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SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 26,2014 lone school donates What’s all the fuss about diabetes? food for the holidays lone Community School donated 240 pounds of non-perishable food to the Heppner Neighborhood Center last week. lone ASB president Oskar Peterson delivered the food on Friday and received thanks from volunteer JoyceKay Holloman, who also expressed the need for more volunteer help. The Neighborhood Center’s food bank served 29 families last month, and more need is expected during the holiday season. -Contributedphoto lone library to help patrons climb their family trees The lone Public Library will host a free beginner’s class on basic genealogy, “How to Get Started in Geneal ogy,” Thursday, Dec. 4, from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the library, 385 W 2nd Street, lone. Presenter Tammi Lien will teach attendees how to do research and use genealogy databases such as Ancestry, com (a free database for library patrons). Anyone inter ested in researching their family tree is invited to come with their questions. The following was sub mitted by Cheryl Tollman, M orrow County H ealth District Home Health and Hospice nurse. Do you know that Type 2 diabetes, which is the diabetes that usually de velops as an adult, can be prevented? A person receives a diagnosis of diabetes when his or her blood glucose, or blood “sugar,” levels are above normal due to a lack of insulin, insufficient quantities of insulin, or in sulin resistance. Once you get a diagnosis of diabetes, there is no cure. So what’s the big deal about glucose? Our body breaks down our food, and one of the forms is glucose. Glucose is essential; it is our body’s source of energy and helps keep us going, but when there is too much of it in our blood stream and the insulin we produce can’t regulate it, then the glucose stays in our blood. Blood with high glucose is sticky, gooey, thick like syrup, so it doesn’t flow smoothly through the blood vessels. When this thick, sticky blood is unable to flow through your smallest vessels, it starts killing off the cells around these areas. So w here are those smallest vessels? In the feet, eyes, kidneys and heart. Do you know a diabetic who has had toes or feet or even a limb amputated due to poor circulation? Do you know a diabetic who is blind or has poor vision? Do you know a diabetic who is having kidney dialysis? Well, this is the reason: too much glucose in the blood stream for an extended pe riod of time does not allow the blood to flow through normally and has actually killed cells. Managing this disease to prevent adverse health effects requires lifestyle modifications, and in most cases, medication. Yes, an other pill, or in some cases an injection. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of dia betes, accounting for 90-95 percent o f all diagnosed cases. It develops mostly in adults but can develop at any age and is increasingly developing in children and adolescents. Type 2 diabe tes is highly associated with obesity. Diabetes is recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. A person with diabetes doubles the risk o f prem ature death compared to people without diabetes. Remember, diabetes can be prevented. So m aybe you are w ondering if you could be getting diabetes. Here are a few questions to ask yourself: 1. Am I overweight? 2. Do I have poor eat ing habits? 3. Am I physically active? 4. Am I thirsty much of the time? 5. Am I fatigued and increasingly hungry? 6. Is my vision blurred? These symptoms may indicate diabetes and prob lems associated with it, but some wise choices on the individual’s side can help change negative diabetic outcomes. Again, diabetes Type 2 is preventable. Let’s stop it before you get the doctors diagnosis of, “You have diabetes.” Now here is some help ful information. Before a person gets a Type 2 dia betes diagnosis, there is a stage called pre-diabetes. If you are familiar with blood glucose levels, a normal fasting blood sugar should be 70-99. Another test done at the doctor’s office, called a Hemoglobin A 1C, should be under 5.7. In p re-d iab etes the blood sugar level is be tween 100-125 mg/dl, with the Hemoglobin A 1C in a range o f 5.7-6.4. People with a body mass index (BMI) over 24 are also at risk for developing pre- diabetes. Pre-diabetes does not mean a person currently is a diabetic. It does indi cate that, without lifestyle changes, they will more than likely develop Type 2 diabetes. Now for the best news. M orrow County Public Health Department and the Morrow County Health Dis trict have trained coaches who will be offering class es locally to assist those who are in the pre-diabetes stage. With participation in these classes, we can help prevent pre-diabetics from developing Type 2 adult diabetes. If you are inter ested in finding out more about these classes and how to make some changes, con tact the following people Shelley Wight, Morrow County Public Health, 541 - 676-5421; Cheryl Tallman, M orrow County Health District, 541-676-2946; or your primary care provider. If you don’t have one, call Pioneer Memorial Clinic or Irrigon Medical Clinic to set up an appointment. Basketball Bonanza Heppner merchants offer Customer Appreciation Day, opportunity to Shop You Drop set for Dec. 5 ‘ lone’s l?01 annual Basketball Bonanza is set for Fri day, Dec. 5, beginning at 1 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 10 a.m. The event, sponsored by the lone Cardinal Booster Club, will include varsity and JV boys’ and girls’ teams from lone, Riverside, Enterprise and Echo. Orem elected 2015 OWGL President Next Thursday, Dec. 4, local merchants will have special customer apprecia tion activities and will offer extended hours to kick off the Christmas holiday sea son and to thank customers for shopping local. Here are some of the specials being planned: A rtisan Village will be open from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., so customers can stop by and have some refresh ments, and enter a drawing to win a prize. Bank of Eastern Ore gon will be serving refresh ments from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Community Bank will also be serving some refresh ments. H eppner Family Foods will offer free Home Town coffee for their cus tomers all day and will have Santa set up in the store for pictures from 6-7 p.m., w ith hot chocolate and candy canes. Everyone is reminded to bring a camera to take pictures. Murray’s will be hav ing hourly door prizes, cookies and punch; the wish-list treasure hunt will start (with the winner being announced during the Dec. 18 Christmas event), and from 5-7 p.m. there will be a mini wine tasting. Sweet Productions will offer a dinner special, and Willow Creek Realty will have Petra Payne and her Scentsy products set up for easy shopping from 4:30- 7:30 p.m. Shoppers will want to make sure they are at the tree outside the post office at 5:30 p.m. so they can watch the Heppner Day Care and Heppner Elemen tary School children hang their homemade Christmas ornaments, as well as par ticipate in some caroling. At the senior center at 6 p.m., Home Health and Hospice will be holding a “Lights of Hope” ceremony in memory of loved ones who have passed away. “Take advantage of the extended business hours and shop at all of our lo cal merchants and enjoy the sounds and sights of Christmas,” says Heppner Cham ber Executive Di rector Sheryll Bates, “and don’t forget to ask for your rewards card with every purchase!” ing minutes; treasurer’s report; CPA Review o f Fiscal Year Ended 6/30/14 and status of funding agree ments; staff reports; and partner reports. A board position repre senting the Irrigon area is currently vacant. Meetings o f Morrow SWCD are open to the public. Morrow SWCD to meet Eric Orem, Lexington, was elected Oregon Wheat Grow ers League President for 2015 at the organization’s annual meeting in Stevenson, WA on Thursday, Nov. 13. Also elected as OWGL officers were Tyler Mansell, Vice President; Dana Tiickness, Secretary/Treasurer; and Jerry Marguth, Immedi ate Past President. The officers were sworn in effective Jan. 1, 2015. -Contributedphoto H a v e a n e w s s to n y o r p h o to fo r th e G a z e t t e ? e-m ail e d ito r@ n a p id s e n v e .n e t call 5 4 1 - 6 7 6 - 9 2 2 8 on s to p by th e o ffic e on W illow St., H e p p n e r T o d a y A regular board meet ing of the Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District will be held Tuesday, Dec. 2, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Ag Service Center, 430 W Linden Way, Heppner. Time will be set aside at the beginning of the meet ing to receive comments from the public. Agenda items for the SWCD meeting include ap proval of the Nov. 4 meet- Health advisory lifted for Willow Creek Reservoir Wheat Commission meeting set An O reg o n W heat Commission meeting will be held in the Port of Mor row Sandhollow Board Room, 2 M arine Drive, Boardman, on Thursday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be avail able for all attendees. Conference call will be available toll free at 888-431-3632, access code: 4966580. The meeting loca tion is accessible to persons with disabilities. Questions, contact the Oregon Wheat Commission office at 503-467-2161. The O regon H ealth Authority last week lifted a health advisory issued Oct. 10 for Willow Creek Reservoir. Water monitoring has confirmed reduced levels o f blue-green algae and their toxins. These reduced levels are not likely to be harm ful to humans and animals. For local information about water quality or blue- green algae sampling, con tact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at 541-676-9009. For health information, to report human or pet ill nesses due to blooms, or to ask questions about a news release, contact the Oregon Health Authority at 971 - 673-0400. www.cbec.cc WASHINGTON DC YOUTH TOUR Our Annual Charity Drive Is on Now - December 17th, 2014 Community Bank will match up to $500 (per branch) at 50< on the dollar. APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOW At CBEC, we take great pride in highlighting the value of cooperative membership to children. After all they are our members-in-training. We provide a variety of programs that benefit young people, from safety demonstrations to sponsoring youth activities across our five-county service territory. W e are seeking applications for a program we are particularly proud of - the Washington Youth Tour. During the annual Washington Youth Tour, more than 15,000 high school students from across the country descend on Washington, D.C. to learn about government, history and the role of electric cooperatives. CBEC is sending tw o high school juniors selected from the high schools in our service territory. All expenses are paid (except spending money). The next trip is June 11-18,2015. Applications are available from CBECs website (www.cbec.cc). Applications are due January 09,2015. Washington DC Youth Tour > Open to all current high school juniors whose parents receive electrical service from CBEC YOUTH TOUR > Applications are available now on the CBEC Website www.cbec.cc > Applications are due January 09,2015 > 2015 Washington Youth Tour is June 11-18 Funds collected at the Heppner branch will be donated to: The Heppner Neighborhood Center B iliW Il Make your donation go further! Offer your helping hand by donating at: Heppner 127 N Main St 541-676-5745 www communitybanknet com Member FDIC munity BANK Local Money Working For Local People
