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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1987)
Alternatives to death How to have a happy holiday season As the holidays approach thoughts turn to fighting Christmas shoppers through the malls, finding the perfect gift and PARTIES! But the festive holi day spirit can be quickly dampen ed by a drunk driver. Below are a few tips for having safe parties (courtesy of AAA of Oregon and the CCC student health service) Dr. Steven Blakley - a dentist •,ho,° by Ken Dentist with a smile by StephanTVeif”’’ Opinion/Copy Editor It was his uncle that gave him Many gggpto-dread even the Thought of visiting a dentist. the idea of becoming a dentist The words pain, cavity, and because his uncle’s friend was a ropfc^gnal keep many from see dentist. “He made a good living. ing a dentist every six months as You could name your own hours, advised by the American Dental work when you want, and the "Association, but occasionally money’s okay,” Blakley said with there is a dentist that removes a smile. He enrolled at Portland State these fears and stands out University full-time and took half among his peers. ttJSteven Blakley is not your business and half pre-dentistry. typical dentist; he is known to He then applied to dental school. whistle tunes and tell jokes as he “Of course, my efforts were a lot moves from room to room in stronger and all I thought about the converted house on Molalla was school and I really studied Avenue that contains his office. hard. Well, my grades were all Blakley^ «94, was bom and'i really high grades. It was definite raised«' in Oregon City and ly a big turn around.” At this always planned to come back time, Blakley was accepted to and have his practice here. He dental school at the Oregon went to Oregon State University Health Sciences University. After he graduated from den on a band scholarship. “The band director at Oregon City tal school in 1985 he worked fori (High School) had gone to another dentist. “That was kind Oregon State and got me in of tough because every dentist terested in the band,” said runs their practice differently. They have their own ideas of how Blakley. / things should be done and you He chose music as his major kind of have to just take the back because that was his main in seat.” terest throughout high school. “I majored in music for two The opportunity then came years. After two years I decided up that enabled him to buy a I didn’t want to be a music small practice in Oregon City. teacher and I didn’t feel I was a Blakley says he likes the peo good enough trumpet player to ple contact the best as a dentist, make a living playing the “It’s like you’re touching so trumpet in bands.” Blakley many lives... different families. then switched to science because Probably the toughest part of he felt it contained a lot of dentistry is the actual work. It’s career areas. pretty fine tuning and “After five years at Oregon everything, but that’s not the State I had such a diverse hard part of dentistry. I’d say background of classes: music, the hard part is the actual runn science, all that stuff, that I ing of a private practice or literally could have gone into business.” anything.” The pharmacy pro When asked what he thought gram was another three years at makes him different from other OSU and Blakley just didn’t feel dentists, Blakley said, “I just like he could spend eight years at try to have fun in the dental of OSU “in a little college town.” fice. If you’re (the patient) hav So he decided he would just take ing fun and the girls in the of a year off and go to work fice are having fun, then other someplace. patients see when they’re com He worked for his brother ing in that there’s nothing to be black-topping driveways and getting nervous about. parking lots for about six months “One of my objectives when I and took a few classes at started out was that when a pa Clackamas Community College. tient left the office, I felt like they During this time he tried to think should have a smile on their face. of what career he would like to If they’re not leaving with a smile get into, “I started thinking on their face, then I don’t feel about electrician, plumber, like they had a good experience. I fireman - I was just thinking think by keeping that motto, about all different types of pro you’re going to have a lot of hap fessions, and none of those really py patients.” interested me.” ♦De-emphasize liquor at your parties by serving non-alcoholic drinks (see recipes below) *Serve unsalted, high protein foods, especially before you serve liquor. Although food has no power to sober anyone up, it does slow down the rate of alcohol ab sorption in the blood stream. If there’s food around, your guests will tend to drink less and enjoy your party more. ♦Don’t rush to refill glasses. Respect a “no thanks.” The body can generally handle about one drink per hour ♦Stop serving alcohol when the hour becomes late, or about an hour before the party ends. It gives the body time to absorb some of the alcohol. Serve punch and holiday desserts instead. ♦If, despite all your precautions, a guest becomes intoxicated, DON’T let him/her drive home. You, or a guest who hasn’t been drinking can drive him/her home, or call a taxi or have the guest spend the night. If you must, take away his/her car keys. Remember, the odds are much greater that a traffic accident will occur when a drunk driver gets behind the wheel. ♦Last, but not least, never en courage any guests to “have one for the road,” unless it’s a non alcoholic drink. Safe Spirits: Dandy Alexander -2pkgs.powdered non-alcoholic Alexander mix, 2/3 cup cream or 4 tbsp, ice cream, 1/2 cup crush ed ice, 1/4 tsp. almond extract, nutmeg - blend and pour into two chilled cocktail glasses, sprinkle each with nutmeg. Hot Cranberry - Heat but do not allow to boil, cranberry juice, whole cloves, cinnamon stick and wafer thin slices of lemon, sweeten with honey, serve in a cup garnished with lemon slice. Holiday Punch - Mix equal por tions of cranberry juice and apple juice, add ginger ale or soda water for a sparkle, float lemon and orange slices on top, for a spicy effect, add a cinnamon stick or a few cloves, serve over plenty of ice. Mistletoe Punch - 1 6oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, 1 6oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate, 6 cups water, 1/2 cup grenadine syrup, 1 quart ginger ale chilled, garnish-wafer thin lemon slices and maraschino cherries - combine all ingredients in a punch bowl, just before serving, add some ice cubes and gently stir in the ginger ale, put a lemon slice and cherry in each glass and serve. Pleasin’ Punch - 1 qt. cold milk, 3 pts. orange, lime, or raspberry sherbet, 1 qt. lime-grapefruit carbonated beverage, combine milk and 2 pints sherbet, beat until smooth, add chilled car bonated beverage and stir gent ly, until just blended, scoop of spoon remaining sherbet on top. Spunky Eggnog - 1 1/2 tbls. hot water, 2 tbls. honey, 1/4 tsp.orange extract, 1 qt. dairy eggnog, 2 cups finely crushed ice, 1 tsp. rum flavor, ground ginger, in a small bowl dissolve honey and orange extract in water; cool, in a large mixing bowl combine honey mixture, eggnog, ice and rum flavor, mix at high spee until foamy, sprinkle each serving with ginger. BOOK BUY - BACK Carry cash instead of books! BUY BACK DATES: MONDAY DECEMBER 7 THRU FRIDAY DECEMBER 31 •HOURS: DECEMBER 7 - DECEMBER 10 DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 31 8:30 AM - 7:30 PM 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM CCC BOOKSTORE NORTH END McLOUGHLIN HALL