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
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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.
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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
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Open to all current high school juniors whose parents receive
electrical service from CBEC
YOUTH TOUR
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Applications are available now on the CBEC Website www.cbec.cc
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Applications are due January 09,2015
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2015 Washington Youth Tour is June 11-18
Funds collected at the Heppner branch will be donated to:
The Heppner Neighborhood Center
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