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at noon each day. Admission is $8 at the gate with a $5 parking fee. Kids under 12 are free all day on Wednesday, July 31, sponsored by Pioneer Telephone. Thursday, August 1, is American Heroes Day with free admission until 5pm for senior citizens 65 and over, emergency responders, and active military with ID.
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KEZI presents the Benton County Fair and Rodeo celebrating “100 Years of Ribbons, Rides and Rodeos!” Besides the great, “Funtastic Shows” carnival rides, a huge fair food court, displays and exhibits, you will find all kinds of activities to delight every member of the family. Enjoy “Wool Busters mutton Bustin”. Walk on the Wild Side with exotic animals and pony rides, all sponsored by Les Schwab Tires. Other family oriented events include: Dr. Solar’s Sunshine Medicine Show, sponsored by Consumer’s Power, “Puzzlemania” by the Super Science Company, and performances by popular Oregon magician, Hart Keen. Two additional entertainment stages are sponsored by Coastal Farm and Ranch and Alyrica. The Peak Internet Main Stage entertainment is sure to please with Glorianna, sponsored by Linn-Benton Tractor, on Wednesday, July 31, at 8PM. Thompson Square sponsored by Child Fund International and Diamond K, is on Thursday, August 1, at 8PM and Blue Oyster Cult on Friday, August 2, at 8PM. Saturday, August 3, the Main Stage will be busy with performances by The Trail Band at 3PM and Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts, sponsored by Fitzpatrick Painting, with shows at 7 and 9PM. Rodeo lovers can watch the 4D Barrel Race on Wednesday at 5PM and then get into the NPRA Sanction Rodeo on Thursday and Friday at 7PM and Saturday at 2PM. The Friday night rodeo performance has been designated the “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” night with donations benefiting the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, “Women’s Cancer Coalition” and The Corvallis Clinic Foundation, “Project H.E.R.” The Benton County Fairgrounds is located at 110 S.W. 53rd Street in Corvallis. The Fair opens
POLK COUNTY FAIR AUGUST 8 – 11
Those heading to the Polk County community of Rickreall, on Highway 99W north of Corvallis, for the annual Polk County Fair will find a great example of old-time fair fun. This year’s theme is “Farm Fresh Family Fun”. The fair opens at 10AM each day. Thursday is Senior Day with entertainment by the Old Time Fiddlers, a Youth Talent Showcase, Billy and the Rockets and the Glen Tadina Swing Street Band. Friday is Senior Grandparent Day with entertainment from the Rockhounds, Cale Moon, an Adult Talent Showcase, Carrie Cunningham and the Twisty and Friends Magic Show. Saturday will bring the Home Depot Family Day to the fair with a list of entertainment and events including: a BMX Freestyle Demonstration, Chris Tardoff and Showdown, a Beautiful Baby contest, a show by France School of Dance, the 4-H Fashion Show and performing Arts and a performance by Cascade Rye. Activities on Sunday include the FFA and 4-H Awards Ceremonies. Carnival lovers can enjoy the Cascade Amusements Carnival all four days. There are exhibits and strolling performers to delight the family throughout the entire fair. Admission is $7 for those 16 and over, $3 for juniors 11 through 15 and seniors 62 and over, children 10 and under are free. Those with active duty military ID are free every day.
By Rod Porsche, Albany Visitors Association The arrival of August means it’s time for the ATI Northwest Art and Air Festival, happening in Albany August 23-25th. It’s three days of art, balloons, great music, unique food vendors, airplane rides, a wine and microbrew garden, a huge car show and an enhanced family zone. And the best news of all? Admission to the Timber Linn Park site, next to the Fair and Expo is free! Once again event organizers have outdone themselves securing big name musical talent. Legendary rock band Foreigner is the headliner. Foreigner enjoyed amazing success in the 70s and 80s with chart topping hits such as “Juke Box Hero”, “Feels Like The First Time”, “Urgent”, Head Games”, “Say You Will“, “Dirty White Boy”, “Long, Long Way From Home”, and the worldwide #1 hit, ”I Want To Know What Love Is.” With ten multi-platinum albums and sixteen Top 30 hits, Foreigner’s total album sales now exceed 75 million. There are changes this year regarding how to acquire your wristband to make sure you can see Foreigner up close and personal. To find out how to gain entry into the concert and for more event details, including parking information and a complete festival schedule, go to the Northwest Art and Air Festival’s official website at www. nwartandair.org or call the Albany Parks and Recreation department at 541-917-7777. Watch over 30 colorful balloons lift off all three mornings at the south end of Timber Linn Park. Get there early though, as they typically take flight between 6:30-7:00 a.m. It’s fascinating to watch the balloon pilots and crew go through the process of filling the balloons and lifting off right before your eyes. Be sure to hit the enhanced Family Zone! Reptile Man will give kids a close up look at lizards, snakes and even a crocodile! Pedal karts, a punching machine, and more have been added this year. Visit the Family Zone each day to see what new things are in store. The Northwest Art and Air Festival is fun for the entire family.
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In the warmth of Summer, the mid-valley offers a wide variety of fun, interesting and educational events for the whole family. Each month you will find a list of specially selected educational and entertaining events for you to enjoy. Keep this list handy so you can check it throughout the month.
• FARMER’S MARKETS are underway in the mid-valley - ALBANY – Every Saturday, 9AM-1PM, corner of Fourth Ave. and Ellsworth Street - CORVALLIS – Every Saturday and Wednesday, 9AM-1PM, First and Jackson Streets - LEBANON – Every Thursday, 2PM – 6:30PM, corner of Main and Grant Street - SWEET HOME – Saturdays, 10AM – 2PM, Thriftway parking lot - BROWNSVILLE – Saturdays, 9AM – 1PM, Main at Park St • SQUARE DANCES are held at locations throughout the midvalley: - ALBANY: First and third Fridays, 1OOF Hall, 738 E. Fifth Ave. For info: 541-926-3138. - CORVALLIS: Second and fourth Saturdays, 1st Congregational Church. For info: 541-758-0955. - LEBANON: First and third Saturdays, Lebanon IOOF Hall. For info: 541-258-7769. - SWEET HOME: Second and fourth Saturdays at Oak Heights School. For info: 541-367-4151. Square dance lessons are provided at different times in all four cities. Please call the number for the city you are interested in to get the details. • FREE SUMMER CONCERTS are held at various times throughout the week. - Mondays at Monteith River park in downtown Albany, 7PM. • Aug. 5 The Cheeseburgers - River Rhythms Thursday nights at Monteith Park, downtown Albany. 7PM • Aug. 1 Stone in Love • Aug. 8 Foghat - Lebanon Concerts at Ralston Park, 6PM, • Aug. 6 My Hero • MOVIES BY MOONLIGHT free classic movie series presented by the Albany Downtown Association in the Parking lot behind Cappies Restaurant. Shows at dusk. - Aug. 2 “Dressed to Kill”, a Sherlock Holmes classic - Aug. 9 “Nothing Sacred”, a classic romantic comedy - Aug. 16 “House on Haunted Hill” with Vincent Price - Aug. 23 “National Velvet”, a family classic
• BENTON COUNTY FAIR, July 31-Aug. 3 at the fairgrounds in Corvallis. Please see the front page story in this issue of High Points for details. • OREGON JAMBOREE in Sweet Home, Aug. 2-4. For ticket and other information go online to: www.oregonjamboree.com. • SWEET HOME ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL is scheduled Aug. 2-4 Get more info by calling: 541-367-2919. • ALBANY CIVIC THEATER PRESENTS “Thoroughly Modern Millie” with performances Aug. 2, 3, 9-11, 15-18, 22-24. The theater is located at 111 W. First Avenue in downtown Albany. Ticket and info is available at: www.albanycivic.org. • BROWNSVILLE ANTIQUE FAIR, Aug. 3, 9AM-4PM, throughout historic Brownsville. Information is available online at: www.historicbrownsville.com. • ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT PANCAKE BREAKFAST to benefit the That’s My Farmer SNAP Incentive Program will be held from 8:30-11AM on Aug. 3 at the Oddfellows Hall, 223 S.W. Third St. in Corvallis. For more info call: 541-224-6735. • NORTHWEST FAMILY MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION RALLY will be held Aug. 5-11 at the Linn County fair and Expo Center in Albany. Details online at: www.lcfairexpo.com. • POLK COUNTY FAIR takes place Aug. 8-11 at the fairgrounds in Rickreall on Highway 99W north of Corvallis and West of Salem. Please see the front page article in this issue of High Points for more information. • CHRISTIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE meets at 7:30AM the second Thursday of each month at Novak’s in Albany for a no-host breakfast. There is no additional charge for attending. The next Christian Chamber meeting will be on the morning of August 8 and features a special guest speaker. Great networking opportunity for Christian business owners. Go online: www.cccnw. org. or call: 541-791-2901 for more info. • MID-VALLEY CRUISE-IN, classic car show, will take place Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Teen Challenge Pacific Northwest Men’s Center, 31700 Fayetteville Drive in Shedd, south of Albany on Highway 99E. For more information go online to: www. teenchallengepnw.com. • SILVER FALLS STAR PARTY will be held from 9PM until Midnight on Aug. 10 at Silver Falls State Park, 20024 Silver Falls Highway, east of Salem. Call: 503-874-0201 for details. • DOG DAYS OF SUMMER will take place on Aug. 10 in downtown Albany. More info online at: albanydowntown.com. • POP-UP ART ACTIVITY sponsored by the Albany Arts Commission, Aug. 11, 1PM, at Heritage Mall, 14th and Clay Streets in Albany. More details at: www.heritagemall.com. • ALBANY WOMEN’S CONNECTION MONTHLY BRUNCH will take place at 10AM on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Comfort
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Grillin’ for Health!
One of my favorite things about this time of year is that it’s prime grilling season. At my household we fire up the grill a couple times a week. Recently as I was basting some chicken I thought of what a great analogy this popular cooking art is for maintaining good health. The first consideration when it comes to grilling is the fuel. I like charcoal. It adds great flavor to whatever you are cooking and it burns easily and for a long time. A fuel source like paper burns easily but the flames don’t last long enough to get anything done on the grill. Your body needs good fuel as well, and like charcoal, it should be something that burns easily and for a long time. Whole grains burn like charcoal and are a great source of nutrition and flavor. Refined grains and sugary foods burn fast and only provide energy for a short amount of time. Timing is important when it comes to cooking on the grill. You need to keep the food on long enough to cook it completely. If you leave it on too long it can burn and ruin everything. Timing is important in health as well. Quick fixes like fad diets, boot camps, and other gimmicks are the equivalent to microwaving your meal. Lasting health is like slow cooking a rack of ribs on the grill. It takes time, hard work, commitment and patience. You also need to know when you’ve been over to coals for too long. Your body requires good rest
to keep from becoming overworked and burned out. Grilling allows for a great variety. Most people think the only thing you can grill is some sort of meat. That’s not true! There are all kinds of fruits Dr. Jason and vegetables, even Young desserts that you can cook on a grill. As the saying goes, “Variety is the spice of life.” Spice up your life by trying something new. New challenges and experiences are an important part of your psychological health. Get out and do something you never thought you could do this summer: Write a story, go skydiving, volunteer, go camping for the first time, or get yourself a pet. Finally one of the best things about grilling is that it usually means that some friends are coming over for a BBQ or picnic. It feels pretty awesome to have somebody comment on the quality of your chicken and ask for your secrets. As you get healthier and happier invite your family and friends to the party. In my experience, nothing will motivate somebody to get and stay healthy better than support from a peer or loved one. Go on a bike ride or a walk with your family. Sign up for a race with your co-workers and train together. Maybe you can have a weekly healthy food potluck in your neighborhood. One of the challenges with maintaining good health is Grillin’ continued on page 15
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In the US, approximately 25% of women over the age of 65yrs need thyroid hormone supplementation. Thyroid hormone can be thought of as the body’s “master pacesetter”. A reduction in thyroid hormone can affect: heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature regulation, skin and hair health, and the body’s metabolic rate among myriad other things. One suffering from insufficient thyroid hormone may experience: thinning hair, skin dryness, fatigue, decreased muscle strength, weight gain, etc. The symptoms usually surface very gradually. Keeping in mind that most patients are over the age of 65yrs, you begin to understand why the syndrome is under-diagnosed. We fail to seek medical attention, because of a tendency to dismiss the symptoms as “just signs of getting old”. Physicians commonly screen for thyroid deficiency in patients aged 50yrs and older with a simple blood test, but you need to be in the habit of having an annual check-up! Thyroid hormone replacement is easily accomplished by taking an oral tablet once daily. The supplement must be taken for a lifetime, but the benefits are far-reaching. Remember, the thyroid hormone is the body’s master pace-setter, so “picking up the pace” usually translates into improved vitality. If you are on a thyroid hormone replacement therapy, it is important to take your medication in a routine manner. Most providers will ask you to take the dose first
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thing in the morning, 45mins before eating or taking any other medications, vitamins, or antacids. The reasons for these instructions are: food, drugs, vitamins, and antacids Pamela can interfere with the Becker, RpH absorption of the thyroid Rice’s supplement, and given Pharmacy that we are adjusting the body’s internal pace& Gifts setter, the hormone is A “Pill Box dosed in the morning Pharmacy” to avoid the possibility of nighttime sleep disturbance. Not everyone is able to adhere to the ideal “first thing in the morning on an empty stomach” regimen. If that is your situation, the important thing is to methodically take your dose at the same time and under the same circumstances every day. Thyroid replacement therapy is started at a low dose and titrated upward until one’s lab values return to the normal range. This process occurs over the course of several months, and is the reason you are encouraged to take your medication methodically. How and when you take your thyroid hormone supplement can have a profound effect on the drugs’ absorption and thus on measured lab values. Your physician will use the lab results to customize the thyroid hormone dose your body needs. Widely fluctuating lab values as a result of improper dose-taking will complicate your situation. (And lead to more needle pokes!) If you would like to know more about thyroid hormone therapy, the staff at Rice’s Pharmacy will always take time to answer your questions. We hope you will stop in!
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Health insurance premiums are rising and more and more employers are increasing deductibles on their group health insurance plans. The premiums are becoming unaffordable and employers want to provide health insurance for their employees. What is the solution? Increase the deductibles on the group insurance. Do you have money in the bank to cover the high deductibles? We cannot ignore that accidents or illnesses happen when we least expect it. When an illness or accident happens, a higher deductible health insurance plan may create a financial hardship for you and your family. Just last month my cousin, in his 40’s, had a stroke. He is now going through rehabilitation and physical therapy. This is causing financial hardship for him and his family. There are different types of supplement insurance that will help with your health insurance deductible. Supplement insurance can be purchased through your employer group or individually and can provide cash for the insured if they were just diagnosed with a critical illness. It can provide customizable protection for the insured to fit your budget. You can elect $10,000, $15,000, $20,000, $30,000, $40,000,
$50,000 or $60,000. Supplement insurance is meant to compliment your existing health insurance – especially if you have a large deductible plan. The plan will pay cash directly to you in Donna R. the lump sum that you Green Northwest elected and not pay your doctor or hospital. financial This helps you to focus Services on your recovery and not on your finances. There are plans that will pay you cash for an accident, ambulance, diagnostic exam, emergency treatment room, physical therapy and overnight stays in the hospital. Accidents can result in serious injuries that require hospitalization or extended treatment and recovery. When these events happen having medical insurance is just one part of being protected. For example, for a small employer group of four employees; a combined quote for accident protection and critical illness can be as low as $58 per month, per employee. The plan is portable so employees can take the plan with them if they leave employment. You can reduce the premium by having a lump sum critical illness plan for $10,000 instead of the higher options.
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If you’re considering refinancing your home to take advantage of the low loan rate environment, you should consider a home equity product in addition to any conventional mortgage options. There may be some advantages to you. The basic rule of thumb is, you should shop around and look at least two or three options prior to making a decision regardless of which route you take. This piece doesn’t necessarily pertain to anybody who wants to finance for 30 years or more (yes, longer terms are available if you can believe it). If you are in a good equity position (with at least 20% equity or more) and can afford the monthly payment on a 15 year (or shorter) loan because your balance is nominal, then I recommend looking at your credit union or bank for a home equity loan. The advantages could be many: • Expedited process- You likely will be doing your entire loan at the lending institution of choice instead of finishing paperwork at a title company. The process from start to finish should be quicker overall.
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Do you realize every home has a piece of equipment used daily, that if not properly maintained, it could become a bomb? Unfortunately, at SERVCO, we see situations where the economy has forced people to pick and choose which household needs take priority and occasionally someone takes it too far. Everyone is trying to make funds stretch a little longer, but there are some things that just shouldn’t wait. For example, if your water heater leaks, fix it immediately! One customer had a water heater with a slow minor leak at the top of the tank. They knew it should be replaced, but for the time being, they used a towel to absorb the extra water. By the time they called for a replacement, the water heater was “super-heating” where the temperature was high enough to cause the T&P valve to release. When plumber arrived, he realized the danger, shut off the power and evacuated the residents from the house. This customer had no idea they were moments away from potential disaster. Upon inspection, he found the water heater leak from the top was inside the insulation and outside the tank. The leak soaked the insulation around the thermostats and caused one of them to short out so it would no longer shut off. Fortunately correct installation
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and properly functioning safety valves had allowed the pressure to be released before the water heater exploded. Another example: a recent water main maintenance created a significant amount of sediment in one neighborhood and everyone had been told to run the water until it ran clean. However, water heater design lets sediment pool in the bottom, and this older water heater had so much sediment that the bottom thermostat was completely covered. This prevented the temperature sensor from correctly sensing the real water temperature. The sensor continued to send heat signals even though the water was well above safe temperatures. When the customer called with water too hot, we advised her to shut off the water heater and we had a plumber out within the hour. Our plumber was able to simply resolve the problem with a water heater maintenance in which we drain the tank, flush out the sediment, check the thermostats and the safety valve and then refill the tank and turn it back on. If you have a water heater that leaks, don’t wait! Move it to the top of your priority list and get it fixed! If you don’t have a plumber in the family, call SERVCO at 541-451-5090. Spend your money wisely; use a licensed, bonded contractor. If you have any doubts about the damage a “super-heating” water heater can do, check out the Mythbusters exploding water heater video on youtube. com or the Discovery channel. This myth was confirmed.
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volunteers was a blessing. Smiling faces and sun kissed skin filled the campus in numbers so extensive, that new friendships were inevitable. I thank Teen Challenge for the experience and the great feeling of giving back. • Jacob: It was nice to help out the city and the school district and to see all the different churches of Albany come together to pray and work as one. It was great to see all the Teen Challenge guys work together and stay on task and have fun at the same time. • Micah: I received the opportunity to help the community paint a school. It felt good to be part of the all the unity and to be able to look back and feel accomplishment of what my brothers and I did. Thanks for the opportunity – it was fun. • Richard: Working and serving with the community at Liberty School gave me a great feeling, a sense of fellowship and unity with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. It’s great to be part of something positive and something that impacts so many people’s lives and will be remembered. • Zach: I received a fellowship experience Teen Challenge continued on page 15
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and used for salads. Heirloom tomatoes also offer a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes. They are considered by many to have the best flavor for eating fresh. There are many foods that compliment tomatoes. Some of the best are basil, garlic, vinegar, olives and olive oil as well as Mozzarella and Parmesan Cheese. Tomatoes are delicious to bake, broil, fry, grill, raw, sauté, or stew. Their high acidity level makes tomatoes especially easy to preserve. To peel a fresh tomato, use a small knife to score a shallow X in its flower end. Use a slotted spoon to dip the tomato in boiling water for no more than 20 seconds. Immediately place the tomato in a bowl of ice water to cool. The skin will slid off starting from the X cut. To remove the seeds, cut the tomato in half crosswise and gently squeeze. From The Garden continued on page 15
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Manager’s Corner By Kathy Dennis, Director of Points for Profit We’ve reached the half-way point for the 2013 year so I wanted to take this time to remind everyone to “shop through the program”. We have lots of new groups coming on board so I want to explain what “shopping through” means. Points are added throughout the year as receipts are turned in when you or someone from your organization shops at one of our sponsors. When your organization turns in $350 in total receipts to any single Points for Profit business, your organization will receive a SUPER BONUS at the end of the year (larger than any other single bonus given throughout the year). With the new online points/receipts entering system available (thanks to Santiam Communications) you can easily track if your group is close or if you’ve reached $350 (because the system gives you a diamond and puts that business at the top of the list). The rest of the businesses will show up according to total dollars so you can see if your group only has $298 for a business, you may want to send an e-blast or make a few phone calls to bring in those last few receipts to allow you to hit bonus. Points for Profit is a game of strategy too and we want everyone to take advantage of all the points possible! Shopping through is by far the best way to get ahead!
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On Location at a New Home with a Long History By Rick Rogers It’s time to gear up for another incredible On Location event! This is where we get to hang out with friends and family and get to know our Points for Profit businesses. You also get five million points per person who attends and you will be treated to delightful and delicious treats and door prizes every 15 minutes! The office of our member Michelle Morford of Country Financial has moved to the newly restored J.C. Penny building at 317 First Avenue W, Suite 302 in downtown Albany. The company occupies two floors with room for eight financial representatives and six assistants. They will be hosting our “On Location” event on August 29th from 5:30-7:30pm. Country Financial has been in business since 1925 providing property and casualty insurance. They are also one of the financially solid carriers who still provide long term care insurance to their clients, about which, Michelle is a wealth of information. Michelle has been a Country Financial agent for nearly five years and an
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The carpet fiber is the most important part of the carpet and how it performs. A carpet weight (ounce) only tells you how much fiber the carpet has. Do not purchase you carpet based on ounces alone! It tells you nothing about what the carpet will do or not do. So let’s go into the different types. We will put this in order. The “Rolls Royce” is WOOL. Wool is one of the first carpet fibers ever made. It will last you pretty much your lifetime. It cleans very well and is one of the best performers of all carpets. Wool is also the most expensive carpets on the market. You’re top of the line area rugs are made from wool. Once again they are expensive. The next best fiber is Triexta, DuPont Sorona. You know it as SMART STRAND. A note of caution; Smart Strand also makes a Smart Strand blend fiber. Please come in and see us about the different blends as there is too much to talk about at this time. So we will only
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This time of year moles can be very annoying because they make so many tunnels and mounds throughout your yard, flowerbeds, and gardens. Most of us work very hard on our landscapes and don’t appreciate these critters making a mess of things. I guess the good news here is that the moles’ tunneling behavior does help aerate and turn your soil, but unfortunately leaves a wake of destruction on your landscape in the process. Moles love to dine on earthworms and grubs, which are frequently close to the soil surface in the springtime. As the weather dries out, the earthworms migrate deeper into the soil and the moles tend to move on, but waiting for this to happen is not always an option. There seems to be a million folk remedies for getting rid of moles from putting juicy fruit gum in their tunnels, sonic noisemakers, windmills, and even human urine, but none of these folk remedies really work. I have even heard that if you place a female mole in a straight-sided bucket and bury it to the rim, the female will cry for help. The other moles will come to her rescue and will also then fall in the
bucket and become trapped. C’mon, where are you going to get a female mole? In order to get rid of moles successfully you must first determine that you are dealing Sean with moles and not Meiner gophers or voles. Healthy Here in the valley Home Pest the type of mole Control, LLC found is the Broad (541) 570-0095 Footed Mole, which makes a large dirt mound with no opening. If you look at the mound, you will find the dirt to be finely ground. If it was a gopher the mound would be closed but the dirt would be clumpy. Voles do not make a mound and have an open hole. Once you have determined you are dealing with a mole you are ready to plan your assault on them. Traps like scissor traps, plunger traps and cinche traps should be used. These are all chemical free and effective means of eliminating moles. You may find that using several kinds of traps if not all of these traps are necessary for capturing the moles. After you have captured the moles you can apply a castor oil based repellent to keep them away, which can repel them for up to five weeks. Taking care of moles on your own takes some skill and can be very frustrating and costly in the process, so calling a professional may be the answer.
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Passionate About Sleep This is my 20th year working in sleep and, particularly, helping people with their Sleep Apnea equipment. My passion for helping people sleep was kindled years ago when a lady came in to the sleep lab I was working in at that time. I was a new Sleep Technologist and the equipment was nothing like we have now. It was big and bulky and only a handful of uncomfortable masks to choose from, but the process was the same as today. We treated the collapsed airways with positive air pressure until breathing and oxygenation was healthy again. This particular lady I recall was extremely tired, falling asleep in her wheel chair and very grumpy. She had very little color in her cheeks, no desire to move, and no motivation to hold a conversation with me during the sleep study preparation. She moaned and groaned as I tried to get her to follow our protocols, stating “I will never fall asleep here as long as I live.” She was out within 3 minutes! Her Sleep Apnea was very severe. She snored loudly, stopped breathing over 100
times an hour, and her oxygen dipped to deathly looking levels. I quickly put her on the CPAP machine and miraculously she went into the most beautiful dream pattern I had ever seen at that time! As a young technologist, I said to myself, “Wow, this really works.”, This is the day I fell in love with sleep therapy. The next day, the lady awakened with a smile, color in her cheeks, chatting at me and said she had not had a dream in years! Today, I often think of this special lady that kindled my love for this career in sleep and I pray she is still using her CPAP and doing well. I encourage everyone to take a l ook at your own sleep and your loved ones, and understand that sleep is critically important to our health. Special doctors and specialists like A Turning Leaf Home Medical are here to help you with the process of getting the right CPAP equipment for you. Call us today at 541-570-1868 and you’ll be having sweet dreams again!
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I can’t think of any things that go together better than music and visual art. Mesh the two together and you get vintage sheet music. Practical and beautiful vintage sheet music can be a wonderful and rewarding collection for almost any kind of collector. Sheet music has been around for over 500 years. It was mass produced for the market, with some popular titles selling over six million copies. This makes it easy to find even today and most titles can be purchased for one to ten dollars each. Antique stores, garage sales, auctions and inside Grandma’s old piano bench are all good places to look for vintage sheet music. Vintage sheet music can be appealing to many different types of collectors. For example, a military collector might love to add the title, “Over There” by George M. Cohan to his military collections because of the wonderful graphics on the cover (see photo). A piece of music performed by Judy Garland could appeal to collectors of Judy Garland or Broadway memorabilia. Many
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sheet music enthusiasts simply like to collect the most beautiful covers they can find in any category. And of course, musicians will collect the types of music they love to play. Other popular sheet music categories for collecting include; ragtime, Broadway, historical events, sports themes, jazz, film, and popular composers. Famous personalities like Bing Crosby and Marx Brothers are also very popular. As mentioned before, most vintage sheet music can be purchased for nominal amounts because of the sheer mass that was produced for the public. However, a rare piece of sheet music can sell for hundreds of dollars. Factors that can raise the price include; autographed copies, condition, and subject matter. Original lithographs tend to bring in the most money. For the casual consumer, vintage sheet music can make an easy, inexpensive piece of art to hang on the wall or enjoy at the piano. You can find hundreds of pieces of beautiful vintage sheet music at the Albany Antique Mall. Located at 2nd and Ellsworth in Historic Downtown Albany. Open daily.
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Who doesn’t love summer? It’s that time of year where the sun shines down and dries out us Oregonians who have been rained on for what seems like nine consecutive months! And it’s the perfect time to get outdoors with your pet. Here are a few ideas of pet-friendly activities that you and your pet can enjoy this summer: 1. Pool time! Get a kiddie pool for your dog to help him cool off on hot summer days! Make it a pool party by inviting over a few of his closest friends. While the pooches cool off, enjoy a BBQ with friends. 2. Living in the Willamette Valley means access to gorgeous parks and hiking trails. Take your dog to play at the park or organize a hike that will fit your dog’s skill and endurance level. 3. Go camping! 4. Many dogs love the water. Hit the river for an afternoon of swimming. If you’re boating, we encourage you to consider getting your four-legged friend a canine life jacket.
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5. Take an obedience class or enroll your dog in agility or other specialty class. This is a great way to bond with your pet and teach them something new. Visit our website at safehavenhumane.org for upcoming class info. 6. Take a walk. Whether it’s early in the morning or a late summer evening when it’s cooled down a bit, taking a walk with your pet isn’t only good for your health but their health as well! Be sure to leash up! 7. Road trip! Take your pet with you on a scenic car ride with the windows (partially) down. If your dog loves to stick her head out the window, consider getting her “doggles,” which are canine goggles designed to protect eyes and shield from the sun as well.
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This little guy is ready to find his FUR-ever home today! Izzy is a 6-yearold Dachshund mix who recently joined us from another shelter. We don’t know his life story but we do know that he’s a sweet and mellow dog who would prefer a quiet home. Izzy does get along well with other small dogs.
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There are a lot of theories going around about what constitutes a good diet for dogs. A growing number of folks feel that dogs should be fed a “natural” diet that is very high in protein and should reflect the diet of their wolf ancestors. Recent studies have revealed that dog’s digestive systems have evolved to become much more similar to our own over the thousands of years that we have domesticated them. One possible explanation is that dogs often eat what we eat and we are naturally omnivorous due to our hunter/gatherer heritage. Dogs are very good at making a pancreatic enzyme called amylase whose sole job is to break down carbohydrates like those found in grains and vegetables. Wolves are not good at all at producing this enzyme. Dogs produce up to twenty eight times the amount of amylase enzyme than their wolf ancestors. They also produce up to twelve times more of an intestinal brush border enzyme called maltase-glucomaltase which helps further break carbohydrate metabolites into simple sugars so they can be absorbed into the body and used for fuel. Another mutation was found in domestic dogs that allows for certain receptors in the lining of the intestines to absorb simple sugars more effectively after they have been released from complex carbohydrates by their digestive enzymes. Dogs also produce proteases and lipases that digest proteins and fats respectively. Therefore dogs are very well adjusted to eating a diet that has a balance of complex
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carbohydrates (grains/vegetables), meats and fats. The main point is that a dog’s digestive physiology is much more similar to ours than it is to a wolf; a fact that a lot of people might find very surprising. The domestic dog has been around for between ten and thirteen thousand years. Their wild ancestors would gradually come closer and closer to our hunter gatherer ancestors to essentially feed off of our scraps which included all kinds of foodstuffs including veggies, grains and fruits as well as meat. Another point from a veterinarian’s perspective, we are seeing a growing number of cases of pancreatitis, bladder stones and crystals and possibly certain forms of kidney disease in dogs that are fed “natural” diets that are very high in protein. Also from a veterinarian’s perspective, not all grains are bad. Especially considering that dogs are naturally equipped to digest them and utilize the nutrients found in grains. But I would suggest staying away from a food that had several different forms of corn within the first few ingredients. Grains, corn in particular, have traditionally been used as filler to meet minimum nutrient requirements while keeping costs down. This is the main reason why corn has such a bad reputation. Corn isn’t necessarily evil, and certain high quality diets actually have corn as an ingredient. When buying food for your dog it’s best to look for a diet that has a mixture of meat, vegetables and grains. The source of meat should be specified. Never buy food that has meat byproduct as an ingredient. Ask your veterinarian what their opinion is regarding a good quality dog food.
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Memories Charlie Chan Revisited Back in July of 2011 I devoted my movie column to the 44 Charlie Chan detective films made between 1931 and 1949. Of those, prints are known to exist for all but 4 of the movies. All negatives and prints for those four are said to have been destroyed in a 20th Century Fox film vault fire in the late 1930’s. I personally think it’s possible that these 4 films still are out there somewhere since prints of them would have been shipped to other countries for distribution. It may be that collectors and archivists at Fox just may have not looked hard enough. Charlie Chan films hold fond memories for a lot of us who grew up watching them on TV. There were so many of them that TV stations across the county would show weekly Charlie Chan Theaters featuring one of the films each week. There were three actors who played Charlie Chan, Warner Oland from 1931 until his death in 1937, Sidney Toler from 1938 until he died in 1947 and Roland Winters in 1948 until the series ended in 1949. The series also spanned two Hollywood studios, Fox made the Chan films until 1939. Toler obtained the rights and took the Chan character to the smaller Monogram studios where it stayed until it ended.
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J.A. Jance’s twenty-first mystery featuring detective J. P. Beaumont will be released in September. What better time than now to read the first novel of this very popular Pacific Northwest series, Until Proven Guilty? Beaumont is a detective in Seattle who has been given the gruesome task of finding the murderer of a young girl. Her family are active participants in a strict religious cult led by a powerful and charismatic man. To make matters a bit more complicated, Beaumont’s partner has a traumatic personal history with cultism. (This book was published in 1985. The same time as the spectacular collapse of Oregon’s famous Rajneesh cult.) Every good cop (at least according to the books and movies-it might simply be a convenient plot device as far as I know!) goes to the funeral of the victim on the hypothesis that the killer often attends, too. In this case, the surprise guest is a
stunningly beautiful woman who is a stranger to everybody present. Intrigued, to say the least, Beaumont Scott approaches her, Givens, and winds up on Browsers a whirlwind date Bookstores, with her. Although and fellow he has a good time, reviewer, he, and especially daughter, his partner, are still Amanda not convinced she’s Givens telling the whole truth about why she is there. I’ll spare you any plot spoilers, but let’s just say that this is an excellent series-opener but also a good stand-alone mystery. Jance does an admirable job of trying to write from a man’s perspective and even throws in some hard-boiled language in for fun. Jance clearly had her eye on a series, and although the book is neither a puzzling whodunit nor a suspenseful thriller, it is a solid introduction to a wellrounded and believable character. Twenty books later, and she’s still going strong. Her new novel, Second Watch, will have at least some of the storyline set in Beaumont’s past, before the events of this first book.
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Linn Lane Bowling Center Offers Fun for All Ages Linn Lanes Bowling Center has been providing both family fun and competitive bowling leagues in Lebanon, Ore. for more than 50 years. In addition to 18 bowling lanes, the Center offers HeadPin Restaurant, well-known in Lebanon for its “Best Burgers in Town,” and Artesian’s Well Lounge. Linn Lanes creates a fun, safe and friendly setting while offering entertainment for all ages. Patrons can bowl for fun, participate in youth and adult leagues, or compete in tournaments hosted by the Center. During the summer months, school-aged children can receive free games for bringing in their final report cards. “The theme song to the show Cheers told us that, ‘sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name’ and that’s the environment we strive to create at Linn Lanes,” says proprietor Gary Heintzman. “Whether you’re perfecting your strike, eating in our restaurant or relaxing in the lounge, we hope you feel comfortable and welcome at our Center.”
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Since becoming the proprietor of Linn Lanes in January 1977, Heintzman has worked hard to build an enjoyable and welcoming atmosphere that extends beyond the building into the community. “Part of being a responsible business is supporting the community that supports your establishment,” Heintzman says. This philosophy of giving back to the community is demonstrated by the leagues and fundraising events that are hosted and supported by the Center. Linn Lanes proudly partners with Points for Profit, and even offers four-week long bowling leagues (Bowl4Good) that benefit local charities. For more information about Linn Lanes and its many leagues, call 541.451.3900 and ask for Gary Heintzman, League Coordinator Penny Fentiman, or simply stop by Linn Lanes Bowling Center (2250 S Main Rd., Lebanon). You can also learn more by visiting www.linnlanes.com. Be sure to like Linn Lanes on Facebook for news and updates about the Center (www. facebook.com/linn.lanes).
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– is taxable. 9. Civilian Life. After leaving the military, you may be able to deduct certain job hunting expenses. Expenses may include travel, resume preparation fees and job placement agency fees. Moving expenses may also be deductible. 10. Tax Help. Most military bases offer free tax preparation and filing assistance during the tax filing season. Some also offer free tax help after April 15.
You can learn more about these tax benefits in Publication 3, Armed Forces’ Tax Guide. The booklet is available on IRS.gov or you can order it by calling 1-800-TAXFORM (800-829-3676).
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