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THE LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS®
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The VOTER
The Newsletter of the Corpus Christi League


Guest Editor, Linda Allen April 2006
League of Women Voters
317 Peoples Street,
Suite 404
P. O. Box 8276
Corpus Christi, TX 78468-8276
361-993-7851
LWVCC Officers
President
4Lois Huff, 985-9702, LoisHuff@lwv-cc.org
Secretary
4Margaret DeVille, 992-8450, ellived@msn.com
Treasurer
4Velma Luna-Budd, 949-0511, saintsvl2@stx.rr.com
VP, Program
4Patricia Mattocks, 991-9480 Home or 855-4215 Work, pmattocks@marchofdimes.com
VP, Community Relations
4Evy Coppola, 949-4790, PATH2WELLNESS@earthlink.net
VP, Member Services
4Linda Allen,949-7869, webmaster@lwv-cc.org
Directors
4Elizabeth Stewart, 994-1212, stewartep@sbcglobal.net
4Susan Berndt, 980-0118, sgberndt@stx.rr.com
4Emilie Olivares, 853-6389, egolivares@yahoo.com
Off-Board Chair
4Pat Parr, Voter Service, 855-3664,  PATGPARR@aol.com
Nominating Committee
2006-2007
4Ann Jaynes, 852-7942, Jaynesann@aol.com
4Peggy Duran
4Evy Coppola
Webmaster
4Linda Allen, 949-7869, webmaster@lwv-cc.org
Next Meeting!
Thursday, April 20
Seaman’s Center, 1501 N Mesquite St
Lunch 11:30m to Noon, Program starts at Noon
RSVP 853-9642 by 9 PM Monday Evening (April 17)

April Program:  Bioterrorism, Part 2

The second presentation in our Bio-terrorism series is set for the April 20th meeting.  Just researching the topic has proven to be enlightening.  What was once referred to as the Bio-terrorism Program now has a new name, Public Health Preparedness (PHP) Program.  I believe the name change was supposed to be less intimidating in some way.  However, it really doesn’t matter how it’s dressed up or what attempts are made to give it a warm fuzzy title, the threats are still scary.

Fortunately David Parrott, Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Coordinator for the Corpus Christi – Nueces County Health District, has agreed to provide an overview of the PHP Program.  He will outline medical planning and response to PHP events.  Mr. Parrott will address disease outbreaks, pandemic and bio-terrorism events.   His presentation will also include Jurisdictional Planning and Response; Surveillance, Epidemiological investigations and Strategic National Stockpile Coordination.

Occasionally I think about the ‘good old days’ when it was safe for a child to play in the park, the creek wasn’t polluted and neighbors knew one another. Then I remember everything really wasn’t really so perfect. Going back would include segregated schools, job discrimination, coal furnaces and polio.  

The reality is that we don’t live in Lake Winnebago.  We live in Corpus Christi, with refineries and a major port, 160 miles from an international border.  It is my sincere hope that after hearing David Parrott’s presentation we will all be able to rest a little easier.
Pat E. Mattocks, Vice President, Program