S eptember 08, 1993 »T he P ortland O bserver
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Dr. John Kitzhaber To Speak
On Oregon Health Plan
Oregon has been assigned the
task o f p ro vid in g 600,000 people w ith
basic m edical insurance coverage.
John K itzh a g e r is to address how the
im plem entation o f th is plan w ill a f­
fect you and your business
D r K itzh a b e r is a n a tio n a lly and
in te rn a tio n a lly kn o w n speaker on
health issues, and he is the 1992
recipient o f the D r N athan D avis
A w a rd , presented by the A m erican
M edical A ssociation
T h is d in n er meeting w i ll be held
at the V alley R iver In n on September
8, 1993. T im e is 6pm fo r the no-host
bar, 6:30pm fo r the d in n e r E nter­
ta in m e n t w ill be provided by the
M cK enzie T o u rin g G roup Cost is
$24.50 per person
To make your reservation, con­
tact either Wendy at (800) 562-9323
o r D ic k at (800) 562-9359.
Child A buse In te rv e n tio n
by Pam S la u g h te r
N ot lo n g ago, w h ile at a local
grocery store, 1 witnessed the fo llo w ­
in g scene: a six-year old boy and his
mother, were in the checkout lin e
to g e th e r They were e n te rta in in g
staff, security guards, and twenty -fiv e
custom ers. E veryone had looked
stunned w h ile liste n in g to the abuse
the m other hurled at her son N ow
that she w as gone, they looked g u ilty,
frustrated, upset G uilty fo r not help­
themselvcs by com paring the b iza rre
headlines on the various tabloids Then
in g the boy by say in g or do in g some­
th in g Frustrated fo r not even k n o w ­
the m other asked the boy fo r a do lla r.
He reached in to his pocket, o n ly to
discover that his d o lla r was missing.
Her response was loud and v io le n t.
She screamed at him . She called h im
a stupid id io t. She said that she had
in g w hat an appropriate response
w ould have been Upset because they
know n a ll along she shouldn t have
trusted h im w ith a dollar. She said
that i f she could fin d somebody stupid
enough to pav it, she w ould sell h im
fo r a d o lla r. He ran in to the p a rk in g
lot, fra n tic a lly retracing his steps back
to the car. She paid fo r the soda, then
fo llo w e d h im out to the car. Scream­
ing a ll the way He burst in to tears
w hen he got to the car w ith o u t has in g
found the d o lla r She pushed h im in to
the car, and glanced back at the s ile n t
onlookers w ho were a ll w a tch in g in
horror. She sm irked, then drove away.
T h is entire scene lasted about
tw o m inutes in fu ll view o f the store
know , in tu itiv e ly , that the little boy is
lo w in g suggestions:
1. Show No A n g e r. N o m atter
how angry you may feel, do not d ire ct
that anger at the parent A ngry stares
o r words may lead to a physical con­
fro n ta tio n between you and the par­
ent. A lso, the parent may respond to
your h o s tility by being harsher on the
c h ild once they get home.
2. R ela te. Say something to
the parent to demonstrate empathy. “ My
distra ct the parent w ith a c o m p li­
ment. ( It must be sincere. Any one can
see thorough fla tte ry.) "Excuse me, 1
lik e yo u r h a ir style. Where do you get
it done?” “ I love that unique um ­
b re lla !” I f you can’ t th in k o f some­
th in g nice to say, ask a d istra ctin g
question. “ A re you related to Jane
S m ith?” Focus on som ething other
kids always seemed to throw tantrums
at the grocery store too! 1 know just
how embarrassing it feels Bu, don’ t
worry, when she’ s a little older, she 11
probably a v ic tim o f abuse on a regu­
la r basis W hat w ould y ou have done
in that situation? I f y o u ’ re like most,
you w o u ld n ’ t know w hat to do.
The bad news is i t ’ s lik e ly that
outgrow it!” Or empathize, then share a
suggestion. "When my child did that,
one thing that usually helped w a s--”
most A m ericans w ill witness th is type
o f c h ild abuse. The good news is there
are appropriate ways the average in ­
d iv id u a l can respond Keep in m in d
that these suggestions are not strict
guidelines, but are designed to help
than the child.
T h in k about the suggestions
w h ic h have been offered. Y ou may
come up w ith some o f your own. Once
in a w h ile , a parent may appear to be
e n jo yin g herself at the expense o f her
ch ild . The woman whose son lost the
d o lla r b ill was one o f those. The P ort­
land Police C h ild Abuse H otline (731-
Sometimes it may be enough just to give
an understanding smile to the parent
3. O ffe r T o H e lp . Sometimes a
parent screams at his c h ild because
the parent’ s hands are fu ll and the
in d iv id u a ls th in k about some options.
c h ild is misbehaving. O ffe r to carry a
bag, h old a hand in the p a rkin g lot,
By th in k in g about it in advance, a
person w ould feel prepared, and w ould
be less lik e ly to w atch in stunned
3100) can be called in those cases.
C h ild re n ’ s Service D iv is io n w ould be
alerted, and w ould firs t investigate,
then determ ine w hat action to take.
Fortunately, most parents d o n ’t enjoy
scream ing at o r h ittin g th e ir ch ild ,
especially at a grocery store. It is
etc. A sk “ Can I help?”
4. D is t r a c t M a n y a d u lts get
cranky when they’ re tired, as do c h il­
dren. I f it appears that the pare n t’ s
silence, as a c h ild is abused
M ich a e l Houston, Executive D i­
rector o f the Exchange C lub Center
fo r P arenting S kills, offered the fo l-
stressful fo r them as w e ll as the ch ild .
T o these parents, your subtle and k i nd
in te rve n tio n w ill most often be effec­
tive , and welcome.
fo u l mood is partly due to fatigue,
Back To School; Forward To Your Future
H e llo there boys and g irls : W e l­
in order as soon as possible. Just as
many o f you are seeing money prob­
come back to school! We kn o w that
lems in your ow n homes, the big
many o f you hav e been checking out
the pages o f the P ortland Observer
newspaper th is summ er fo r those spe­
cia l activities that appeal to you M any
o f you are reading more and reading
w o rld and the education sy stem are
experiencing d iffic u ltie s o f th e ir own.
Some o f you, 1 ’ m sure, feel very threat­
better, w hich is the key to y our future
key to the le arning process and you
Keep it up.
Howev er, some o f us, to w h o m
future as adults.
But, you should be aware that
every generation si nee ti me-began has
by Professor McKinley Burt
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you are so very, very im p o rta n t, are
concerned that there are others w ho
are not doing that w e ll. We w o rry that
there are those fo r w h o m school is
N O T A P R IO R IT Y . Y o u may not
realize it , but each year about 10
percent o f your classmates m eander
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H ealth Education departm ent at (503)
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C h o le s te ro l and fa t in y o u r d ie t
m a y increase y o u r ris k o f h eart
disease. “ H o w to L o w e r Y o u r C h o ­
le s te ro l” teaches h o w to p la n m eals
and m o d ify recipes to c u t fa t and
in to school A F T E R o p e n in g day.
though sometime before O ctober 1,.
These are precious tim es in a young
life and each day should be regarded
ch o le ste ro l in ta ke . Classes w il l be
fro m 6 :3 0 to 8 :3 0 p m on F rid a y s ,
O c t 8 a n d O c t 1 5 , a t K a is e r
P e rm a n cn te 's N o rth In te rsta te S er­
as a rung on the ladder o f your future,
each lio u r.in fact, som ething to be
considered when you w atch te le vi­
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A v e ., P o rtla n d . C o s t is $15 fo r
K a is e r P erm anente m em bers, $32
w ork.
We adults understand very w e ll
fo r the general p u b lic . A spouse o r
o th e r s u p p o rt person is encouraged
to attend a t no e x tra charge Please
re g is te r at least 10 day s b e fo re the
sion instead o f com pleting your home­
that it must seem to you that it is a very
m ixed up and uncertain w o rld that is
being thrust upon you at such an early
age. We are sorry fo r that, but are
going to do our level best to get th in g s
adjust to change, and th is is the heart
m uch a part o f school life. Hum an
o f our message to you today. We
adults adm it many o f o u r failures, and
su rviva l and advancement has oc­
curred because o f planned, coopera­
tive a c tivitie s w h ic h have b u ilt fa m i­
lies, com m unities, then nations. A n d
recognize that we d id n 't pass on to
you the k in d o f sm ooth-running, a l­
most perfect w o rld we w ould have
lik e d But we love you, and are going
a ll out to help you adjust and to fash­
ened by the loss o f some very im p o r­
tant programs (and people), activities
ion th is education system in a manner
that w ill assure your future.
T o do this, we need Y O U R H E L P .
We need a co m m itm e n t on your part
as w e ll, not ju s t in term s o f your
personal a p p lica tio n to studies and
experienced some fo rm o f social or
economic struggle that seemed quite
harsh and disheartening. And, yet,
humans have always survived and,
believe me, the school is a com m u­
n ity, a fa m ily w ith a com m on goal
D o n ’ t forget, your health is one
o f yo u r most im p o rta n t assets (rig h t
up there w ih t your brain). Take care
o f it, i f you lose it, you may never get
it back. A n d even i f you do you
may never be able to fu n ctio n the
same. Y o u r career, yo u r income or
im proved relations w ith your peer
g ro u p s -b u t also a strong e ffo rt to
your social relationships may never
be w h a t they could have been. W atch
fo r the most part, moved forw ard. We
secure more p a rticip a tio n o f parents
understand that fo r the very young,
new at life and learning, it can be very
d iffic u lt grasping the b ig picture o r its
in your everyday le a rn in g process
fro m hom ew ork to cu rric u lu m and
your diet, fro m an over-indulgence
in fast foods to a d a ily overdose in
hig h -su g a r snacks. A n d , above a ll,
career guidance, and on-site school
activities. These are things that are
going to really make a difference and
w ill expedite those a ll-im p o rta n t ad­
importance at the local schoolhouse
level. Especially w hen we are at the
tailend sports, clubs, prom s and other
justm ents we spoke of.
Some o f you y oung people are
better at interpersonal and public re­
lations than others. These co m m uni­
cation and ‘ people’ s k ills can be used
extra c u rricu la r activities.
As many are shocked by the cut­
backs and adjustments, ju s t keep in
m ind that the nature o f the w o rld has
always been C H A N G E —exactly as
your history books te ll you. A n d as w e
mentioned above,” survival is the key.
to b u ild social and econom ic re la tio n ­
ships w ith yo u r peer group and the
outside w o rld -a c tiv itie s that e lim i­
N ow, we are a ll aware o f w hat hap­
pened to the D IN O S A U R S . They
d id n ’ t survive because they failed to
nate a lo t o f the violence and m isun­
derstandings that have become too
take every pre ca u tio n w ith those
“ social relationships.” There are d is­
eases out there fo r w h ich T H E R E IS
NO CURE!
Len d yo u r fellow student a h elp­
in g hand w ith lessons, a social prob­
lem, o r di rections to an adult or agency
that can prov ide assistance. Adv ise a
frie n d w ho has le ft school to “ come
back” -th e re is no future w ith o u t an
education, o n ly statistics. Bey ond so­
c ia l’ , you need business and career
clubs and m ore summ er jo b develop­
ers. C a llo n u sa n d yo u rp a re n ts. D o it!
class starts.
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Grandparents Want Healthy Smiles, Too
Grandparents across the U S. w ill
At 8:30 a.m. each Wednesday, Leona Chin visits local schools
where she helps students with their School Savings accounts
and in planning for the future. In her daily responsibilities at
the bank, Leona and her staff help adults with real loans for
higher education, remodeling and home purchases. If you
have financial dreams, call Leona at (206) 487-6860. She’ll do
be honored w ith th e ir ow n day, N a­
tio n a l G randparents Day, on Septem­
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c h ild re n 's grandparents know that
th e ir health is im p o rta n t to you by
helping them inv est in a healthy smile.
D ental care products make unique
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O ld e r adults arc a rapidly g ro w ­
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M ore people arc liv in g longer and it
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U n fo rtu n a te ly, tw o out o f three older
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most are affected by some fo rm o f
periodontal (gum ) disease, and many
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fillin g s . “ In a d d itio n to seeing th e ir
dentist re g u la rly, good at-hom e care
is v ita l fo r old e r adults to m a in ta in a
healthy m outh,” said James Coats,
D M D o f the M u ltn o m a h D ental Soci­
ety.
Sometimes as people age they
d o n ’ t have adequate fin g e r de xte rity
to m anipulate strands o f dental floss.
I n th is case, a com m ercial floss holder
can be a b ig help A n alternative to
flossing is interdental cle a n in g aids.
T hese in c lu d e s p e c ia lly shaped
brushes, rubber tips o r other rubber
devices, and wooden o r plastic im p le ­
ments designed to clean bet ween teeth.
A n oral irrig a to r can be espe­
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teeth. O ra l irrig a to rs are useful fo r
cle a n in g area that are hard to reach
and may reduce g in g iv itis . However,
they are not a substitute fo r flossing or
brushing.
A n e le ctric toothbrush can be
m uch easier to use fo r people w ho
have a rth ritis o r other phy sical d if f i­
culties than a manual toothbrush. Even
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every three o r fo u r months W hen a
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effectiveness Bent or broken bristles
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