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Appeal Tribune Wednesday, August 16, 2017 3A
Stayton High to hold multi-class reunion
ANNETTE UTZ
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
SPECIAL TO THE STAYTON MAIL
Stayton High School alumni enjoy a relaxing evening at an all-class reunion.
Take out the school yearbooks of yore
and dust off some old memories. It’s time
for the 6th annual Stayton High Pioneer
Park potluck all-class reunion.
The event will be held from 2 p.m. to 6
p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26, at Pioneer Park,
on the corner of 7th Avenue and Marion
Street, Stayton. All Stayton High School
graduates are invited to attend. Bring
lawn chairs, table service, beverages,
and a favorite potluck dish to share.
Friends and family are welcome.
The Class of 1971has hosted this event
for the past six years.
“This all started in 2011 when we were
having our 40th reunion at the Santiam
Golf Course,” reunion organizer Patty
Neuenschwander Keeton said. “The
class of ‘81 was also having their 30th re-
union there at the same time and we all
had so much fun we thought, ‘We have to
do this more often.’ We generally have
about 25 to 35 people attend. We’ve had
people there from the class of ‘45 and we
already have people attending this year
who have just graduated. It’s very casual
and a great chance to catch up with old
friends or meet some new ones.”
For more information, contact Kee-
ton at 503-510-5221.
Apple Tree
supply drive
is ending
CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
Thursday, Aug. 17 is the last day to
“pick an apple” and donate school sup-
plies to the estimated 1,000 school chil-
dren in the Silver Falls School District
whose families cannot afford them.
Silverton Together’s Apple Tree
School Supplies Drive is underway at
more than 50 local participating sites.
To donate, simply visit an “apple tree”
at a site, “pick an apple,” and buy the list-
ed supply or make the listed financial do-
nation. School supplies can be dropped
off at any participating site, while finan-
cial gifts should be delivered to Silverton
Together, at the Silverton Community
Center, 431 S. Water Street.
In total, the needed supplies include
3,110 pencils, 100 sets of headphones, 19
scientific calculators, 551glue sticks and
much more.
A finale party is scheduled for Thurs-
day, Aug. 29, at which the fundraiser’s
participants will give school principals
the donated supplies. Students will re-
ceive them at school when classes begin.
STATESMAN JOURNAL FILE
Volunteers with the 2012 Apple Tree School Supplies Drive carry boxes of donated school supplies to principals’ cars.
While rare, two bats have tested positive
for rabies this month in Marion County
STAYTON MAIL
After a family living in the Shaw area
found a bat in their home earlier this
month, a bat that subsequently tested
positive for rabies, Marion County Envi-
ronmental Health issued a notice.
County health officials say that bats
are the most common mammals known
to carry rabies in Oregon. Consequently,
you don’t want them inside your living
quarters.
"Because there is a risk of bats trans-
mitting rabies to people and their pets, it
is important to keep bats from entering
living spaces," Marion County Health Of-
ficer Karen Landers said.
The family in Shaw found the bat in a
bedroom where two adults and a child
slept. Although it wasn’t clear if anyone
had been in contact or bitten, health offi-
cials advised they take precautionary
measures.
“They found the bat flying around and
trapped the bat in a coffee can and called
Environmental Health,” Marion County
Environmental Health Program Super-
visor Richard Sherman said. “I told the
family they needed to consult with their
primary care physician.”
Finding rabid bats is not a frequent
occurrence: an Oregon Health Authority
map depicting all rabies-positive
animals determined this year shows two
bats found in Marion County and one
each in Benton, Douglas and Deschutes
counties, along with a cat in Lane County.
OHA spokesman Jonathan Modie
cited broader statewide statistics from
2000 to 2016 that reveal 2,243 rabies tests
were administered for bats over that 17-
year period with 189 – 8.4 percent – test-
ing positive.
Two years ago a bat found inside a Sil-
verton home tested positive for rabies
according to county health officials.
That bat, which was tested July 20, 2015,
was the fifth bat to test positive for ra-
bies in Oregon that year, but the first in
Marion County since 2012.
Both 2017 Marion County rabies-in-
fected bats were found in August.
“We have a number of bats brought
into our office each year generally in late
summer,” Sherman said. “If the bat has
bit a person or the potential exists of a
bite we will have the bat tested, other-
wise the person who has the bat can pay
to have it tested at OSU Vet Diagnostic
Lab. “
Sherman said finding one or two test
positive in the county is about par for any
given year.
“If the bat is out and about during day-
light or is found on the ground is an in-
dicator that they may be ill,” Sherman
added.
Bats are found throughout Oregon,
and they serve a valuable purpose.
“Bats are extremely useful to the en-
vironment; they feed on insects at night
and only a small percentage are rabid,”
Sherman said.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wild-
life officials agree.
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An ODFW informational web post
among its “Living with Wildlife” pages
imparts:
“Less than 1/10 of 1 percent of all bats
are believed to carry rabies. Infected
bats are rarely aggressive and soon die
of the disease. Nonetheless, always
avoid contact with any bat. If you are bit-
ten or scratched by a bat, or any other
wild animal, or have any contact with the
animal’s saliva, report it to your doctor
and local health authority immediately.
Capture the bat, if possible.”
Underscoring the rarity of rabies, the
Center for Disease Control and Preven-
tion states on its “Bats and Rabies” infor-
mational page:
“Rabies in humans is rare in the Unit-
ed States. There are usually only one or
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Pastor: Fr. Philip Waibel
575 E. College St. 503-845-2296
Weekday Mass 6:50 a.m.
Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30 p.m.
Sunday masses 7:30 a.m., 10 a.m.,
and 12:30 p.m. (Spanish Mass) at
St. Mary Parish. Mass for Holy Rosary
Mission at Crooked Finger
is at 10:00 a.m.
Confession: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
on Saturday
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two human cases per year. But the most
common source of human rabies in the
United States is from bats. For example,
among the 19 naturally acquired cases of
rabies in humans in the United States
from 1997-2006, 17 were associated with
bats. Among these, 14 patients had
known encounters with bats. Four peo-
ple awoke because a bat landed on them
and one person awoke because a bat bit
him. In these cases, the bat was inside
the home."
While it is rare, it's also unwelcome.
As Landers stressed from the top, the
best medicine is prevention – keeping
bats out of living spaces. See this story at
AppealTribune.com for tips on how to
deal with bats.
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