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The INDEPENDENT, March 21, 2001 Page 17 MS Society offers college scholarships for families of MS patients The National Multiple Scle er education may be spent on rosis Society, Oregon Chapter, helping the family cope with the will offer four $500 scholar disease. Our hope is that these ships to young adults with a scholarships will help families parent with multiple sclerosis coping with MS to also realize who plan to attend an accredit their goals of higher educa ed college or university in the tion.” fall of 2001. Applicants will be required to “Multiple sclerosis is a dis submit an application form and ease that affects the entire an essay on the topic, “what family, emotionally and eco MS has meant to me and my nomically,” says Lance Christ family”. Applications and es ian, program coordinator with says will be reviewed by a pan the National MS Society. “Fi el of National MS Society vol nancial resources that might unteers. To qualify, an appli otherwise be set aside for high cant must be the child of a par- S cappoose S and & G ravel • C rushed R ock • F ill • Sand Main Ofc: 503-543-8821 Orders/Dispatch: 503-397-7861 M onday thru Friday 7:30 am - 4 pm Serving Columbia County since 1940 ent with MS; parents must be members of the National Multi ple Sclerosis Society. The application deadline is May 11, 2001. Questions and requests for application forms should be directed to Lance Christian at 1-800-344-4867, ext. 1, or by e-mail at 1 Christian @ orcnmss.org. Multiple sclerosis is a chron ic disease that randomly at- tachs the central nervous sys tem. It typically strikes young adults between 20 and 40. Its progress, severity and specific symptoms cannot be predicted; symptoms vary from mild alter ation of sensation to paralysis of limbs and interference with vision, speech, walking and other basic functions. The National MS Society aims to end the devastating ef fects of MS. It is the largest vol- LaMars, cont. From page 1 write-in ballots. The write-in winner for Posi tion 2 was Bill Stevens with 12 votes. Position 3 went to Fred Wildgrube, who received 18 write-in ballots. Bernie Bird’s name was written on 17 bal lots, putting him in Position 5. untary health organization in the United States, sup porting international MS re search and providing serv ices, education and public poli cy for Americans with MS and their families. PCC offers exotic topics for study Do Chinese history or classi cal Baroque music sound like fascinating things to study? If so, Portland Community Col lege’s Senior Studies Institute has a provocative menu of class offerings this spring term starting March 26. One of the most interesting courses is The Middle King dom: 21st Century Superpow er, which reviews Chinese his tory from 1800 to the present and explores political to social issues. The class, taught by Bill Gucker, will be from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Tuesdays, from March 27 to April 24 at the Central Portland Workforce Training Center (located at 1626 S.E. Water Avenue). Oth er classes include a look at classical music on the Missis- sippi (May 31), compositions of Aaron Copeland (April 5), med ical ethics (April 12), personal account of Alaskan arctic (April 5), and field trips to the Spruce Goose in McMinnville (May 23) and the Classical Chinese Gar den (May 3 -1 0 ). Senior Studies Institute members pay an annual fee of $30 and anyone may attend on a trial basis. Classes will be held at the SMILE station (8210 S.E. 13th), Neighbor hood House Senior Center (7688 S.W. Capitol Hwy.) and the Washington County Work force Training Center (185th and Walker Road). For more information, see the spring schedule or call Neal Naigus, Community Relations Manager, at 503-977-4122 or visit www.pcc.edu Your voice is heard when you speak from the ballot box. 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