The INDEPENDENT, March 21, 2001
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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
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