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City Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saying goodbye to a tumultuous
2008 was a relief, yet I welcome 2009 with cautious optimism. In these wary economic times of uncertainty and apprehension,
stress levels are at their highest. And
it is for this reason and others, that I am challenging everyone in Dickinson to
focus on improving their health. I
am initiating the “c
– Powered by Live Healthy Texas”. Our program, LIVE HEALTHY DICKINSON is focused on improving
the health, productivity and quality of life for all who accept the challenge.
The program is formatted as an online team concept.
Teams will consist of 2 -10 members, each team designates a captain, who
will be responsible for registering the team online in February. The captain
will motivate team members and ensure all team members report data.
This is a pilot program, next year
we will join the 100 day national Live Healthy America challenge. Our
initial challenge will begin FEBRUARY 17, 2009 and end APRIL 23, 2009 and is
limited to adults, (18 years and older) but as we grow the program in the coming
years, we will include our youth, and possibly challenge our neighboring cities
to compete against us. Now is the time to ask
friends, family members, and co-workers to join your team, designate your team
captain, and register during the month of February. Challenge others in your
office or another local business, school campus against school campus, civic
group against civic group. Competition
is what motivates us and makes us strong. The
Mayor’s Fitness Challenge 2009 is in partnership with Live
Healthy America (LHA) which will provide a website for recording weight loss
and physical activity data. What is
great is that you can check the “leader board” and see where your team ranks
in competition with the rest of the country or just within Dickinson.
Here’s the catch, LHA charges an $18 fee for each participant.
BUT, each participant will receive a training t-shirt, one-year
subscription to a lifestyle magazine, inclusion in drawings for incentives and
prizes, and access to accredited health resources when you register online. Not
bad for $18, right? So come on! Accept my 65 day challenge and make health, wellness and
prevention a personal and community priority. To REGISTER: Log on to www.livehealthytexas.org,
click on Sign Up Here, Click on Group Programs, enter Group Registration number:
LHDICKINSON and register. If you would like to volunteer
to be part of the Mayor’s Task Force on Wellness, please email the Mayor at mayor@ci.dickinson.tx.us,
Sally Imig at ImigS@aetna.com or Kathy
Wagner at kwagner1949@comcast.net.
Let’s get FIT AND FABULOUS together!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC The 7th Annual 4th of July Community Wide Picnic was held at the VFW Post on Highway 3 on Friday, July 4th. The celebration started with the Pilot Club’s Children’s Parade which ran from Holy Trinity Church to the VFW Post. Led off by the Citizen's on Patrol and the Dickinson Volunteer Fire Department, the parade featured may patriotically decorated bikes and wagons. The Dickinson High School Marching Band was on hand to entertain the crowd. The picnic offered hot dogs, snow cones, drinks, and games, all for only a quarter. A D. J. was on hand to play a wide variety of music. The overcast skies kept everything cool, that is until the rains came. The festivities were cut short because of the downpour, but a fun time was had by all who attended. Please enjoy some photographs from the parade and the picnic. Make you plans now to join us for next years celebration.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOWN HURRICANE MEETING
John Simsen, Emergency
Management Coordinator from the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management,
was the second speaker. He talked about the Zip Code The final speaker was David Popoff of the Texas Department of Public Safety's Office of Emergency Management. He spoke of the state's role in the event of an evacuation, including the use of contra-flow lanes. The state's WEB page is located at http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/.
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evacuation plan that has been adapted for the entire region and he displayed the
