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BY PAUL NEEVEL WINNIE BARRON Celebrating Our 15th Year Free yourself of your dependence on glasses and contact lenses. A physician’s assistant in Brownsville, Winnie Barron first went to Africa in 1994, as a volunteer medic with Northwest Medical Teams in Rwanda. “I was enveloped with the joy of peo- ple there, the incredible tenacious spirit,” she says. “I had a lot to learn from them.” Returning on her own in 1997, Barron found the borders to Rwanda closed, so she volunteered instead at a hospital in Makindu, Kenya, a truck stop on the road from Nairobi to the port of Mombasa. There she met hundreds of street children, most of them orphans. Working with local teacher Dianah Nzomo, Barron began planning the Makindu Children’s Program. Officially launched in August 1998, MCP provides food, medical care and education to kids who are placed in “guardian homes,” usually with older people who could not otherwise afford to feed them. “It’s a win-win situation,” Barron says. “Instead of loitering and stealing, the kids become part of the community.” MCP will present A Taste of Africa, a benefit event, 2 to 5 pm Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Beacon House, 90980 River Road. Learn more at makindu.org. Lane Area Herbicide Spray Schedule On approved credit. Restrictions apply. Not available with any other discounts. LASIK $ 495 * PER EYE Hurry! Limited Time Offer * Nidek laser only. Restrictions apply. Not available with any other discounts. Why Crews Laser Center? • Dr. Crews has performed over 18,000 surgeries since 1993. • Only Dr. Crews will give you personailzed care before, during and after your surgery. • Dr. Crews is a Lifetime Board Certified Ophthalmologist. • Dr. Crews utilizes the latest in advanced laser vision correction technologies including Visx CustomVue. • Dr. Crews has an outstanding reputation in the Pacific Northwest. Call now for a complimentary screening and see for yourself what Crews Laser Centers can do for you! Stanley L. Crews, MD www.crewslasercenter.com 541-743-8035 2650 Suzanne Way-Suite 110 Eugene, Oregon 12 SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 • Ne a r Ma r c ol a E le me nt a ry a n d M oh a wk Hi g h • N e ar S ou th F o rk Ga t e C re e k starting Sept. 13 S ch o ol s : Weyerhaeuser Company (741-5211) will (#55894), Pacific Air Research (826-9450) will ground spray 80 acres with Garlon 4 Ultra, aerially spray 226 acres with Arsenal, Oust, and Chopper, MSM and Accord herbicides plus Hasten Accord herbicides plus Kenetic adjuvant for and Syltac adjuvants starting Sept. 21 (#55900). Giustina Resources (485-1500). Call Jeff Yost at Weyerhaeuser or Tim Meehan at Compiled by Jan Wroncy, Forestland Dwellers: 342-8332, www.forestlanddwellers.org Oregon Department of Forestry (726-3588).
