Mardi Gras celebration to benefit local child-parent charity
■ FUND-RAISER The event will
help Birth To Three, which helps
strengthen family relationships
By M>H»>« Urtwhn
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■ little pirns of Net* Orleans
Th» second annual Mardi (<m (alt, a
ha Birth To Three. will take plat ®
Saturday at I ha Kugen* Hilton PnttivMttn
begin in th* lobby at 6 p in
Mirth To Three it a nonprofit mg*n*r»
lion with a tniaaion to ttrengthen familie*
and (mum th® well-being °f children
through parent education and tuppori
aarvicaa.
Shelley Kurt*, a nawarattar on th® lid#
vltion station KVAL. wilt reign at queen
of th® Martii (Ira* celebration
It will be an avaning of fin* dining in
a traditional New Mrltwm atyla. dam ing
to th® Ktouftno Hand (a lajuo awamp rutX
hand), (talumml gu«*»u and itiwi enter
tainmwni
Admiuion coat it HO pwr perron The
price co%er» « dinner. d*n« e end enter
tainment A raffle will eleo take piece, but
ticket* mull be purchased separately
Only 2.000 ticket* ere available (nr the
event * first time raffle Price package*
include an Umpqua River condominium
stay, a Rogue River raft trip. Mount Bach
elor tki package. Hinman Winery private
tour, a stay at the Eugene Hilton and tkk
et* to a Hull Onler performance
Ticket* for the raffle ate *3 oat h or *U
for 12i and can be purr baaed at Grocery
Cart tlore*. Euphoria Chocolate store*
and from Birth To Three
Malar corporala sponsor* of the event
Include M« Kentle Willamette Hotpttel.
(X World. Romania Dealership*. KUUN
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and Koke Printing
All revenue rained firm* ihi* event will
go directly to Birth To Three
Birth To Three 1* open to all families
with infant* and young children age*
newborn lo 3 yean old It provide* group
baaed parent education aiul support ser
vice* through a range of program* for
parent* of young children
Birth To Thrrt is a nonprofit
organization w ith a mu turn to
ttrrngthrn famtUes and ensurw thr
weUbting of chtldrtn through parrnt
educatum and lupport trn u rt
Program content and structure are
determined by the ipw tilt need* nl lh«
lam ilia* being served end era designed to
complement already muting < ummuni
ly tamtam end twaitKM
Tim organitation * goal* era to give par
«nt« support enrmirage (bent to be (he
beef ieecM end rote model to (Mr chil
draw end to help them understand that
parenting u the m»»*t important end tbal
longing Job they wit) ever have
The program raepaefs the Individuality
of eac h parent end child, encourage* par
ent* to And their positive parenting style*
end encourage* families to build *upporf
by helping other families
The program* end service* ere a veil
able to ei) families, regardle** of ability to
p*y
There are five pngjfame an infant* pro
piw. • t odd tar seriea. making parenting
• plea*ur# program. • program for famt
lie* who*# primary language i* Spanish
and a program for teenage parent*
TImmm program* ara responsive |o par
enia' interest*. build on family strength*
and pmvtd* information about parenting,
including child development. tire** and
anger management.«onummcatlun skill*
and positive diocipline
Since tarn. Birth To Three ha» brought
near parent* together to ahare their par
enting esperienc**. mere*** their know!
edge of early childhood development,
learn about community reaourtre* and
develop support network* among them •
selves
Ellen Hyman, development direc tor of
Birth To Three, said the families build
support among themselves The support
they form with each other tend* to stick
with them throughout the neat several
years.
'Families usually stay indirectly con
nected." Hyman said
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Pot use may affect mental performance
CHICAGO [API — JWk> who
•moke marl )u ana heavily at
load two out of aver)- three day*
— may have trouble paying
attention and performing simple
tasks even a day after going
without the drug, a study found
RaMattban compared AS col
lege atudanta who smoked at
ieaat 23 daya a month with A4
similar atudanta who amoked
nine daya a month at moat
A day after going without the
drug, the heavy marijuana uaera
performed aigniftcaatly wore#
on taaka that involved sustain
ing and shifting attention.
The ability to remember
things nawly learned did not
differ significantly between the
groups, the researchers reported
in Wednesday'* issue of The
Itwmal of the American Medical
Anociotkm
Marijuana'* aftar effect* on
thinking might result from drug
residua in the brain from drug
withdrawal or from actual dam
age to tha nervous system. Mid
the study's author*, Dr Harrison
G. Pop* Jr. and Deborah
Yurgelun-Todd of Harvard affil
iated McLean Hotplta! in Bel
mont. Mae*
Only further study can deter
mine whether mental impair
ment from marijuana "should he
considered a public health prob
lem." they Mid
The ree a archer* analyzed teat
reeulta from ctudent* — ell
recruited from the Boalon area
— In a way that adjusted for dif
ferences In the subjects' tnher
ant ability to think end perform,
the naeeercher* Mid
Mora then 40 previous studies
have explored the residual
effects of marijuana on mental
and psycho logical performance,
and tha reeulta have been lneon
•latent. the researchari said
Tha question la important
becauM after more than a
decade of generally declining
uw, marijuana has increased
markedly in popularity among
U.S. youth in the last three to
four years, a researcher not
involved in the study said
The researcher. Robert I
Block, an associate professor of
anesthesiology at the Universi
ty of Iowa College of Medicine
in Iowa City, found previously
that heavy marijuana use doe*
indeed harm mental functioning
after users abstain.
But Block warned against
making too much of the find
ings. Far more evidence exists
shout thinking problems associ
ated with drinking than with
marijuana use. he said in an edi
torial accompanying the study
Most of the thinking problems
reported in the new study
would not make a heavy mart
juana user stand out In a crowd,
but they could hun a person's
academic performance and
worsen over years, he said.
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