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A day in the sun r-’ war m -s R. Ashley Smith Emerald Morgan Hertrup and her dog enjoy an afternoon walk on campus last Thursday. It was one of the sunniest days of spring break. m*mmpi i UCIANO RU AUAIIABU at wmn 09p WltiUSftBfl Ratfts JUNIOR KELLY LOVE SOjfJCE VP1615 More TeacbaigS M9tg3B Heritage MAIN BRANCH 89-05138th Street, Jamaica MY 11435 Tel: 17181291-70 58 Fax: 17181 658-3573 RETfllL ST0RE170-21 Jamaica fluenue, Jamaica MY 11432 Tel: 17181297-5802 Fax: 17181657-6860 VP FLORIDA 6022 S.W. 21st Street Miramar, Florida 33023Tel: [9541966-4744 Fax: 19541966-8766 www.uprecords.com Health officials keep eveonTB outbreak EUGENE — Roughly three dozen clients and staff members at a Eu gene homeless shelter have tested positive for tuberculosis, health of ficials said. It’s not yet known how many at the Eugene Mission are infectious or are likely to get sick, said Sandy Mowrer, clinic services supervisor at Lane County Public Health. Public health officials routinely administer TB skin tests on mission staff and clients. In the past two months, they’ve seen an unusually high number of positive skin tests. “It is a big concern,” Mowrer said Friday. “We have the potential of a problem, and we need to move in and act immediately.” One man had a confirmed infec tious case of TB and was isolated, she said. He’s no longer infectious and is back at the mission, taking medication. A positive test indicates TB germs are in the body, but doesn’t necessarily mean the person is in fectious. Anyone who tested posi tive is getting a chest X-ray and having their medical history taken to determine their vulnerability. People whose X-rays look fine and have no sign of active disease will be placed on preventive drug therapy that dramatically reduces the possibility they’ll develop the disease. The therapy requires 60 doses over 60 days, which will be administered at the mission by public health officials. Public health officials won’t know the severity of the outbreak for at least two weeks, the time it takes for laboratory tests to come back. Rick Ausmus, chaplain of the mission, wouldn’t comment on the situation and referred inquiries to public health officials. There’s a higher incidence of TB in the homeless population and in crowded populations, such as at jails and prisons. Homeless people are susceptible because their immune systems are often weakened by drugs, alcohol, poor nutrition and inadequate rest. Associated Press Church to fund education By Christy Karras The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints on Saturday announced a program to fund college educa tions for underprivileged members from around the world. The fund will mainly assist church missionaries from areas such as Asia, Africa, Mexico, Cen tral America, South America and the Philippines, “who often return to a life of poverty after Church service, lacking the resources to pay for an education,” a church press release said. Mormon men typically leave home at age 19 to serve two-year missions for the church. Women go on 18-month missions. Assistance will come in the form of low-interest loans, payable after the recipient has finished college. “Where there is widespread poverty among our people, we must do all we can to help them lift themselves, to establish their lives upon a foundation of self-re liance that can come of training,” church president Gordon B. Hinckley said. “Education is the key to oppor tunity. This training must be done in the areas where they live. It will then be suited to the opportunities of those areas,” Hinckley said. The program, funded by contri butions from Church members, will be directed through the church’s existing infrastructure us ing its Institute program, which al ready oversees religious education for members worldwide. Institute program directors will accept applications and make rec ommendations for loans. Funds will be issued from church head quarters in Salt Lake City to the in stitution where the recipient will receive his or her education. Though the program will start small, Hinckley said, “We can en vision the time when this program will benefit a very substantial number.” Hinckley compared the fund to the Perpetual Immigration Fund of the 19th century, when members donated money to help others im migrate to the United States in the church’s early years. “This is not a dream. We have the resources. We have generous friends. We have the organization. We have the manpower and dedi cated servants of the Lord to make it succeed,” he said. One Hour Photo Special! 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