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City will distribute SmileSavers
....... :i
two day clinic
smoke alarms - free .
, . ,. . . 00ng, e
Tht Shelton Fire Department outrode each sleeping area and on practme the plan annually"
is participating in a national pro- every level. Since 1992 there have been
gram to distribute smoke alarms
to cmnmunity residents.
The Fire Safe Families Project
is sponsored by national, state
and local agencies, including the
Mason County Fire Marshal's Of-
fice and Shelton Fire Depart-
merit.
All residents are eligible to
participate in the program. Those
who don't have adequate smoke-
alarm coverage can receive free
smoke alarms for their homes.
The National Fire Protection As-
sociation recommends that every
home should have a smoke alarm
T() participate in the program,
call the fire department at 426-
3348. Those who have adequate
protection should test their smoke
alarms monthly, said Michele
Jennings of the fire department.
"Don't disable your alarm by
'borrowing' its batteries for other
uses," she said. "Replace any
smoke alarm that is more than 10
years old. Never paint a smoke
detector. And remember to clean
dust off it. Most importantly, plan
an escape route should a fire oc-
cur. The plan should include a
floor plan and an agreed-upon
meeting location and you should
nine deaths due to fire in Mason
County. Three of those deaths
have occurred since the start of
this year. The county's fire-relat-
ed injury and death rates are
more than double the state's, Jen-
nings said.
Smoke alarms cut the risk of
dying in a home fire by 50 per-
cent. And, while 92 percent of all
residences have smoke alarms, 60
percent of the home fire deaths
occur in those few homes without
alarms. Of those homes with
alarms, 20 percent of the alarms
are not operational.
Hospital's next childbirth
class series to start soon
Mason General Hospital's next
six-week childbirth education
class, for those expecting babies
m May, will begin April 12.
The classes will be held Mon-
days starting at 7 p.m. in MGH's
Ellinor Room.
Kate Fouquier, childbirth edu-
cator and certified nurse-midwife,
will teach the class. Topics to be
covered include the stages of'
pregnancy, labor and birth,
breastfeeding and infant care. In
addition, there is a section on par-
enting skills, roles and expecta-
tions.
For those who will deliver their
baby at MGH, there will be a tour
of the private birthing suites and
the nursery. Spouses and partn-
ers art; encouraged to attend.
Preregistration for the class is
required as space is limited. To
register, mothers-to-be can call
Mountain View Women's Health
Center at 426-0955. The cost of
the course is $50, and medical
coupons are accepted.
H
00lrrivals
tIjj
Tristan Gregory Boots
was born on February 23 at
Saint Joseph Hospital in Tacoma
to Lori and Gregory Boots of Ta-
coma. lte weighed 8 pounds, 10
ounces and was 20 inches long.
Grandparents are David and
Melanie Boots, and Denny and
Betty Temple, all of Shelton.
Corban Patrick Phillips
was born on March 9 at Mason
General Hospital to Dottle and
Ben Phillips of Sheiton. He
weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and
was 20v2 inches long. He joins
Alexis, age 4.
Grandparents are Steve and
Pattie Phillips, missionaries in
Africa, and Linda Joyce of Seat-
tle.
Caitlin Chesney Pompa
was born on March 12 at Ma-
son General Hospital to Cathy
Noble and Carlos Pompa of Shel-
ton. She weighed 7 pounds, 6
ounces and was 20 inches long.
She joins Colin, age 3.
Grandparents are Judy
Milender of Shelton, the late
Juan Pompa Munguia of Morelia,
Mexico and Melania Anaya Sere-
no of Morelia, Mexico.
Veronica Katie Castro
was born on March 11 at Ma-
son General Hospital to Melissa
Olivas and Francisco Castro of
Shelton. She weighed 4 pounds,
12 ounces and was 17u, inches
long. She joins Alyssa Marie, age
3, and Rosa Maria, age I.
Grandparents are Rosa Olivas
of Shelton, Olivas Fabens of
Texas, Maria Guadalupe of Guijo-
sa, Mexico, and Liverio Castro of
Shelton.
Saria Rayelle Johnson
was born on March 10 at Ma-
son General Hospital to Melissa
Lee and Delaney Johnson of Shel-
ton. She weighed 6 pounds, 10
ounces and was 19 inches long.
Grandparents are Diana John-
son, Don and Pare Hartwell, and
Bob C. Lee Sr., all of Shelton.
Great-grandmother is Elizabeth
Place of Shelton. Great-great
grandmother is Mildred Riker of
Shelton.
"Ma00n General ga00ital We "lcame00
wdd0000. D agan, U.00O.
ud 'Media ne (a& dt media'ne)
"Boxd Cmijqd
H'c tat<e great pleasure in wcl(otnitg Waldo A. Dagan, M.D.,
I)( )llt.l ccrt![ied IntclThll mcdkind .a(hlll mcdMnc), to the active tncdi(al
stqOat MaSOll GttR?ra] ltvspilal, ttc 15 assocmt'd with local.
inlcrnal medic/nc specialisl Mark Sch/audcrq[],MD, atd.lanlt!v pradtitc
specialist Mark Trtl(kScL% AI. D. tit 237 Prt ,fcL';SlOtkll 1,Vdv.
Shdlh)n ddr()55 rt Om MGH.
DI: Dagatl. who t71]QtLg i/llctih,lttlg wilh pc'op/c d/hi kth)Wlng l/will
on a pelsonal basis, rcccivc'd his mcdkal 1 ....
t ('I Or' ]l'Olll Fat" EtlSldl'll
' 0
UnwdlSily, IBSIiIuIc I Mcdlcinc, A, hlnihl [)hlhppincs, and did
his irltcrlshlp at lht' Vetelals Ah'nhrhl] Medical Cc'nteJ Qllezon City.
Philippines Hc lah.'r completed iris residency in internal medicind
at the University ollIlinoLs/Mihacl Re(tsc ttospital and
Medical ('Clinl.iF c'hica7o, Illinois
Itc I. 7ttcptll} ldW p(llielE5 and llhll' t)t' tca(hcd at 420.3972
Mason General Hospital ' .,,, :
Quafi{ycam.dnoownhamctown." " ;,,!,,.,,:', ;:
http://www.pugetsoundwa.nel/MGH/ .}}
Page 14 - Shellon-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 18, 1999
t
ii I
WHILE MICHELE JENNINGS of the Shelton Fire De-
partment installs a new smoke alarm in their Shelton
home, John and Kether Hoag and their son, Jayce, age
3, watch appreciatively. The smoke alarms are being
provided free to those who need them.
Flyers' swap meet Saturday
to raise Relay for Life funds
The Shelton RC Flyers, a local
group involved with remote-con-
trol vehicles, will add a table ded-
icated to Relay for Life at its
swap meet Saturday at the Ma-
son County Fairgrounds.
Relay for Life is the year's
prime fund-raiser and conscious-
hess-raiser for the American Can-
cer Society, noted Sharon Diaz,
spokesperson for the RC Flyers.
Admission is free to the event,
said Diaz, and tables cost $5.
While most of the items at the
event are items and accessories
related to remote-control boats,
planes and cars, she said, there
will also be general items. The
swap meet will run from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. March 20 in Fair-
grounds Building 17.
Additional information is avail-
able from Diaz at 427-6102.
New DUI laws involve
,to00ughe00 consequences
en years, as opposed to the past
five years under a previous law.
Past charges reduced from
DUI to less severe crimes will
count as DUI offenses in repeat-
offender sentencing.
Police are allowed to im-
pound the vehicles of drivers with
suspended sentences.
Intoxicated drivers with pas-
sengers in their vehicles can re-
ceive stiffer sentences than if they
were unaccompanied.
Charges for underage per-
sons who obtain, possess or con-
sume alcohol will be raised to
gross-misdemeanor level.
THE INTENT of the law,
Norman says, is not to arrest
more drunk drivers but "to dis-
suade people from drinking and
driving altogether, thereby mak-
ing state roadways a safer place
for friends and families." As the
consequences of lower limits and
harsher consequences hit home,
she said, it's hoped that fewer
people will drive drunk and be ar-
rested.
The first DUI arrest of the year
in the state was a case in point,
Norman said. A Pierce County
sheriffs deputy spotted a vehicle
Most people who hear "new
DUI laws" think in terms of the
new rule that lowers the
threshold of legal intoxication
from .10 to .08 blood alcohol con-
tent, says Carol Norman, pro-
gram coordinator for Mason
County Community DUI and
Traffic Safety.
DUI means driving under the
influence, and the state is grow-
ing increasingly less tolerant of
the practice linked to the majority
of serious and fatal traffic acci-
dents.
The toughening up of the
blood-alcohol-level rule is not the
only change that affects drivers
who drink and drive, says Nor-
man. The Washington State Leg-
islature passed 13 new DUI laws
now being enforced statewide,
Norman says.
SOME EXAMPLES:
* Everyone arrested for DUI
will immediately lose his or her
driver's license for 90 days.
. Repeat DUI offenders must
have 60 to 150 days of electronic
home monitoring added to the
minimum jail sentence.
A repeat offender, or a first-
time offender with a blood-alcohol
reading of.15 grams per 100 mil-
liliters or higher, must install an
ignition interlock device in his or
her vehicle. This device prevents
offenders from driving if there is
alcohol on the breath.
Only one deferred prosecu-
tion is allowed in a lifetime, as
opposed to one every five years as
allowed earlier.
When sentencing offenders,
courts are required to consider
DUI convictions for the past sev-
speeding down a residential
street. When he pulled the driver
over and contacted her at her ve-
hicle, he detected the odor of alco-
hol on her breath. She denied
drinking, but stumbled in a field
test.
When she was given a breath
test, she blew a reading of .09
percent. "If she had been pulled
over just minutes earlier," Nor-
man noted, "the driver could have
been cited for driving while im-
paired, but she would not have
been considered legally 'drunk.'
"The arrest," Norman said,
"made an important point. She
was under .10, yet she was im-
paired. She shouldn't have been
driving."
MARCH 21, Norman said,
marks the first 80 days living
with the .08 law.
And Norman's task force in
Mason County joins lawmakers,
law-enforcement officers and ob-
servers statewide who hope the
new laws will make the roads saf-
er places.
They hope, says Norman, that
people will think of the question
that forms their new motto: "The
laws are tougher on DUI. Axe you
ready to blow it?"
WOMEN'S
CLINIC
e
CONNIE Po REANDEAU ARNP
OB/GYN NURSE PRACTITIONER
and
MARY HART, CNM, ARNP
now offering
MATERNITY AND NEWBORN CARE
YEARLY EXAMS, CONTRACEPTION,
SCHOOL & SPORTS EXAMS.
MENOPAUSE, BREAST PROBLEMS,
PIERCINO, DIETIN8.
426-0895.320 W. Alder
SmileSavers, a preventive den-
tal service for children of low- and
middle-income families, will hold
a two-day clinic next Thursday
and Friday, March 25 and 26, at
the Angle Education Building in
Shelton.
Dental care for children aged 1
to 18 years and their families will
be provided by a licensed, profes-
sional and friendly staff, said a
spokesperson for the oral health
care organization.
Washington Basic Health Plus,
Washington State medical ID
cards and many forms of in-
surance are accepted, according
to clinic director Jane Moreno.
SmileSavers provides preven-
tive services, including dental ex-
ams, cleanings, fluoride treat-
ments, sealants and
education, as well as
vices as fillings,
canals and crowns.
"Children with
tive oral health care
need for extensive
the future," MorenO
"Unfortunately,
the general populatio
receive routine oral
In fact, she says,
on state-funded
or medical coupons
oral health care for
SmileSavers accepts
grams, she says.
More information
ments can be obtained
SmileSavers at
Emblem Club
for its eye-care
Shelton Emblem Club 477 has
announced that Governor Gary
Locke has pronounced this week
Eye Care Week in recognition of
the work of Emblem Clubs state-
wide.
The local club, said spokes-
person Toni Gardner, has been
involved in helping a young wom-
an with the purchase of s
eyes, has assisted in
of a braille machine,
needy patients with the l
of needed eyeglasses
pated in scholarship
Emblem Club is
the Benevolent and
der of Elks.
Leap for Learning
set to raise funds
for disability
The Learning Disabilities As-
sociation (LDA) of Washington
will host its third annual Leap for
Learning parachute jump event
at Sanderson Field in June,
LDA's Cynthia A. DeSisto an-
nounced last week.
Family fun scheduled for the
event will include refreshments,
music, ceremonies and activities,
all organized to raise funds to
help LDA provide services to chil-
dren and adults with learning
disabilities, attention-deficit dis-
order (ADD) and hyperactivity.
Admission is free at the day-
long event, DeSisto said. 'We are
recruiting individuals to raise
pledges and to par
with us," she ex
prizes will be given
chutists who collect
dollar amount of
largest number of
senior jumper."
, A Leap Line will be
after April 1 to
tion for potential
she added.
KING 5 Teh
Magazine" host John
LDA board member,
show during the event.
Learning will involve st
parachute jumpers,
planners.
HE HEALTH CARE CEI
IMMEDIATE MEDICAL
For The Entire Family
426-971 7
8th & Railroad * Shelton
MCHN
A Name You Already Know.
You now can enjoy the feeling of comfort and security knowing that your fe
ily's health coverage is through Memorial Clinic Health Network, a name
know...and trust. We offer over 1300 affiliated physicians from whiCt
choose. Plus, if you ever need to be hospitalized you can rely on the trusted
of the Providence Health Care system, Mason General Hospital or
Hospital. Members can choose from a variety of plans, including pacit
QualMed, KPS Health Plans, First Choice, and plans for seniors. If you woU
to know more about MCHN, call us today at 413-8402 or 1-8{}04
http://www.mchn.org
City will distribute SmileSavers
....... :i
two day clinic
smoke alarms - free .
, . ,. . . 00ng, e
Tht Shelton Fire Department outrode each sleeping area and on practme the plan annually"
is participating in a national pro- every level. Since 1992 there have been
gram to distribute smoke alarms
to cmnmunity residents.
The Fire Safe Families Project
is sponsored by national, state
and local agencies, including the
Mason County Fire Marshal's Of-
fice and Shelton Fire Depart-
merit.
All residents are eligible to
participate in the program. Those
who don't have adequate smoke-
alarm coverage can receive free
smoke alarms for their homes.
The National Fire Protection As-
sociation recommends that every
home should have a smoke alarm
T() participate in the program,
call the fire department at 426-
3348. Those who have adequate
protection should test their smoke
alarms monthly, said Michele
Jennings of the fire department.
"Don't disable your alarm by
'borrowing' its batteries for other
uses," she said. "Replace any
smoke alarm that is more than 10
years old. Never paint a smoke
detector. And remember to clean
dust off it. Most importantly, plan
an escape route should a fire oc-
cur. The plan should include a
floor plan and an agreed-upon
meeting location and you should
nine deaths due to fire in Mason
County. Three of those deaths
have occurred since the start of
this year. The county's fire-relat-
ed injury and death rates are
more than double the state's, Jen-
nings said.
Smoke alarms cut the risk of
dying in a home fire by 50 per-
cent. And, while 92 percent of all
residences have smoke alarms, 60
percent of the home fire deaths
occur in those few homes without
alarms. Of those homes with
alarms, 20 percent of the alarms
are not operational.
Hospital's next childbirth
class series to start soon
Mason General Hospital's next
six-week childbirth education
class, for those expecting babies
m May, will begin April 12.
The classes will be held Mon-
days starting at 7 p.m. in MGH's
Ellinor Room.
Kate Fouquier, childbirth edu-
cator and certified nurse-midwife,
will teach the class. Topics to be
covered include the stages of'
pregnancy, labor and birth,
breastfeeding and infant care. In
addition, there is a section on par-
enting skills, roles and expecta-
tions.
For those who will deliver their
baby at MGH, there will be a tour
of the private birthing suites and
the nursery. Spouses and partn-
ers art; encouraged to attend.
Preregistration for the class is
required as space is limited. To
register, mothers-to-be can call
Mountain View Women's Health
Center at 426-0955. The cost of
the course is $50, and medical
coupons are accepted.
H
00lrrivals
tIjj
Tristan Gregory Boots
was born on February 23 at
Saint Joseph Hospital in Tacoma
to Lori and Gregory Boots of Ta-
coma. lte weighed 8 pounds, 10
ounces and was 20 inches long.
Grandparents are David and
Melanie Boots, and Denny and
Betty Temple, all of Shelton.
Corban Patrick Phillips
was born on March 9 at Mason
General Hospital to Dottle and
Ben Phillips of Sheiton. He
weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and
was 20v2 inches long. He joins
Alexis, age 4.
Grandparents are Steve and
Pattie Phillips, missionaries in
Africa, and Linda Joyce of Seat-
tle.
Caitlin Chesney Pompa
was born on March 12 at Ma-
son General Hospital to Cathy
Noble and Carlos Pompa of Shel-
ton. She weighed 7 pounds, 6
ounces and was 20 inches long.
She joins Colin, age 3.
Grandparents are Judy
Milender of Shelton, the late
Juan Pompa Munguia of Morelia,
Mexico and Melania Anaya Sere-
no of Morelia, Mexico.
Veronica Katie Castro
was born on March 11 at Ma-
son General Hospital to Melissa
Olivas and Francisco Castro of
Shelton. She weighed 4 pounds,
12 ounces and was 17u, inches
long. She joins Alyssa Marie, age
3, and Rosa Maria, age I.
Grandparents are Rosa Olivas
of Shelton, Olivas Fabens of
Texas, Maria Guadalupe of Guijo-
sa, Mexico, and Liverio Castro of
Shelton.
Saria Rayelle Johnson
was born on March 10 at Ma-
son General Hospital to Melissa
Lee and Delaney Johnson of Shel-
ton. She weighed 6 pounds, 10
ounces and was 19 inches long.
Grandparents are Diana John-
son, Don and Pare Hartwell, and
Bob C. Lee Sr., all of Shelton.
Great-grandmother is Elizabeth
Place of Shelton. Great-great
grandmother is Mildred Riker of
Shelton.
"Ma00n General ga00ital We "lcame00
wdd0000. D agan, U.00O.
ud 'Media ne (a& dt media'ne)
"Boxd Cmijqd
H'c tat<e great pleasure in wcl(otnitg Waldo A. Dagan, M.D.,
I)( )llt.l ccrt![ied IntclThll mcdkind .a(hlll mcdMnc), to the active tncdi(al
stqOat MaSOll GttR?ra] ltvspilal, ttc 15 assocmt'd with local.
inlcrnal medic/nc specialisl Mark Sch/audcrq[],MD, atd.lanlt!v pradtitc
specialist Mark Trtl(kScL% AI. D. tit 237 Prt ,fcL';SlOtkll 1,Vdv.
Shdlh)n ddr()55 rt Om MGH.
DI: Dagatl. who t71]QtLg i/llctih,lttlg wilh pc'op/c d/hi kth)Wlng l/will
on a pelsonal basis, rcccivc'd his mcdkal 1 ....
t ('I Or' ]l'Olll Fat" EtlSldl'll
' 0
UnwdlSily, IBSIiIuIc I Mcdlcinc, A, hlnihl [)hlhppincs, and did
his irltcrlshlp at lht' Vetelals Ah'nhrhl] Medical Cc'nteJ Qllezon City.
Philippines I--I' lah.'r completed iris residency in internal medicind
at the University ollIlinoLs/Mihacl Re(tsc ttospital and
Medical ('Clinl.iF c'hica7o, Illinois
Itc I. 7ttcptll} ldW p(llielE5 and llhll' t)t' tca(hcd at 420.3972
Mason General Hospital ' .,,, :
Quafi{ycam.dnoownhamctown." " ;,,!,,.,,:', ;:
http://www.pugetsoundwa.nel/MGH/ .}}
Page 14 - Shellon-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 18, 1999
t
ii I
WHILE MICHELE JENNINGS of the Shelton Fire De-
partment installs a new smoke alarm in their Shelton
home, John and Kether Hoag and their son, Jayce, age
3, watch appreciatively. The smoke alarms are being
provided free to those who need them.
Flyers' swap meet Saturday
to raise Relay for Life funds
The Shelton RC Flyers, a local
group involved with remote-con-
trol vehicles, will add a table ded-
icated to Relay for Life at its
swap meet Saturday at the Ma-
son County Fairgrounds.
Relay for Life is the year's
prime fund-raiser and conscious-
hess-raiser for the American Can-
cer Society, noted Sharon Diaz,
spokesperson for the RC Flyers.
Admission is free to the event,
said Diaz, and tables cost $5.
While most of the items at the
event are items and accessories
related to remote-control boats,
planes and cars, she said, there
will also be general items. The
swap meet will run from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. March 20 in Fair-
grounds Building 17.
Additional information is avail-
able from Diaz at 427-6102.
New DUI laws involve
,to00ughe00 consequences
en years, as opposed to the past
five years under a previous law.
Past charges reduced from
DUI to less severe crimes will
count as DUI offenses in repeat-
offender sentencing.
Police are allowed to im-
pound the vehicles of drivers with
suspended sentences.
Intoxicated drivers with pas-
sengers in their vehicles can re-
ceive stiffer sentences than if they
were unaccompanied.
Charges for underage per-
sons who obtain, possess or con-
sume alcohol will be raised to
gross-misdemeanor level.
THE INTENT of the law,
Norman says, is not to arrest
more drunk drivers but "to dis-
suade people from drinking and
driving altogether, thereby mak-
ing state roadways a safer place
for friends and families." As the
consequences of lower limits and
harsher consequences hit home,
she said, it's hoped that fewer
people will drive drunk and be ar-
rested.
The first DUI arrest of the year
in the state was a case in point,
Norman said. A Pierce County
sheriffs deputy spotted a vehicle
Most people who hear "new
DUI laws" think in terms of the
new rule that lowers the
threshold of legal intoxication
from .10 to .08 blood alcohol con-
tent, says Carol Norman, pro-
gram coordinator for Mason
County Community DUI and
Traffic Safety.
DUI means driving under the
influence, and the state is grow-
ing increasingly less tolerant of
the practice linked to the majority
of serious and fatal traffic acci-
dents.
The toughening up of the
blood-alcohol-level rule is not the
only change that affects drivers
who drink and drive, says Nor-
man. The Washington State Leg-
islature passed 13 new DUI laws
now being enforced statewide,
Norman says.
SOME EXAMPLES:
* Everyone arrested for DUI
will immediately lose his or her
driver's license for 90 days.
. Repeat DUI offenders must
have 60 to 150 days of electronic
home monitoring added to the
minimum jail sentence.
A repeat offender, or a first-
time offender with a blood-alcohol
reading of.15 grams per 100 mil-
liliters or higher, must install an
ignition interlock device in his or
her vehicle. This device prevents
offenders from driving if there is
alcohol on the breath.
Only one deferred prosecu-
tion is allowed in a lifetime, as
opposed to one every five years as
allowed earlier.
When sentencing offenders,
courts are required to consider
DUI convictions for the past sev-
speeding down a residential
street. When he pulled the driver
over and contacted her at her ve-
hicle, he detected the odor of alco-
hol on her breath. She denied
drinking, but stumbled in a field
test.
When she was given a breath
test, she blew a reading of .09
percent. "If she had been pulled
over just minutes earlier," Nor-
man noted, "the driver could have
been cited for driving while im-
paired, but she would not have
been considered legally 'drunk.'
"The arrest," Norman said,
"made an important point. She
was under .10, yet she was im-
paired. She shouldn't have been
driving."
MARCH 21, Norman said,
marks the first 80 days living
with the .08 law.
And Norman's task force in
Mason County joins lawmakers,
law-enforcement officers and ob-
servers statewide who hope the
new laws will make the roads saf-
er places.
They hope, says Norman, that
people will think of the question
that forms their new motto: "The
laws are tougher on DUI. Axe you
ready to blow it?"
WOMEN'S
CLINIC
e
CONNIE Po REANDEAU ARNP
OB/GYN NURSE PRACTITIONER
and
MARY HART, CNM, ARNP
now offering
MATERNITY AND NEWBORN CARE
YEARLY EXAMS, CONTRACEPTION,
SCHOOL & SPORTS EXAMS.
MENOPAUSE, BREAST PROBLEMS,
PIERCINO, DIETIN8.
426-0895.320 W. Alder
SmileSavers, a preventive den-
tal service for children of low- and
middle-income families, will hold
a two-day clinic next Thursday
and Friday, March 25 and 26, at
the Angle Education Building in
Shelton.
Dental care for children aged 1
to 18 years and their families will
be provided by a licensed, profes-
sional and friendly staff, said a
spokesperson for the oral health
care organization.
Washington Basic Health Plus,
Washington State medical ID
cards and many forms of in-
surance are accepted, according
to clinic director Jane Moreno.
SmileSavers provides preven-
tive services, including dental ex-
ams, cleanings, fluoride treat-
ments, sealants and
education, as well as
vices as fillings,
canals and crowns.
"Children with
tive oral health care
need for extensive
the future," MorenO
"Unfortunately,
the general populatio
receive routine oral
In fact, she says,
on state-funded
or medical coupons
oral health care for
SmileSavers accepts
grams, she says.
More information
ments can be obtained
SmileSavers at
Emblem Club
for its eye-care
Shelton Emblem Club 477 has
announced that Governor Gary
Locke has pronounced this week
Eye Care Week in recognition of
the work of Emblem Clubs state-
wide.
The local club, said spokes-
person Toni Gardner, has been
involved in helping a young wom-
an with the purchase of s
eyes, has assisted in
of a braille machine,
needy patients with the l
of needed eyeglasses
pated in scholarship
Emblem Club is
the Benevolent and
der of Elks.
Leap for Learning
set to raise funds
for disability
The Learning Disabilities As-
sociation (LDA) of Washington
will host its third annual Leap for
Learning parachute jump event
at Sanderson Field in June,
LDA's Cynthia A. DeSisto an-
nounced last week.
Family fun scheduled for the
event will include refreshments,
music, ceremonies and activities,
all organized to raise funds to
help LDA provide services to chil-
dren and adults with learning
disabilities, attention-deficit dis-
order (ADD) and hyperactivity.
Admission is free at the day-
long event, DeSisto said. 'We are
recruiting individuals to raise
pledges and to par
with us," she ex
prizes will be given
chutists who collect
dollar amount of
largest number of
senior jumper."
, A Leap Line will be
after April 1 to
tion for potential
she added.
KING 5 Teh
Magazine" host John
LDA board member,
show during the event.
Learning will involve st
parachute jumpers,
planners.
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