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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 10, 2015 Local doctor opens new wellness clinic Dr. Mary Gabriele begins new endeavor for family medicine BY JON STINNETT Cottage Grove Sentinel Grants help local non-profi ts upgrade infrastructure Opal Center for Arts and Education and Bohemia Mining Days receive money A local family prac- titioner said that a desire to spend more time with her patients has led her to strike out on her own. Mary Gabriele, MD, who grew up in Connecticut and practiced at PeaceHealth Community Medical Center in Cottage Grove beginning in 2008, said she wanted to “spend more time with pa- tients,” which led her to open Gabriele Wellness Clinic at 1260 East Main St. in Sep- tember. “PeaceHealth was too demanding,” Gabriele said. “I don’t like to race people through.” Gabriele, who also worked at Sunshine General Store before beginning medical school, described her new endeavor as a “family medi- cine and functional medical practice” for patients age 12 and up. Services include well-pa- tient physical exams and treat- 3A BY JON STINNETT Cottage Grove Sentinel photo by Jon Stinnett Dr. Mary Gabriele's new clinic is located at 1260 E. Main St. in Cottage Grove. ment of various complaints, including irritable bowel syndrome, high blood pressure and thyroid issues. Gabriele said business has been brisk so far. The clinic employs two people — front- desk/scheduler Mary Hen- dricks and LaMer Steptoe, LPN, nurse and scheduler. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the clinic can be reached by phone at 541-649-1450. Two Cottage Grove-based non-profi ts plan to utilize grant funding from the Oregon Com- munity Foundation to upgrade their infrastructure. Kathyrn Porter, a Foundation representative, told the Sentinel last week that the Opal Center for Arts and Education and Cot- tage Grove’s Bohemia Mining Days Festival were named as recipients of $4,000 and $2,500 grants, respectively. Porter said the OCF program, which offers grant opportunities to small arts organizations with budgets under $100,000, is of- fered once a year. Opal Center Director Leah Murray said the funds will be used to augment the equipment in its theater, located at 513 Main St. in downtown Cottage Grove, which hosts children’s productions of the Storybook Theater, an annual Halloween mash-up and other productions. “The goal of this project is to upgrade our technologies and equipment to make our systems easier to use for anyone wishing to use the Opal Center,” Murray said. She said the center has older sound and lighting boards but no dedicated computer system to control them, which means that sound and lighting projects must be created from scratch manually for each production “This project will include the purchase of a gently used iMac and QLabs Pro software,” she said. “This will allow us to cre- ate and control a performance lighting and sound program relatively easily. We will also purchase new lights that will be LED.” As part of a three-year stra- tegic plan, the theater also up- dated the look of its frontage and purchased and installed new seats last month. Meanwhile, Bohemia Mining Days Interim Coordinator Cin- dy Weeldreyer said the $2,500 grant was “inspired by a collab- orative process that began last November.” “The BMD Heritage Asso- ciation took the lead … to invite other community event organiz- ers to work more collaboratively to share resources that support all of our organizations,” Weel- dreyer said. “We began a … process that lasted for months at the beginning of this year to apply to OCF’s larger Commu- nity Grant Program to purchase tables, chairs and shade cover- ings.” She added, “We committed that if our request was funded we will share the electrical spi- der boxes and shade canopies with other community event producing organizations. All of the community event organizers would benefi t from more tables, chairs and a newer, lightweight performance stage. These are the big-ticket items we hope to get funded through the OCF Com- munity Grant in the future.” It’s not like her. Mom has always been so patient, but now when I ask her questions she gets angry. We can help. Call us with questions about aging and Alzheimers. 1-855-ORE-ADRC HelpForAlz.org OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM
