Community Action Partnership

"Community action changes people's lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other."

The Swine Flu is a repiratory disease caused by type A influenza viruses that leads to regular outbreaks in pigs. Human infections can spread from person-to-person, usually through coughing or sneezing. Symptoms are the same as with a regular flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills, and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomitting.

If are are sick you should stay home and avoid contact with other people. If you become ill and experiecne any of the following warning signs, seek medical care (CAPWN Health Center 308-632-2540).

Symptoms in Children

*Fast or troubled breathing

*Bluish skin color

*Not drinking enough fluids

*Not waking up or interacting

*Not wanting to be held

*Flu-like symptoms improve but return with fever and worse cough

*Fever with a rash

Symptoms in Adults

*Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

*Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen

*Sudden dizziness

*Confusion

*Severe or persistent vomitting

Source: Centers for Disease Control

To avoid getting sick, cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands often, and avoid close contact with sick people.

Don't panic, the Swine Flu is scary, but treatable.

For more - In Spanish In English

Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska held a Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening for their new Opportunity Center at 2027 10th Street in Gering.

The Opportunity Center is the home of a new program called Asset Building Choices. The Asset Building Choices Program is for anyone who has a job but earns a low to medium

income and wants to save money to purchase a first home, a small business start-up or expansion, or a college education. Asset Building Choices also offers financial literacy classes, financial fitness sessions, employment workshops, basic computer classes, and RentWise, a tenant education program. The focus of the program is to help individuals and families learn to take charge of their economic futures through asset development and good money management.

For more information contact Misty Livingston-West, Asset Building Choices Program Manager at 633-3377.

Continued from Home page

It is not too late to sign up to ring bells. There will be a meeting at the First United Methodist Church in Scottsbluff on Monday at 6:30 p.m. for anyone interested in ringing bells.

Of the money raised, Lawton said, 90 percent of it will stay in the local area.

"It is amazing what a few pennies, nickels and dimes can do," Lawton said. "We would count up all the change last year and there would be $800 to $900 a day, just in change. So please help out and give when you see the bell ringers."

For more information on this year's Salvation Army Bell Ringing contact Roy Lawton at 635-3089 or Darlene Hall at 632-2784.