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Thursday, January 3, 2013 ��� Daily News 3B FEATURES Adoptee concerned about parents��� wishes Ovarian failure can aware of how they want this Dear Annie: I am a 22to be handled. year-old adoptee. My Dear Annie: I recently grandparents raised me attended a cocktail party at from 6 months old and offithe home of a former colcially adopted me when I league from our deaf prowas 10. They have three gram. The speaker was a sons ��� my biological campaign worker for one of father and his two brothers. the presidential candidates. This is where the problem Annie���s The party hostess made lies. arrangements in advance for My ������uncles������ have never a sign language interpreter. accepted that their parents When the speaker was are my parents. They never by Kathy Mitchell refer to me as their sister and Marcy Sugar done with his presentation, I waited for my turn to talk to and frequently refer to my parents as my grandparents. Most him. As I got clearance, I was interof these things I ignore, but there is rupted by three hearing female one thing I cannot. My parents are guests who showed no respect for a in their early 60s, and the subject of deaf guest while the conversation their death comes up often. Their took place. I managed to maintain a sons have decided that when our professional attitude by containing parents die, I have no say in any- my emotions, but their rudeness took me by surprise. The speaker thing. Annie, these are the only parents was fully aware of this, and his I���ve ever had. I am legally adopted, facial expression hinted to me that so I have a legal right as well as a he was not pleased by this episode. If I were to attend another such given right. How do I calmly explain that they are my parents, event and get the same treatment, what should I do? ��� Deaf Profestoo? ��� Their Child Dear Their Child: You are not sor Dear Deaf: This type of situagoing to make your uncles treat you like a sibling. They see you as their tion can occur whether a guest is brother���s child. And although your deaf or not. People interrupt, block parents are not that old, it is never you from the conversation and too soon to prepare a will and other behave rudely. An alert host would necessary legal documents. Your have interceded, and the speaker parents��� wishes and the distribution should have made every effort to be of their assets are things they get to more inclusive. He allowed these decide, and they should discuss it women to hijack the conversation. with a lawyer. They should also You also could have enlisted the have a family meeting and make assistance of the interpreter. If you sure that all of their children are feel you were treated poorly solely Mailbox because of your deafness, please discuss this with your host at the next such event. Dear Annie: The letter from ������Heartbroken Mother,������ whose 36year-old son is a drug addict, hit home. That son could���ve been me. I���m glad you told her to take care of herself first. I would also like to mention that The Salvation Army offers a free, six-month-minimum in-patient adult rehabilitation program. It���s a tough, spiritually based 12-step program that includes a full day of hard work and counseling. I have seen so many people who are hopeless and helpless renewed to strong, contributing members of the community. When one shows up for intake, they have to test clean for drugs and alcohol. Maybe her son is not ready, but there may be thousands more who are reading this column. It is challenging but literally lifesaving. The rewards for those who take the walk and for the families who take it with them bring me to tears every time I witness the change and hope that come. ��� Doug Annie���s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie���s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. Group gets grant to improve kayak tours The Friends of Whiskeytown is pleased to announce that it has recently received a $6,000 grant from Shasta Regional Community Foundation���s Redding Rancheria Community Fund for a kayak shed upgrade, phase 1, at Oak Bottom Marina. The new kayak boat house will hold the Friends of Whiskeytown���s newly purchased kayak fleet and supplies in addition to providing safe storage and handling of the equipment. Since Whiskeytown National Recreation Area began offering free Ranger led kayak tours in 2001, nearly 25,000 visitors have participated in the program. "The free Kayak Program is a premier recreational opportunity that introduces the visitor to a unique park experience," said Jim Milestone, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Superintendent. "Whiskeytown Lake provides interpretive opportunities for the American public to experience our country���s natural treasures. The tours offer families an interesting perspective from the lake surface to view the lake, the park���s mountain forest, and the beautiful streams pouring into the lake." In additional to regular kayak tours offered three times a day throughout the summer, visitors are also able to experience a dramatically different landscape during moonlight kayak tours. The park also provides group tours for community groups, schools, businesses, families or other groups interested in their own Ranger led tour for a group of 12 of more. The Special Access Kayak Program allows individuals with special needs to enjoy a kayaking adven- ture. The Friends of Whiskeytown, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization cooperating with the National Park Service in the stewardship of the natural and cultural resources of Whiskeytown National Recreational Area. Cooperation is provided through supporting appropriate visitor opportunities to observe, experience and understand the character of the area; working with park staff and completing special projects; and taking the lead in fundraising for special projects and events. Caltrans streamlines process to accept electronic bids Caltrans has begun a pilot program to accept contractor bids through an online electronic bidding (e-bid) system, which reduces project costs and expedites the bidding process. Previously, contractor bids had to be physically delivered to Caltrans district offices across California, depending on where the job was to be built. But with the new pilot program, bids on all contracts can also be submitted online at www.bidx.com. At present, departments of transportation in 37 states accept bids via the site. ���This simplifies an often-hectic process and minimizes post-bid cost adjustments,��� said Malcolm Dougherty, Caltrans Director. ���It���s the right way to go.��� For contractors, e-bid greatly simplifies bidding on Caltrans projects. More than 600 project contracts are awarded annually, with as many as 5,000 total bids submitted. What used to be done by dispatching a person with the actual paperwork, known as a ���bid runner,��� to a local Caltrans office can now be done online instead. ���It will save considerable time and money for contractors involved in the bidding process,��� said Sam Hassoun, Director, Joint Engineering Division of Associated General Contractors of America. ���Subcontractors often wait until the last minute to finalize what they Reuse Facility What?: REAP the benefits of Reuse at the REAP (Reuse of Available Products) Facility. How much? All items are Free! What can I get? ��� Paints ��� Cleaning Supplies ��� Polishes ��� Stains ��� Automotive Fluids ��� and much more Where? At the Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill: 19995 Plymire Rd., RB When? Monday-Friday 9am - 4pm. For more information, please contact: 528-1103 or visit www.tehamacountylandfill.com will charge, and it can make it extremely challenging for us to put those final numbers together in a bid inhand to be delivered on a tight deadline. E-bid eliminates the stress of that.��� Caltrans expects a gradual transition over from the existing system to the E-bid pilot program, with both methods of bid submittal available as contractors decide which works best for them. In recent months, Caltrans has trained about 100 contractors across the state on how to use the www.bidx.com interface to submit electronic bids as it transitions to an all-electronic bidding system. cause mentrual lack tion that might DEAR DOCapply to you. TOR K: I have not About one in 100 had my period for women who are three months. I���m age 40 get what���s not pregnant and called premature I���m only 40, so ovarian failure. I���m too young for Their ovaries sudmenopause. denly stop making What���s going on? sex hormones and DEAR READDr. K stop releasing ER: What you���re by Anthony L. e x p e r i e n c i n g Komaroff, M.D. eggs each month. The causes of this sounds like secondary amenorrhea. I say condition are largely that because you���ve men- unknown, but we do know struated in the past, you���re that autoimmune diseases not old enough to be are associated with the entering menopause, and condition. To figure out the reason you���ve stopped menstruating for three or more con- for your loss of regular secutive months. That���s menstrual periods, check the definition of sec- with your doctor. You���ll be asked questions about ondary amenorrhea. Having regular men- your typical menstrual strual periods requires the patterns, rapid weight normal production of sex changes, birth control hormones in the brain (the methods, exercise regihypothalamus and pitu- men, stress in your life itary gland). These sex and the medications you hormones travel through are taking. The doctor the blood to the ovaries. may also do blood and Sex hormones produced urine tests or a noninvaby the ovaries are what sive pelvic ultrasound. tell the uterus to go Finally, your doctor may through the changes that want to recheck to make lead to monthly periods sure you���re not pregnant. In most cases, the treat��� and allow you to conceive a child. So, prob- ment depends on the lems in the brain, the cause of the amenorrhea: ��� Stress. A stressovaries or uterus can all cause secondary amenor- management course, medrhea. Some more specific itation, yoga or other stress-relieving techcauses include: ���Emotional or physi- niques may help. ��� Excessive athletic cal stress. training. A more moderate ��� Rapid weight loss. ��� Frequent strenuous program will help normal menstruation to start exercise. ��� Recent use of hor- again. ��� Hormone imbalmonal birth control methods, including birth con- ance. Supplemental hortrol pills, the patch and mones can help. ��� Polycystic ovary long-acting progesterone. A woman who stops tak- syndrome. Multiple meding birth control pills may ical treatments can help not have a period for three regulate menstrual periods, and a diet and exermonths to a year. ��� Polycystic ovary cise program can help syndrome. This condition reduce obesity that may is associated with a ten- be contributing to the syndency to be overweight, drome. ��� Tumors in the with excessive body and facial hair and hormonal ovaries, uterus or pituitary gland. Treatment depends irregularities. ��� Abnormal produc- on the type and location of tion of certain hormones, the cysts or tumors. such as testosterone, thy- Surgery is sometimes necessary. roid and cortisone. ��� Structural problem ��� Tumors of the pituitary gland, ovaries or in the ovaries or uterus. Surgery may be necessary. uterus. There are other condiDr. Komaroff is a tions that don���t apply to you that can stop menstru- physician and professor Harvard Medical al periods. Chemotherapy at To send for cancer can at least School. go to temporarily affect the questions, or ovaries and lead to sec- AskDoctorK.com, ondary amenorrhea. So write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second can breast feeding. Finally, there���s a condi- Floor, Boston, MA 02115. TEHAMA COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDS UNDER THE EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM. Tehama County has been chosen to receive $37,234 in funding to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and consists of representatives from The Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Council of Jewish Federations, Catholic Charities, USA, National council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and the United Way of America which will provide the administrative staff and function as fiscal agent. The Board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need areas around the country. A local Board made up of representatives of the Tehama County Board of Supervisors, United Way, Catholic Charities, Red Cross, Red Bluff Ministerial Associations and the homeless will determine how the funds will be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service organizations in the area. The Local Board is responsible for recommending agencies to receive these funds and any additional funds available under this phase of the program. Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local governmental or private voluntary organizations chosen to receive funds must: 1) be non-profit, 2) have an accounting system and conduct an annual audit, 3) practice non-discrimination, 4) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and 5) if they are a private voluntary organization, they must have a voluntary board. Qualifying organizations are urged to apply. Applications for funding may be picked up at the Dept. of Social Services, 310 So. Main St. in Red Bluff from the Community Action Agency. The application and required attachments must be received at the address stated above no later than 4:00 p.m. January 16, 2013. Emailed copies will not be accepted. Further information on the program may be obtained by contacting the Community Action Agency at 528-4046 or by sending an email to Mike Baldwin at mbaldwin@tcdss.org