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The INDEPENDENT, April 15, 2004
Explore the impact of mass media in Crash Course in Media Literacy class on Apr 24
A class entitled Crash
Course in Media Literacy will
be offered on Saturday, April 24
from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at
Tuality
Health
Education
Center, 334 SE 8th Ave.,
Hillsboro.
This “crash course” is a fun,
lively hands-on, interactive
experience in media literacy. In
an informal, small-group envi-
ronment, you have the opportu-
nity to examine your own rela-
tionship with media, to share
what effect it has on your life,
and to gain critical-thinking
“tools” that may challenge your
existing perceptions of media.
Explore the impact of mass
media on brain development,
physical health and behavior,
violence, substance abuse,
body image, consumerism, and
eating. Gain a better under-
standing of the role of story in
defining cultural values, norms,
and behaviors. Learn appropri-
ate responses to living in a
hyper media-saturated world,
on a personal, community, and
national level.
Presented by Anna Heinrich
Your partner in time.
In an emergency, seconds count. Saving
time can save lives, whether there’s a
fire, car crash or medical emergency. And
9-1-1 service helps save valuable time in
many ways.
available fire fighters, police or emergency
vehicles in seconds. And with the new,
federally funded microwave radio system,
Columbia 9-1-1 can provide even more
reliable communications county wide.
First, it’s easy to remember and easy to
use. You can make a call any time and
reach a real person-a highly trained dis-
patcher. Because Columbia 9-1-1 is the call
center for the whole area, it’s also efficient.
The dispatcher can reach the closest
You can help save valuable seconds too
by staying on the line, as long as you
are safe to do so. Columbia 9-1-1 is your
partner in safety, serving all of our com-
munities since 1990.
Remember, when seconds count...call 9-1-1 first.
On May 18th, voters have the opportunity to keep this essential
9-1-1 service working for all of us. Yes, this is the same
measure that was on the ballot last November. While it
received an overwhelming majority approval, the meas-
ure was invalidated because voter turnout was too low.
As before, this operating levy renewal measure requires 50% voter
turn-out in addition to majority approval. Please vote and return
your ballot in time for it to count. Thank you. For more information,
go to www.columbia911.com or call 503-397-7255.
of Northwest Media Literacy
Center, the cost is $30 and reg-
istration is required. Call 503-
681-1700 to register.
Photography
contest entries
accepted now
Cash
prizes
totaling
$60,000 will be awarded in this
year’s International Open
Amateur Photography Contest,
according to the International
Library of Photography. All
photographers are invited to try
to enter the contest. There is
no entry fee.
To enter, send one photo-
graph in only one of the follow-
ing categories: People, Travel,
Pets, Children, Sports, Nature,
Action, Humor, Portraiture, or
Other. The photo must be a
color or black-and-white print
(unmounted), 8” x 10” or small-
er. All entries must include the
photographer’s name and
address on the back, as well as
the category and the title of the
photo.
Sent entries to: The
International
Library
of
Photography, Suite 101-2619,
3600 Crondall Lane, Owings
Mills, MD 21117. Entries must
be postmarked by July 31,
2004. Photos may also be sub-
mitted online at <www. pic-
ture.com>.
Hamel, Herinckx
plan to marry
Christina
Catherina
Herinckx of Buxton and John
David Hamel of McMinnville
have announced their engage-
ment. Their wedding is set for
May 15.
The bride-to-be is the
daughter of Bob and Donna
Herinckx of Banks. She gradu-
ated from Portland Community
College in 1999 and is current-
ly employed at Providence
Health System in Portland.
The groom-elect is the son
of Bob and Bev Hamel of Mc-
Minnville. He graduated from
Blue Mountain Community
College in 2000 and is
employed at Bailey Nurseries
in Yamhill.