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September 19, 2001
Rate Lowers for
Veterans’ Home Loan
A low er interest rate for
veterans’ home loans was
announced last week by Jon
M angis of the Oregon Dept.
of V eterans’ Affairs.
The interest rate is a fixed,
5.95 percent for a 30-year
loan.
“We haven’t seen interest
rates this low in a long tim e,”
said Mangis. “Housing prices
seem to have stabilized re
cently in many parts of O r
egon. It’s not a bad time to
be shopping for a home loan.
This rate is available to quali
fied veterans who have been
out of the active m ilitary ser
vices less than 30 years. That
covers a lot of people.”
U nder the provisions of
B allot M easure 83 passed
overwhelmingly last Novem
ber, any honorably discharged
veteran who meets the 30
year qualification and has
served at least 210 days on
active military duty is eligible.
A dditionally, any honorably
discharged veteran who was
discharged for a service-con
nected illness or injury and
who served less than the re
quired 210 days is also eli
gible.
Also eligible are those who
served less than the required
time period but who served
in an area for which a cam
paign or expeditionary medal
was authorized.
This would include many
who served in places like
Granada, Lybia, Panama, So
malia, Haiti, El Salvador, the
Persian Gulf, the Balkans or
Kosovo.
“This expanded eligibility
includes a lot o f people who
we have been unable to serve
in the past,” M angis contin
ued. “Now it doesn’t m atter
when you entered active duty,
as long as you were sepa
rated from the military less
than 30 years ago. And, if
you don’t meet the length of
active duty requirem ent, you
m ight still qualify if you
served on active duty status
in an area for which the U.S.
m ilitary authorized a certain
medal. This change will al
low a lot of the N ational
Guard and Reserve people to
qualify for our program.
Additional information may
be obtained by calling the de
partment at 1-800-828-8801
ext. 2070 or 503-373-2070.
Those interested in further in
formation are encouraged to
visit the agency’s web site at
www.odva.state.or.us.
Taking Precaution With Immunizations
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4 nurse at Providence St. Vincent cares for a young girl during a visit to update her immunizations. It is important for children
to receive proper immunization at the beginning o f each school year. Health specialists recommend that parents check with
their child s ohvsician to make sure shot records are up to date.
photo by D ave L awton
The time is now for that trip to
the doctor’s office for school
physicals and immunizations.
Whether it’s a physical exam
for sports activities or immuni
zation and/or boosters, it’s im
School Vision Tests Offered Free
Health officials encourage screenings as part of
every child’s annual back to school routine
portant to get ready early for the
school year.
V accines protect ch ild ren
a g a in st d ip h th e ria , te ta n u s,
w h o o p in g c o u g h , p o lio ,
measles, m um ps, rubella, m en
in g itis , h e p a titis B and
chickenpox - diseases that can
spread from one child to an
other at school, the grocery
store or on the playground.
Administrators in the infection
control division at Providence
St. Vincent and other medical
clinics can speak to the kinds-of
shots that children are required
to have prior to going back to
school this fall.
Crisis Line Volunteers Wanted
The Portland W omen’s Crisis Line is seeking volunteer advocates to staff its 24-hour domestic violence and sexual
assault hotline. The volunteers respond in-person to requests from victims and survivors after completing a 39-hour
advocate training program. An additional 12-hour program for sexual assault advocacy training is also offered. For more
information and to request an application packet, call 503-232-4176. Court advocates also needed weekdays to assist
in Multnomah and Clackamas County courthouses. To volunteer, call 503-232-4190.
tions.
American Foundation for V ision Awareness
“Vision problems can be misinterpreted as
statistics show that 80 percent o f learning at
learning
problems and, if not corrected, can
tained during the first 12 years of life arrives
cause
lifelong
reading difficulties, so we are
thorough visual means.
encouraging
community
members to make
So when poor childhood vision goes unde
scheduling
an
vision
screening
a regular part
tected, low academic grades and social stigma
o
f
their
fam
ily’s
back
to
school
routine,”
can be the result.
Fletcher
said.
Because vision problems can drastically
To make an appointment for a free vision
hinder a child’s progress in school, staff phy
screening
near you, call 503-357-5800.
sicians at Pacific University’s College of O p
tometry recommend that
c h ild re n have v isio n
screenings prior to or
early in the school year.
The college offers free
vision screenings for in
fants and children at its
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of Optometry, who added
that debilitating illnesses
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