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First flu case in Washington County
With the first laboratory-con
firmed influenza infection of the
year for this area, public health
officials have expanded Ore
gon’s flu vaccine eligibility crite
ria in an effort to give more
people flu shots.
This new policy allows re
maining supplies of flu vaccine
to be used for adults ages SO-
64 years, and out-of-home
caregivers and household con
tacts of people at risk for seri
ous complications from flu.
These groups supplement
the high-priority populations al
ready eligible to receive flu
shots:
• All children aged 6-23
months
• Adults age 65 and older
• People from 2-64 years
with chronic medical conditions
• Women who are pregnant
during the influenza season
• Residents of nursing
homes and long-term care fa
cilities
• Children from 6 months to
18 years on chronic aspirin
therapy
• Health-care workers in
volved in direct patient care
• Out-of-home caregivers
and household contacts of chil
dren under 6 months of age.
If you are in one of these pri
ority groups and have not yet
received a flu shot, chedk with
your health care provider or call
the Oregon flu hotline at 800-
978-3040, or 503-872-6900 in
the Portland area.
In addition to vaccination,
good respiratory hygiene helps
prevent flu. Remember to:
• Wash your hands frequent
ly to eliminate germs you have
picked up.
• Try not to touch your eyes,
nose or mouth.
• Cover your nose and
mouth with a tissue when you
cough or sneeze, to avoid
spreading germs.
• Avoid close contact with
people who are ill.
• Stay home when you are
sick.
Rainbow o f humanity will honor
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at PCC Ready to Read
Portland Community Col human rights advisory commit grants from state
lege and the City of Beaverton
will celebrate the life of Martin
Luther King, Jr. The event will
be 2-4:00 p.m. on Sunday, Jan
uary 15, at Building 9 on the
Rock Creek Campus, 17705
N.W. Springville Road.
The program will include
presentations by the Inter-Reli
gious Action Network, PCC
District President Preston Pul
liams, Beaverton Mayor Rob
Drake, Holocaust survivor Alice
Kern, inspirational speaker
Debbie Wooten, and Beaverton
tee member James Maguire.
Meningococcal disease confirmed
Entertainment will include the
New Day Singers and Ballet
Folklórico.
For more information, call
503-614-2127.
Public Health Officials in mended for those people who
Washington County report one have a significant exposure to
confirmed case and one pre a case.
Meningococcal bacteria can
sumptive case of meningococ
cal disease. The two individu be spread to others by direct
als were admitted to local hos contact with respiratory secre
pitals over the weekend. The tions from the nose or throat of
case investigation is ongoing, an infected person and pro
with Washington County Health longed exposure (more than
Department notifying contacts four continuous hours in an en
closed space) to the infected
of the ill persons.
Washington County receives person.
Symptoms of the disease in
between four and eight
meningococcal disease reports clude sudden onset of high
every year. Fortunately, this fever, intense headache with
type of bacterium, N. Meningi light sensitivity, nausea, vomit
tidis, is not highly contagious. ing, dizziness, stiff neck, un
However, because this infec usual sleepiness, and a possi
tion can result in a serious and ble rash. Most people aren't di
sometimes fatal illness, pre agnosed with meningococcal
ventive medication is recom- disease until the rash is pres
ent.
For more information about
meningococcal disease, please
contact the Washington County
Health Department at (503)
846-3594.
Enter the New Year
with Fantastic Savings
Enter to UJIn a Trip to
Immunization data
must be updated for
kids in public school
Oregon requires all students
to be up-to-date on their immu
nizations or be excluded from
school, and the state-imposed
deadline of February 16, 2005,
is quickly approaching.
Parents who have received
notification from their children’s
school that their child is delin
quent in immunizations should
check the child’s immunization
records. It is important that the
school has updated informa
tion on all immunizations re
ceived.
For more information or to
make an appointment, contact
your doctor or local county
health department.
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The eleven public libraries in
Washington County have re
ceived Ready to Read grants
totaling $75,341 to improve
public library services for chil
dren. The Ready to Read
Grant program was estab
lished by the 1993 Oregon
Legislature to assist local li
braries in helping to achieve
the Oregon Benchmarks for
childhood learning and devel
opment. It is administered by
the Oregon State Library and is
the only state funding allocated
for direct public library service.
Since the Ready to Read
Grant program began, library
services to children have in
creased by 80 percent in Ore
gon, according to State Librari
an Jim Steppe. “This program
is really helping children devel
op early literacy skills, begin
school ready to learn, and de
velop a lifelong love of read
ing,” Steppe said.
Washington County Cooper
ative Library Services (WC-
CLS) include the Banks Public
Library, Beaverton City Library,
Cedar Mill Community Library,
Cornelius Public Library, For
est Grove City Library, Garden
Home Community Library,
Hillsboro
Public
Libraries
(Shute Park and Tanas-
bourne), Sherwood Public Li
brary, Tigard Public Library, Tu
alatin Public Library, and West
Slope Community Library. Two
specialized libraries - the Ore
gon College of Art and Craft,
and the Tuality Health Informa
tion Resource Center - are
also open to the public and
make their collections available
for use through WILInet.
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located next to
Jim's Market
at the Junction of
Hwy 47 & Hwy 6
Main Street, Banks