening, too,
based on risk factors; talk to your
healthcare provider to determine
if you need testing.
The only sure way to prevent
Chlamydia, and other sexually
transmitted infections, is absti
nence from all sexual intercourse.
A good way to protect yourself is
to be in a mutually monogamous
relationship — to have sex with
someone who only has sex with
you, after you both have tested
negative for any infections. If you
have more than one partner, or
a partner who is sexually active
with more than just you, you must
protect yourself, and use a condom
every time. Free condoms are avail
able at the Health Department.
We provide full screenings and
treatment for sexually transmitted
infections at the Health Department
for $80. This includes the exam, all
lab work (testing for Chlamydia,
gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV) and
any necessary treatment.
Beth Heath is the county nurse
manager for the Madison County
Health Department.
continued from page 5A
Speir ...
that could be used to control
carpenter bees: 1. Aerosol treat
ments of insecticides applied
directly to adult carpenter bees.
2. Residual surface and gallery
treatments witb insecticides and
3. Preventive treatments such as
painting wood with thick coats
of oil based or latex paints.
1. Aerosol insecticide sprays
labeled for use to control flying
insects and bees can be applied
directly to carpenter bees. Care
should be taken to prevent being
stung. The oil based carrier and the
insecticide will kill carpenter bees
if applied directly to them. A few
aerosols are available which have
long range capabilities. These
could be effective and safer to use
than conventional aerosol sprays.
2. Residual applications of
insecticides such as permethrin
and cyfluthrin sprays can be
applied to outdoor wooden sur
faces which are being attacked
by carpenter bees. Nests or gal
leries can be treated directly with
these insecticides or with others
such as carbaryl or deltramethrin
dusts that are labeled for carpenter
bee control. Carpenter bees will
be controlled when they contact
the residual insecticide deposit.
Several days following treatment,
after carpenter bee activity has
ceased, holes can be plugged with
dowel rods, plastic, wood, or with
other suitable materials. If car
penter bees continue to attack the
wood, additional residual insecti
cide treatments may be required at
weekly or twice weekly intervals.
3. Wood which has been
recently painted with oil based
or latex paint will not normally
be attacked by carpenter bees.
Pressure treated wood is often
resistant to attacks until it has
weathered for several years.
If you are looking for organic
controls, there are only a couple of
options, which you can use. Boric
acid can be used to control carpen
ter bees by placing this powder in
the area or in the holes they make.
Secondly, spraying pyrethrins can
be effective; these chemicals are
derived from chrysanthemums
and are generally not considered
to be dangerous.
Carpenter bees are certainly not
the kind of carpenters you want
around your house. Here’s hop
ing these tips help you give them
the boot.
Adam Speir is Madison County’s
Cooperative Extension agent for
agriculture and natural resources.
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It’s almost graduation time
The time is getting closer.
Even though it’s just April that
exciting time for seniors is a
month away.
Graduation, the final chapter
in that long career of being a
high school student. All that
hassle for a little tassel. All
those years of spending days
with teachers you either dis
liked or loved. All those days of
school plays from Elementary
School to high school proms
and all those days of endless
homework and reports not to
mention the test and quizzes
are all getting ready to become
a memory. Now for the seniors
it’s time to prepare for one
last summer break before you
begin that new chapter of life,
your college years. By now
you have hopefully chosen
and have been accepted to
whichever institution of high
er learning you applied to and
look so forward to attending.
And soon comes that time of
your life that you spring away
from mom and dad and that
place called home, if your col
lege choice requires distance
so far that you have to live in
the dorm.
I remember my high school
graduation just like it was
yesterday but more impor
tantly I remember vividly my
first day of moving into my
new home called Drum Hall
at Emmanuel College. Two
hours from my parents and
friends that I left behind not
to mention a girlfriend I broke
up with because I was ‘A col
lege man.” and she was still in
high school back home. My
My View
By Dallas Bordon
stupidity of the last part of that
sentence is another topic for
another time, but yes I was on
my own! It took me an entire
week of being on my own that
I became homesick and began
to see that the high of being
away from everyone had its
disadvantages especially at
dinner time. But after making
new friends and getting settled
in, I realized that making that
choice to select a college away
from home was a very good
decision. I’ve always heard
others say that it’s good to
spend your first two or so
years of college away from
home to help you get a taste
of what’s is like to be on your
own even if for a short while.
For some, going away from
home for college meant ‘‘party
time” without being under the
shadows of mom and dad. For
those who came to Emmanuel,
and I wasn't one of them,
looking to add partying 101
to their curriculum had to
nearly leave the state to do
so because of the institution’s
rules. Despite tough rules and
guidelines set forth by the col
lege I still consider my days
at Emmanuel some of the best
times of my life. I met some
great people there and formed
friendships that continue today
and not to go unmentioned
of course, received a good
education at the same time.
We had great instructors there
and I can easily point out my
favorite classes such as my
essay writing classes and an
elective typing class, skills I
never thought I’d be required
to put into use one day.
Outside of the academic part
of going to college and for
the social part of the jour
ney. there were a lot of good
memories I took away from
my first two years of col
lege. The war pranks between
dorms that included a lot of
shaving cream, water, rope
and sometimes tennis balls on
nights we would sneak out
of the dorms after curfew.
Each year there was always
the group of class clowns that
found ways to keep the entire
campus of some 400 students
either paranoid or laughing
most of the time. We found
fun in the simple things on
and off campus without using
the “party life” as a means of
entertainment.
We built friendships that
remain today and I can’t end
this column without add
ing the great education we
received in the meantime. It
was just a two-year college
experience away from home
that I spent Emmanuel but I
came away with a lot of great
memories.
Dallas Bordon is a regular
contributor for The Madison
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ISI AMERICAN LEGION
Post 215
Meets each 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m.
In Homer, GA at the
American Legion Building on
Historic Highway 441 pa 7
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BANKS COUNTY
IS® AMERICAN LEGION |
AUXILIARY-Post 215
Meets each 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m.
In the American Legion Building
at 1350 Historic Homer Hwy.,
Homer, GA Pd.2/i3|
Tri-County
Shrine Club
14 th Mon. of each month • 6:30 p.m. |
For more info contact
Jesse 770-403-0078
or Lonnie 770-503-5949 pd. 121
JACKSON COUNTY Pd - 12/12
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Meets 2nd Sat. of each month
Doors open at 7:30 a.m.
I Meeting starts promptly at 8:00 a.m.
Jefferson Clubhouse, 302 Longview
Drive, Jefferson ~ Everyone
welcome! www.JacksonGOP.org
Pilot Club of Jefferson
Meets 3rd Tuesday of
each month, 6:30pm
Jefferson City Club House
706-367-9313 or
706-693-4715 76 4
BANKS COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
meets first Monday each month
7:00 p.m. in the Banks Co. Historial
Courthouse at 105 U.S. Hwy. 441
North in Homer pj, 07 1
1,562 JEFFERSON AREA
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
www.jaba-ga.org
Meets 3rdThurs. • 11:45 a.m.
Community Bank & Trust Bldg.
71 Memorial Drive
ATHENS AMERICAN
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Meets each 4th Tues., 6:30 p.m.
Coy Gibson, Post Commander
Home (706) 742-7975
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UNITY LODGE
F&A.M.
No. 36, Jefferson, GA
1st Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m.
Tom Hays *678-316-7492
Borders St. behind Tabo’s 2
St. Catherine Laboure
Catholic Mission
| Mass Schedule: Fri. 9 a.m., Sat. 4:00 p.m.,
Sun. 11:00 a.m., Thurs. 12:10 p.m.
First Friday Adoration 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
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AMERICAN LEGION
Post 39
Meets last Thursday, 7 p.m.
JANUARY - OCTOBER
American Legion Building
Crawford W. Long Street
Madison County
Democratic Party
Conolus Scott Jr. ~ Committee Chairman
706-789-3336
Call for monthly meeting information
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DISABLED AMERICAN
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Joe Brown Conally, Chapter 2
meets 2nd Tuesday of each month
at 7:00 p.m.
1001 Winterville Rd. • Athens, GA
Watter Butler, Commander pj 5 I
JEFFERSON
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Albert Gordon Post 56
Each 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Harvie Lance, Commander
Phone (706) 654-1274 no
THE MADISON COUNTY RETIRED |
EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
meets September - June on the second Tuesday
of the month at 11 a.m. at the Ila Restaurant in
Ila. There is no local meeting in July and August.
Troyce Ann Pawlowski, President
706-548-7996 Pd .6
ROCKWELL
LODGE F&A.M.
No. 191, Hoschton, GA
2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. • Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
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Two blocks behind Larry’s Garage
West Broad at Hall Street
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Braselton-Stover House
Braselton, GA
706-367-1111 * www.hsjc.com
JEFFERSON ROTARY CLUB
Meets Tuesdays
Jefferson City Clubhouse
12:30 p.m. *(706) 367-0718
Ron King, President
JEFFERSON LIONS CLUB
Meets 2nd & 4th Monday
Jefferson City Clubhouse
6:30 p.m. *(706) 367-9349
Jimmy Mock, President 54 -