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From Matt Jarvis: Oregon Coast News for November 6, 2006
QUAKES
Three shakers occurred on Sunday, two in the Eureka area and one in Portland. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.0 minor quake hit at 4:32 p.m. 36 miles south to southwest of Eureka, while a 2.1 light quake was also recorded earlier at 10:13 a.m., 38 miles south of Eureka. A 2.6 micro quake shook the Rose City at 9:34 p.m. last night. It was located just a mile south of the city and 9.8 miles deep. No reports of damage.
HIGH WINDS
A “high wind” warning is in effect through tonight along the South Oregon Coast. The National Weather Service issued a “watch” Saturday afternoon, however, that changed to a “warning” by Sunday as strong southerly winds, 20 to 40 miles an hour, with gusts possible to 60 or more at the headlands, are expected as a strong Pacific Weather System moves on shore. The strongest winds were expected near Cape Blanco, north of Port Orford.
WARM
Another indication that “something is up” with the weather is the temperature. In the Bay Area this morning at 3:30 a.m., the temperature hit 65 degrees.
ELECTIONS
Voters who have not yet returned their ballots for tomorrow’s Gubernatorial Election in Oregon should not place it in the mail at this point. Only the ballots in the Elections Department by 8 p.m., on Tuesday night, November 7th, will be counted. Ballots can be dropped off at the normal drop off locations in the county. In Coos County there are 36,921 registered voters. Through last Thursday, 12,627 ballots had been returned, or 34.20-percent. Four-years ago the turnout for the Governor’s Election was 72-percent.
ARRESTED
Three adults were arrested in Reedsport Sunday morning after they were allegedly spotted leaving the scene of a residential burglary in Elkton. According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the daughter of the homeowner arrived at the location at 10 a.m. and spotted the suspects leaving. Along with her mother, they followed the suspect vehicle until they could get a license plate number. Taken into custody in Reedsport were 37-year old Nathan L. Pierce, 24-year old Tonya Marie Dusa, and 19-year old Justin D. Warner.
VIOLENT DEATH
He “met a violent death,” but what actually happened to a 27-year old man remains a mystery to Coos County detectives investigating the disappearance and death of Jonathan Peters back in January of this year. Chief Deputy District Attorney R. Paul Frasier is turning to the public for assistance. Peters arrived in the area January 25th and went to work doing various landscaping jobs. On the morning of Friday, January 27th, Peters went outside of a Coos Sumner Lane residence and disappeared. His body was found July 20th about a half-mile from the home in heavy brush. Anyone who may have seen Peters during that time is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office.
SEAFOOD
The abundance of food from the sea apparently has an expiration date. An international group of ecologists and economists warned last week that the Earth will run out of seafood by the year 2048. But there’s an asterisk attached. Seafood will be depleted if “steep declines in marine species continue at current rates.” That’s according to a paper recently published in the journal “Science.” Fourteen researchers from the U.S., Canada, Sweden, England and Panama spent four years researching fish populations, catch records, and ocean ecosystems.
TRENCH
It’s part of their examination to see if the Coos Bay estuary can maintain a subsurface trench. The private company interested in possibly laying a 233-mile long natural gas pipeline from the North Spit of Coos Bay to Malin in South Central Oregon, has been given permission to drill up to 14 test borings to see if the 36-inch pipeline can go under the bay rather than through private property. However, all of the research is hinged on the Jordan Cove Energy Project receiving federal approval to build a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal on the spit. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, will make the final decision.
POWERS HWY.
The Oregon Department of Transportation will be working on a slide on the Powers Highway today from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., four miles west of the southeast Coos County community. The northbound lane will be closed, however traffic will be controlled by flaggers.
CLOSURE
Lone Pine Lane, northeast of Coquille near Four Corners and Cherry Creek, will be closed for two-weeks while a local contractor conducts disaster repairs to the roadway. Federal funds have been secured by the Oregon Department of Transportation for Coos County to pay for the project. The road is expected to reopen November 19th. Accommodations will be made for emergency vehicles and alternate routes are available.
HISTORICAL
If you have stories, even photos, from some of the state parks in the Cape Blanco area, the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department wants to hear from you. A search for historical information and artifacts is underway to eventually be included in interpretive programs, brochures and signage. Contact the Oregon State Parks management unit at Cape Blanco for more information.
ARRESTS
A warrant for an arrest of a man wanted on Parole Violation led to the arrest of three other adults last Thursday night in Coquille. According to a police report, 22-year old Brandon Koser was taken into custody at 8:47 p.m. on the 1200 block of North Dean on a charge of Identity Theft. Also arrested were 21-year old Melissa Musalf on Possession of a Controlled Substance, Schedule II, Methamphetamine and Possession of Stolen Property, 22-year old Michael McDonald for Possession of Stolen Property, and 44-year old Donald McKinley for PCS Schedule II and Possession of Stolen Property.
THEFTS
It was a quick investigation. Douglas County law enforcement officers arrested three men following the thefts of several computers, stereos and misc. items taken from various vehicles along Dairy Loop Road in the Lookingglass area near Roseburg late Friday night or early Saturday morning. By Saturday afternoon three were in custody including a 53-year old Roseburg man, a 23-year old Roseburg man, and a 22-year old man who lived on Dairy Loop Road. Most of the property was recovered.
YUCK!
The on-call person for OMI was summoned to a residence on Oregon Avenue in Coos Bay last Thursday evening after sewer was found backing up into the basement of the house just before 6 p.m.
THREATS
Coos Bay Police were summoned to Marshfield High School last Thursday afternoon to a report of a 16-year old male and threats at 3:37 p.m. Coquille Police responded to a similar complaint at Coquille High School at 12:21 p.m. when a student allegedly threatened another.
DOC
A resident on Union Avenue in North Bend called Police early last Friday morning to report people outside of the residence were throwing things against the house. Officers arrested 21-year old Jordan M. Dixon on a Parole Violation. He was also warned, along with a 26-year old male, about possible Disorderly Conduct charges.
PROBABLE CAUSE
North Bend Police determined there was “Probable Cause” for the arrest of a 19-year old man following an incomplete 9-1-1 call at 8:06 p.m. last Thursday night. The individual is expected to be charged with Interfering with a 9-1-1 Call, Strangulation, and Assault IV, Domestic.
WEEDING
North Bend Police were summoned to a residence on D Street last Thursday morning to a report of a woman in pajamas rummaging through a garden and pulling up flowers. An officer responded at 10:53 a.m. and made contact with a 42-year old woman who was “possibly under the influence.” The subject was asked to leave the property and no charges were filed.
FLOODING
A series of morning high tides, combined with heavy rainfall, led to some flooding throughout the Bay Area last Thursday morning. Fallen leaves collected in catch basins forcing some runoff to back up into busy streets such as lower Edgewood on Newmark in North Bend, Oregon Avenue and Wall and Lombard streets. City crews were dispatched to clean out the drains.
REPRESENTATIVE
A hunter representative is being sought to fill a vacancy on the Southwest Regional Advisory council for the Oregon Access and Habitat Program. The regional boards serve as advisory council to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife regarding wildlife habitat improvement and hunter access projects for funding. Applications will be accepted through December 13th from interested residents form Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine or Jackson counties.
FLUSHING
Routine maintenance flushing of the water lines within the Coos Bay - North Bend Water Board’s service district continues this week in Coos Bay from Commercial Avenue north to Myrtle Avenue and from 13th Street west to 20th Street, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. this week.
COCO MTG.
The Coos County Board of Commissioners will meet in a work session this afternoon regarding “Finavera Renewables,” at 2 p.m., in the courthouse at Coquille.
PARKS
The City of North Bend’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meets this afternoon, 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
STARS
An accomplished astronomer will give a 45-minute talk and power point presentation titled, “The Life Cycles of the Sun and Stars” at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay tonight at 7 p.m. in Room 1 at Eden Hall. Reginald Dufour is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University.
TECHNOLOGY
The Board of Directors of the Oregon Coast Technology School in North Bend will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the school on Pacific Avenue.
POWERS
Department reports and the budget are on the agenda tonight at 7 p.m. for the Powers City Council when it meets in the Senior Center.
MYRTLE PT.
A resolution to combine the fire and ambulance departments within the City of Myrtle Point is before the City Council tonight when it meets at 7:30 p.m. in the library meeting room.
REEDSPORT
The Reedsport City Council will consider adopting an ordinance tonight that would amend the water system development methodology and establish new fees when it meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
SPORTS
VB
Marshfield was eliminated from the state 5A volleyball playoffs Saturday night losing at defending state champion Ashland in four games. North Bend advanced to the state 4A tourney in Eugene Friday by beating visiting Tillamook in three. The Bulldogs will open against LaSalle, of Milwaukie. The Far West League’s other two teams were beaten. Siuslaw lost to Estacada in four, and Douglas fell at Astoria in five. Myrtle Point punched its ticket to the 3A tourney, also in Eugene Friday, by taking out visiting Neah-Kah-Nie in three. The Bobcats open with Vale. The Sunset Six’s other two teams fell on the road in three games each. Reedsport lost at Sheridan, and Coquille at Santiam Christian.
X-C
North Bend’s boys won the state 4A cross country title Saturday in Eugene. The Bulldogs were led by second place finisher Spencer Lynass. Marshfield’s Jared Bassett finished sixth in the 5A race, while the Pirate girl’s team finished ninth. Siuslaw’s girls won the 4A team title. Coquille’s girls took second place in the 3A division, while Myrtle Point’s Lacy Looney was eighth overall and Bandon’s Logan Scherer 9th individually.
FB
The state football playoffs are all set. Marshfield has a bye in the 5A first round, and will travel to Wilsonville, November 17th. Midwestern League champion Churchill has a bye and waits for the winner of the Glencoe-Lebanon game this Friday. Third place Thurston hosts Bend. In the 4A, North Bend hosts Phoenix this weekend, a team they beat at home back on September 22nd. Far West League champion Siuslaw hosts the winner of the Cottage Grove at Scappoose game, while Brookings travels to Gladstone. In the 3A, Gold Beach hosts Jefferson Friday in Coos Bay, Myrtle Point travels to Rainier, and Bandon goes to Colton.
PAC-10
Both Oregon and Oregon State won their Pac-10 homecoming football games Saturday in the Willamette Valley. The Ducks (4-2, 7-2) downed the Washington Huskies 34-14, while the Beavers (4-2, 6-3) dismantled Arizona State 44-10 in Corvallis. Tied for third place, one game behind USC (5-1, 7-1), Oregon plays at USC, and Oregon State at UCLA (2-4, 4-5) this Saturday.
SOCCER
In the second round of the boy’s 4A state soccer playoffs Tuesday, North Bend hosts Central, while Marist travels to Brookings-Harbor.
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Connivence Food is
Leading to Obesity and Syndrome X
Plus, Fears For Fosamax Users!
By Walt "dr health" Edwards
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The Primary Role Of Insulin Is To Regulate Blood-Sugar Levels! After you eat foods high in carbohydrates such as breads, starches and sweets, your blood sugar levels rise causing your body to respond by raising levels of insulin. This is why carbohydrates have a significant impact on insulin and fat does not. The more high glycemic carbohydrates you eat, the more your body pumps out insulin to deal with all the extra blood sugar. Eventually, your body becomes overwhelmed by the amount of insulin, sluggish in response to it--and you’ve developed “insulin resistance,” also know as Syndrome X.
Insulin also regulates fat metabolism. We cannot store body fat without it. Think of insulin as a switch. When it's on, in the few hours after eating, you burn carbohydrates for energy and store excess calories as fat. When it's off, after the insulin has been depleted, you burn fat as fuel. So when insulin levels are low, you will burn your own fat, but not when they're high. The fatter you are, particularly around your middle, the more insulin your pancreas will pump out per meal, and the more likely you'll develop Syndrome X. In addition, even if you reduce your intake of food to 800 calories and if they are mostly high glycemic carbohydrates will prevent weight loss and in some cases result in actual weight gain!
In effect, your cells become insensitive to the action of insulin, and so you need ever greater amounts to keep your blood sugar in check. As you gain weight, insulin makes it easier to store fat and harder to lose it. But now the insulin resistance might prompt your pancreas to produce even more insulin, potentially starting a vicious cycle.
What can be done to stop this process? The first thing is reduce or stop eating so many high glycemic carbohydrates such as breads, starches and sweets. Introduce small amount of protein at least five times a day which will help support your blood sugar levels reducing the need of insulin. An aid to help lower blood sugar and reduce cravings for sweets and other high carb foods is a product called Drhealth Glucose Support which contains Chromium, Gymnema sylvestre, Bitter melon, Vanadyl sulfate, Milk thistle, Alpha lipoic acid, Ginkgo biloba, Jerusalem Artichoke, etc. Three to six daily should affect sweet cravings and reduce your blood sugar levels. As you gain control of your cravings you can reduce the daily usage.
Scary New Side Effect For Fosamax!!! If you've been diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis, then in all likelihood your physician has already recommended Fosamax or one of its relatives from the bisphosphonate family of drugs. First it doesn’t always work and secondly, there are significant downsides to using bisphosphonates, including some well-known adverse gastrointestinal side effects and chemical burning of the esophagus. Also, negative reports of eye pain and inflammation, potentially life-threatening blood calcium deficiencies, and kidney toxicity in certain patients taking bisphosphonates long term. Why would anyone agree to take anything with such terrible side effects?
The latest surprise about the "benefits" of bisphosphonates is osteonecrosis. That is, infection and death of bone tissue in the jaw. The nickname for this condition is phossy jaw. First reported in 2003, the symptoms include jaw pain, loosening teeth, abscesses, and rotting, draining, exposed jaw bones.
Bisphosphonates don't actually restore bone. Instead, they slow the rate of loss of old bone which is a natural process to dismantle old, stressed, or damaged bone tissue so it can be replaced by new tissue. The draw backs is phossy jaw and periodontal disease, cavities, and tooth abscesses.
What Is Causing The Bone Loss??? The body uses calcium to neutralize acid conditions. It is very likely that if you eat high acid foods and very few alkaline foods, plus your urine or saliva indicates high acid conditions then you are a prime candidate for osteoporosis. Has your doctor asked you about your acid/alkaline condition before reaching for the prescription pad?
According to Dr. Susan Lark, MD, the pH (or alkalinity) of your blood is crucial to bone health. All acidic foods must be buffered when eaten to neutralize their low pH. Alcohol, refined sugar, and most artificial sweeteners are highly acidifying and are best avoided. Protein is another source of acid ash. If in doubt check your pH with pH Stix or Body Rescue pH Testing Tape. You can check your own pH several times a day. The cost $8.95 to $12.95.
Why Question Medical Research? Medical research used to be university-based and publicly funded. Today, most of it is done by for-profit organizations funded by drug companies, and this is a big problem. Opinions and clinical practices are bought and sold with consulting fees, travel junkets, and gifts, the net result is a medical system that is sicker than the patients.
Three quarters of the clinical studies in the top medical journals such as the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, and JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) are commercially funded. Studies with negative results, showing the drug in question to be ineffective, are less likely to get published than studies showing benefits. Results are manipulated, dangerous side effects are covered up, and scientific standards are irrelevant--just to sell more drugs.
Cardura, an alpha blocker, significantly increased risk of congestive heart failure, but Cardura is still on the market.
Premarin is a classic example of drug company misinformation out of control. Drug companies made millions of dollars with this best-selling drug. Premarin was the cornerstone of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for decades, despite the fact that none of its claims to fame, such as protecting against heart disease, had ever been proven.
When a study was finally undertaken, it revealed that Premarin, combined with progestin (synthetic progesterone) actually raised risk of heart disease by 50 percent during the first year. This HRT combo increased risk of stroke, blood clots, Alzheimer's disease, and breast cancer, causing an extra 19 cancers per 1,000 women over 10 years.
QUESTION: What raises diabetes risk, robs calcium from your bones, wrecks your teeth, causes unusual behavior patterns, cravings for sweets and baked goods, and it's making you fat???
ANSWER: SODA!!! Very expensive water! A 2-liter bottle of soda has the equivalent of 56 cubes of sugar that amounts to adding about 225 calories to your diet. This one bottle can add up to 7000 calories per month, which can easily translate to a 2-pound gain monthly.
Thought For The Day: Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the
joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
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Why and How Plaque Develops in Coronary Arteries!
Aside from smoking, the biggest culprit in today's heart attack pandemic is high blood sugar. It leads to a condition known as insulin resistance (also known as Syndrome X) and in time to Type-II diabetes. Suicide in slow motion, insulin resistance causes blood sugar to float in the blood longer than it should. Muscles no longer vacuum it from the bloodstream. Over time, blood sugar reacts with amino acids floating nearby. The result of this reaction is referred to as Advance Glycated End (AGE) product.
AGE products cut and stab deep into structural layers of coronary arteries. Medically, this is termed glycation. The slicing and dicing explains why diabetics have four times the risk of heart attack relative to non-diabetics. Overcome with high blood sugar, they face the butchering process of AGE products.
Coronary arteries are most susceptible to AGE products due to the mechanical stress in the region (heart beat). As the heart beats, the structural layer, being made up of collagen and elastin, becomes sensitive to them. Arteries not subject to mechanical stress do not expose the structural layer as readily. Therefore, they are not as sensitive to the butchering.
Damage caused by AGE products leads to "cross linking." Once cross linking occurs, supple,
healthy, coronary arteries become rigid - the same thing can happen to skin. This is where
the name atherosclerosis was derived. The term combines two Greek words, athere (porridge)
and sclerosis (hardening).
Cross linking causes the body's natural repair mechanism to take over. The inflammation
cascade begins. This is an age-old immunological defense mechanism. Among the smooth muscle
of coronary arteries, inflammation acts as nature's band aid. Plaque is usually the end result.
Inflammation and plaque causes the cavity that allows blood flow through the arteries to
become narrow - occlusion occurs. The whole process of glycation, cross linking and inflammation can begin as early as five years of age and can be detected with a blood test for C-Reactive Protein.
Fortunately, narrowing of coronary arteries is not a death sentence. Arteries do not become
swollen so much that it shrinks the bloodstream to a pinpoint. And healthy arteries have
the ability to accommodate for the inflammation by "relaxing" or dilating. This ensures
that blood flow continues without interruption - and that heart disease goes unnoticed.
This protection of dilation is primarily dependent on the short-lived molecule known as nitric oxide. Without this essential molecule, excessive narrowing of arteries can manifest into hypertension, poor circulation, erectile dysfunction and decreased tolerance to exercise. Nutritional approaches such as L-arginine and grape seed extract that maximize nitric oxide have proven to be a bonanza for heart disease patients who want to curb their annoying symptoms of heart disease naturally. CoQ-10 is also a supplement used for the good health of every cell in the body.
Most heart attacks and strokes creep up on victims when inflammation goes haywire. This is
typical among Americans because inflammation-causing sugar has become a dominant ingredient
in their food. Consequently, what should be temporary for healing becomes long-term and
deadly. The overly aggressive inflammation cascade causes plaque (nature's band aid) to
rupture. This rupturing triggers the emergence of a blood clot (thrombus).
In summary, heart disease is not a disease of clogged pipes due to cholesterol and fat.
They just contribute to the process. It is a disease of glycation, cross linking, and more
inflammation. This inflammation occurs within - not on - arterial walls. Today, it is
typically the result of high blood sugar to the excess consumption of high glycemic foods
and lack of exercise. This inflammation condition is also known as C-Reactive Protein.
Nutritional supplementation known to be helpful in reducing high blood sugar is contained in drhealth Glucose Support which are Chromium, Gymnema Sylvestre, Bitter melon, Vanadyl sulfate, Milk Thistle, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Ginkgo Biloba, Jerusalem Artichoke, etc. Research shows that a magnesium deficiency inhibits insulin from escorting glucose out of the bloodstream into muscles. Magnesium and Potassium Asporotates with Bromalain can be helpful to satisfy this deficiency and is also used in Europe to relieve hypertension. According to recent inflammation research reports reveal helpful supplements to reduce C-Reative Protein are Wobenzym N and Quercetin-Bromalain combination are two of the more popular choices.
Thought For The Day: Every day you wake up to an infinite sea of opportunities that are available for you to choose. No matter what your decision, you are responsible for the results.
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