August 7, 2019
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In the Penal Colony
amazing events all sum-
– Portland Opera pres-
mer long for both kids
ents ‘In the Penal Colony,’
and adults, including mov-
a play that exposes a nightmarish
ies, concerts, free lunch and play
machine of executions. Now playing
events and more. For details, a guide is
through Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Hampton Opera Cen- posted online at portlandoregon.gov/parks.
ter, 211 S.E. Caruthers St. For tickets and more infor- Read for Fun and Prizes – Multnomah County en-
mation, visit portlandoper.org.
courages kids to read for fun and prizes this summer.
Courage and Cleverness – Miss Trunchbull hates The annual Summer Reading program is in full swing
children and just loves
at all branch libraries. To help grow interest, the library
thinking up new pun-
also offers dozens of free summer reading events,
ishments for those
camps and classes to keep youth of all ages playing and
who don’t abide by her
learning.
rules. But Matilda, has
Norman Sylvester Band – The Norman Sylvester
courage and cleverness
Band plays Thursday, Aug. 8 at noon in the Franz Can-
in equal amounts and
cer Center courtyard at Providence Hospital; Saturday,
could be the school pu-
Aug. 10 at the Spare Room; Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Ele-
pils’ saving grace. ‘Matilda, The Musical,’ based on the phant Garlic Festival in North Plains; Saturday, Aug. 17
beloved children’s novel, is now playing through Aug. at 9 p.m. for the Canby Boogie Fest; and Sunday, Aug.
18 at the Lakewood Center for the Arts in Lake Oswe- 18 at 6 p.m. at Millennium Plaza Park in Lake Oswego..
go.
Twilight Tuesday – The Oregon Zoo is staying open
Beer Auction to End Youth Homelessness – New late for a special Twilight Tuesday extra on Aug. 20
Avenues for Youth, a nonprofit helping prevent and in- featuring animals that are active at dusk, fun activities
tervene in youth homelessness invites the community for families, food and beverages from local vendors and
to a beer tasting event and live beer auction fundraiser live entertainment. The festivities will begin at 4 p.m.
with more than 50 different breweries to support the and last until 8 p.m.
group’s mission. The event will be held Saturday, Aug.
10 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Leftbank Annex, 10 Summer at the Square – This month Pioneer Court-
N. Weidler and Broadway. For more information, visit house Square, downtown, is offering free weekly sum-
mer events, including Noon Tunes concerts on Tues-
newavenues.org.
days, wellness activities on Wednesdays and Flicks on
Summer Free for All – Portland Parks and Recre- the Bricks movies on Friday evenings.
ation’s “Summer Free for All” series is back with
Vaccines Save Lives
C ontinueD froM p age 9
health disparities, and they are one
of the greatest successes in pub-
lic health and modern medicine.
From 1994 to 2016, childhood
immunizations prevented an esti-
mated 281 million child illnesses,
855,000 child deaths, and nearly
$1.65 trillion in health care costs.
Every dollar invested in vaccina-
tion yields $3 in direct benefits
and $10 in benefits when societal
costs are included. They also save
money for states and localities,
which shoulder the often high cost
of tracking and treating those who
are infected. For instance, measles
costs an average of $32,000 per
case.
Measles is a very good case
study in the benefits of vaccines.
Before the vaccine was intro-
duced in 1963, measles killed
approximately 400-500 Ameri-
can children every year. Measles
can result in severe and lifelong
health consequences for those
who do survive. It is also high-
ly contagious—so much so that
an unvaccinated person walking
through a room up to two hours
after someone with measles has
left has about a 90 percent chance
of getting sick.
The very young face height-
ened risk: most infants do not get
their first measles vaccine until
they are about one year old, and
the consequences of infection can
be particularly severe in babies
and young children. A third of all
measles cases in the current U.S.
outbreaks occurred in children
younger than five, and most were
children under age 18 who had not
been fully vaccinated.
The trend towards vaccine hes-
itancy and refusal has grown glob-
ally in recent years as misinforma-
tion about the safety of vaccines
are shared by members of the an-
ti-vaccination or “anti-vax” move-
ment on the internet and social
media have sown seeds of doubt
in parents around the world. But
we must not allow misinformation
and fear to drag a new generation
of children backwards into danger.
With the start of a new school
year around the corner, it’s crit-
ical for parents and guardians to
make sure their children are up to
date on vaccines. The science is
clear: vaccines work. Vaccine pre-
ventable diseases are dangerous
and can be deadly. Quick action
must be taken on multiple fronts
to slow, halt, or eliminate disease
outbreaks in the U.S. and abroad.
Our children’s lives depend on it.
Marian Wright Edelman is
founder and president emerita of
the Children’s Defense Fund.
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