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The INDEPENDENT, December 6, 2000
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Health Nate»
Senior News
By Karen Miller
Modern technology may
make life seem easier, but it
may also make it shorter! Sci
ence says that people who
have a lot of human contact
can live twice as long as those
who are isolated. In a recent
article entitled “13 ways to Re
connect in Your Life,” one way
recommended was to “talk to
older people.” Older folks are
natural historians. I agree! For
me, interesting people like Jen
nie Siedelman, Ethel Black
burn, Elsie Taylor, Faith Rey
nolds, Floyd Ragner and Bob
Wiley help me to connect to my
community’s and history’s past.
Try it! You can begin right down
here where we enjoy connect
ing with one another! And al
ways remember: If you think
nobody cares if you’re alive...
Salm on donated to senior centers
The Scappoose Senior Cen
ter has received 1000 pounds
of Salmon courtesy of the Sa
fari Club International. The
Club has asked Scappoose to
act as the distribution center to
provide portions of the salmon
to each of the other five senior
centers throughout the County.
Founded in 1971, the Safari
Club is a worldwide charitable
organization that promotes
wildlife conservation and edu
cation, provides services for
people in need, and functions
as an advocate for hunters and
hunting. With approximately
37,000 members and 200
chapters world wide, the Club
has donated hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to charitable
causes and organizations both
here and abroad. The donation
of fish is conducted through the
Club’s “Sportsmen Against
Hunger” Program. This will be
Web site has tips on
produce, nutrition
During the National 5 A Day
Week, the Produce Marketing
Association officially launched
a website that helps educate
consumers about nutrition and
health, provides storage and
handling tips for fruits and veg
etables, offers produce recipes
and more. Visit the website at
http://Aboutproduce.com/. It’s
very user-friendly and a fun
way to learn more about pro
duce in general.
one of the first large scale do
nations, not only here in Co
lumbia County, but in Oregon,
according to Duane Bernard,
President of the Safari Club’s
Portland Chapter and Rainier
resident.
The donation is a welcome
sight to many of the centers,
according to John Helm, Scap
poose Senior Center president.
“Since 1969, one of the primary
missions of the Scappoose Se
nior Center has been to pro
vide healthy, nutritionally-bal
anced meals for both our mem
bers and other senior and dis
abled clients in the community.
Meals are provided both at the
Center and delivered to our
home-bound clients via our
Meals-on-Wheels program”,
Helm said.
“This kind of support is not
only appreciated, but critical,
as we continue to prepare all of
our programs for the increasing
number of Senior clients in the
area,” Helm said.
With more than 62 million
Americans over the age of 50
and retirees outnumbering
teenagers for the first time in
history, it is vital that senior or
ganizations prepare for the de
mand. In Oregon, the numbers
are no less startling. Forecasts
indicate that by 2010, one in
four Oregonians will be 55 or
older. By 2025, Oregon is pro
jected to have the fourth high
est proportion of seniors in the
entire country.
By Audeen Wagner
try missing a couple of car pay
ments.
More Flu Shot Information:
From the kitchen: The cook
Good News — Providence Family Medicine-Vemonia is happy
would like to say thank you for
to report that the influenza vaccine is in! Jeanette reports that a
all the donations from the pie
supply of vaccine has been received and that more is on the way.
auction and thank you for those
It now looks as if all Providence patients who want a flu shot can
who made it possible; our
be assured of getting one.
Thanksgiving dinner served
People who should make sure they get an annual flu shot
over 100 people.
include
the following patients:
We’ll be announcing the
- Those patients aged 65 and older;
winner of our raffles from the
- Residents and employees of nursing homes or chronic care
Booster Xmas Bazaar next is
facilities;
sue.
- Adults and children with chronic diseases such as heart or
COLCO trips: Dec. 13 to
lung conditions, asthma, diabetes, kidney or blood disorders;
Lloyd Center, cost is $10.00.
- Women who are in the second or third trimester of preg
Leave at 9:00 a.m.
nancy.
December 17 Xmas ships at
If you are unsure of your “risk status” be sure and contact the
St. Helens, and dinner. Van
clinic. You will need to make an appointment to see Jeanette for
cost $5.00. Leave at 4:00 p.m.
your injection.
December 18 our big van
will be taking in the Christmas
Mammovan: The next Mammovan will be in Vernonia on
lights around the community.
December 20.
Cost is only $1.00. Limited to
12. Call us!
The Christmas season is
Owen at the family home.
upon us. You’ve read the ad Katherine D. Goodman
Grandparents are Milton
vice: “Don’t get caught up in
Katherine Dianne Goodman
the Christmas rush! Relax and was born Nov. 2, 2000, to Jeff and Doretta Dennis of Vernon
get your cards out AFTER
and Karin Goodman of Vernon ia and Bill Owen of Bend.
Great-grandparents are Jen
Christmas.” So, I followed that ia. She weighed 6 pounds, 1
advice last year. It is now a ounce and was 18-1/2 inches ny Dennis of Vernonia and Frie
da and Jim Ince of Vernonia.
year later and, you guessed it. long.
My cards are just going out...
She will join her brother, Jef
Wyatt M. Dowdy
this week.
frey and sister, Jessika, at the
Wyatt Michael Dowdy was
Happy holidays!
family home.
born November 28, 2000, to
Grandparents are SkiD and
LDS
co nferen ce Shirley Goodman of Vernonia Mindy and Jason Dowdy of
Hillsboro. He weighed 7
and Regina Mainwaring of
held in Hillsboro
pounds, 11 ounces and was 19
Jacksonville.
inches long.
“Keeping Our Promises
Great-grandparents are Ken
Grandparents are Sue Cavi-
made with God” was the theme Mainwaring of Central Point
nee and Jerry McCall of Ver
of a conference held in Hills and Richard Goodman of Ver
nonia and Tamra and Dolph
boro for members of the
nonia.
Dowdy of Hillsboro.
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
Great grandparents are
ter-day Saints. Two leadership Chloe Rose Owen
Martha Brown of Coeur d’A- ’
training meetings and two gen
Chloe Rose Owen was bom lene, Idaho; Mindy McDaniel of
eral sessions were also held. Nov. 8, 2000, to Zackri Owen
Forest Hills, California; Jim and
More than 1400 members at and Danyelle Dennis of Ver
Veytha Berry of Woodland,
tended.
nonia. She weighed 9 pounds, Washington; Trudy Hinman of
Speakers included the pres 7 ounces and was 20-3/4 inch Coos Bay; George Wood of
ident of the Portland Mission,
es long.
Paradise, California and Bev
the president of the Portland
She will join her brothers, and Norm Gressett of North
Temple, and the Hillsboro
Zack, Levi, Zayne and Sawyer Plains.
Stake president, John Powell,
who presides over congrega
tions in Hillsboro, Cornelius,
Forest Grove, Gaston, Banks,
Vernonia, Tillamook, and Neah-
Kah-Nie.
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