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Scholarship goes to Parkrose resident
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| Central Catholic grad earns Subaru Scholarship to attend nursing school. |
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Lajoie attended Prescott Elementary, Parkrose Middle School, and Parkrose High School for one year before transferring to Central Catholic her sophomore year. A recent graduate, she plans to major in nursing at the University of Portland.
During her high school career, Lajoie was involved in Peer Mediators, was the Key Club president, a Rambassador (an ambassador to the community for her school), German Club, National Honor Society, Search Retreat leader, PALS (freshman orientation) student leader, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Varsity Women’s Golf, and the Central Catholic Dragon Boat team.
In addition, Lajoie has been a volunteer at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital for three hours every Saturday morning for the last two years
This summer she will be employed full time as a nanny.
For relaxation Lajoie enjoys yoga. Leisure time activities include spending time with friends, “grabbing a Starbucks” and going shopping.
Lajoie has an older sister, Staci who is a student at Central Oregon Community College in Bend.
You donated over 35 tons of food
Congratulations! Mid-County residents served by the Cherry Blossom, East Portland and Parkrose post offices donated in excess of 70,000 pounds of food to the Oregon Food Bank during the May National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Food Drive. That translates to 12% of the total from the entire Portland Metro area.
“What our letter carriers do on that one day is simply amazing,” said Rachel Bristol, executive director of Oregon Food Bank. We are grateful to our letter carriers for their tremendous work. We also thank the hundreds of volunteers who stepped forward to help and the hundreds of thousands of postal customers who left plastic bags filled with high-quality food for their letter carriers to pick up on this day.”
“We continue to see unprecedented numbers of people in Oregon and Southwest Washington who are hungry,” said Bristol. “The NALC food Drive provides some of the most nutritious food we receive-high-protein foods such as tuna fish, peanut butter, stews, chili and soups. This high-quality food is particularly important for the growing bodies and brains of one in four children in our area who rely on emergency food boxes for meals during the year.”
The NALC food drive is the largest and most effective one-day food drive in Oregon.
Charter members honored
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| Charter members of Northeast Portland Rotary Club, Keith Manning (left) and Aldo Rossi, display badges recognizing their commitment to the organization and their community. |
| MEMO PHOTO: TIM CURRAN |
Rotary International comprised of business owners and managers, sites ‘service above self’ as its ultimate mission. Forty-six years of committed service to our community has certainly earned the honor bestowed on these two men. They serve as examples to Rotary members and business leaders throughout the area.
Summer garden chores
The following suggestions for July garden maintenance come to you courtesy of the Oregon State University Extension Service.
Early morning is the best time to water vegetable and flower gardens to reduce evaporation. Water deeply and infrequently. Hanging baskets of flowers or vegetables need careful attention to watering and feeding during extended periods of hot weather. Midsummer plantings of beets, bush beans, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, kale and peas will provide fall and winter crops. Cover blueberry bushes with netting to keep birds from eating the entire crop. Stake tomatoes, watch for blight (prune for air circulation, pick off affected leaves, treat with approved fungicide if necessary). Monitor rhododendrons for root weevil adults. Look for fresh evidence of feeding (notching in leaves). Try sticky trap products on plant trunks to trap weevils or apply beneficial nematodes for reduction of larval stage. Mound soil up around base of potatoes, gather and eat a few ‘new’ potatoes from each hill.
Find these and other helpful ideas on the Extension Service website: eesd.oregonstate.edu.
Public health screenings
Northwest Wellness will be conducting tests on-site for cholesterol, diabetes, bone density and arteriosclerosis risk inside the Bi-Mart store located at 12321 N.E. Halsey on July 8. All individuals are welcome.
Northwest Wellness is a state and federal CLIA-certified licensed medical laboratory that has been operating in Washington and Oregon for the past five years. This biannual community service was established to identify at low cost individuals who may be at risk for heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and to promote health awareness.
Cholesterol, lipid panels, and glucose tests require only a few drops of blood with results available usually in about five minutes. Some tests, PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen), TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone), and Hemaglobin A-1C (used in diabetes regulation), have results available in about two weeks. All test are low-cost, an important consideration for those without medical insurance. Certified Phlebotomists or Registered Nurses are available to educate and counsel individuals about cholesterol and diabetes.
Bone density testing is a screening device used for testing osteoporosis risk. Using ultrasound technology, measurement of the heel is used to assess a man or woman’s fracture risk (a bare foot is required).
CardioVision, a FDA-approved screening test is available. This is a computerized cardiovascular risk assessment that generates information on the elasticity or flexibility of the brachial artery. The less flexibility of the artery, the more probable and higher the risk for a stoke or cardiac incident.
Tests prices range from $5.00 to $35.00 with package discounts available. Appointment times or questions can be directed to 1-888-837-8567. Walk-ins are welcome.
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