| Collier church finds town's sweet tooth with holiday cookie sale
Another evening they baked cut-out and thumbprint cookies. "We're not as big as the large churches where people pick cookies out of bins, but we have a great time," said Mrs. Riedl. Besides the popular and traditional nut rolls, about half of which have already been spoken for, this year's sale will include, in part, Oreo bonbons, chocolate chips, cherry bonbons, ladylocks, pecan tassies, sugar cookies, caramel cups and snowbells plus a separate table of other holiday favorites, such as brownies, banana bread, hardtack candy, blueberry-lemon coffee cake, pumpkin rolls and caramel chocolate-dipped apples. A box of about 30 assorted cookies will sell for $10, and prices on the individual items will vary. "I hope it keeps growing every year," Mrs.
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LifeMasters Provides Healthy Tips for Individuals Living With Diabetes
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of American Diabetes Month, LifeMasters -- a national leading provider of disease management programs and services -- encourages individuals to keep up with routine self-checks and stay active to prevent complications from diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, 20.8 million children and adults have diabetes, and another 54 million people have pre-diabetes. Diabetes can result in heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness or lower limb amputation. "Learning to manage your diabetes is something that takes personal commitment, but it's worth your time and effort," said Mary Jane Osmick, M.D., medical director at LifeMasters. "Once you learn to better manage your blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol and weight by keeping them in the right ranges, you can decrease your risk of diabetes complications.
FDA approves HIV drug etravirine
Sold under the trade name Intelence, etravirine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, or NNRTI, that helps to block an enzyme that the human immunodeficiency virus needs to multiply, the FDA said. It was approved for use in combination with other anti-HIV medications. Etravirine can reduce the amount of HIV in the blood and increase white blood cells that help fight off other infections, the FDA said. It also may reduce the risk of death or infections that can occur with a weakened immune system. The government gave etravirine a priority review, a status granted to medications aimed at treating serious or life-threatening conditions. Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a unit of Johnson & Johnson, said last July that it had requested etravirine be placed on a fast track for review.
Changes hit higher education
In an organizing election held in May 2007 voters approved of the new college and elected a board of trustees.The community college still has to be approved by the Legislature after it receives a recommendation by the commissioner of higher learning.A new community college moving toward reality raised some questions, and regents decided it was time to take a look at two-year education in the state, said Arlene Parisot, director of two-year education in the commissioner's office.At a meeting in Helena on Jan. 10, regents began talking about a strategic planning process for two-year education, a discussion that will continue at the regents' meeting in March.Montana has three types of two-year post-secondary institutions:• Three community colleges in Miles City, Glendive and Kalispell.• Five colleges of technology in Billings, Butte, Missoula, Great Falls and Helena.• Seven tribal colleges at Crow Agency, Lame Deer, Box Elder, Harlem, Poplar, Pablo and Browning.Each set of two-year campuses is governed and funded differently from the others.Colleges of Technology receive funding from the state and from tuition and fees.
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