4A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 25, 2015
O PINION
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
re: Clinic
Thank you for the wonderful
newspaper article about the open-
ing of my medical practice here
in Cottage Grove ("Local doctor
opens new wellness clinic," Nov.
11 Sentinel.)
I would like to make a correction
as I do not want to disparage my
former employer: My experience
with PeaceHealth was overall a
positive one. No one there ever ad-
vised me to 'race people through.'
However, my approach is differ-
ent in that I fi nd it more satisfy-
ing to spend more time with my
patients."
Mary Gabriele, MD
Cottage Grove
re: Cycling
I read with great interest your re-
cent article “Bikes Bring Business”
describing the $1.4 million and 18
jobs economic impact in 2014 of
the Covered Bridges Scenic Bike-
way. I also took the time to read
the actual report and would like
to note a few things. First, though
economic surveys can be diffi cult,
this was quite a robust effort and
about as good as they get. Even the
skeptic who reduces the estimates
50 percent can't escape it still being
a signifi cant economic boost.
Second is that at a benefi t of
$1.4 million and 8400 visitors,
that comes to a $167 boost per
rider, a fi gure worth remember-
ing as we consider improvements
to the city and the trail to make it
more accommodating and safe for
bicyclists. For example, the long-
lasting trail tunnel and other road
crossing improvements cost less
than the area received in economic
benefi t in the fi rst year alone.
Third is the report details that
38 percent of those who stayed
overnight and rode the trail came
here for another reason as well.
The overnighters have a much
bigger portion (84 percent) of the
total economic impact. The trail
is a natural partner for the other
community events like Bohemia
Mining Days, the Chili Cook Off,
WOE, car shows, etc. Those of us
wishing to promote bicycling in the
area would do well to help promote
these other events and vice versa.
We are very fortunate that so many
people in this community are al-
ready generous in their support of
a healthy and vibrant community.
Together we have the opportuni-
ty to support healthy activities such
as bicycling and a host of commu-
nity events, multiplying the bene-
fi ts of each alone. With this mutual
support we make our own lives and
our community healthier in many
ways, including economically.
Jim Harrison
Cottage Grove
Offbeat Oregon History
Monmouth’s 150-year tradition of
Prohibition in Oregon
BY FINN J.D. JOHN
For the Sentinel
O
n May 18, 2010, a select group
of Oregonians became the last
voters in the history of the western
United States to vote on a repeal of
Prohibition.
This wasn’t marijuana prohibition
— it was the old 1920s kind: speak-
easies, blind pigs, the Volstead Act,
the W.C.T.U. The kind of Prohibition
that was repealed everywhere else in
the western U.S. in (or not long after)
1933. You see, alone among all the
towns and cities of every U.S. state
west of the Mississippi River, the town
of Monmouth, Oregon, still outlawed
the sale of ardent spirits — as it had for
150 years.
The proponents of repeal had a pret-
ty compelling argument. Monmouth
had already legalized sales of beer and
wine, back in 2002. Continuing to hold
the line against hard-liquor sales was
pointless, and it was holding back busi-
ness for the town’s restaurants.
But on the other side, very few of
the voices raised in support of the old
dry-law came from the traditional tem-
perance movement. Most of the “no”
votes came from residents who simply
thought it was cool that they lived in
the only remaining “dry” town west of
the Mississippi River.
Monmouth had been a dry town
since its earliest founding back in the
late 1850s — until 2002, bone-dry. The
town was settled by a religious com-
munity of members of the Disciples
of Christ Church from Monmouth, Ill.,
who arrived in 1852 and started map-
ping out a Christian Utopia in the wil-
derness. They built a big church, found-
ed Monmouth University (now Western
Oregon University), and turned to the
work of making for themselves a new
life of working hard and living right in
a fresh new land.
But then, in 1858, the serpent slipped
into their Garden of Eden in the form
of a storekeeper named Raphael Lande.
Lande, it appears, had borrowed heav-
ily from the hard-eyed Yankee traders
of Portland — Ladd, Reed & Co., spe-
cifi cally — to open a mercantile store
in Monmouth, stocked with plenty
of liquor. He must have anticipated a
booming business, because he stuffed
the place with $2,500 to $3,000 worth
— that’s $65,000 to $80,000 in modern
coin.
Lande soon found himself trapped
hopelessly between his wholesalers in
Portland — who no doubt badly want-
ed to open a distribution channel in the
new town — and the equally adamant
city fathers. To his dismay he soon
learned that his business had prompted
virtually every Monmouth family to
join together in a petition to the state
Legislature for a city charter, with the
express intention of using the power it
would give them to run Lande and his
den of iniquity out of town.
Immediately upon receiving the
charter in January 1859, the newly in-
corporated city promulgated a Prohibi-
tion ordinance. Lande sued, but to no
avail; the city ordinance permitted the
townsfolk to seize his $80,000 rotgut
stash and dump it in the gutter if he
didn’t pack it out of town forthwith.
This he appears to have neglected to
do, or perhaps he’d hoped to call their
bluff. Although historian Kyle Jans-
son was unable to fi nd any record of
the action, he did fi nd out that Lande’s
properties were foreclosed on just one
year later to pay off Ladd, Reed & Co.
— something that surely wouldn’t have
been necessary if he’d had the sense to
move his inventory out of harm’s way.
Lande’s departure marked the begin-
ning of a 150-year run for Monmouth
as a dry town. Monmouth was bone-
dry throughout the 1870s, when the
temperance movement was growing in
strength and the church-going ladies of
Portland were bearding the liquor-ped-
dling lion in his very den by donning
their Sunday best and gathering for
temperance pray-ins in Stumptown’s
seediest and loathliest tippling houses
and rum joints. In 1883 Monmouth
formed one of Oregon’s fi rst Women’s
Christian Temperance Union chapters
(and one of its most long-lasting as
well; it remained an important force in
Monmouth well into the 1970s).
Meanwhile, just two miles away
to the east, a very different town had
sprung up on the banks of the Wil-
lamette River. Founded by a far more
freewheeling group of settlers, the town
of Independence was everything Mon-
mouth was not when it came to alcohol
policy. Independence’s fi rst business
had been a saloon, and plenty more had
followed. By the 20th century, Indepen-
dence had already started taking on the
role of Monmouth’s municipal liquor
cabinet, for residents whose personal
habits didn’t line up with their town’s
offi cial policies.
The contrast between the two towns
was startling. In 1914, when the fi rst
successful statewide Prohibition vote
was held, Independence voted no by a
58—percent margin, while the rest of
Polk County (including Monmouth)
went for it 2 to 1. And again, in 1933
when Prohibition was repealed, 62
percent of Monmouth voters voted
no, whereas the rest of the state over-
whelmingly voted yes — again, by a 2
to 1 margin.
Following the end of nationwide Pro-
hibition, a small but growing minority
in Monmouth started trying to change
things. In 1936, 1950, 1954 and 1976
they gave it the old college try, only to
be rebuffed by a majority of citizens
who preferred to keep things as they
were. In 1976 they were slapped down
by a 4-to-1 margin.
In 1967, the Oregon legislature voted
to cut off Monmouth’s liquor-tax rev-
enue, reasoning that it wasn’t contrib-
uting, so why should it benefi t? But,
of course, Monmouth was contributing
plenty; its citizens were simply driving
a mile down the road to Independence.
The city attorney successfully argued
that although Monmouth might not
be selling the liquor, Monmouth resi-
dents were defi nitely drinking it — and
showed the law-enforcement statistics
to prove it. The state backed down and
Please see OFFBEAT, Page 10A
How to prevent acne with a better diet
BY JOEL FUHRMAN, MD
For the Sentinel
A
cne is the most common
skin condition in the
U.S. About 85 percent of people
in the West-
ern world
experience
acne during
their teen-
age years,
but it can
occur at any
age. Acne
is
more
than just pimples and it can
leave permanent scars. In many
people, acne can seriously affect
quality of life, causing low self-
esteem, withdrawal from social
situations, anxiety and depres-
sion.
A pimple or lesion forms
when a pore in the skin begins
to clog with old, dead skin cells.
Usually these cells are simply
shed from the surface of the
skin, but if too much oil is be-
ing produced, the dead cells
can stick together and become
trapped inside the pore. Bacteria
also play a role; they can grow
and multiply inside the pore, re-
sulting in infl ammation.
Scientifi c studies have dem-
onstrated that the diet is very
important, because what we eat
can affect the hormones that
contribute to the oil production,
hyperproliferation and infl am-
mation that cause acne. The two
acne-promoting dietary factors
that have been most extensively
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studied are dairy products and
high glycemic load foods. These
factors infl uence hormonal and
infl ammatory factors increasing
acne prevalence and severity.
Hormonal infl uences that raise
insulin and insulin-like growth
factor 1 (IGF-1) levels are key.
Elevated IGF-1 levels lead to
changes in gene expression that
cause infl ammation, hormonal
changes, increased oil produc-
tion and development of acne
lesions. Of important concern is
that the same hormonal milieu
of high IGF-1 and high insulin
also promotes breast and pros-
tate cancer, so it is important to
maintain a diet that is hormon-
ally favorable all through life.
In addition to dairy and high
glycemic foods, excessive oil
production by the skin can be
exacerbated by oil intake. Vege-
table oils drives omega-6 intake
up, which have pro-infl ammato-
ry effects, and high omega-6 in-
take is associated with the devel-
opment of acne. The effects of
oil intake on acne is exacerbat-
ed by the consumption of high
glycemic carbohydrates, such
as commercial baked goods.
Higher intake of omega-3 fatty
acids is associated with reduced
likelihood of acne, as omega-3s
counteract the pro-infl amma-
tory processes that drive acne.
Just because overeating nuts
and oil (especially peanuts and
peanut butter) can contribute to
sebum production and acne does
not mean nuts and seeds need to
be eliminated from the diet to
help acne. It is the combination
of the glycemic load of the diet
and other hormonal promoters
acting together to produce acne.
So excessive intake of fat may
increase sebum production, but
this tendency is permitted and
exacerbated by the glycemic ef-
fect of the diet. When your diet
has more beans, greens, seeds,
onions and mushrooms and is
free of high glycemic carbohy-
drates, it can tolerate more fat,
without any acne-promoting ef-
fects on sebum production, be-
cause the antioxidant and phy-
tochemical exposure is higher,
and the glycemic load of the diet
is lower. So up to two ounces of
raw nuts and seeds can generally
be eaten by those on an oil-free
high-nutrient (Nutritarian) diet
without creating acne. But once
you start eating refi ned and high
glycemic carbohydrates, your
body will be more sensitive to
the fat in your diet, maybe even
from nuts.
The two most important hor-
monal factors that drive acne are
IGF-1 and insulin. In addition to
avoiding oils, to prevent or re-
solve acne, avoid dairy products
and high-glycemic load foods,
especially sweeteners and com-
mercial baked goods and make
sure to get an adequate supply
of micronutrients. Remember,
high glycemic carbohydrates
can raise both insulin and IGF-
1.
Protein intake is the major
factor that determines circu-
lating IGF-1 levels, especially
protein from dairy products. A
three-year prospective study of
9-15 year old girls found a 20
percent increase in acne preva-
lence in girls that had two or
more servings of milk per day
compared to less than one per
week. This association held
true for total, whole, low fat and
skim milk. The same research-
ers found a similar association
in boys who drank skim milk
(milk highest in protein). Fur-
thermore, in the Nurses’ Health
Study, dairy products eaten dur-
ing high school were associated
with acne during women’s teen-
age years.
Glycemic load (GL) is a mea-
sure of the effect of a certain
food on blood glucose levels.
High-GL foods like refi ned car-
bohydrates produce dangerous
spikes in blood glucose, lead-
ing to excessive insulin levels
in the blood (hyperinsulinemia),
which contribute to diabetes,
heart disease, and several can-
cers. Hyperinsulinemia not only
promotes infl ammation but also
raises IGF-1 levels, further con-
tributing to acne. A low glyce-
mic load diet has been shown
to improve acne symptoms, and
decrease IGF-1 and skin oil pro-
duction in several studies.
Blood levels of zinc, ca-
rotenoids, and vitamin E are
known to be lower in acne pa-
tients compared to those with-
out acne, suggesting that main-
taining micronutrient adequacy
may help to prevent acne. Ca-
rotenoids are abundant in green
and orange vegetables, and vi-
tamin E is abundant in nuts and
seeds. Although pumpkin seeds
and hemp seeds are rich in zinc,
zinc absorption effi ciency may
be low on a plant-based diet,
so a multivitamin and mineral
supplement is recommended to
assure optimal levels of zinc, io-
dine, vitamin D and B12.
Hundreds of people with se-
vere acne, of all ages have re-
solved their acne, and gained a
healthy colorful glow to their
skin with a Nutritarian diet. Not
only does the richness in anti-
oxidants protect against acne,
but it gives skin a healthy color
and more youthful appearance
as one ages.
Dr. Fuhrman is a #1 New York
Times best-selling author and a
family physician specializing in
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