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4A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL April 6, 2016 O PINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A process worthy of our community We’ve already heard some informa- tion on why the school bond measure is good for our schools and community, such as the construction of a much- needed new elementary school, funding for maintenance projects to protect our investment in buildings and infrastruc- ture, upgrades to ensure the safety and security of our kids and investment in technology upgrades to give our stu- dents the tools for success. But what we’ve heard less about is how the School District planned and executed a near-perfect community process to arrive at the current bond pri- orities. They formed a Bond Advisory Committee comprised of 50 people from all across the community, includ- ing parents, teachers, business people, school district staff, city and nonprofi t leaders, builders and more. This group met many times to discuss and ultimate- ly recommend to the school board the priority projects for the bond and amaz- ingly came to a unanimous recommen- dation regarding the four top priority items mentioned above. The District conducted a community survey to gauge citizen support for the bond and for particular funding priori- ties. They formed a 22-member Design Planning Committee to work with ar- chitects on the new school design and other projects. They conducted numer- ous community conversations to engage the public, and Superintendent Krista Parent met with over 45 groups to pres- ent on the effort. Tours were arranged so that residents could view the current Harrison School. Everything was made available on the school district web- site. Information was made available to the Sentinel and other news outlets to make sure that anyone that wanted to know about the bond could learn what they needed to cast an informed vote. We couldn’t hope for a better process to involve our community in the plan- ning of this bond, and the quality of the proposal shows it. This bond deserves our support. Rob Dickinson Cottage Grove Fixing the sign As you are no doubt aware, the Odd Fellows’ historic neon I.O.O.F. sign has been hanging over Main Street for many decades. Some years back, the sign malfunctioned, rendering the lower half incapable of illumination, and resulting in the sign being switched off. Your readers can now see that the sign has been repaired and is once again glowing happily over Main Street -- which we, of course, consider a much- improved state of affairs. The sign was the ultimate benefi ciary of not only a great deal of helpful information and advice from Amanda Ferguson with the City of Cottage Grove, but also a much- appreciated Historic Renovation Grant from the Cottage Grove Historic Land- mark Commission. Therefore, on behalf of the offi cers and members of the Cottage Grove Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, I would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Amanda Ferguson, the City of Cottage Grove, and the Cot- tage Grove Historic Landmark Com- mission for their invaluable assistance throughout the process of renovating the Lodge’s neon sign. Jake Boone Secretary, Cottage Grove Lodge No. 68, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Seniors vote for School Bond As a real baby boomer, I am voting for the South Lane School bond issue. When I moved to Cottage Grove, older people had prepared schools for our children to attend. Now it is our turn to provide quality facilities for the current and future crops of children. The old folks have the money. The young folks have the kids. We gray hairs have al- ways left a legacy for the younger gen- erations. We are doing so again. I have served for a year on the Build It For Kids committee as treasurer to as- sure we get good value. I have seen the integrity of the school staff and others in the planning process. Harrison School is the kind of school I attended. It’s done for! The current plan is to remove the worn-out classrooms and keep the gym, kitchen and restrooms with mini- mal upgrades so we can use this com- munity resource. Fifteen years ago, when we passed the high school bond, our school board wisely kept the Taylor Street property. Thank you. Now we have space to build a state-of-the-art new elementary school to serve coming generations when we seniors are gone. With in- terest rates low, now is the time. This bond is a continuation of our present high school bond, not a second layer of property tax. I have worked with the great high school educators attracted and re- tained by the new high school. Let’s leave another modern school for our community at the elementary level. Young families will rise up and bless you for your YES vote. Larry Bottemiller, Certifi ed Financial Planner Treasurer, Build It For Kids Committee Offbeat Oregon History Duniway isn’t the only great woman in Oregon’s history BY FINN J.D. JOHN For the Sentinel P ioneering Oregon journalist and women’s suffrage advocate Abi- gail Scott Duniway has been much in the news over the last few years — most recently in connection with a plan to replace the statues representing Oregon in Washington, D.C., with stat- ues of herself and Chief Joseph. The honor, of course, is much de- served. But a newcomer to the state, looking at headlines, could be excused for assuming Duniway is the only im- portant female character in Oregon’s history. In recent years, nearly every time an opportunity has come up to honor a great Oregon woman, Duni- way’s candidacy has seemed to suck all the air out of the room. But if you look past the towering fi gure of Duniway’s towering fi gure, you’ll fi nd a remarkably robust cohort of strong, accomplished women, going all the way back to the beginning of the state — women who defi ed a culture that sought to force them into a meek, subservient role and who bring to mind the bumper-sticker slogan that “well- behaved women rarely make history.” With that in mind, here are a few suggestions of great women from Or- egon history whose names might be mentioned next time the chance comes up to name a bridge or mountain after an important and overlooked historical fi gure: Mary G. Leonard, J.D. First licensed female attorney in the Northwest, 1845-1912 Mary Leonard is one of the great misunderstood and underrated fi gures of Oregon history, probably because of the whiff of scandal that followed her throughout her life. She came to Oregon as a sort of mail-order bride to marry an unpleasant old man named Daniel Leonard. The match lasted just two years be- fore they split up. But before the di- vorce was fi nal, someone murdered Daniel with a small-bore pistol. Mary, accused of having done it, was chucked in the county jail and left there for months while the case dragged on. In the county joint, she met all man- ner of women whom 1880s society considered disposable — girls dis- owned by their fathers after having been seduced and “ruined” by fast young rakes, girls fl eeing from abusive homes, girls who’d run away seeking adventure, and more — all now re- duced to prostitution and petty theft to survive. As she later explained to Abigail Scott Duniway in an interview for Duniway’s newspaper, Leonard determined that if she ever got out, she would dedicate her life to helping those girls. She did get out, was acquitted of the murder and inherited her late almost- ex-husband’s estate. True to her word, she moved immediately to the worst neighborhood of Portland and opened a boardinghouse for at-risk women (a boardinghouse that a later historian would boorishly refer to as a “cote for soiled doves”). Seeing how helpless her clients were in the face of what passed for justice in that era, she undertook to study law and became the fi rst licensed female attorney in the Northwest, then made a professional career of helping the helpless in court — offering a free drop-in consultation offi ce hour every day. Late in life, Mary Leonard suffered from some sort of progressively wors- ening mental disorder that ruined her health and professional reputation and culminated in her dying, alone and penniless, in a hospital bed in 1912. Frances Fuller Victor The “Mother of Oregon History,” 1826-1902 Frances Fuller Victor was a dime- novel author who moved to Oregon with her lovable-but-incompetent hus- band, Henry Victor. While Henry, a retired Navy engineer who’d just been awarded a big bonus by the Navy, got busy burning through the money with ill-advised business schemes, Frances learned that no one was actually writ- ing a real history of Oregon. Accord- ingly, she set about doing it, traveling Please see OFFBEAT, Page 11A Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to dangerous visceral fat BY JOEL FUHRMAN, MD For the Sentinel T here are two types of fat in your body: sub- cutaneous and vis- ceral, and each type carries its own risks. Studies show that the location of body fat may be just as important as amount of fat when it comes to health risk. The most visible type of fat is subcutaneous fat, which is lo- cated just under the skin. Exam- ples are the “love handles” that men tend to have; for women, this type of fat is often notice- able in the hips and thighs. Sub- cutaneous fat is easy to see and to grab. $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM 116 N. Sixth Street · P.O. 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New research suggests that drinking sugar-laden bever- ages such as sodas is an impor- tant factor in gaining visceral fat, which is the type of fat asso- ciated with more serious health risks. A Jan., 2016 study in Cir- culation suggested that the consumption of sugary drinks preferentially drives visceral fat accumulation, adding to the long list of health-damaging ef- fects associated with soda and other sugar-sweetened bever- ages (SSBs). Compared to the effect of subcutaneous fat, vis- ceral fat is a stronger promoter of diabetes and heart disease. As part of the famous Fram- ingham Heart Study, men and women were followed for six years to look at the change in their visceral fat volume. This was determined by CT scans, which provide a more precise method of differentiating vis- ceral fat from subcutaneous fat in the abdominal area, com- pared to waist circumference measurement, which includes both subcutaneous and visceral fat. Over the six-year period, there was an increase in visceral fat in all the participants, but this in- crease was greater in those who drank at least one sugary drink per day. The volume of visceral fat was 27 percent greater in daily consumers of SSBs com- pared to non-consumers. The most interesting point is that only visceral fat gain was great- er in SSB consumers; subcuta- neous fat gain was not different between groups. Fat is a biologically active tis- sue, and visceral fat is especial- ly problematic. It is associated with a number of cardiovascular risk factors, including hyper- triglyceridemia, insulin resis- tance, chronic infl ammation, an increase in small dense LDL particles and reduced HDL cho- lesterol. Partially this appears to be due to the close proxim- ity of visceral fat to the liver. In addition, visceral fat appears to produce more pro-infl ammatory compounds than subcutaneous fat. As defi ned by body mass in- dex (BMI), about one-third of Americans are obese. Abdomi- nal obesity (defi ned as waist circumference >102 cm in men, >88 cm in women), is even more prevalent; 43.4 percent of men and 64.7 percent of women are abdominally obese, suggest- ing that excess visceral fat is a very common problem. A large waist circumference has been linked to negative outcomes even among people with normal BMI numbers. Additionally, some studies have compared two groups of obese patients with the same total body fat, but low or high levels of visceral fat. The high visceral fat groups were found to have evidence of greater insulin resistance than the low visceral fat groups, in- dicating a greater risk of type 2 diabetes. Where our body fat is distrib- uted is mostly genetic, and var- ies by age and ethnicity, but we can control how much body fat we gain. According to current evidence, the best way to lose visceral fat is to lose fat. Any loss of total fat will reduce vis- ceral fat. A Nutritarian diet, my rec- ommended high-nutrient eating style, is designed to help people break their food addictions, reach a healthy weight, and nev- er gain the weight back. Target- ing foods that are nutrient-rich, while avoiding foods that pro- mote fat storage, can enable the body to remove dangerous fat, improve circulation, and pre- vent heart attacks, strokes and cancer. To get maximum results, it is not enough to simply avoid sweets and reduce calories—it is also necessary to fl ood the body with immune-supporting micronutrients that facilitate repair and healing. Regular ex- ercise can also help reduce vis- ceral fat. Dr. Fuhrman is a #1 New York Times best-selling author and a board certifi ed family physician specializing in life- style and nutritional medicine. Visit his informative website at DrFuhrman.com. Submit your questions and comments about this column directly to news- questions@drfuhrman.com. 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