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Oregon Daily MONDAY, JANUARY 23.1995 Dental clinic offers low-cost treatment Community: Tf < opening of the clime is a result of extensive work by volunteers Suzanne Marta Oegiv) o«<'v inwtahd Linda Munz. walked into the newly opened While Hird ( mn munitv Dental Clinic, with gun» line decav that had advanced to the? nerve of n bottom tooth, causing her oxc rucinting pain. Munz was just one of 25 patients treated at the clinic on |an. Hi. its opening das and one of the thousands that are e\pe< t ed to Ire treated there this year ' The firs! day was chaos." said Bob Dritz, White liirci clin ic coordinator “There was a flood of people waiting for treat ment.” Thousands of people in Lane County who are financially strapped or without dental insurance will now have a< ( ess to dental < are through the White Bird Community Dental Clinic Without the availability of the clinic's resourc es. Munz would have had to wait to get treatment for her decaying tooth “M\ tooth would have litren a lot worse and it would have been a lot more expensive," she said. The clinic's opening is the result erf three and a half years of effort by the Community Dental Health Coalition, led by the United Was Through fund raisers, public, grants and donations from pri vate corporations and organize lions, the coalition was able to r.nw ur.-.ost 5-'.lilt til ill • •. : i;, : the clinic's operation ami equip it with state-of-the-art equip ment The 7,600 square foot building at 1400 Mill St., which houses both White Bird's medical ami dental clinics, is owned hv Sacred Heart General Hospital and is being leased for St per month for the nest 25 years Plans for the dental dine started in response to the grow ing needs for dental care in Lame County “There were t<«> many people in pain with nowhere to go." Hrit/, said The clinic’s basic fees are 25 percent below private dental costs and are charged on a slid ing scale basis, if any money is charged at all People w ith minimum-wage jobs who aren't at the poverty level can get services for 15 to 2u percent of regular fees.' |)rit/ said. According to Drit/. the clinic hopes to serve 2.000 people, or 4.000 visits, in the first year and has the potential to double that amount if resoun es i an provide for it. "We have a lot of work ahead of us, hut we've gotten over the hump." he said. We finally have a facility and a staff to work with now The clinic has six staff mem bers and incorporates volunteer dentists, dental assistants, den tal assistants and dental hygien Turn to DENTAL, Page 6 Dentists, dental assistants and dental hygienists from the communi ty donate time to treat patients at the new White Bird dental building Issues set aside for service Abortion: Severa ■ ! r .• i’. ms remember victims ol violence at clinics Samantha Martin Opinions over the abor Ill'll I ’.Ml" VS fie put aside Friday to t ali for an t*mt to violente against people who seek and provide health t are Representatives from various organizations on both sides of the abort ion issue gathered at the Cen tra! Fresh s ten an t hurt h in honor five individuals killed as a result of inertias mg violence outside uf abortion clinics nation* w ide Among the groups rep resented wwtj Sa* nil Heart Heailft System. I’lanned Parenthood. league of Women Voters and Tempi* Beth Israel The anti ahor lion organization. Right to t.ife, tie* lined an invitation to attend the servn w. We are willing It) con tinue to spread the word that we are opposed to v io lem e outside of die i llllli s, Turn to SERVICE. Pa ).- ! ■ GOOD MORNING »- HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (AP) — Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the matriarch whose taith and quiet strength saw one ot America's most prominent families through three generations of political tri umphs and personal tragedies, died Sunday She was 104 Mrs Kennedy died from com plications of pneumonia at 5 30 p m at the family compound on Cape Cod. said Scott Ferson, a spokesman for her son Sen Edward M Kennedy. D Mass Mother passed away peace fully today." the senator said in a statement "She had a long and extraordinary life, and we loved her deeply To all of us in the Kennedy and Fitzgerald families, she was the most beautiful rose of all." The senator and his wife, Vic toria, and several other family members were present when Mrs, Kennedy died Also at her side were daughters Patricia Kennedy lawford. Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Sen Robed F Kennedy's widow. Ethel. Mrs Kennedy's son-in-law Sargent Shriver. and many grandchildren. President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton extended their sympathies to the family. "Very lew Americans have endured as much personal sacn fice for their country as Rose Kennedy." the president said in a statement "She piayed an extraordinary rote in the lite of an extraordinary family ” Mrs Kennedy had used a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in April 1984 Last Mon day. she had trouble breathing but was not hospitalised She lived her life in the public eye. always m a supporting role daughter of a congressman, wife of an ambassador, mother of a president and U S senators For her, family was all She once described her lite as a series ot "agonies and ecstasiesThe exhilaration of political success and the horror of violent death ran like twin threads through her long life Four ol her nine children were killed in their prime — two in plane crashes and two by assas sins' bullets One daughter was retarded and a grandson died of a drug overdose She was a devout Roman Catholic, and her church helped her bear her sorrows After Pres ident John F Kennedy's assas sination in 1963. she said. "I've learned to be brave and put my farth in the wilt of God " "No matter what, God wants us to be happy He doesn't want us to be sad Birds sing after a storm Why shouldn't we?" OSSHE has plan to boost product image Proposal: Board wants to show connection between all Oregonians and higher education Colleen Pohlig QtHQOPf LMrfy Efft&t&ki PI)K 11.AND A'. state high «r education transforms itself from a nonprofit organization to a market-based business. Oregon State System of Higher educa tion board members are drum ming up ways to gam support for their product “The bottom line is that us general fund support lias declined over the (leriod of Mea sure 5. higher education has become a market, like it or not." said Joseph Cox. OSSHK chan cellor. at the January hoard meeting in Portland on Friday "We. in tins state, have been reluctant to see this, but it's a fat t. ' Decreasing in state enroll ment. which is the primary result of a 65 percent tuition increase over the three bienni ums since the property tax lim iting measure passed in 1990, has sounded the alarm for action. And OSSHK committee mem ber* have responded by putting together a proposed $400,000 public information plan that Oregon if*ft WWM#Oh n.o.NfM HU ■ 4FMH» o The first story in a five-part senes on the Oregon State Education System of Higher Education and the people who make the decisions that shape Oregon's universities and colleges ■ TODAY: OSSHE overview and recap of the last meeting ■ TUESDAY: A look at the Higher Education Efficiency Act ■ WEDNESDAY: A look at the chancellor of OSSHE ■ THURSDAY: A look at the Oregon State Board of Higher Education ■ FRIDAY: Student understanding of OSSHE would enable OSSHE to provide a consistent flow of information connecting the relevancy of higher education to the lives of Oregonians. While the board members teemed to approve of the plan, they won't vot« on it until next month's OSSHE meeting, when (he committee will present a detailed budget plan. The $400,000. if approved. would supposedly be used over two years "We're naive to think we ( an have the results wi< wont with out spending money.” said hoard member Diane Christo pher "I fully support the plan and I think we shouldn't he afraid to spend the money il we're pleased with the plan we re putting out.” Other hoard members, while positive about the plan, expressed concern that $400,000 won't be enough to obtain the committee's goals However, the exact figures won't he availahle until the next month’s hoard meeting I'he product of more than two years of research, the plan would use promotional coin men inis, radio messages, news paper inserts and bro< hures to boost the image of state higher education The board ho|>es this would result in public support for higher education and an increase of in-state students in OSSHF institutions. The plan is divided into three phases The first phase is to increase applications from qual ified Oregonians, addressing the board's goal of in-state student access From 1990 to J994. enrolI Turn to OSSHE, Page 6
