February 18, 2015
The
Portland Observer Black
Arts &
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Entertainment
Trail Reopens after Repairs
Four years of fencing and
barriers have fallen away as
Vancouver's popular Water-
front Renaissance Trail has
reopened to the public.
When snowmelt and heavy
rain drove the Columbia River
to flood levels in 2011, two
sections of the trail were lost.
The city of Vancouver installed
barricades and fencing for pub-
lic safety, blocking off a long
stretch of trail regularly used
by walkers, runners, parents
with strollers, seniors with dogs,
and more.
The structural damage and
natural forces to be addressed
were complex, as were the
environmental regulatory re-
quirements. To add to that,
erosion continued to tear away
the trail's foundation, raising
further issues.
Now -- 370 coniferous root
wads, more than 2,500 trees
and shrubs, 16,000 tons of rock,
and numerous local, state and
federal permits later -- the city
has reopened the trail, marking
a community and engineering
success.
An aerial view of
Vancouver’s Waterfront
Renaissance Trail as
repairs near completion.
Q
A
Dr. Billy R. Flowers
Part 1. CHIROPRACTIC: For the best in
natural healing, hearing is believing.
: How did Chiropractic care come To relieve the patient’s pain and reposi- making sure that the spinal column is
about?
tion the vertebra, Dr. Palmer placed him in correct alignment, Chiropractors
on a table and pushed down on his back, eliminate any possible interference,
: Spinal manipulations have been
performing a spinal manipulation or “ad- which would prevent the central ner-
practiced for over 2,500 years.
justment.” He performed this adjustment vous system from keeping the body
Hippocrates, the “Father of Medicine,”
three days in a row. By the third day, not functioning the way nature, intended.
advised: “look well to the spine for the
To find out how Chiropractic might
only had the patient’s back pain disap-
cause of disease.” But modern Chiro-
peared, his hearing reappeared. Today’s be able to help you or for answers to
practic came of age back in 1895. In
Chiropractors know that the central ner- any questions you might have about
Davenport, Iowa, a patient came to Dr.
vous system (housed within the body’s your health, please feel free to call us
D.D. Palmer complaining of back pain.
spinal column) provides the energy, at the phone number shown below.
This patient had also been nearly deaf
which governs all bodily functions. By
since suffering a back injury 17 years
earlier. Dr. Palmer noticed a bump on
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was related to a dislocated vertebra.