Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Early and vigorous veterinary
treatment is required to save lives.
Because the disease causes severe
dehydration, early intravenous fluid
treatment is often critically needed.
“If you suspect your dog has come
into contact with or is sick from Par-
vo, bring this animal to your vet im-
mediately,” Petersen said.
Parvo is contagious to dogs only
(not to cats, livestock or people) and
is transmitted through the stool of
infected dogs. Dogs contract the vi-
rus most commonly by sniffing sick
dogs’ stool, though additionally, the
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virus is easily spread by hands, shoes
and clothing. The virus is resistant to
extremes of temperature and survives
freezing and heat and cannot be killed
by use of detergents, alcohol or com-
mon disinfectants.
Once infected, the degree of illness
can range from mild to very severe,
depending on the dog’s age and gen-
eral condition. Factors such as stress,
environment and parasites come into
play, but as a rule, the disease is more
severe in very young or old dogs, and
in the Rottweiler, Pitbull and Dober-
man breeds.
Puppies under two months are es-
pecially vulnerable - and until a pup
has received all recommended vac-
cinations, they should not be taken
out in public. All puppies should
get three vaccinations, beginning at
seven weeks of age. Until this series
of shots is complete, places to avoid
include parks, river banks, rest areas,
towns, sidewalks, and even friends’
homes. Some breeds will require
four vaccinations while still puppies
and then at one year of age, and then
again, in three years.
“Anytime puppies are brought into
veterinary clinics, it is always a good
idea to carry them in, and don’t allow
them to walk around in the parking
lots, yards or grassy areas,” Petersen
said. “Inside the clinic at Dr. Joe’s we
have excellent sanitation protocols
and standards, but with Parvo around,
because it so contagious, it’s better
to not allow puppies to walk around
outside where any dog may have def-
ecated.”
Some people have mistakenly ex-
pressed the idea that this current Par-
vo outbreak is at the veterinary clinic
- and that taking their dogs to the clin-
ic might be risky. But this view puts
the cart before the horse, according to
Petersen. The Parvo virus is circulat-
ing throughout the community and
the sick dogs are brought to the clinic
for treatment, she said.
“If you’re deathly ill, do you avoid
the hospital because there are sick
people there?” asks Petersen. “Dogs
are not catching Parvo at our clinic,
they’re catching and spreading it out
in the community. Dogs with Parvo
who don’t get treatment may have a
poor chance for survival.”
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“We don’t really know
what we are going to do
each year, right now we are
just building a community
network,” said Warner of the
concept of The Big Idea.
Not only does the pro-
gram focus on the students but
their families as well. United
Way of Jackson County
believes that with a stronger
community comes a stronger
family. Stronger families have
a better chance of beating the
odds, per say. According to a
flyer put out by United Way
of Jackson County one in four
families struggle with addic-
tion. One in three children,
or 67 percent, graduates high
school in Jackson County. The
school district has gone from
producing C+ students to
producing D students over the
past 10 years. With those odds
against students, the goal of
The Big Idea is to rise above
those odds and have every
student in the class of 2020
graduate.
In order for that goal to
be met, families need to be-
come stronger and united. The
program accomplishes this
with the help of government
agencies, service clubs, non-
profits and the schools. United
Way of Jackson County offers
programs such as free tax
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Variety film critic Bill Edelstein describes
“Redwood Highway” as “A perfectly fine
walkabout through the scenic roadways and
nearby woods of southern Oregon. Anchored
by a warm, full-bodied turn by septuagenar-
ian Shirley Knight as a spunky but troubled
retirement-home resident and backed by fine
support from vets Tom Skerritt and James Le
Gros, the film delivers in high spirits and fine
thespian what it lacks in dynamic tension and
narrative consistency.”
With well over a dozen nominations,
Knight is the winner of a Golden Globe,
Tony Award and three EMMY’s and the only
With only 20 shirts col-
lected, Warner knows she has
a long way to go in a short
amount of time. She is asking
for the communities’ help in
making a dream become a
reality for some students. The
deadline to donate a univer-
sity T-shirt is May 24, 2014. If
you are interested in helping
please drop off a new univer-
sity shirt at the Cave Junction
Washington Federal branch
American actress to win the Venice (Italy)
Film Festival Best Actress award. Her film
credits stretch back to “Sweet Bird of Youth”
opposite Paul Newman and most recently in
“As Good as it Gets” and “Divine Secrets of
the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.” Skerritt, perhaps best
known for playing a small-town police chief
or contact Deelia Warner
at deelia.warner@usbank.
com for more information
on the program. For more
information on the work and
programs that the United Way
of Jackson County does, visit
www.unitedwayofjackson-
county.org.
on the long-running “Picket Fences” has also
won an EMMY and has been twice nominated
for Golden Globes.
In October 2013, Monterey Media bought
the North American distribution rights and will
release the film in both the U.S. and Canada.
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Theme: Freedom & Liberty
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