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10A Union County Times • Thursday, May 10, 2012
Class of 1962 celebrates 50 th …
The Union County High School graduating class of 1962, celebrated its 50th year with a reunion held on April
19-20. Friday afternoon, the class members and guests were welcomed into the home of Doyle and Mary Nell
Archer. Members were greeted by the pool with music from the 50s and 60s along with a barbecue meal. On
Saturday evening, the class met at the Worthington Springs Community Center for a buffet meal. Classmates
brought memorabilia to share from school days. It was announced that 14 members of the class of ‘62 were
deceased and there was a program done in their remembrance. Many tall tales were swapped around the
tables, with great memories being shared. (Back row, l-r) Mac Douglas, Jackie Stewart Johns, Frances Thomas
Templin, Shirley Driggers Dance, Joy Roberts Miles, Margaret Miles McCollum, Linda Thomas Clemmons, Joe
Lawson, Alice Parrish Douglas, Billy O’steen, Irvine Smith, James Croft, Sherron Carroll, Barbara Crawford
Sefcik, Bill Brown and Glenda Dukes Thigpen. (Front row, l-r) Iva Andrews Harrell, Martha Rosier Addison,
Doyle Archer, Blair Harrison, Glynda Roberts Jennings, Patsy Whitaker Durham, Geri Parrish Douglas and
Wendell Jackson.
Extension
Office explains
Mad Cow
Disease
BY BASIL BACTAWAR
Union County Extension
Director
Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy (BSE) or “Mad
Cow Disease” is a progressive
and degenerative fatal disease
of the central nervous system of
cattle.
This condition in cattle results
in changes in temperament, such
as nervousness or aggression,
abnormal posture, lack of
coordination and difficulty in
rising, decreased milk production,
or loss of body weight despite
continued appetite. Early in the
clinical course of the disease,
symptoms may be slight,
undetectable or unrecognizable.
Not all affected cattle display all
signs of the disease.
BSE is a transmissible
spongiform encephalopathy
(TSE), which means the brain
of an infected animal looks
like sponge under microscopic
examination. Other TSEs
include scrapie in sheep, chronic
wasting disease in deer and
elk, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease in humans. Presently,
there is no test yet available to
accurately diagnose BSE in live
animals. A tentative diagnosis
for BSE is based on clinical
signs. A definitive diagnosis for
BSE can only be confirmed by
microscopic examination of an
animal’s brain.
In infected cattle, the prions
or abnormal proteins often
associated with BSE, concentrate
in tissues known as specified risk
material (SRM), which include;
the skull, brain, trigeminal
ganglia (nerves attached to
the brain), eyes, tonsils, spinal
cord, dorsal root ganglia (nerves
attached to the spinal cord) of
cattle 30 months or older, and the
distal ileum (portion of the small
intestine) of cattle of all ages.
The most likely route of BSE
transmission is through feed
contaminated with the prion
proteins associated with BSE.
Cattle can develop BSE by
eating as little as one milligram
of infected tissue.
In 1997, based on World Health
Organization recommendations,
countries with a BSE outbreak
should have implemented a feed
ban prohibiting the feeding of
rendered ruminant (cattle, sheep,
goats, bison, deer, elk) protein
products, including SRM, to
other ruminants. In 1997, the
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) published a
final rule prohibiting the feeding
of rendered ruminant protein
products. Specified risk materials
are removed from all cattle at
slaughter in order to ensure no
potential harmful products enter
the human food chain. Removal
of specified risk materials at
slaughter is internationally
recognized as the most effective
means of ensuring food safety
and protecting public health.
BASKET
Continued from 9A
Daquin Edwards, Geordyn
Green, Khliel Jackson, Shaimea
Maewether, Kyle Mosher,
Robert Spitze and coaches Rufus
Jefferson, Sharon Sirmones,
Durrell Warren and Sampson
Jackson.
The event was sponsored by
the Consolidated Schools of
Union County Committee.
Rimes chosen for MVP
Burger of the Week
The Willows Café presents
the softball MVP Burger of the
Week, the Harlee Rimes Burger.
The Rimes burger is made
with lettuce, pickles, American
cheese, ketchup and mayo and is
available until May 18.
Changes can be made to
toppings when ordering. Weekly
MVP Burgers will be announced
throughout the remainder of
season. The MVP picks his/her
favorite burger toppings. Burgers
will be available on the menu for
two weeks. The player with the
top-selling burger at end of the
season will win a free breakfast
or lunch each week for the
remainder of the school year.
The Willows Café is located
inside Lake Butler Hospital, just
inside the front entrance. For
more information contact 386-
496-2323, ext. 230, or www.
LakeButlerHospital.com.
Harlee Rimes
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