POUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday. December 4, 2002
Wmth.r py|K»rt ODHS speaks out on childhood lone Basketball Bonanza to be held this weekend
By the City of Heppner
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Bv Jean Thorne, interim state
Medicaid director, and Donalda
Dodson, manager of child and family
health programs, both with Oregon
Dept, of Human Services
W ith kids well into the
school year, it’s a good tim e for
adults to try this short quiz.
Q uestion 1: W hat is the
most common chronic childhood
disease? (This will surprise you.)
Q uestion 2: W hat adds
more sugar to a typical two-year-
olds diet than cookies, candies
and ice cream combined? (Hint:
it isn’t bubblegum .)
Q uestion 3: W hat is an
im p o rta n t re a s o n O r e g o n ’s
pregnant wom en and parents o f
babies and toddlers should pay
even more attention to childhood
dental health than residents o f
most states?
Okay, let’s look at the
answ ers. The m ost com m on
chronic childhood d isease is
tooth decay, affecting five to
eight tim es m ore children than
asthma.
It’s a disturbing fact, yet
the problem is considered largely
p rev en tab le. A larm ingly, 20
percen t o f children ages six
months to three years are at high
risk for early childhood cavities,
a costly and devastating condition
also known as “baby bottle tooth
decay.”
Prevention is important
because early childhood cavities
h a v e b e e n lin k e d to o th e r
childhood health conditions such
as ear and sinus in fe c tio n s,
d e la y e d
g ro w th
and
developm ent, speech problem s
and low self-esteem.
Opportunities to prevent
tooth decay begin even before
ch ild b irth . P regnant w om en
s h o u ld p r a c tic e g o o d o ra l
hygiene, see their dentist and, if
they are at high risk for tooth
decay or periodontal disease,
perhaps use a prescribed anti
bacterial rinse. In the crib, don’t
leave baby nursing on a bottle.
Introduce oral hygiene at the first
sign o f a tooth. D uring the first
three years, if the child is at high
risk for decay a dentist may paint
fluoride on the teeth. Don’t permit
the child to graze on sugary high-
carbohydrate foods and drinks
such as juices, candy and cereals.
And regularly check the child’s
gum line for white spots on front
teeth that signal the start o f
decay.
F or a helpful W ebsite,
log on to www.ada.org and select
oral health topics.
I f you guessed that the
answ er to the second question
was “ soda pop,” m ove to the
head o f the class. Soda accounts
DO MORE ABOVE
6,000 FEET THAN MOST
PEOPLE DO ALL DAY.
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T h e O re g o n L iq u o r
Control Commission is seeking
entries from Oregon sixth-12th
graders for its ninth annual essay/
p o ster contest. The them e is
“ Party T im e . . . It’s Easy to Be
Alcohol Free.”
P rizes in clu d e $200,
$300 and $500 Series E U.S.
Savings Bonds for the top six
w inners. Entries are accepted
from now until M arch 7,2003.
Contest details and instructions
are available on the agency’s
website at www.olcc.state.or.us.
Essay inform ation is also being
m a ile d to e v e ry p u b lic and
private middle and high school in
the state.
T he O L C C is asking
young people to w rite a 400-
w ord essay telling what kind o f
food, soft drinks, gam es, and
music they’d have at an alcohol-
free party - and why drinking
under 21 is a bad idea. Alcohol
can quickly spoil a party, and
students are asked to show how,
using scientific data, as well as,
le g a l, h e a lth a n d s a fe ty
argum ents. Student artists are
a s k e d to c r e a te a p o s te r
illustrating the same ideas in a
visual format.
For
a d d itio n a l
information, call the OLCC at 1 -
800-453-6522.
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Consolation
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Saturday
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The fifth annual lone
Basketball Bonanza Tournament
will be held Dec. 6-7 at the lone
High School gymnasium. Teams
com peting this year for the title
are Mac-Hi, Enterprise, Umatilla
and lone.
A g i r l s ’ m a tc h up
betw een the M ac-Hi Pioneers
and the lone Cardinals will kick
o ff the tournam ent at 3 p.m. on
Friday, Dec. 6. Later, to finish
Umatilla
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out the girls’ round, Umatilla will
take on Enterprise at 6 p.m. The
first boys’ gam e will be at 4:30
p.m . w ith M ac-Hi battling the
Umatilla Vikings. The final game
o f the night has the lone boys
matched up against Enterprise at
7:30p.m .
The next day will begin
with the girls’ consolation game
at 1 p .m . a n d th e b o y s ’
consolation at 2:45 p.m. The girls’
4:30 PM
championship match is scheduled
for 4:30 p.m ., follow ed by the
boys’ championship game at 6:15
p.m.
Trophies will be awarded
for the top teams in each div ision.
Ticket prices for the tournament
will be $3 for adults and $1 for
students with ASB cards. The
tournam ent is sponsored by the
lone Booster Club.
Cardinals announce their 2002 football all-stars
(L-R): back row- Nick Christman, Kelly Thompson, Bill Gates, Cayle Krebs, and Andrew Rietmann; front row-
Cameron Krebs, Mike Radie, and Paul Neiffer
T he Big Sky 1A has
announced its all-star selections
for the football season 2002.
First Team Offensive:
C ayle Krebs, Cam eron Krebs,
Andrew Rietmann and Bill Gates;
F irst Team D efen se: C ay le
K reb s, C am ero n K rebs and
Andrew Rietmann; Second Team
Offensive: Paul Neiffer; Second
Team Defense: Bill Gates, Paul
N eiffer, N ick C hristm an and
Mike Radie; Honorable Mention
Offensive: Nick Christman, Mike
Radie and Kelly Thompson; and
H onorable M ention Defense:
Kelly Thompson.
The statew ide 1A all
stars included the follow ing from
lone: Andrew Rietm ann - First
Team; C ayle Krebs - Second
Team; and C am eron K rebs -
Honorable Mention.
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o ra 12-ounce can daily for every
A m erican. M ore than h alf o f
teenage boys drink three or more
cans a day, and you can bet most
aren’t choosing a sugarless diet
drink.
Failure to follow some
simple rules o f good dental health
are among the reasons 57 percent
o f Oregon children in first through
third grades have had cavities, 24
percent have untreated decay
and 16 percent (that’s almost one
in six) have rampant decay.
A s a result, O regon is
paying increasing attention to
dental health. The state recently
won federal grants to establish a
statew ide oral-health program
a n d to s ta r t d e n ta l-s e a la n t
programs in Oregon schools. The
O regon H ealth Plan has begun
working closely with medical and
dental professionals to tackle the
problem.
This relates to the third
question: Oregonians should pay
special attention to good dental
h e a lth b e c a u s e so few
Oregonians live in communities
w ith fluoridated water. Only 25
percent o f O regon’s population
has fluoridated water, compared
w ith 62 p e rc e n t n a tio n a lly .
Oregon ranks 45th in this proven
decay preventative.
Like the tests O regon
students will take in school this
year, this is serious business with
long-term consequences. But,
like studying to avoid failing the
school exam , good oral health
also can be won by a healthy dose
o f prevention.
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Lillian Marie Feist- a
daughter, Lillian Marie, was bom
N ov. 2 2 , 2002 at G ood
Shepherd M edical C enter in
H erm iston to M iranda M arie
Feist o f Heppner.
Abigail Mackenzie
Marick- a daughter, A bigail
M ackenzie, w as bom June 1,
2 0 0 2 a t G o o d S h e p h e rd
Medical Center in Hermiston to
Jo h n an d K ath y M a ric k o f
Heppner. Siblings include Katie
Wall o f H eppner and Zachary
Wall o f Blodgett. Grandparents
are Burton and the late Kathleen
Burnside o f Heppner.
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Former Cardinal
receives college
football award
D efensive back Adam
Neiff er, o f lone, was recognized
as rookie o f the year on defense,
at Beloit College, in Wisconsin.
N e iffe r re c o rd e d 56
tackles, 28 assists and 33 forces
(plays that lead to other plays)
as he accumulated 104 defensive
p o in ts in h e a d c o a c h Ed
D eG eorge’s defensive system .
N e if f e r
a ls o
had
tw o
quarterback sacks and two pass
interceptions.
Boardman Holiday
Bazaar to be held
Greenfield Grange Hall,
in Boardman is hosting a holiday
bazaar, Dec. 6-7 from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m.
There w ill be homemade
crafts, baked goods sale, plus
m any other items. The Junior
G range will be on-hand selling
soup mixes.
Tickets will be sold for
raffle items, which include: a ver,
tw o 19 inch dolls, a chandelier,
gift certificates for dinner and
lodging, along with num erous
other items.
For m ore inform ation
you can contact Bobbi Peck, at
4 8 1 -7359 or Jane Dean, at 481 -
5223.