San Juan County

smaller problem areas that require growth and development.     (San Joaquin County Human Resources Division, 2002)

Madina Collection of Islamic Art at the LACMA Introduction           The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced recently that it had acquired “the remarkable Madina Collection of Islamic art. The collection contains works of various media dating from the late 7th through 19th centuries from the vast areas that comprise the Islamic world, from Southern Spain to Central Asia” (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2005). While the museum already had quite an extensive collection of Islamic

Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing Joanna Carreon Western Governors University The town of Colma is located in San Mateo County within the state of California. Colma was established on August 5, 1924. It has an elevation of 100 feet above sea level, and measures 1.91 square miles. Population Economic Status Assessment The Population Economic Status Assessment tool assisted in obtaining statistical facts about the population

Planned Parenthood- health care for pregnancy and STD prevention Local hospitals- Kaiser Permanente, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, Scripps Hospital, Sharp Memorial Hospital are a few big hospitals in San Diego, CA Urgent Care clinics like Doctors Express are available San Diego Public Health Language Specific healthcare such as Arabic, Spanish, Tagalog etc. Common referrals to outside agencies. WIC- Women, Infants and Children Black Women, Infants and Children Food Stamps Low Cost

Things To Do In San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, also known as SLO and the “Happiest City in America”, is a small quiet California town tucked away on the west coast. It’s positive ambience and happy attitude is what brings many people to this self-assured city. Located in the middle of wine country, a halfway distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco, this town is one of the main places to visit in San Luis Obispo County. 10. Mission Plaza The Mission Plaza is the best place to start your

The county fire crew were working to protect the eight houses that were in danger of severe flooding due to a levee failing in San Bernardino County. Throughout California, there were many traffic accidents on the slick and flooded roads. One involved a death of the driver of a big rig that fell from the freeway overpass just

Cerro Alto is the name of both the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) campground and the hike to one of the highest spots in San Luis Obispo County. This lovely, wooded campground is on Highway 41, in a shaded canyon, seven miles from Morro Bay. It is a place I have camped often when visiting the area. It has twenty-two sites, pit toilets and water. It is also scenic, green and quiet. The campground is at 1,000 feet, and Cerro Also Peak is 2,624 feet, a 1,600-foot climb, quite strenuous in places

oil drilling from destroying and contaminating the area. Also, it protects the Native American history from being vandalized, destroyed, and stolen. Having protection for this unique landscape also protects the wildlife in it. San Juan County is one of the poorest counties in Utah and this new monument will bring in more money. The monument stops oil and mining from destroying the land. No new oil and gas mining or exploration will be allowed in the protected area. It protects the wilderness from

Texas’ Battle for Independence and Juan Seguin The battle for Texas’ independence was a hard battle. Many lives were taken, home destroyed, and families were torn apart. Texas residents wanted to break away from Mexico and become a self-governing republic inside of Mexico because they did not like Santa Anna’s laws. Mexico did not allow slave immigration, so Texas wanted to be a part of the United States that allowed slavery. But the main reason was that Mexico would not change or consider any government

Juan Seguín Juan Nepomuceno Seguín Born 27 October 1806 San Antonio, Texas Died August 27, 1890 ( age 83) Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Allegiance Republic of Texas Service/branch Texan Army, Republic of Texas Militia, Republic of Texas Army Years of service 1835–1836, 1836–1842 Rank Colonel Unit Texan volunteer and regular army Battles/wars Battle of Concepcion Siege of Bexar Siege of the Alamo Runaway Scrape Battle of San Jacinto Texas-Indian Wars Juan Nepomuceno Seguin – Was