ODHA - Washington County

Tues, Sep 8, 2009 POTLUCK @ Standard TV & Appliance Center, located at 3600 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton, 97005.
- No Door Prize/Raffle
Kelli Swanson-Jaecks, Pres, ODHA
“Professional Power: ADHA Update”; and, “Cha Cha Changing: Understanding Perimenopause in Ourselves & Our Patients”

Please bring refreshments to share as this meeting will be a Pot Luck event. A sign-up sheet will be passed around asking members to volunteer a turn at bringing refreshments to future meetings. Please feel free to ‘buddy-up’ with someone for refreshments &/or door prizes to make shopping/preparing a lot easier and less costly per member.

Tues, Oct 13, 2009 Provided by Dana Shipley & ________________
Elina Budrevich, RDH, BS
Oral Cancer

Tues, Nov 10, 2009 provided by_______________& _________________
Andrea Weisman, RDH
3M/ESPE Regional Preventive Specialist
“Prevention of Oral Disease: Fluorides, Medications & Therapies for Preventing and Reversing Oral Diseases”

December & January No Meetings - Happy Holidays!

Tues, Feb. 9, 2009 Please Note: This meeting will be from 6:00-9:00pm.
*Nancy Pilgrim, DDS, PCC Faculty No Business meeting will be conducted.
“Medical Emergencies” There will be an additional fee of $25 for members and $45 for
non-members. (We did this for CPR--do we want to do this here?)

Tues, Mar. 9, 2009 provided by_______________& _________________
Speaker TBA
“The Dental Hygienists’ Role in Reporting Child Abuse”

Tues, Apr. 13, 2009 provided by _______________& _________________
Dr. Steve Duffin & Cari Kady, RDH
“Caries Risk Assessment: CAMBRA”

Tues, May 11, 2009 Joint Meeting with Wash Co Dental Association
TBA

Tues, Jun 8, 2009 Joint Meeting w/ Grads from PCC & Pacific Univ.
Meeting at The Stock Pot restaurant
No Door Prize/Raffle

*Remember, even though all of our meetings and CEs are free to ADHA members, non-members may attend and pay for CEs at each meeting. So, invite a friend! Inform hygienists you know that they do not need to be members to participate in their local component meetings, and share with them what’s going on with their professional association. Should they want to be included, encourage them to submit their contact information (an email address is required) and they will be added to our mailing list.

News Update: Sandie Curren has announced that she is retiring as WCDHA President. At the Sept. 8th meeting she will “pass the President’s tote” to Sandi Miles. Sandie has been a tirelessly dedicated, creative, and innovative leader throughout her presidency, and has endeavored to make the passing on of this leadership position a much smoother process for others following in her footsteps. Please extend your gratitude to Sandie for all she has done over the past two years. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SANDIE!!

Other Important Upcoming Events:
(For details & registration information go to the ODHA’s webpage: odha.org)

Sept. 18-19: ODHA 2009 Fall Oral Health Symposium, at the A-dec Education Center, Newberg, OR

Nov. 6-8: ODHA 2009 Annual Session/HOD & BOT Meeting, at the Inn at the Seventh Mt., Bend, OR

Urgent!! Our component needs six delegates to represent WCDHA at the Annual Session meeting in November. Please volunteer to be a delegate!! Contact Dana Shipley ASAP at: feymeridian@gmail.com.

In addition to delegates, WCDHA needs more members to step forward and volunteer to help our component continue growing and meeting members’ needs. Please be ready at the opening meeting to volunteer in any way you can. An especially important position needing to be filled is that of Co-President/VP for the component. Please contact Sandi Miles to volunteer or to nominate a another member for this position.

Let’s keep making a difference,

Sandie Curren, RDH, BSDH, MSEd
Immediate-Past President, WCDHA
Vice-President, ODHA
sandietoo@msn.com
503-640-1117 (Home)
503-703-0873 (Cell)

Sandi Miles, RDH, BAIS
In-Coming President, WCDHA
wcdha001@gmail.com
sandrasmiles@comcast.net
503-246-5017 (Home)

Member of Interest

2006 - Janet Young, RDH - WCDHA's longest standing active member Jan graduated from the University of Oregon Dental School in 1965. At that time the Oregon Dental Hygienists' Association was statewide. Washington County formed a component in the early 1970's, during a time when gasoline was difficult to get. Jan served as the organizing president, and has since then served two additional terms. She has served at the state level as Membership Chair, and two terms as State Secretary. She has also been a long-standing member of the Government Relations Committee, dating back to its formation in the late 1970's. In 1983, when the Dental Practice Act was rewritten, Janet worked in the Legislature as a legislative assistant and got to work first hand with the committee. In 1985, when the Dental Board went before the Sunset Review Committee, she served on staff in Salem. Currently, Jan serves as our component representative to the Board of Trustees, and as Chairman of the RDH-PAC. She also is serving on the Advisory Committee for the new Pacific University Dental Hygiene Program. She has actively worked in the county area as a clinical dental hygienist for over 40 years and was the third dental hygienist to receive the limited access permit in the state. Jan's other activities include Service Club, the United Methodist Church, League of Women Voters and numerous political campaigns and activities. Would she do it all over again? "YES!!! - a wonderful career to raise a family, give time to community service, meet interesting people and make life-long friends."

2005 - Jennifer Hamilton

To learn more about what WCDHA did in 2003-04 click here.

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