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Award Winning Author Sets Next Book in Brownsville by Jennifer Rouse, Willamette Valley Visitors Association The city of Brownsville, already well-known as the filming location of the movie “Stand By Me”, may soon have another group of fans heading its way. Jane Kirkpatrick, an Oregon author popular for her historical fiction, has announced that her next book will be based on the life of Eliza Spalding Warren, a pioneer-era Brownsville resident. “The book should be out in 2015, and we are very excited Award winning author that Jane has chosen Jane Kirkpatrick Eliza for her next book.” said Linda McCormick, who manages social media for the Chamber of Commerce. McCormick has been corresponding with Kirkpatrick, who plans to visit Brownsville for her research on the town and the life of Eliza Spalding Warren. Kirkpatrick, of Bend, specializes in historical fiction inspired by the lives of real women. Her novels have twice been finalists for the Oregon Book Awards. The main character in her new novel, Eliza Spalding Warren, was the daughter of Henry H. Spalding, a missionary who was one of the earliest white settlers of the Northwest. As a child, Eliza lived on her parents’ mission settlement among the Nez Perce Native American tribe, and often spent time at the Whitman mission in what is now Walla Walla, Washington. Eliza, then aged 10, was at the Whitman mission in 1847 when strife between the Northwest tribes and the white settlers reached a boiling point and the Whitman family was killed. Eliza survived, becoming the first white female born in the Northwest Territory to survive to adulthood. Her family then left mission work and moved to Brownsville, where Eliza lived during her adult life. McCormick said the new book by Kirkpatrick, to be called “Two Elizas”, could bring additional visitors to Brownsville, which is already known as a stopping point for fans of the movie “Stand By Me”, filmed in Brownsville in 1985. A series of science fiction/fantasy novels by author S.M Stirling, the “Emberverse” series, also features Brownsville. “This book may be one more way to put Brownsville on the map for tourists.” McCormick said. “People love to visit the locations of Jane’s characters.” Kirkpatrick maintains a Facebook presence and Pinterest board where fans of her books often post photos of their pilgrimages to visit her books’ locations.
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Kenny Harvout and Evone Miller receive the $5,000 Teen Challenge award from Points for Profit MC Rick Rogers.
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Local business leaders, non-profit representatives, and supporters gathered at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center on the night of January 28th for the annual Points for Profit awards banquet. Points for Profit is an Albany based organization which partners local businesses with non-profits for their mutual benefit by encouraging non-profit supporters to shop local business participants and turn in their shopping receipts to earn cash awards handed out at the January banquet each year. The non-profits get points based on the total of their receipts and other points earned by attending Points for Profit events during the year. Those points translate into the size of the cash award. Taking first place $5,000 award for 2013 was Teen Challenge, a local organization that works with people to turn their lives around. The second place $ 3,000 award went to the Lebanon High School Drama kids to finance future productions and state competitions. Coming in a close third place with a $2.000 award, was Saint Edwards Youth from
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Lebanon. Fourth place went to Linn-Benton Women for Agriculture with a $1,500 award, and SafeHaven Humane Society came in fifth earning them $1,000. An additional 19 other mid-valley participating non-profits also received cash awards for their participation. In addition, awards were handed out in four categories for local businesses of the year as voted on by Points for Profit supporters. The large Business of the Year award went to Bi-Mart, a founding partner of the Points for Profit program. The medium sized Business of the Year award was presented to Elmer’s Restaurants in Albany and Corvallis. Small Business of the Year was given to Premiere Floor Covering in Lebanon. Finally, home-based Business of the Year went to Kathy Goss, representing Pampered Chef. Five individuals were also recognized as Points for Profit Volunteers of the Year in recognition for their hard work and involvement (see page three for additional details). For more information on the Points for Profit program call 541-791-2901 or visit www.pointsforprofit.org.
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Spring will arrive in March along with daylight savings time, St. Patrick’s Day and more. 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.
• SWEET HOME MUD FEST is scheduled for March 1. To get full details go online to: www.themud.com; or call: 541367-7547. • CHILDREN’S PERFORMING ART SERIES “Border Collie International” will take place in the Linn Benton Community College Forum in Albany at 10AM on March 1. Go to: www.cityofalbany.net for details. • ANNUAL SPRING BLUEBIRD WORKSHOP will take place at 1PM on March 1 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. For more information go online: www. lcfairexpo.com. • ANTIQUE APPRAISAL FUNDRAISER will be held at the First Baptist Church on Seven Mile Lane in Brownsville, 1-3:30pm on March 1. For details call: 541-466-5454. • “F.U.N.” TEA PARTY is scheduled for 2PM on March 1 at the Teen Challenge Men’s Center, 31700 Fayetteville Drive in Shedd. For table reservations and other information call: 541491-1002. • DR. SUESS BIRTHDAY AND READ ACROSS AMERICA begins at 5:30PM on March 1 at Heritage Mall, 14th and Clay Streets in Albany. Get additional details at: www.heritagemall.com. • ALBANY RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB GUN SHOW will take place at the Linn county fair and Expo Center in Albany on March 1 and 2. Details are available at: www.lcfairexpo. com. • ALBANY CIVIC THEATER PRESENTS “Monty Python’s Spamalot” with performances March 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13. 14 and 15. The theater is located at 111 W. First Avenue in downtown Albany. Ticket and other information is available at: www.albanycivic.org. • CORVALLIS-O.S.U. SYMPHONY OCHESTRA CONCERT is scheduled for March 2 at the LaSells Stewart Center on the O.S.U. Campus in Corvallis. Get more information online: www.osusymphony.org. • “THE GREENHORNS” FILM SCREENING, March 4, 6:30PM, at the Lebanon Boys and Girls Club, 305 S. Fifth Street. For more information call: 541-224-8095. • TCHA TEE MAN WI STORYTELLING FESTIVAL will
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take place at 4PM on March 7 at the Albany Public Library on S.E, 14th Ave. Call: 541-926-3220 for details. WAVERLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BINGO NIGHT, 425 S.E. Columbus Street in Albany, March 7, doors open at 5PM. For more info: www.plastitcher@centurytel.net. MIXOLOGY MADNESS is scheduled for6:30-10PM on March 7 at the old “All For Fish” location, 223 S.W. Second Avenue in downtown Albany. The event will have a 1920’s theme with a costume contest and more benefiting the Albany Habitat for Humanity. For ticket and other information call: 541-928-2469. NORTHWEST FLY TYER AND FISHING EXPO is coming to the Linn County Fair and Expo Center on March 7, 8 and 9. Get details at: www.lcfairexpo.com. FLAPJACK FUNDRAISER to benefit child Evangelism Fellowship will take place from 8-10AM on March 8 at Applebees Restaurant, 1525 S.E. Geary St. in Albany. Great breakfast for a great cause. For more information call: 541258-7150. LITTLE SPROUTS SEED STARTING AND GARDEN PLANTING, March 8, 11AM, Garland Nursery on Highway 20 between Albany and Corvallis. Info at: www. garlandnursery.com. CORVETTE CLUB CAR SHOW, March 8 and 9 at Heritage Mall, 14th and Clay Streets in Albany. Go to: www. heritagemall.com for more information. ALBANY WOMEN’S CONNECTION MONTHLY BRUNCH will take place at 10AM on Wednesday, March 12, at the Comfort Suites Hotel, 100 Opal Court N.E. This month will feature a painting presentation by Brenda Peterson and music by Madel Jorgensen. All women are welcome. For details and reservations call: 541-258-7782. 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 March 13 and features a special guest speaker. Great networking opportunity for Christian business owners. Go online: cccnw.org. or call: 541-791-2901 for more info. NORTHWEST BUCKSKIN CLUB HORSE SHOW will be held March 14 through 16 at the Lin County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. Go to: lcfairexpo.com for more details. CHILDREN’S PERFORMING ART SERIES presents “Wild Wonders Exotic Animals” at the Linn Benton Community College Forum at 10AM on March 15. Information is available online at: www.cityofalbany.net.
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• KID’S ADVENTURE CLUB will meet at Heritage Mall, 14th and Clay Sts. In Albany at 11AM on March 15 to explore “Going Green”. More details available at: heritagemall.com. • THE INS AND OUTS OF INSECTS AND INSECTICIDES will be presented at Garland Nursery on Highway 20 between Albany and Corvallis at 1PM on March 15. More information is available at: garlandnursery.com. • SPORTSMANS EXPO, March 15-16, at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. Info is available at: www. lcfairexpo.com. • GARDEN TO TABLE, a presentation on pears, blueberries, potatoes and leafy greens will take place at 1PM on March 16 at Garland Nursery with a film presentation on “Truck Farming” at 1PM on March 18. Go to: www.garlandnursery. com for details. • FRANK AND WARREN SHEDD’S CIVIL WAR INVOLVEMENT will be the topic of a Linn County Historical Society meeting scheduled for 1pm on March 18. The meeting will take place in the Lakeside Center at the Mennonite Village, 5050 S.E. Columbus St. in Albany. To get information call: 541-926-4680. • NORTHWEST HORSE FAIR AND EXPO, coming March 20-23 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. For details: www.lcfairexpo.com. • POINTS FOR PROFIT MONTHLY DINNER is scheduled for 6PM through 8PM on March 25 at the Eagle’s Lodge, Water and Broadalbin Sts. In downtown Albany. For more information about the Points for Profit program linking local businesses with local non-profit organizations call InSpirit Marketing at: 541-791-2901. • COLUMBIA RIVER DOG AGILITY TRIALS will take place at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany March 28 through 30. www.lcfairexpo.com. • CHINTIMINI KENNEL CLUB AKC DOG SHOW is scheduled for March 29 and 30 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. Details at: www.lcfairexpo.com. • ANNUAL SWEET HOME ROCK AND MINERAL SHOW, March 29 and 30 at the Sweet Home high School, 1642 Long St. For more information call: 541-367-6186.
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When it comes to Lorraine Anderson, she helps us whenever and wherever she is needed. Lorraine acts as our At our annual Points for Profit awards banquet on Janu- official timekeeper at our Points for Profit dinners and is deeply involved in supporting Sunary 28, It was my pleasure to hand shine Kids and Teen Challenge. out Volunteer of the Year awards to What can I say about Dena Burian five people who have gone far above Blackwell that would do the volunand beyond the call of duty to make teerism justice? She always helps out our monthly dinners and other events at Points for Profit functions, but is huge successes. The awards went to also involved with SafeHaven HuKelly Lancer, Michelle Wilkinson, mane Society and even delivers pet Lorraine Anderson, Kenny Harvest food for the elderly and shut-ins who and Dena Burian Blacklaw. have pets to keep them company. To start with, Kelly Lancer is at Last but not least is Kenny Harnearly every Points for Profit funcvout. Kenny works with Teen Chaltion helping wherever needed. From lenge and is always the noisiest and helping to put up table decorations, Photo by Matteson Photograhy rowdiest attendee at any of out Points to helping with the check-in table at Dena Burian Blackwell recives one of for Profit events. He is also would our monthly dinner meeting, Kelly is the five Volunteer of the Year awards be the first to stand up and give you presented by MC Rick Rogers. always ready and willing to help. the shirt off his back if you needed Michelle Wilkinson, is usually it. His work turning lives around at found checking folks in at the door Teen Challenge would be enough to earn this award if he prize table at our dinners each month. But far more than weren’t such a nice guy to boot. that, she is a champion for the PTA at schools around the Our hats off to all of our Volunteers of the Year. Without Albany area and statewide. Michelle is one if those people who is always there for our Points for Profit family and for your help and support, the Points for Profit program would not have grown in to the community effort it is today. the kids in our communities.
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Fasting These days everybody is looking for a shortcut to health. We want to lose weight FAST. We want to detox FAST. We want some energy FAST. Well it turns out that the answer to, “How can I feel better FAST?” is actually contained in the question. Periodic fasting can help you to change habits, detox, and get healthy quickly. Fasting is going without food for a period of time. There are many different ways to perform a fast that will improve your health. First, you should make sure that you are somebody who will not be putting their health in jeopardy by fasting. This includes women who are pregnant or nursing, people who have difficulty regulating blood sugar or who may be taking a prescription medication that must be taken with a meal. If you fit into one of these categories you should check with your doctor before fasting. I recommend fasting to my patients for a number of reasons. I have found that when I am asking them to make a change in their diet (eliminating sugar, gluten or foods they are sensitive to) that fasting can be an easy way to make the transition. It allows people to start with a clean dietary slate. Intermittent fasting (fasting for 1624 hrs. at a time every few days) can
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With college tuition rising faster than inflation, stocks are the best investment to help your education-savings portfolio keep pace long-term. As your child nears college age, the downside risk of stocks becomes more significant, for the simple reason that university bursars won’t defer tuition bills just because you lost money in a crash. Bonds and cash should begin to play an increasingly significant role when your child gets to high school. Keep your investments simple, and stick to mutual funds that have solid three to five year track records and low expenses. You can even opt to have the fund company make automatic monthly withdrawals from your bank account to force you to save. Most planners recommend that you base your asset allocation on your child’s age. If your child is eight or younger, you can keep 60 to 95% of your money in stocks. You can choose a balanced fund, which holds a prescribed ratio, usually 60-40, of stocks to bonds. Or you can choose your own mix of funds and invest proportionately. For help in finding the right mix for your savings goal, try our Asset Allocator.
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Winter decided to hit severely for a few days at a time and then backed off to more mild weather. During those few days, the temperatures reached near record lows and snow fall closed down many businesses. Then, just as suddenly as it started, it seemed to melt away, and like an eye of the storm, there was a quiet calm, but it just wouldn’t be Oregon if the rain didn’t follow. The groundhog did indicate six more weeks of winter, but we’ve made it through! The six weeks is nearly over and this month Spring will be in the air. Spring can be a favorite time of year for folks. Our daylight begins to increase and we turn our clocks forward. Yards are getting tidied up again. We might even have our first BBQ of the year. Gardens are planted, and we’ll get a good portion of our rainfall. Among the things that many people look forward to, this is also the time of year for homes to have a deep cleaning or “spring cleaning.” It’s amazing how much dust and dirt might be found during a deep spring cleaning. Often during this major cleaning, there is a job that goes undone.
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In this forgotten area will lurk billions of germs, mites, pollens, bacteria, and dust particles. If you have forgotten this place then you too can be blowing millions of microscopic particles and creatures into your living area leaving them floating in the air that you and your loved ones breathe morning, noon, and night! These particles and creatures could be living in your heating and air conditioning ducts and blowing into your living areas every time the fan turns on. Do you have dirty air ducts? Now recognized as a major allergy and disease causing problem, doctors and allergists commonly prescribe home duct cleaning as a solution. Allergy victims, the source of your suffering may be in your own home, and now you can stop it! Have you had your ducts cleaned? Don’t be fooled by duct cleaning companies that come to your home with little shop vacuum cleaners to dust around vents. They leave 80-90% of the dirt and germs in the ducts. It isn’t duct cleaning at all! Servco will do the job right with their V-8 Vacuum truck. Give Debbie a call at Servco (541)451-5090 for a free, no obligation estimate. Servco, we’re ready to serve you!
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Once you have taken the plunge and decided to work from home you are going to need to consider your working environment. Too many people think that working from home means that they can effectively handle phone calls from the kitchen table, or work well into the night cuddled up in front of the television. And while you may be able to get away with this type of working style once in awhile, you will need to design a home office space that is effective and efficient. A well designed home office will allow you to be more organized, more productive and definitely more professional. There are a few things that you will need to consider when you are designing your space. Do you entertain clients in your office? If so, you will want a separate entrance to your home office. It is not very professional to have clients walk through your kitchen with dirty dishes in the sink in order to get to your office. Even if you do not host clients in your office, you should strongly consider the benefits of having a separate space for your office. You will feel more professional if you have a designated room or space for your office rather than a corner of the living room. This will also allow you to tune out distractions such as the children, or the television. When you are working, close the door and focus on work. Some things that you will need to consider are furniture, organization,
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On the night of January 28, Points for Profit business partners and non-profits filled the Linn County Fair and Expo banquet rooms for the annual awards ceremony. Mark Matteson of Matteson Photography, a Points for Profit business, captured the excitement.
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This month and in subsequent months I am going to write about different therapeutic actions of herbs. It is my intention to help you understand how herbs work, thereby giving you the confidence to use these awesome creations from God. Astringents are herbs that influence the vital contractility of the cell wall, condense the tissues to make them denser and firmer, and arrest improper discharges. Astringents, or constringents, promote greater density and firmness of tissue, as compared to cathartics or laxatives. These herbs constringe, contract and condense the cellular structures of muscles, arteries, nerves, etc. They also lessen or powerfully arrest blood hemorrhages from the lungs, renal organ and bowels. Astringents are generally a mucus cleanser, and they are used externally to contract and strengthen a relaxed or weakened condition of muscular fiber. In case of sores in the mouth, or loose teeth, where the gums need to be firmed up, astringents are very effective. Some astringents are a stimulant, other act as a sedative. They can also vary in strength.
RED RASPBERRY: has been used extensively for the alimentary tract cleansing of the mucus membranes. It is great for pregnant women because if quiets premature pains and produces a Crystal safe, speedy and easy Sublette, delivery. owner, MULLIEN: is Health and a demulcent and Herbs astringent. Great for pulmonary complaints. It is the only known herb known to man that has remarkable narcotic properties without being poisonous or harmful to man/ WHITE POPLAR: is mainly a tonic. It is mainly an astringent and is a great substitute for Peruvian Bark, especially since it is more readily available. CRANESBILL: is an excellent and effective astringent with pleasant tonic properties. It is weaker than Oak Bark, but stronger than Witch Hazel. It strengthens the kidneys, stomach and other internal organs. WITCH HAZEL: is a more soothing astringent. It has been used for threatened miscarriages and is really helpful for hemorrhages of the lungs, stomach, nose, rectum, uterus and kidneys,
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I first started hearing about Jo Nesbø from people who had read the Millennium Trilogy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels) by Stieg Larsson. Since those books were posthumously published, there would be no further installments in the series, and readers were left looking for similar authors. For about ten years, Jo Nesbø had been writing similar crime novels, and upon the success of Dragon Tattoo, his publisher hoped to reach a wider market. I decided to read Jo Nesbø, and picked up a copy of The Snowman. Like Dragon Tattoo, it is a little graphic for my taste, yet it is certainly a better crafted novel than Larsson’s. Detective Harry Hole sets out to catch what he thinks is the first serial killer in Norway. Unfortunately, his boss and some of his colleagues are doubtful that there could be a serial killer and suspect that Hole just thinks there is because he once received FBI training on
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the subject. As the evidence—and bodies—begin to mount, Hole realizes he will need to start looking closer to home to Scott find the killer. Givens, Unlike some Browsers foreign novelists, Bookstores, Jo Nesbø does and fellow not dwell on reviewer, articulating his daughter, country’s culture. Amanda There a few Givens references to Norwegian history, and some of the culture comes through, but this is not the primary, or even a secondary, focus of the book. This is a strength as far as keeping the pace up, but I still kind of like to feel like I’ve been visiting... One warning to potential readers: this is probably the scariest book I have read in years. Quite a bit of my “fun fiction” is suspense-oriented, but rarely have I been as creeped out as when reading The Snowman. Harry Hole is a good character—this is late in the series but he is still well developed within the book—but Nesbø’s strength is a fastpaced plot with scary thrills. Not for the faint of heart!
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Love Stinks! Love certainly is in the air in February and not just for people, but for skunks, too! As you may have unfortunately noticed, or smelled, adult skunks become more active and begin their breeding season in late February. They generally only become a nuisance when their burrowing and feeding habits conflict with humans. Even though they don’t truly hibernate, they do “den up” and like to burrow under low porches or buildings by entering foundation openings or utilizing the burrows left by other animals. It is entirely possible to be unaware that skunks have taken up residence under your porch or home until that foul smell becomes impossible to ignore. Adult skunks begin breeding in late February. Yearling females, (born in the preceding year) mate in late March. Gestation usually lasts 7 to 10 weeks. Older females bear young during the first part of May, while yearling females bear young in early June. There is usually only 1 litter annually. Litters commonly consist of 4 to 6 young, but may have from 2 to 16. Younger or smaller females have smaller litters than older or larger females. The young stay with the female until fall. Both sexes mature by the following spring. Skunks eat plant and animal foods in about equal amounts during fall and
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complicated paths of Society? Etiquette Books, of course! As life got more complicated, these valuable guides Etiquette books are a fascinating peep gently led you down the genteel garden into Americas’ not-quite-so-distant past. path. Advice on good behavior goes back to But Society was evolving so fast that Biblical times. George Washington, in his a guide book could youth, compiled become passe’ in a list rules for his less than a year. own deportment. Luckily there were The great days hoards of willing of etiquette books social arbiters were the years happy to pen following the volumes of advice. Civil War. With As many as ten per the rise of the year would appear. middle class and Emily Post is the material output the best known of of the Industrial A selection of etiquette books from the midall. She burst on the 19th and early 20th centurys. Revolution, more scene in 1922 with luxuries and a simple volume novelties flooded in dark blue with “Etiquette” and “Emily the market. Post” in gold in a plain Art Deco font. By The advent of silver plating suddenly 1923, it had risen to the top of the charts. put gleaming accoutrements on even Considering how many of these fairly modest tables. Factory woven volumes were published many still exist fabrics and lace made even housemaids and are surprisingly collectible, in good fashionable and collectors. Ladies of the condition they often can fetch prices in period often wore thirty to forty pounds the hundreds of dollars! of clothing! Can you imagine navigating These old books are fun to read, with in a dress that might be thirty feet in their stilted Victorian Prose and mildly circumference at the hem?! Often with a insane advice. Did you know that piano train of fabric. “limbs” should be properly covered with So, how was a newly prosperous cloth pantalets? person able to make his way through the
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Losing a pet is a traumatic experience. But being diligent about making sure our pets are easily identifiable can help ensure a happy ending should your pet ever become lost. Does your pet have the proper tags and a microchip? Does he or she wear a collar? Those simple steps can help alleviate the panic and stress that occurs when a pet goes missing. And because there really is an app for just about anything – PetHub, a website and smartphone app, helps its members track down a lost pet. They report that of its PetHub pack members that went missing in 2012, 97% of them were home within one day. PetHub isn’t the only option out there that provides this type of service. If you’re interested in setting something like this up for your pet or pets, we suggest you do a simple Google search and find one that works for you. If your pet becomes lost, there are a variety of things you can do to quickly spread the word that they’ve gone missing. Social media is a wonderful way to get the word out, as well as online tools such as Craigslist
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Dental Disease By Eric Glaze Albany Animal Hospital
February was national pet dental month and so I thought I would write a short article highlighting some of the important facts regarding at home dental care and dental disease in our pets. Approximately eighty five percent or our patients have some degree of periodontal disease by the age of three. The process starts with the formation of plaque, which is a film of bacteria and saliva that forms on the enamel of teeth. If the film sets for long enough on the tooth it begins to react with minerals naturally found in our saliva and form rock hard tartar. As tartar forms, oxygen levels drop near the surface of the tooth and this favors the growth of anaerobic bacteria that are more harmful. The bacteria and tartar begin to move under the gum line causing gingivitis. This becomes evident as swelling and reddening along the gum line with bleeding often observed with just minor mechanical irritation. Seeing blood more frequently on chew toys can be a clue to the onset of periodontal disease in dogs. Once bacteria moves under gums they start to break down the ligaments and alveolar bone that hold the teeth in their sockets. Seventy percent of a tooth lives under the gum line. As this degradation takes place, toxins and bacteria can leach into the blood and cause inflammation in the kidneys as well as damage to the valves of the heart. Feeding dry kibble helps reduce the rate of plaque formation but is in no way a substitute for brushing. Imagine if we gave up brushing our own teeth in favor or only eating crunchy food. Brushing is the ideal way to get rid of plaque before it has a chance to mineralize into tartar and eventually move under the gums. This takes time and training. Ideally twice a day is best but I can definitely tell the difference between a dog that has its teeth brushed every other day and a dog that doesn’t get its teeth brushed at all. It’s easier to start training a young
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