Portland Observer Thursday, November 17. 1977 Page 5
Men invade
cooking class
by Kathy Schneider
Harald W ilUaaa, Jr. gat* s e a * extra a ttM O a a ir a a his dad's
bo«*. Governor Bob Straub, during s.trcial salute to Straub
»»on sored by the St. Joae.ih Masonic Lodge and the Albina
Ministerial Alliance
Elderly misuse prescription drugs
Although only ten percent of the U.S.
population is older than «5. the group
uses about 25 percent of the out-patient
prescription drugs.
"It's also estimated that up to fifty
percent of our senior citizens don't take
their medications properly." says William
Simonson, an Oregon State University
pharmacy professor who is involved in
teaching and research in the area of
drugs and the elderly.
Simonson gain* firsthand knowledge of
the needs of the elderly by occasionally
working nights and weekends as a phar
macist in a Corvallis nursing home.
"Not enough is known about the
medication needs of older persons," Si
monson stressed.
"Normal doses of
medication needed by younger people
may well be inappropriate for the elderly.
More knowledge is needed about the
age related changes in the absorption of
medications into the bloodstream, for
instance "
The fact that only about half of those
over 65 take their medication* properly
“is a matter of great concern to the
medical profession," Simonson noted. "If
a person takes the medication as it is
supposed to be taken, he or she may
eliminate the need for further medication
or even hospitalization."
The State of Washington is ahead of
Oregon in the fact that pharmacists there
are required to counsel patients when
they receive a new prescription. Simon
son stated. "This has been found to
improve compliance to prescription in
structions without increasing the cost of
the medication."
Other states are considering similar
measures but such a proposal was not
adopted by the Oregon Board of Phar
macy or the 1977 Legislature.
"Pharmacists everywhere are coming
to recognize the need for special commu
nication and drug education for the
elderly." Simonson continued.
"Poor sight and poor hearing often
complicate communication," he acknow
ledged, “and some older persons, espe
cially those with arthritis, can't open the
childproof containers. They need to know
that pharmacists can make an exception
and nut medicine in a regular, easy-to-
Are guys unusual in foods classes? At
Jefferson High School. Mrs. Pat Transue
would say no.
Mrs. Transue, a coed foods teacher at
Jefferson, has eleven guys in her classes,
and she believes that they really like the
class. In her second period class she has
Carlos Adams, Philip Harris and Ron
Ranson; in her third is Jeff Jarrell, Tony
Rennington and Ronald Wallace; in
fourth period Jeffery Barabin, Gerald
Bens, William McQueen and Steve Smith.
Tony Rennington, a junior in the foods
class, says he likes the class, but he
doesn’t like washing dishes. He also says
he likes the young ladies in the class, and
his two best buddies, and baking because
after they're through he has the pleasure
of eating it up.
In the coed food class, they have
developed a coupon organizer, which
helps them save money when they go
shopping. They have also prepared a
bulletin board for the food related jobs
articles, which they cut out of magazines
and newspapers relating to food and jobs.
Learning about baking is the main
focus of the class. Once a week they go
into the kitchen, and on Thursday, they
will be in the kitchen baking fruit breads.
Next week, they will continue on breads,
but this time, they will be baking yeast
breads.
plumber or furnace contractor to do it for
him.
• After the heater is lit. keep every
thing away from it. Be especially careful
with bathroom heaters, that the door is
not pushed back against it and that
clothes are not left hanging near, or piled
next to it.
Before operating fireplaces or wood
burning stoves:
• Check the chimney to make sure that
it is in good condition and that it has a
flue lining. Check for missing flue tiles
and cracked masonry.
• Also make sure that the chimney is
free of bird nests; otherwise, there could
be a big ball of fire coming out of the top
of the chimney and a big ball of smoke
billowing inside.
• Do not use a fireplace chimney for
venting a wood stove unless the fireplace
opening is sealed off to prevent toxic
gases from backing up into the room.
• Avoid connecting more than one
heating device to a single chimney flue
because flue gases and sparks may pass
from one flue opening into another,
causing unsatisfactory operation.
US legacy in Thailand
overshadowed, the Thai economy re
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old regime wanted to put off elections mains buoyant. Most Thai* abhor the
And the old
until the 1990s.
The generals now thought of civil war.
promise election* next year, but hedge American geopolitical doctrines have
their bets. The displaced regime was been disproved in neighboring Indochina
mindlessly anti-communist.
The new too. The communists there have proved
government is less doctrinaire, but equal themselves to be inward looking in vic
tory, often distrustful of each other and
ly distrustful of meaningful reform.
And since the death of Thai democracy, uninterested in foreign adventures.
Thus, as Jimmy Carter continues his
there has been a further, serious de
human rights crusade, Thailand's future
tenors tion:
• The monarchy, Thailand's anchor of is unlikely to be as melodramatic as
Americans believed back in the (ttys
stability, has become increasingly politi
when Southeast Asia was supposed to
cized. For the first time since World War
face an either or choice between Lyndon
II. republican sentiment is on the rise.
• Wealth and power has been further Johnson style freedom and communism.
Instead
as America quickly forget*
concentrated within a small oligopoly.
Reform is both more necessary, and more its most traumatic war, and ignores the
traumas it still engenders for others -
unlikely, than ever before.
• Thailand's armed forces, tor all their Thailand faces a rather ordinary fate:
that of a country where democracy might
experience in coups d'etat, remain incom
petent, after decade* of U.S. military aid. have worked, had the United States here,
to put down a few minor border province a* in so many other places, not considered
support tor democracy far too great a risk
insurgencies.
• Thousands of Thai democrats have in the war for freedom around the world.
|T .D . A liman, longer Edward R. Mur-
been branded “communists." in what may
raw fellow at the Council on Foreign
yet become a self fulfilling prophesy.
Relations, is a contributing editor of
• Most important, the continuing pre
eminence of authoritarian institutions in “Har.ier’s". M r. Allman began his Journa
Thailand
America's most permanent listic career as a re iorter for the "Bang
kali Poet" in 1969. Since then be has
legacy to the country make* any Thai
re torted regularly on the Far East for
evolution to permanent democracy, on
the "Washington Post," the "Manchester
the Japanese or Indian model, almost
Guardian" and "Le Monde Di tlomati
impossible.
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But while Thailand a DolitieaJ future is
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open container (or them.”
The more drugs a person takes, the
higher the odds for a drug reaction or
toxicity, Simonson pointed out. "This
makes the elderly a high risk group for
adverse reactions to medications that can
be severe or even fatal.
"Some studies show that approximate
ly five percent of all U.S. hospital
admissions are directly related to prob
lems that stem from improper use of
prescriptions or to adverse reactions that
result from medications alone, or in
combination with other medications,” he
said.
Simonson concluded, “I think that
many of these problems could be dimi
nished if people utilized their pharmacist
for information in addition to prescription
products."
He is one of four OSU pharmacy
professors consulting with Corvallis phy
sicians on medication needs for their
patients, most of whom are elderly.
Simonson hopes to receive funding next
year for expanded research in the area of
drugs and the elderly.
President Carter has nominated Ro
bert F. Collins of New Orleans to be U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of
Louisiana. Collins is believed to be one of
the first, if not the first. Black to be
appointed a District Judge in the South
since Reconstruction.
The President has promised to bring
more Blacks into the judicial process.
Collins would replace Alvin B. Rubin,
who was appointed a circuit judge in
August.
Collins was born January 27, 1931, in
New Orleans. He received a B.A. from
Dillard University in 1951 and a J.D.
from Louisiana State University in 1954.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to
1956.
From 1956 to 1972, Collins practiced
law. Since 1972, he has been a judge in
the Magistrate Section of the Criminal
District Court for the Parish of Orleans.
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Heaters, fireplaces need checking before use
Home heaters that have been idle all
summer can pose a serious fire threat this
winter if lighted before they are properly
cleaned.
The Insurance Information Institute
advises home owners to follow a few
precautions before using heating unit* for
the first time.
Before firing up furnace* and space
heaters:
• Clean out the unit thoroughly, care
fully vacuuming nooks and hard to reach
place*. Dust and other trash can accumu
late in the unit. When a heater is lit. this
dust can ignite all at once - sending a
huge ball of flame shooting out of the
furnace.
• Check for a leaking gas valve by
carefully smelling the air around the
heater. If an odor of gas is detected, have
a repairman check the unit before trying
to light it.
• Carefully follow the instructions for
lighting the unit. If the device has a pilot
light, make sure it is burning correctly
before firing the main part of the heater.
• If a person is unsure how to light hi*
unit properly, he should consider calling a
ADDED
• Use a wood that has been seasoned
at least six months, and preferably a
year, to prevent the formation of creosote
on the lining of the chimney flue. A spark
can ignite creosote and cause what can be
extremely hot and dangerous fires.
• Before lighting the wood, make sure
the flue is open; or the house will fill with
smoke.
• When burning wax firelogs, only use
one at a time. When two or more are
used together, the heat inside the chim
ney is so hot that the soot accumulation
will catch fire, sending sparks out the
chimney onto the roof and into trees.
• If a wood-burning stove does not
have at least 36 inches of clearance
around it, a panel of fireproof material
should be used to protect nearby wall
surfaces. The stove should always sit on
a fireproof pad.
• Open a window, slightly, for ventila
tion if a house is tightly insulated.
• Dispose of ashes in a closed metal
container outside the house, and never
leave a wood fire burning unattended or
overnight.
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Awards have gone to John Mills, Tom
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