BRIEFLY SPRINGFIELD.Byline: The Register-Guard McKenzie-Willamette staffer wins Healthy Babies award Kay Yanit, case manager in the Women's Health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. and Birth Center at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, is a 2009 Lane County Healthy Babies award recipient. The award is given annually by the Healthy Babies, Healthy Communities Initiative. It recognizes efforts in the county that help reduce fetal infant mortality (hardware) infant mortality - It is common lore among hackers (and in the electronics industry at large) that the chances of sudden hardware failure drop off exponentially with a machine's time since first use (that is, until the relatively distant time at which enough mechanical and increase infant health. The award will be presented by the Lane County commissioners at a reception from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. today at the Valley River Inn. Lane County's perinatal mortality Perinatal mortality (PNM), also perinatal death, refers to the death of a fetus or neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate. Variations in the precise definition of the perinatal mortality exist specifically concerning the issue of inclusion rate is the highest in Oregon, and higher than the national average. Representing McKenzie- Willamette, Yanit works with a wide range of community partners interested in reducing fetal infant mortality and increasing the health of babies. She counsels young moms about everything from nutrition to use of street drugs to breast-feeding breast-feeding /breast-feed·ing/ (brest´fed?ing) nursing; the feeding of an infant at the mother's breast. . Yanit frequently acts as liaison between expecting moms, physicians and a range of social and health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for library's bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. contest The Springfield Public Library's annual Children's Bookmark Contest begins Monday. Entry forms may be downloaded from the library Web page at wheremindsgrow.org /kids.html or picked up at the library, 225 Fifth St. Children from kindergarten through eighth grade may submit an original bookmark design. They should create their designs in color, using markers or colored pencils. The designs should be about books, reading, libraries or the 2009 theme "Free to Read!" Entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. Oct. 31. The library will choose eight winners in categories from kindergarten though middle school. Each winner's bookmark will be printed professionally and available to library customers all year. The winners will be presented to Mayor Sid Leiken and the Springfield City Council on Nov. 16. For details, call 726-3766. Columnist Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
Author and columnist Bob Welch will read from his newest book, "My Oregon II," at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Library Meeting Room at Springfield City Hall, 225 Fifth St. Copies will be available for purchase and signing. Welch is a columnist for The Register-Guard. He has been honored in five of the last seven years by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. For details, contact Woody Dwinell at 726-2232. Teens invited to play video games at library Teens between the ages of 13 and 18 are invited to play video games 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Library Meeting Room at Springfield City Hall, 225 Fifth St. "Guitar Hero," "Dance Dance Revolution Dance Dance Revolution, a.k.a. DDR and Dancing Stage in Europe, is a music video game series produced by Konami. It was first introduced to Japanese video arcades in 1998, after being shown at the Tokyo Game Show earlier that year. " and Wii sports games will be available, as will board games and cards. Refreshments will be provided. For details, call 726-2237. |
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