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C areer & E ducation
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King Elementary students Ashley Cooper (left) and Kiasha Causey get a helping hand from Harriette Jackson, school assistant principal. See related photo on page B4.
Students Prepare for Financial Success
Incentive starts
with savings
account
Students in a financial literacy
class at King School received an
incentive to start a savings account:
a match of up to $50.
Sixth- and seventh-graders were
awarded the certificates for the dol-
lar-for-dollar match from Bank of
the West last month a, the comple-
tion of four classes on money man­
agement.
A Bank of the West volunteer
taught the course. Topics included
the basics of banking, budgeting and
the power of credit and investing.
The kids addressed financial basics,
including needs versus wants, earn­
ing versus receiving, and checking
and saving.
The course was offered through
Banking on Our Future, a program
o f Operation Hope Inc.
More than 188,(HK) fourth- through
12th-graders from throughout the
country have participated in the
program since its inception in
1996. Classes also are being held at
Sabin and Jason Lee elementary
schools, and Franklin High School.
O ther local Banking on Our Future
partners are W ells Fargo Bank,
Umpqua Bank. Union Bank of Cali­
fornia and Washington Mutual.
Physical Therapist
in Growing Profession
Allied health field tries to keep up with demand
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The average football player retires at 40, and a
typical ballet dancer will hangs up their shoes
around 35. What they have in common with each
other, and the rest of us, is that their beat up bodies
can benefit from physical therapy.
Practitioners of physical therapy know that while
most Americans aren't professional athletes and
don’t retire until mid 60s. anyone can sustain injuries
to their knees, neck, back and joints through every­
day activities.
David McHenry, a doctor of physical therapy,
directs Therapeutic Associates at 4829 N.E. Mar­
tin Luther King Jr. Blvd. McHenry was drawn to
Physical therapist David
McHenry leads a profession that is
growing, with demand for services
outpacing the output from physical
therapy schools. His new clinic is
located at 4829 N.E. Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd.
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the profession after college football injuries landed
him in the training room time after time.
After spending several years getting rehabili­
tated, he pursued a career in physical therapy, and
moved to Oregon from Pennsylvania while on
clinical his rotations at a clinic in Eugene.
“This is like getting paid to be at recess," he said.
“I'm on my feet all day, helping people."
This is McHenry’s fifth year of practice, and last
September his clinic relocated from North Inter­
state and Ainsworth, where he operated for three
and a half years, to the MLK site. The clinic houses
two physical therapists and one massage therapist.
McHenry believes a physical therapy approach to
sprains and pains is a great alternative to needles,
medication and surgery.
Physical therapy originated in China, circa 3000
BC, and continues to grow as a profession in the
states, where young people and baby boomers alike
benefit from the simple joint manipulation, massage
and strengthening exercises.
According to the Oregon physical therapy licens­
ing board, there are 3,000 physical therapists prac­
ticing in the state, along with 954 assistants. But
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