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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 21, 1994 - THREE Dale Conklin to coach decathalon camp Teens targeted for Hepatitis B shots Lions to sponsor hearing screening Dale Conklin, head track and field coach at Heppner High School, will serve as a coach at the first annual Dan O'Brien Decathlon Camp in Klamath Falls, Sept. 24. The camp is an outgrowth of an effort in the state of Oregon to stimulate decathlon par ticipation among high school and junior high school track athletes. The national high school decathlon champion ships wee held in Klamath Falls this past summer. Oregon did not have a participant in that national championship event because there is no state wide event. The national What do glaucoma, diabetes and high blood pressure have in common? The answer, a direct relationship to blindness. All three, or the compications resulting from them are involv ed in causing blindness. "E ar ly detection and knowledge are the best way to fight blind n ess," said Roger Trueax, president of the Heppner Lions Club and Trustee of the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. That's why the Irrigon and Heppner Lions Clubs and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon are sponsoring a visit from the Oregon Lions Mobile Screening Unit at the Irrigon City Park Sunday, Sept. 25 decathlon meet will be return ing to Klamath Falls next year. Dan O'Brien is a graduate of H enley High School in Klamath Falls and the Univer sity of Idaho. He just recently won the world decathlon championships in France. O'Brien returns to Klamath Falls each year for Dan O'Brien Days and the one day decathlon camp is an added feature of this year's events. Conklin has also served as lead coach for the throwing events for the past two sum mers at the Robin Marks Track and Field Camp Classic in Portland. Emergency Management installs sirens Sirens will soon be installed in Morrow and Umatilla Coun ties. The sirens will alert the northern portion of both coun ties when a hazard exists; such as severe weather or a hazar dous materials incident. For more information call the Morrow County Emergency Management Office, 922-4437. lone Booster club to meet The lone Booster club will meet Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at Beechers Cafe. Upcoming activities for the school year will be discussed. Those interested in p ar ticipating are urged to attend. Cub Scouts host school night Pack 661 is getting ready for a fun filled year. Boys in first through fifth grades and their parents are invited to attend School Night Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at Heppner Elementary School Multipurpose room to find out what Cub Scouts are all about. For more information contact Bruce Young, 676-9309, or San dra VanLiew, 676-5050. passes for 53 yards and Marc Orem caught four for 34 yards. The lone defense held the Redsides to 119 yards of totaJ offense, 61 on the ground and 58 in the air. Jared Ashbeck was the leading tackier with four unassisted tackles and 12 assists. Nathan Heifeman had six unassisted tackles and seven assists. Coach G regg Rietmann noted that the Cards struggled in the first half but "started do ing things right” in the second half. "W e played some good football," he said. He was also pleased with the defensive ef forts. "The defense played real ly w ell," he added. The Cardinals have a big game on the agenda Friday, Sept. 23 when Dufur comes to town. The Rangers are the team to beat in the league and were ranked number one in the state before being defeated by Wallowa last weekend. Kick-off is set for 7:30 p.m. G et $300 O f Free Clothing And Accessories When \bu Buy A New Fblaris Before Septem ber 30ih l T a k e delivery from dealer stock o f a new Polaris snowmobile before Sept. 30'!' and you ride away with $300 worth o f W interW ear and accessories* free. Think o f it as a race w e’ve arranged with OT Man W inter. -jnàncÂnô But you’ll want to get on the gas quick. After Sept. 30’,h this offer will be cut by $100 a month until it’s gone for good. T h e n the sound you hear will be winter, howling. Relieve No one will be denied the shot because of inability to pay the $3. Clinic hours are: every Thursday, Heppner office, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; first and third Tuesday, Boardman City Hall, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.; se cond and fourth Tuesday, County Annex Bldg., Irrigon 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; third Tuesday, lone City Hall, 11 a.m. to noon. Hepatitis B is caused by a highly infectious virus that at tacks the liver. It can lead to servere illness, liver damage, and in some cases, death. A person can get Hepatitis B by sharing needles or having sex with someone who is infected with the Hepatitis B virus. In fected mothers can pass the disease to their babies during childbirth. As many as 30 per cent of the people infected with the virus, however, have no known risk factors for the disease. Despite the 1982 introduction of a safe and effective vaccine, Hepatitis B continues to be a public health problem in Oregon and the nation. The primary strategy for eliminating the disease includes routine shots for infants. Adolescents and adults, who have never received the shots, make up an estimated 91 percent of the Hepatitis B infections nationwide. O SU offers big game bulletin lone Cards log first win of season By Anne M orter The lone Cardinals logged their first win of the season last Friday in a non-Conference game against Wasco County. The game was played on the road. The game was close in the first half with the Cardinals leading by six at the half, 12-6. Midway through the third quarter, Greg Holtz ran back an intercepted pass 70 yards for a touchdown in what proved to be the turning point in the game. The Cards went on to score twice more while holding their opponents scoreless in the second half to record the 30-6 win. The Cardinals rushed for 240 yards, led by Jared Ashbeck with 172 yards on 24 carries. Rodney Ehrmantraut added 29 yards on three carries and Ran dy Scott had 21 yards on six. Quarterback Luke Swanson accounted for most of the throwing as the Cards ended the game with 95 passing yards and a 72.7 percent completion stat. Randy Scott received three Oregon health officials this school year plan to vaccinate an additional 5,000 teens against the highly contagious disease, hepatitis B. During the past two and one-half years, the state has provided nearly 6,000 Oregon teens with the shots through a nationally recogniz ed partnership. Oregon's program to prevent teen hepatitis B started in ear ly 1992. The Oregon Health D ivision, working with parents, school officials, and local health department per sonnel, provided shots in juvenile detention centers, school-based health centers, primary care clinics, county health departm ents and residential facilities for psychosocially dysfunctional children. Pharmaceutical com panies Merck & Company and SmithKline Beecham donated the vaccine. "O ur record for immunizing teens against Hepatitis B is bet ter than any state in the coun try ," said project director Jeri O'Banion. "But as we prevent more cases among adolescents, we want to encourage all young people to talk to their health care providers about receiving vaccinations." Hepatitis B shots are available at any of the Morrow County Health Department's regularly scheduled clinics at a cost of $3. if Due to the high demand of Snow Check purchases, the following models will not be available in September • TRAIL DELUXE »500CARB *XLTSKS • XLT SPECIAL »STORM • 44(1 \( K • 600XCR • XL1 lo i Rl\(, • RXL »STORM SICS Lexington Lumber Lexington • This offer is only available to U.S. residents and available only at your participating Polaris dealer and subject to model availability. For your nearest dealer call 1-800-POLARIS. © IW 4 Polaris Industries L.P. Hunters preparing to head to the field for the 1994 season can take a new reference booklet from the Oregon State Univer sity Extension Service with them, reports Carolyn Raab, Extension foods and nutrition specialist. "Big Game from Hunt to Home" gives detailed steps about caring for game in the field as well as caring for the meat while it is being transported and preparing cuts for home use. Information about antelope, bear, deer and elk is included in the handbook. Photos illustrate various steps in handling the kill in the field as well as skinning, and cutting up the carcass. A chart shows expected yields of bone- in and boneless cuts from filed dressed weight. In the section on preparing game meat, hunters and their families will find a chart show ing calories, protein, fat and cholesterol in servings of cook ed meat. The chart uses beef as a comparison meat. There is also informtion about preparing the meat for the table, including marinating, cooking hints, and selected recipes. Information about preserving game meat by freez ing, canning, and drying is also included. .Copies of "Big Game From Hunt to H om e," EC 1434, is available for $2.75 from the Morrow County Extension Ser vice, Pettyjohn Office Building, Heppner, (503) 676-9642 or 1-800-342-3664. Three months after Oregon's most sucessful campaign ever to immunize children, it may be time for parents to protect their little ones with the next round of shots, said a press release from Oregon Human Resour ces. State Health officer Kathy Gaffney applauded the success of O regon Public Broad casting's May "Im m unize N ow " campaign, a statewide effort that resulted in some 16.000 shots for more than 6.000 children. However, she cautioned parents that when it comes to immunization, once is not enough. "The need for im munizations is ongoing," she said. "Children need several doses of vaccine to prevent dip- theria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and other potentially fatal or crippling diseases." If the health rationale isn't convincing enough, State law requires all infants and children in any O regon school, preschool, headstart, daycare or family care setting to be ful ly immunized or in the process of completing their immuniza tion schedule unless they are exempt for medical or religious reasons. "It's a good time for parents to be sure that all their children have had the shots they need," Gaffney said. Children can be immunized by private physicians or at the Morrow County Health Dept. Parents needing information about childhood vaccinations should call their child's health care provider. For more infor mation or help, they can call their local health department. More than 50 members of the Oregon Preschool Immuniza tion Consortium worked together on May's immuniza tion push. Already, consortium members are discussing plans for next year's campaign. The campaign was spurred by Oregon Benchmarks, an effort by Oregon's public and private sectors to meet a set of legislatively approved goals for the state. A recent survey of Oregon's first graders found that about 53 percent had received the necessary shots at two years old. 11 Immunizations an ongoing process BMCC from noon to 5 p.m. and in Heppner on M onday, September 26 on Main Street in front of Central Market from noon to 6 p.m. "O ur screenings look for all three conditions, as well as hearing disorders," Trueax said. "Through the screenings, we hope to alert people to potential trouble signs and then we will refer them to local pro fessionals so they can get help immediately." Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation, a 35 year old Oregon non-profit organization dedicated to help ing Oregonians with sight and hearing problems and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon/HMO Oregon, the state's largest health benefits organization are co-sponsors. Hundreds of donations of varying size helped purchase and equip the mobile screening Pharmacy & Your Health Sherers celebrate 60 th anniversary Doc and Beulah Sherer, lone, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Sept. 10 with a family barbecue held at the home of Dick and Margo Sherer in lone. The Sherers were married September 14,1934, in Yakima, Washington. Those attending were Geneva Palmer of lone; the Sherer's children Judy and Jerry Ripka, Dallas, Kay and Chuck Barnhart, Redmond, and Dick and Margo Sherer, lone; grandchildren, Bryan Ripka, Dallas, Robyn Pierce, Eugene, Judy and Joe Foggia, Vancover, WA., Carole Lee and Rick Roberts, W. Covina, CA., Scott and Shera Sherer, Hermiston, Todd and Allison Sherer, Wilsonville, and Brett and Kristi Sherer, Cheney WA.; and great-grandchildren, Whitney and Kendra Sherer, Wilsonville, Sierra Sherer, Her miston, and Staci Sherer, Cheney, WA. classes begin Sept. 26 Fall term at Blue Mountain Community College is less than a month away with classes star ting September 26. However there are still registration ap pointm ent openings for students in several professional technical programs. Auto body repair technology, automotive technology, electronic engineering technology, diesel and heavy equipment are among the programs with ap pointment slots left to fill. unit. Those contributors in clude: the Lions Gubs Interna tional Foundatin based in O ak Brook, 111: the Lions Club Lioness Clubs, Leo Clubs of Oregon; Freightliner Corpora tion; Northwest Truckstell; Lifescan; Knapheide; Curtis Trailer; Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital; and many others including Heppner Lions Club. Screenings will be conducted for: Glaucoma, using an air-puff tonometer donated by the Devers Eye Institute, visual acuity (how well people can read at distance of 10 feet). Diabetes, one of the major causes of blindness where a qualified and trained profes sional is available, using Life Scan hospital quality blood sugar testers with a new techni que that ensures safety for the patient and the person doing the testing. Those wanting diabetes tesing must fast for six hours before the testing to give an accurate result. Hearing, using two options, standard puretone audiometers which will run the person through a range of frequences ’ of sound, and a speech threshold screening, which will be powered by a compact disc. Blood Pressure, using an automated blood pressure meter. Qualified medically trained volunteers will be recruited in each location to perform the screening. In Morrow County, volunteers will be from the M orrow County Medical District em ployees and volunteers. Registration for classes starts Wednesday, September 21, for students returning to BMCC. Students new to BMCC begin registration Thursday, September 22. Students returning to BMCC or transfering from another col lege may make a registration appointment by calling the Ad missions and Advising office at 276-1260, ext. 205. Boardman Pharmacy & Hardware 202 1st. N. W. P.O . Box 170 Boardman, Oregon 97818 481-9474 481-7351 The Cost of Not Taking Medicines Properly In many studies medicines have been shown to be more cost effec tive than non-drug methods of car ing for various health problems. While there are some conditions for which effective medicines do not exist, there are many other health problems that can be pre vented and/or treated with medi cines. One of the problems associ ated with medications is that many persons do not take their medi cines in the prescribed or intended manner. For example, it is esti mated that 75 percent of prescrip tion medicines are under-used. Dif ferent reasons are given as to why this occurs, including the person: • cannot remember to take medi cines. • feels better and stops taking medicines. • has no symptoms of the disease being treated and cannot tell if the medicine is “working.” • cannot read or understand medi cine directions. • does not understand the impor tance of taking all his or her medicines as instructed. According to Drs. Gossel and Wuest, there are 125,000 prema ture deaths each year due to failure to take medicines properly. The estimated annual cost for this prob lem, which includes the need for hospitalization in some instances, may be as high as $15 billion. Don’t Miss Out On Our LARGE Selection of 1994 Chevrolet Extended Cab 4X4 Pickups In Stock And Ready For Delivery We have 2 1994 Oldsmobiles in Stock 1 - Delta 88 LSS 4-door 1 - Cutlass Supreme 4-door i Wright Chevrolet,Inc. C h e v ro le t & O ld s m o b ile 763-4175 Fossil Herb Wright - Bill Maclnnes - Bill Maclnnes, Jr.
