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Superintendent Matt Bullard issued a statement that came through the Lakeport Police Department’s Nixle alert account on Tuesday evening.
“This afternoon the LUSD school community experienced a traumatic event on campus,” Bullard wrote. “At the end of the school day a medical emergency that included symptoms associated with a chemical overdose or poisoning occurred on campus. School employees responded to the emergency and Emergency Medical Services were summoned. The swift and efficient response provided the necessary medical intervention needed in a timely manner. This incident has been referred to the Lakeport Police Department and is currently being investigated.”
Bullard said that on Wednesday, “and for as long as needed,” Lakeport Unified will have additional counselors and support providers on campus for students and staff impacted by Tuesday’s event.
“Unfortunately our community, like many communities across the country, is recognizing an increase in chemical health emergencies. In order to promote a safe school environment, LUSD will be partnering with the Lakeport Police Department to randomly search all campus facilities with narcotics detection dogs,” Bullard said.
Bullard concluded, “Please talk with your children and loved ones about the dangers associated with drugs and alcohol.”
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The trend is being driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid overdose epidemic, among other factors.
In a research paper, published Nov. 13, 2023, in JAMA Internal Medicine, the authors found the difference between how long American men and women live increased to 5.8 years in 2021, the largest it’s been since 1996.
This is an increase from 4.8 years in 2010, when the gap was at its smallest in recent history.
The pandemic, which took a disproportionate toll on men, was the biggest contributor to the widening gap from 2019-2021, followed by unintentional injuries and poisonings (mostly drug overdoses), accidents and suicide.
“There’s been a lot of research into the decline in life expectancy in recent years, but no one has systematically analyzed why the gap between men and women has been widening since 2010,” said the paper’s first author, Brandon Yan, MD, MPH, a UCSF internal medicine resident physician and research collaborator at Harvard Chan School.
“While rates of death from drug overdose and homicide have climbed for both men and women, it is clear that men constitute an increasingly disproportionate share of these deaths,” Yan said.
Interventions to reverse a deadly trend
Using data from the National Center for Health Statistics, Yan and fellow researchers from around the country identified the causes of death that were lowering life expectancy the most. Then they estimated the effects on men and women to see how much different causes were contributing to the gap.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest contributors were unintentional injuries, diabetes, suicide, homicide and heart disease.
But during the pandemic, men were more likely to die of the virus. That was likely due to a number of reasons, including differences in health behaviors, as well as social factors, such as the risk of exposure at work, reluctance to seek medical care, incarceration and housing instability. Chronic metabolic disorders, mental illness and gun violence also contributed.
Yan said the results raise questions about whether more specialized care for men, such as in mental health, should be developed to address the growing disparity in life expectancy.
“We have brought insights to a worrisome trend,” Yan said. “Future research ought to help focus public health interventions towards helping reverse this decline in life expectancy.”
Yan and co-authors, including senior author Howard Koh, MD, MPH, professor of the practice of public health leadership at Harvard Chan School, also noted that further analysis is needed to see if these trends change after 2021.
“We need to track these trends closely as the pandemic recedes,” Koh said. “And we must make significant investments in prevention and care to ensure that this widening disparity, among many others, do not become entrenched.”
Additional authors are affiliated with the National Center for Health Statistics and the Boston University School of Public Health. The study received no funding, and the authors have no conflicts of interest.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Lake County agriculture leader has received an award for leadership from a nationwide organization.
American Agri Women, or AAW, a national coalition of farm, ranch and agribusiness women's organizations that educate consumers, advocate for agriculture and offers networking and professional development opportunities, announced that Sharron Zoller, from the Lake County Chapter of California Women for Agriculture, is the 2023 recipient of their highest honor for members the LEAVEN award for exemplary leadership.
The event was held in Sacramento where the two organizations came together for AAW’s national convention hosted by California Women for Agriculture, or CWA.
Nominated by her peers, Zoller exemplifies the meaning of the words that make up “LEAVEN”: Loyalty, Enthusiasm, Anticipatory, Valiant, Effectiveness and Nurturing.
AAW annually recognizes an individual who has made a significant impact within the agriculture community through their leadership skills, dedication and service. and has been instrumental in driving positive change.
Also, a recipient of this year’s LEAVEN award for her exemplary leadership, Kathy Goodyke of Minnesota Agri-Women.
Sharron Zoller and her husband, Broc, are first generation farmers. She has been active in CWA for decades, is currently the state president and has been involved with AAW for many years.
“Leaven” (yeast) is a small element that can interact and influence everything around it. It permeates and raises the elements it’s mixed with. Leaven multiplies its effectiveness for good.
California Women for Agriculture was founded in 1975 and is the most active, all-volunteer agricultural organization in the state, with 20 chapters and more than 1,300 members comprising farmers, ranchers, bankers, lawyers, accountants, marketing professionals, support services, consumers and the vast stakeholders of the agriculture industry.
CWA promotes leadership within local communities, advocacy on key local, state and federal issues, public service and outreach, agriculture literacy in our schools, and promotional initiatives to preserve and educate those living in our increasingly urbanized California landscape. CWA advocates for the economic sustainability of the diverse California agriculture community so future generations can continue to produce a healthy diverse food supply.
The Lake County Chapter of CWA was organized in May 1976 as the fifth chapter in the state.
The chapter gives a face to Lake County agriculture through community involvement and supports local farmers and ranchers by advocating, promoting and educating on behalf of agriculture within the community.
Each year, the Lake County Chapter of CWA presents its annual AgVenture program to educate local community leaders and others about the role of agriculture in Lake County and awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors and full-time college and vocational students whose educational emphasis is related to agriculture.
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Steven Michael Green, 36, of Nice died in the incident on Nov. 7, said Lauren Berlinn, spokesperson for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Shortly after 5:15 p.m. Nov. 7, Northshore Fire was dispatched to the area of Sandy Beach mobile home park in Lucerne on the report of a possible fatal electrocution, with CPR in progress, according to radio traffic.
“The initial investigation revealed he was attempting to dislodge a drone from a tree using an aluminum pole while standing on an aluminum ladder when the pole touched a powerline close to the tree,” Berlinn said.
“First responders attempted life-saving measures for close to 30 minutes, which were unfortunately unsuccessful,” Berlinn added.
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