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May 18. 2005
Tough
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Nails
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Brent Dixon o f the Blazer Boys and Girls Club in northeast
Portland gets a chance to discuss local education issues
with Portland Mayor Tom Potter.
Talking Schools
with the Mayor
Blazer Boys and G irls Club
m em bers Brent D ixon and C leo
Josey recently met with M ayor
T om Potter and the Portland City
C ouncil to discuss issues im por
tant to their north and northeast
Portland neighborhoods.
Dixon expressed concerns over
the m ergers o f W hitaker and
T ubm an M iddle S chools into
Jefferson High School. The plan
has been put on hold for more
study.
D uring his tim e at the Blazers
C lub on N ortheast M artin Luther
King Jr. Boulevard, Dixon has
been a m em ber o f the basketball
team and is applying to becom e
an Y N et reporter this sum m er,
along with A dventures in T elevi
sion, and the c lu b ’s radio show.
Josey is the Blazers Club Youth
o f the Y ear for Education and
C areer D evelopm ent. H er con
cerns before the local govern
m ent officials w ere the academ ic
differences betw een public and
private schools.
She said 8th grade classroom
work in private school is not taught
in m any public schools until the
ju n io r year in high school. Josey
takes part in the clu b ’s City C oun
cil Kids program, the Tourch Club,
Poetry and Spoken W ord G roup,
and is learning the French lan
guage.
T o find out more about the Boys
and G irls Clubs o f Portland visit
w w w .bgcportland.org or call 503-
232-0077.
from Front
the salon is required to dispose o f
them.
If the nail salon w orker uses the
sam e im plem ents on you that they
did the last custom er, leave. All
businesses need to be held account
able for their illegal endeavors.
The toenail spacers that are used
to prevent m essy paint jo b s are
often used on more than one c u s
tom er. W ithout proper sanitation
betw een custom ers, this practice
can lead to ath lete’s foot.
A crylic nails that turn green due
to fungus could be the result o f
dirty utensils or w ater entering the
area in betw een the real and acrylic
nail. T he glue that is applied to
bond the real to the acrylic nail may
not be up to par.
U tensils that m ust be sanitized
betw een uses are not allow ed to be
at the m anicurist w orkstation b e
cause o f the risk o f them being used
on another custom er w ithout being
disinfected.
As w ith any place people are
touching acustom ers foods or body
parts, the w orker needs to wash
their hands. W ould you continue
to be a loyal custom er o f a restau
rant or a patient in a d o cto r’s office,
if the utensils w ere dirty? W hy
should you be any less cautious
with your nails?
A ccording to state regulators,
safety versus price is w hat a cus
tom er needs to consider out when
The files and emery
boards used at local nail
shops to make a “nice
s e t” o f nails must be
discarded after use,
according to the State
Health Licensing Office,
the agency that regu
lates the industry.
photos bv I saiah B o iie /
T he P ortland O bserver
evaluating com peting nail shops.
A very low price is often an indica
to r o f poor quality.
The going rate locally for a fill-in
is betw een $12-15 and for a full-set
is $ 18-25. In that price range, each
nail tech a uses about $2 w orth o f
d isp o sab le p roducts. Som e nail
sa lo n s in d o w n to w n P o rtla n d
charge $25 for a ft 11 and alm ost $50
for a full set.
I f you b e lie v e you m ay h av e
been in ju red as a re su lt o f a nai
se rv ic e, you h av e th e rig h t to file
a w ritte n c o m p la in t w ith the
H ealth L ic en sin g O ffic e. C om
p l a i n t f o r m s a v a i l a b l e al
w w w .h lo .sta te .o r.u s.
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