COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | AUGUST 13, 2020
Annual Rock, Roll ‘n’
Rumble set for Aug. 22
With Covid 19 restric-
tions, this year’s Rock,
Roll ‘n’ Rumble event
will be somewhat scaled
down from years past.
On Aug. 22, KNND
and the Coast Fork Ki-
wanis Clubwill host a
classic car cruise from
6 to 8 p.m., starting at
Cottage Grove High
School and proceeding
down River Road before
going through the Main
Street historic district
and looping back.
The entrance fee will
be $10.
Dash plaques and
goody bags will be in-
cluded and a limited
number of T-shirts will
be available and sold
seperatly.
Folowing the cruise,
KNND and Stacy’s Cov-
ered Bridge restaurant
will host an after cruise
party featuring the 50s
and 60s music by the
Men From Surf from 8
to 9:30 p.m.
Face coverings and
social distancing will be
required, and all other
public health guidelines
will be strictly observed.
Delve into YOUR past at
our library, located in the
Cottage Grove
Community Center!
Our library is open
Wed - Fri 11:00-4:00
Cottage Grove
Genealogical Society
700 Gibbs Ave.
P.O. Box 388
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
541-942-9570
“Partners in History”
Congratulations
TOBY
MACAULEY
on your high school completion.
Live life to the fullest!
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Library curbside service available as
Community Center remodel begins
This past Monday,
Aug. 10, the Cottage
Grove Library began its
curbside library service.
Library patrons can
call, email or request
material from the library
from the online card cat-
alogue at: www.cottage-
grove.org/library.
The requested items
will be gathered and pre-
pared for pickup.
When ready, library
staff will contact the
phone number on the
account and schedule a
date and time for pickup
of the materials.
Since July 1, the Cot-
tage Grove Library has
also been open for resi-
dents to use computers
in the mornings.
During July, about 13
individuals took advan-
tage of the computer
time.
At 9, 10 and 11 a.m.,
Monday through Friday,
the library opens for up
to five people to enter the
library and use the com-
puters for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, remodel-
ing in the Community
Center has begun.
The remodeling will
include the demolition of
walls and create a space
for the Genealogical Li-
brary where the therapy
pool was formerly locat-
ed.
The Senior Center
will also be remodeled
to make the space more
useable and to accom-
modate the Genealogical
Library and Senior and
Disability Services.
Senior and Disability
Services will be moving
into the Reception Hall
temporarily while the
room is being converted.
RiverBend Stroke Center earns ‘Gold Plus’ award
PeaceHealth
Sacred
Heart Medical Center
at RiverBend has once
again received national
recognition for its suc-
cess and commitment to
providing excellent care
for stroke patients, ac-
cording to nationally rec-
ognized, evidence-based
practice guidelines.
This year marks the
ninth consecutive year
the RiverBend stroke
team has earned the
American Heart Associ-
ation/American Stroke
Association’s Get With
The Guidelines® —
Stroke Gold Plus Quality
Achievement Award, and
the fourth year of recog-
nition among those list-
ed on the Target: Stroke
Honor Roll Elite.
RiverBend
earned
Comprehensive Stroke
Center
certification
from Det Norske Veritas
(DNV) GL-Healthcare—
the highest level of cer-
tification a stroke center
can achieve — earlier
this year. RiverBend is
the only stroke center
with this certification
between Sacramento and
Portland.
“We are honored to
be recognized by these
awards and with Com-
prehensive Stroke Cen-
ter certification,” said
Dr. Elaine Skalabrin,
Congratulations!
to our
Employee of the Month
Charles Johnson
Resident of the Month
Jan Wolcott
For the month of August, 2020
Stroke Medical Director
at Sacred Heart at Riv-
erBend. “Our specialists
are trained and equipped
to treat even the most
complex strokes — at any
time.
To receive the Gold
Plus award, Sacred Heart
at RiverBend achieved
85 percent or higher ad-
herence to all required
achievement measures
and achieved 75 percent
or higher compliance
with all 10 quality mea-
sures.
These measures in-
clude aggressive use of
medications aimed at
reducing death and dis-
ability and improving the
lives of stroke patients.
To qualify for the Hon-
or Roll Elite designation,
RiverBend met specific
quality measures devel-
oped to reduce the time
between the patient’s ar-
rival at the hospital and
treatment.
Each year, nearly
795,000 people in the
United States suffer a
stroke. Stroke is the
fifth-leading cause of
death and the leading
cause of adult disability
in the U.S. In 2019, the
stroke team at River-
Bend’s Comprehensive
Stroke Center treated
1,000 strokes in the local
and regional area.
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Why dental hygiene is essential for overall health
The importance of maintaining clean teeth and
healthy gums goes beyond having fresh breath and a
white smile. Many people are surprised to discover
that oral hygiene plays an integral role in overall
health.
Research indicates that oral health mirrors the con-
dition of the body as a whole. Also, regular dental
visits can alert dentists about overall health and
pinpoint if a person is at a risk for chronic disease.
An oral health check-up also may be the fi rst indica-
tion of a potential health issue not yet evident to a
general medical doctor.
Heart disease
According to the Academy of General Dentistry,
there is a distinct relationship between periodontal
disease and conditions such as heart disease and
stroke. Joint teams at the University of Bristol in
the United Kingdom and the Royal College of
Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, found that people with
bleeding gums from poor dental hygiene could have
an increased risk of heart disease. Bacteria from
the mouth is able to enter the bloodstream when
bleeding gums are present. That bacteria can stick
to platelets and subsequently form blood clots. This
interrupts the fl ow of blood to the heart and may
trigger a heart attack. Brushing and fl ossing twice
daily and rinsing with mouthwash can remove bac-
teria and keep gums healthy.
Facial pain
The Offi ce of the Surgeon General says infections
of the gums that support the teeth can lead to facial
and oral pain. Gingivitis, which is an early stage of
gum disease, as well as advanced gum disease, af-
fects more than 75 percent of the American popula-
tion.
Dental decay can lead to its own share of pain.
Maintaining a healthy mouth can fend off decay and
infections, thereby preventing pain.
Pancreatic cancer
In 2007, the Harvard School of Public
Health reported a link between gum
disease and pancreatic cancer. In the
ongoing study, 51,000 men were fol-
lowed and data was collected begin-
ning in 1986. The Harvard researchers
found that men with a history of gum
disease had a 64 percent increased risk
of pancreatic cancer compared with
men who had never had gum disease.
The greatest risk for pancreatic cancer
among this group was in men with
recent tooth loss. However, the study was unable to
fi nd links between other types of oral health prob-
lems, such as tooth decay, and pancreatic cancer.
Alzheimer’s disease
Various health ailments, including poor oral health,
have been linked to a greater risk of developing
Alzheimer’s disease. In 2010, after reviewing 20
years’ worth of data, researchers from New York
University concluded that there is a link between
gum infl ammation and Alzheimer’s disease. Follow-
up studies from researchers at the University of
Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom com-
pared brain samples from 10 living patients with
Alzheimer’s to samples from 10 people who did not
have the disease. Data indicated that a bacterium —
Porphyromonas gingivalis — was present in the Al-
zheimer’s brain samples but not in the samples from
the brains of people who did not have Alzheimer’s.
P. gingivalis is usually associated with chronic gum
disease. As a result of the study, experts think that
the bacteria can move via nerves in the roots of
teeth that connect directly with the brain or through
bleeding gums.
These health conditions are just a sampling of the
relationship between oral health and overall health.
Additional connections also have been made and
continue to be studied. TF16A492
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