CAR ACCIDENT FORCED DETOUR FOR MAKINDU FOUNDER.Byline: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? By Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : "Where Are They Now?" is a Monday column that updates readers on local newsmakers from the past. Have ideas? E-mail Bob Welch at bwelch@guardnet.com. THEN (1999): Winnie Barron was profiled in a three-day Register-Guard series after reporter Paul Neville Paul Neville may refer to:
NOW: The program is going strong, even though Barron herself is only now recovering from a traumatic automobile accident Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Utah Say you're at a red light in a left hand turning lane and the light turns green so you let up slightly on the break antedating moving forward and the vehicle . In November 2005, Barron was seriously injured in a one-car accident outside of Brownsville. While admittedly going too fast on an "S" curve, Barron lost control of her 1988 Honda Civic, rolled five times, according to police, and suffered numerous injuries: four rib fractures, four lumbar fractures, left hip and shoulder fractures, pulmonary and cardiac contusions and, the topper Topper house he purchases is haunted by the young couple who owned it previously and their dog. [Am. Lit., Cin., TV: Topper in Halliwell, 718] See : Ghost Topper Hopalong Cassidy’s faithful horse. , a traumatic head injury. Mentally, it was like starting all over. "I had lots of memory loss, difficulty with balance and coordination and seizures," she says. She was unable to work as a physician's assistant physician's assistant: see physician assistant. in Sweet Home as she had before the accident, and had to give up her volunteer work as a paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic and firefighter in Brownsville. Barron, 49, spent three weeks doing in-patient rehabilitation at Sacred Heart Medical Center's Oregon Rehabilitation Center. More rehab would follow at home. Now, Barron has returned to her volunteer job and is awaiting final clearance from the state to return to work as a physician's assistant. "The doctor says if people didn't know I'd had a brain injury, nobody would suspect it," she says. Meanwhile, her Makindu work continues. She's been to Africa twice in recent years and is thrilled to see nearly 300 children now being served by her program. Inspired by Barron, a group of nurses from the Oregon Rehabilitation Center have finished a quilt that'll be auctioned off at a Makindu fundraiser in the fall. More information on Makindu: P.O. Box 325, Brownsville, OR 97327; (541) 466-5521; www.makindu.org. |
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