^Jortlanb Observer
September 7, 2011
Page 7
Festival for Health and Happiness
Muddy Boot
promotes
sustainable living
The M uddy B oot Festival, a three-day
grassroots celebration in southeast P o rt­
land that prom otes sustainable living, will
kick o ff Friday, Sept. 9 w ith a 7 p.m . keynote
address by Joel M akow er, executive editor
ofG reenB iz.com .
A s a w r ite r ,
speaker, and strat­
egist on corporate
e n v iro n m e n ta l
p ra c tic e s , c le a n
te c h n o lo g y , and
green m arketing,
he has helped a
wide range o f com ­
panies align e n v i­
r o n m e n ta l
re ­
sponsibility w ith
core strategy and
j Oel Makower
b u sin ess success.
T h e fe stiv a l m o v e s o u td o o rs o n S a tu r­
d ay an d S u n d a y , S ep t. 10-11, at St. P h ilip
N eri, 2 4 0 8 S .E . 16th A v e, w ith liv e m u sic
fro m lo cal b a n d s an d a rtis ts in c lu d in g
T a p W a te r, th e F rea k M o u n ta in R a m b le rs,
K eep Y o u r F o rk , T h e r e ’s Pie an d C o lle e n
R an e y .
S u sta in a b ly p ro d u c e d fo o d , b e e r an d
w in e; d iscu ssio n p an els, ed u ca tio n a l w o rk ­
sh o p s an d o th e r fun a c tiv itie s fo r fa m ilie s
an d c h ild re n are p la n n e d all w e ek e n d . In ­
fo rm a tio n and m e rc h a n d ise a v a ila b le from
m o re th an 7 0 lo cal v e n d o rs and e x h ib ito rs
w ill a lso be a v a ila b le .
T h is y e a r 's th e m e is “ H e alth + H a p p i­
n e ss: S u sta in in g V ib ra n t C o m m u n itie s ,”
fro m h e a lth y e a tin g to the h e alth o f o u r
The Freak Mountain Rambles perform at southeast Portland’s Muddy Boot Festi­
val. The sixth annual event returns Friday for a weekend of music, food and
beverages.
e c o n o m y an d e v e ry th in g in b etw een .
T ic k e ts to th e o u td o o r fe stiv al are $5 in
a d v a n c e an d $7 at th e d o o r. K ids u n d e r 12
y e a rs o f age m ay a tte n d fo r free. T ic k e ts
an d e v e n t d e ta ils are a v a ila b le th ro u g h
th e M u d d y B o o t F e s tiv a l w e b s ite at
m u d d y b o o t.o rg .
Know the Symptoms of Stroke to Save Lives
Prompt
treatment key
to preventing
damage
W hen C raig M iller, a 37-year-old
arrived at his church one Sunday
m orning, he had no idea that he
w ould suffer a stroke that day.
‘ ‘I never could have imagined it. I had
just run three miles the morning o f the
stroke and played golf the day before -
I was feeling good,” said Miller, the
minister of music at his Charleston, S.C.
church. “Now, I know that my high
blood pressure and diabetes were major
risk factors for stroke.”
E ach year, 780,000 A m ericans
suffer a stroke. It is the third leading
cause o f death and the leading cause
o f long-term disability in the U nited
S tates. F o r A frica n A m e ric an s,
stroke is m ore com m on and m ore
deadly - even in young and m iddle-
aged adults - than for any other
ethnic or racial group in the country.
In addition, A frican A m ericans su f­
fer m ore severe strokes than w hite
A m ericans and have a hig h er inci­
dence o f the m anageable stroke risk
factors, including high blood pres­
sure and cigarette sm oking.
Yet m any people do not know the
sym ptom s or w hat to do w hen they
w itness som eone having a stroke.
“ I w as playing the organ and felt
disoriented. I co u ld n ’t get m y left
hand to connect w ith m y face as I
o x y g e n an d n u trie n ts p ro v id e d by
b lo o d . B ecau se stro k e in ju re s the
b ra in , a p e rso n h av in g a stro k e ,
m ay not re a liz e w h at is h a p p e n ­
ing. B ut, to a b y sta n d e r, th e sig n s
o f a stro k e are d istin c t. A c c o rd ­
ing to the N atio n al In stitu te s o f
H e alth , sy m p to m s in clu d e: S u d ­
d en n u m b n e ss o r w e ak n e ss o f the
face, arm o r leg (e sp e c ia lly on one
sid e o f th e b o d y ); su d d en c o n fu ­
sio n , tro u b le sp e a k in g o r u n d e r­
sta n d in g sp ee c h ; su d d en tro u b le
see in g in o n e o r b o th e y es; s u d ­
den tro u b le w a lk in g , d iz z in e ss o r
loss o f b a la n c e o r c o o rd in a tio n ;
an d su d d e n sev e re h e a d a c h e w ith
no k n o w n c au se .
P ro m p t tre a tm e n t can d ra m a ti­
c a lly d e c re a se o r ev en p re v e n t
lo n g -te rm d is a b ilitie s c a u se d by a
stro k e . K n o w in g the sy m p to m s,
m ak in g n o te o f the tim e o f the first
s y m p to m s , a n d g e ttin g to th e
h o sp ita l q u ic k ly by c a llin g 9-1-1
can h e lp p re v e n t serio u s lo n g ­
term d isa b ility .
M ak in g lifesty le ch an g es can
help prevent stroke. R isk factors for
stroke include: high blood pressure,
diabetes, sm oking, heart disease,
fam ily history o f stroke, high ch o ­
lesterol and being overw eight.
-National Institutes of Health
Dentures Worth
Smiling About!
Craig Miller got quick treatment for a stroke he suffered during
church one Sunday thanks to a member in the congregation who
noticed he was disoriented while playing the church organ and
summoned help. Knowing the symptoms o f stroke is key to
getting prompt treatment and limiting long-term damage.
tried to w ipe m y fo reh ead ,” said
M iller. “A m em ber in the co n g reg a­
tion noticed that I w as acting strange
and sum m oned for h elp .”
“ I ’m lucky that m y sym ptom s
w ere recognized as those o f a stroke,
that som eone called 9-1-1 quickly,
and that I w as treated at an ex p eri­
enced stroke cen ter,” he added.
A stro k e o c c u rs w h en b lo o d
flo w to th e b ra in is in te rru p te d .
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