From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue Jun 1 10:41:05 2010 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:41:05 +0000 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two In-Reply-To: References: <001101cafcf3$3d277910$b7766b30$@net> <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241F9FD5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241FA961@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241FA9D5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> You can do it, just address the email to... reading-for-healthy-families at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: Susan Lindauer [mailto:susan.lindauer at state.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:33 AM To: Katie Anderson Cc: Joann Contini Subject: Re: RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two Thanks, Katie. Good edits. Do you want to send this out on the listserv? Susan Lindauer, MSS, MLSP Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs Oregon Commission on Children and Families 530 Center Street NE, Suite 405 Salem, Oregon 97301 Direct Line: 503-378-5149 Main Line: 503-373-1283 Fax: 503-378-8395 Susan.Lindauer at state.or.us "You will not be known for the fruit you pick but by the trees you plant." Proverb Katie Anderson on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 9:58 AM -0700 wrote: Susan, Mostly great! I suggest a few changes in red to make it more RFHF specific. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: Susan Lindauer [mailto:susan.lindauer at state.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:41 AM To: Katie Anderson Cc: Joann Contini Subject: Re: RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two Katie: How does this sound? OCCF is proud to announce that Christi Peeples will be taking on the Healthy Start RFHF Program Coordinator's role at the state office. She will also be coordinating OCCF's Early Childhood system efforts. For the past 18 months, Christi has been working closely with Karen Van Tassell, who has been the Healthy Start coordinator for RFHF since our inception. Karen is joining the Early Head Start Program at Family Building Blocks -- a member of the OCCF family -- as that program's Health and Disabilities Supervisor. Karen has been a wonderful asset to RFHF, and will be greatly missed. We wish her well. Christi, a Healthy Families America peer reviewer who was with Clackamas County's Healthy Start program for more than 9 years, says "I have loved working in this amazing program and I look forward to this opportunity as coordinator of our work, making a difference in the lives of children and families across Oregon." Susan Lindauer, MSS, MLSP Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs Oregon Commission on Children and Families 530 Center Street NE, Suite 405 Salem, Oregon 97301 Direct Line: 503-378-5149 Main Line: 503-373-1283 Fax: 503-378-8395 Susan.Lindauer at state.or.us "You will not be known for the fruit you pick but by the trees you plant." Proverb Katie Anderson on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 9:14 AM -0700 wrote: Hi! I was thinking we need to send an email on the RFHF to let folks know Karen is leaving, and to welcome Christi to the project. Unfortunately, I don't really know Christi yet so don't feel I'm the best person to compose the email. Susan, would you mind doing it? Thanks, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: Susan Lindauer [mailto:susan.lindauer at state.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:08 AM To: Joann Contini Cc: Christi Peeples; Katie Anderson; 'Renea Arnold Multnomah County Library '; 'Jerod M. Tarte NPC Research ' Subject: Re: RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two Great report, Joann. This will be very helpful to creating the Year 2 Final Report for OCF. Jerod, can you please check to make sure your participant numbers match with Joann's. Team, on the June 4th meeting, which is almost next week, let's be prepared to review Joann's "Possible Changes for Year 3" ideas. Thanks, Susan ps. Joann, please make sure to include Christi Peeples going forward in all communication with the larger team. Thanks! Susan Lindauer, MSS, MLSP Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs Oregon Commission on Children and Families 530 Center Street NE, Suite 405 Salem, Oregon 97301 Direct Line: 503-378-5149 Main Line: 503-373-1283 Fax: 503-378-8395 Susan.Lindauer at state.or.us "You will not be known for the fruit you pick but by the trees you plant." Proverb "Joann Contini" on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM -0700 wrote: Hi all Attached is my end of the year report. A good year with lots of success, and some ideas for further enhancements in year three. Please let me know if you would like any additional information or if there are any specific documents you would like such as agendas, participant lists, resource lists, success stories, etc. At the end of two years, it looks like we are just 14 folks shy of the estimated 200 trained participants. J Thank you. Joann Joann M. Contini RFHF Project Coordinator 503.761.2506 joanncontini at comcast.net For more information about Reading for Healthy Families, please visit our website at: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.page.shtml. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue Jun 1 10:47:24 2010 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:47:24 +0000 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] Welcome Christi Peeples! Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241FA9EE@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> OCCF is proud to announce that Christi Peeples will be taking on the Healthy Start RFGF Program Coordinator's role at the state office. She will also be coordination OCCF's Early Childhood system efforts. For the past 18 months, Christi has been working closely with Karen Van Tassell, who has been the Healthy Start coordinator for RFHF since our inception. Karen is joining the Early Head Start Program at Family Building Blocks-a member of the OCCF family-as that program's Healthy and Disabilities Supervisor. Karen has been a wonderful asset to RFHF, and will be greatly missed. We wish her well. Christi, a Healthy Families America peer reviewer who was with Clackamas County's Healthy Start program for more than 9 years, says "I have loved working in the amazing program and I look forward to this opportunity as coordinator of our work, making a difference in the lives of children and families across Oregon." Susan Linduaer Katie Anderson Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue Jun 1 10:49:23 2010 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:49:23 +0000 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two In-Reply-To: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241FA9D5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> References: <001101cafcf3$3d277910$b7766b30$@net> <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241F9FD5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241FA961@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241FA9D5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241FAA1D@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Please ignore this email that was sent a few minutes ago, I accidentally forwarded it the listserv. Sorry about that. Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: reading-for-healthy-families-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:reading-for-healthy-families-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Katie Anderson Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:41 AM To: Susan Lindauer Cc: reading-for-healthy-families at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: Re: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two You can do it, just address the email to... reading-for-healthy-families at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: Susan Lindauer [mailto:susan.lindauer at state.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:33 AM To: Katie Anderson Cc: Joann Contini Subject: Re: RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two Thanks, Katie. Good edits. Do you want to send this out on the listserv? Susan Lindauer, MSS, MLSP Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs Oregon Commission on Children and Families 530 Center Street NE, Suite 405 Salem, Oregon 97301 Direct Line: 503-378-5149 Main Line: 503-373-1283 Fax: 503-378-8395 Susan.Lindauer at state.or.us "You will not be known for the fruit you pick but by the trees you plant." Proverb Katie Anderson on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 9:58 AM -0700 wrote: Susan, Mostly great! I suggest a few changes in red to make it more RFHF specific. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: Susan Lindauer [mailto:susan.lindauer at state.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:41 AM To: Katie Anderson Cc: Joann Contini Subject: Re: RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two Katie: How does this sound? OCCF is proud to announce that Christi Peeples will be taking on the Healthy Start RFHF Program Coordinator's role at the state office. She will also be coordinating OCCF's Early Childhood system efforts. For the past 18 months, Christi has been working closely with Karen Van Tassell, who has been the Healthy Start coordinator for RFHF since our inception. Karen is joining the Early Head Start Program at Family Building Blocks -- a member of the OCCF family -- as that program's Health and Disabilities Supervisor. Karen has been a wonderful asset to RFHF, and will be greatly missed. We wish her well. Christi, a Healthy Families America peer reviewer who was with Clackamas County's Healthy Start program for more than 9 years, says "I have loved working in this amazing program and I look forward to this opportunity as coordinator of our work, making a difference in the lives of children and families across Oregon." Susan Lindauer, MSS, MLSP Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs Oregon Commission on Children and Families 530 Center Street NE, Suite 405 Salem, Oregon 97301 Direct Line: 503-378-5149 Main Line: 503-373-1283 Fax: 503-378-8395 Susan.Lindauer at state.or.us "You will not be known for the fruit you pick but by the trees you plant." Proverb Katie Anderson on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 9:14 AM -0700 wrote: Hi! I was thinking we need to send an email on the RFHF to let folks know Karen is leaving, and to welcome Christi to the project. Unfortunately, I don't really know Christi yet so don't feel I'm the best person to compose the email. Susan, would you mind doing it? Thanks, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: Susan Lindauer [mailto:susan.lindauer at state.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:08 AM To: Joann Contini Cc: Christi Peeples; Katie Anderson; 'Renea Arnold Multnomah County Library '; 'Jerod M. Tarte NPC Research ' Subject: Re: RFHF Coordinator Report Year Two Great report, Joann. This will be very helpful to creating the Year 2 Final Report for OCF. Jerod, can you please check to make sure your participant numbers match with Joann's. Team, on the June 4th meeting, which is almost next week, let's be prepared to review Joann's "Possible Changes for Year 3" ideas. Thanks, Susan ps. Joann, please make sure to include Christi Peeples going forward in all communication with the larger team. Thanks! Susan Lindauer, MSS, MLSP Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs Oregon Commission on Children and Families 530 Center Street NE, Suite 405 Salem, Oregon 97301 Direct Line: 503-378-5149 Main Line: 503-373-1283 Fax: 503-378-8395 Susan.Lindauer at state.or.us "You will not be known for the fruit you pick but by the trees you plant." Proverb "Joann Contini" on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM -0700 wrote: Hi all Attached is my end of the year report. A good year with lots of success, and some ideas for further enhancements in year three. Please let me know if you would like any additional information or if there are any specific documents you would like such as agendas, participant lists, resource lists, success stories, etc. At the end of two years, it looks like we are just 14 folks shy of the estimated 200 trained participants. J Thank you. Joann Joann M. Contini RFHF Project Coordinator 503.761.2506 joanncontini at comcast.net For more information about Reading for Healthy Families, please visit our website at: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.page.shtml. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue Jun 8 12:47:25 2010 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 19:47:25 +0000 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] Library logs due (and Coos Evan Start) Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241FFDE5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Attention Library Staff and Coos County Evan Start: It is time to submit your monthly Reading for Healthy Families recording log used to keep track of the families you are presenting the Reading for Healthy Families (Every Child Ready to Read @ your library) curriculum to. A blank log is attached, or you can download and save the "Recording Log" to your computer from: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.recording.log.shtml#Recording_Log. Please email your completed log to me at katie.anderson at state.or.us. You can also print your completed log and fax it to 503-378-6439 or mail it to me at 250 Winter St. NE, Salem OR 97301. NOTE: The "Six Skills Overview" workshop is not on the drop-down menu under "Main Education Session Emphasized". If you presented this session, please select "Print Motivation" instead. Remember, you may not count childcare providers, preschool teachers, or other early childhood professionals because NPC Research and our funders are evaluating parent education specifically. However, we hope you won't exclude them from your early literacy education sessions. If you present sessions to early childhood professionals, please include these numbers in the body of your email when you send your completed recording log--it will be excellent addition data to support the program and demonstrate libraries commitment to early literacy. Thanks to all of you who have already submitted your recording logs! Take care, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Here are a few links to ideas for C.A.R. bookmarks you may want to adapt for your families and programs: * Iowa Department of Education: http://www.iowa.gov/educate/ecr3-5/docs/ljobaidb.pdf * Allen County Public Library, red car: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/followcar.jpg * Allen County Public Library, yellow car: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/followcarstart.jpg If you want to view the Talking and Books video referenced at the end of the article, it is available to check out from the Oregon State Library. Healthy Start staff, ask your local public library if they can check it out to you via interlibrary loan. The Talking and Books DVD is actually included in a set from Washington Learning Systems so be sure to provide your library with this information: * The title is: Language is Key [videorecording] * The publishing information is: Seattle WA: Washington Learning Systems (c)2006 Enjoy, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 Conversations with children: Using books to build oral language Published on Monday, June 14, 2010 We all know that reading picture books with young children promotes literacy. But there is another way to use books to promote literacy. You can use books to stimulate conversations with young children. For example, you can: * Use the book to help the child select a conversational topic, * Listen and respond, * Model language by talking about the pictures in the book, * Take turns, back-and-forth, talking about the book. Using a picture book to support an adult-child conversation is a proven language and literacy building strategy. "C.A.R." is a simple way for adults to remember some of these evidence-based strategies. C stands for Comment and wait. A stands for Ask questions and wait. R stands for Respond by adding a little more. The CAR strategies elicit more child-language when you "follow the child's lead" and let him choose the conversation topic. (Children are more likely to talk about what they are interested in. Just like adults!!!) Comment and Wait. Describing pictures in books (modeling language), then pausing to allow time for a response, is an effective way to get a conversation going. Children need time to think and code their thoughts into language, so it is important for adults to give children at least 5 seconds to respond. Ask Questions and Wait. Adults use two major types of questions to encourage children to talk or respond: open-ended and closed questions. * Closed questions are those questions that require a yes-no answer, a pointing response, or a one- or two-word label. Asking a child "What do you see?", "Can you point to the cat?" or "What color is the alligator?" are examples of closed questions. * Open-ended questions generally demand a more complex response. Open-ended questions tend to elicit full sentences or even several sentences. "What is the chicken doing?", "What's going to happen next?", or "Why did the girl need a new bicycle?" are examples of open-ended questions. Respond by adding a little more. Expanding on what children say helps build oral language. For example, if the child says "ball", the adult might say, "Ball...big, blue ball." This reinforces the child's talking, gives her the support for the next level of complexity and provides new information. To see the CAR strategies in action, you can view the video Talking and Books. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jun 28 09:23:33 2010 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:23:33 +0000 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] Partnership/program ideas Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24249724@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello! Those of you looking for new ideas for engaging families may be interested to read the following article about what the Healthy Start and library are doing in Bend. Those of you who want to get ideas about what to say to reporters or media to promote your programs may also be interested. This article is a great example of how to integrate research into personal stories that are really the motivating factor for many people. I've highlighted the key early literacy messages in orange to point out that you only really need to say a few sentences about the importance/research. Remember, if you have success stories or ideas you want to share with other RFHF participants please do so! Enjoy! Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 Bonding with books: Bend library teams up with program for first-time parents to cultivate early literacy By Lillian Mongeau The Bulletin Mary Gillogley, 21, remembers getting prizes from the Bend Public Library for reading a certain number of books when she was young. Now, she has a child of her own and decided last week that it was time for his first trip to the library. The fact that her son, Dominic, 4 months old, can't read a word yet, is beside the point, Gillogley said. "I think it's just good to expose them to it at first," Gillogley said, "and to meet other mothers and kids." Gillogley is part of the Healthy Families of the High Desert (HFHD) program that helps first-time parents from Deschutes and Jefferson Counties who may need a little extra support in the first months and years of parenting. The nonprofit program gets state funding and is administered by the High Desert Education Services District. It connects parents to services in the community and encourages parenting practices like regular exercise, good nutrition and early literacy activities. In addition to weekly home visits, HFHD support workers organize events like the monthly "Strollers and Stories" walk from Harmon Park to the Bend Public Library for "Baby Steps" story hour. Though "Baby Steps," a story hour for children from birth to 18 months, is part of the library's regular weekly offerings, HFHD works with the library every first Thursday to gear the hour towards HFHD families. Participants walk to the story hour together, receive a healthy snack and get a free book for attending. They also learn about the importance of early literacy and how to prepare an infant or toddler to enjoy reading. Recently, the walk was canceled at the last minute due to weather, but the meeting room at the library was full. Gillogley and Dominic joined a dozen other families with infants and toddlers to sing silly songs and listen to Children's Librarian Paige Bentley-Flannery read simple board books. "The Baby Goes Beep," by Rebecca O'Connell, was the first book of the day and Bentley-Flannery asked the group to help her with the story. Each two-page spread had a picture of a baby making a new noise. On the first page, the baby is sitting in a car seat with a toy steering wheel. "The baby goes beep," Bentley-Flannery said animatedly, showing the group the picture and pushing her hand forward as if she was honking a car horn. "The next one is two beeps," she said as an aside to the parents, who took their cue and joined in for the next line, "the baby goes beep, beep." By the third line, which called for four "beeps," the kids who were old enough were pushing imaginary horns and saying the "beeps" along with their parents. This might sound like all fun and games, but for very young children, it can be the first step in becoming a successful reader, said Heather McNeil, youth services manager for the Deschutes Public Library system. "Early literacy is about what a child needs to know in order to be ready to learn to read," McNeil said. "This is not teaching reading. It's getting children to understand that books are fun; that it's about their interests; that you can be silly with books or quiet with books. Research has shown that when you read aloud to a child the brain development that goes on is incredible." Just the act of cuddling with and speaking directly to your child is beneficial from a parent-child bonding standpoint, McNeil said, but it also helps babies to connect with books, begin to decode letter sounds and expand their vocabularies at an early age. Even children who are too young to speak benefit from hearing stories and songs and learning to turn the pages of a book, according to the Early Literacy pamphlet distributed at Thursday's event. Amanda Gribble, 21, is part of the Angel's Wing program for single moms who are over 18 run by Grandma's House, a residential facility for teen mothers in Bend. Gribble said he and her daughter Aslin, 1, join the Grandma's House group on their monthly field trip to the library in conjunction with the HFHD event. Many of the girls living at Grandma's House have support workers in the HFHD program. Gribble said she can't remember reading with her parents as a child, but said she knew reading with her daughter was important "for the learning skills. (Reading) increases her ability to talk and communicate more often," Gribble explained. Aslin clapped and smiled from her mother's lap while Bentley-Flannery read stories and sang songs, clearly engaged. It was less obvious what four-month old Dominic was getting out of the reading, though he was wide-eyed and alert for the whole program. Gillogley, who works for TRG Customer Solutions in Bend and is going back to school to become a nurse, knew the reading hour had been good for her infant son though. So far, Gillogley said, she'd just been singing to her infant son, but now it was time to start reading to him. "I think we're just going to start," she said, "now that we have a free book." Lillian Mongeau can be reached at 541-617-7818 or at lmongeau at bendbulletin.com. - MORE INFORMATION - If you go "Baby Steps" Story Time is offered at the Bend Public Library on Wednesday and Thursday at 11 a.m. and at the Redmond Public Library on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.. For a complete listing of story times for all of the Deschutes Public Libraries call 541-617-7050 and ask to speak to someone from your local library or go online to www.dpls.lib.or.us/events/. Healthy Families of the High Desert also offers a "Welcome Baby" group for all local families welcoming a new child into their homes. The group meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Bend Public Library's meeting room at 10:45 a.m. Grandma's House and Healthy Families of the High Desert are always looking for donations of baby clothes and books. Monetary donations and volunteer efforts are also welcome. To find out more call Grandma's House at 541-383-3515 or HFHD at 541-749-2137. ------ >From bendbulletin.com - published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: