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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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