UO offers new HIV services
■ Two University students are
leading the HIV Alliance
programs, which will reach out
to Lane County residents
By Lindsay Buchele
Oregon Daily Emerald
University students Jonathan
Livingston and Renee Yandel have
been selected to help run two new
HIV Alliance programs that will
reach out to more Lane County res
idents who are considered at-risk
for contracting HIV.
Yandel, who is coordinating a
pilot project called HIV Prevention
Case Management, said she and
six other volunteers will be pro
viding counseling services to peo
ple they meet during the HIV Al
liance needle exchanges, various
outreach programs and testing
services.
“Right now, we only get to talk
to people for about three minutes
when they take part in one of our
programs,” Yandel said. “This is a
great opportunity for us to spend
more time with our at-risk clients.”
Those who fall in an at-risk cat
egory for HIV include everyone
from injection drug users to
youth and people of color, said
HIV Alliance spokeswoman
Leslie Habetler.
Lane bounty
is one of three
counties
throughout
Oregon to re
ceive a portion
of a $50,000
grant to con
duct the HIV
Prevention
Case Manage
LIVINGSTON ment> Habetler
said.
Livingston, who also works for
Gay-Bi Outreach, will be helping
with the HIV Counseling and Test
ing Services. This program will al
low for anonymous or confidential
youth testing in various locations
throughout Lane County.
“It’s very difficult to get tested
when there is so much stigma
surrounding HIV,” Livingston
said. “We’re providing a comfort
able place for at-risk youth to be
tested.”
Kelly Moore, who will be coor
dinating the counseling program,
said people who were previously
tested are not among those who
tall into the at
risk category.
Those who do
fall into the
category have a
lack of trust,
she said.
“We decid
ed to go to
them,” Moore
said. “We have
YANDEL t0 8° t0 where
we can reach
people.”
Similar to the Prevention Case
Management, the Counseling and
Testing Services will only be for
people who are referred through
the other HIV Alliance programs.
“This is not just a way to get re
sults on who has HIV,” Moore said.
“It’s also so we can do prevention.”
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Antique stores often carry older
versions of new styles, such as Fire
King dinnerware, she said. When
Martha Stewart brought out Jadeite
and Fiesta, two brightly colored
styles of dishes and glassware, Pal
adijczuk said it boosted the prices
of the classic originals.
Paladijczuk said finding the right
item can be a hit-and-miss process,
but visiting a variety of shops can
give a buyer a large selection.
“You can have fun things and
have it not cost you an arm and a
leg,” she said.
Paladijczuk said she enjoys her
line of work, especially when she
can supply customers with what
they are looking for.
“The people are fun,” she said.
“They come in, and when they buy
something, they usually love it.”
As Cindy Beane, originally from
Huntington Beach, Calif., admired
a patriotic birdhouse at Glory Day’s
Antique Mall on Saturday, she said
she was actually searching only for
ashtrays. Beane said she wants to
display her ashtray collection once
she and her husband move from
their trailer to a house and once she
stops smoking.
“I’m going to quit here any day,”
she said.
The sound of waterfalls and the
smell of orange rinds, scented:can
dles, spices and potpourri greet visi
tors to Ruthie B’s Antiques, an an
tique store and tea house at 100
Main St. in Springfield, which was
a bordello in the 1930s.
“It reminds me of walking into
my grandmother’s home, and it
smells ... like home,” said Brandy
Brown, of Springfield, as she
browsed through the upstairs attic
of the house, which is loaded with
children’s toys, suitcases and relics
of the past.
Complementary lattes and the
opportunity to dress up in brightly
colored boas and hats are also part
of the experience.
Ruth Ballenger, who has owned
and operated Ruthie B’s with the
help of Jessica French and 12 other
employees for 10 years, said visitors
should “be ready for a party.”
“I love the fact that people come
in and we make them happy,”
French said.
Lisa Toth is the Pulse and features editor for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached
at lisatoth@dailyemerald.com.
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