Wednesday, March 26, 2008
March Chapter Meeting Minutes
Follow the link below for the Portland Chapter March meeting minutes. Next meeting is planned for April 8th, upstairs at the Backstage Bar (3702 S.E. Hawthorne next to Bagdad Theater). Hope to see you there! Contact Mike at chinookdiefirst@yahoo.com for more information. March Chapter minutes: Surfrider%20PDX%20March%2011th.doc
Big Artillery Plans for Mt. Hood Meadows
One week ago Ralph Bloemers, staff attorney at the Crag Law Center, and I met with the powers-that-be at Mt. Hood Meadows (MHM) concerning their fast tracked avalanche control expansion proposal. We feel strongly that the resort skiing, backcountry skiing and climbing public need to know about this proposal and its potential effects on Mt. Hood and how the mountain is trafficked. Said powers-that-be were presented with our summation and analysis last week. Please click the following Portland Snowrider blog URL that contains the meeting summation and analysis:http://snowriderpdx.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/mount-hood-meadows-avalanche-control-expansion-proposal/ - Michael Halle
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Surfer Staph?
Of lately, some concerns have been raised regarding recent infections surfers have been contracting in the Seaside area. Rumors of contaminated water and surfers hospitalized with staph and MRSA cases have left some folks surfing for answers and raising more questions. So what's going on here? I checked in with one Seaside affected surfer (foot pictured with lanced staph infection) and the local health and human services to find out more. Here's what I find out:
Currently, the health department has received very limited information regarding the recent infections (I was the first person to contact). This is in part due the the fact the these cases aren't necessarily "reportable" from an epidemiology perspective. Many doctors which see these cases do not culture the infections, so the type of staph infection (MRSA being an antibiotic- resistant strain and one of the worst) isn't reported to the health department. With limited information to link cases, it's extremely difficult to categorize this as an "outbreak", and at this point it's probably safest to say that this could have come from just about anywhere and is not an "epidemic" or "outbreak". If you or someone you know has had a recent infection, they themselves can report this to the health department and find out more information: Clatsop County Health and Human Services 820 Exchange St, #100 Astoria, OR 97103 (503)325-8500. Additionally, attached below is a background fact sheet on staph and MRSA from the Hawaii Department of Health:
mrsa%5B1%5D.pdf
mrsa%5B1%5D.pdf
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Last Tele-Tuesday Tonight 7PM at Mt. Hood!
Up to 4 volunteers receive free ski passes to the bowl for the afternoon/night. Check out the details at the link below: http://snowriderpdx.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/mas-tabling/The weather forecast looks clear AND cold. Almost perfect. If you haven't seen or heard the good news last week we received final approval for a Let It Ride http://www.letitridethemovie.com//) fundraiser this coming fall. Ideally we we will show the documentary in Portland and Hood River on consecutive nights.
Thanks,
Michael
michael@mhalle.com
Thanks,
Michael
michael@mhalle.com
