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2B Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011
Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
VITAL ST00h00TISTICS
OBITUARIES
Zachary Brian Mitchell
Zachary Brian Mitchell
passed from this life unex-
pectedly Thursday morning,
Aug. 18, 2011, at Feather
River Hospital in Paradise at
the age of 16.
Born June 21, 1995, in
Portola, Zachary had suffered
from a life-long disability.
Zachary moved from Crom-
berg to Quincy at the age of
12 and was currently attend-
ing Quincy High School's
special day class as a 10th-
grade student.
Zachary had a fascination
for funny noises and lights
while also enjoying the
companionship of his
German shepherd, Shasta.
He felt most at ease when he
was surrounded by his dear
family.
In passing Zachary leaves
his parents, Tami and
Mario Albarran, of Quincy;
brothers Austin Davison, of
Reno, Nee., and Jordan
Albarran, of Lincoln; sister
Cassi-Marie Mitchell, of
Quincy; grandparents Diane
Polen, of Quincy, and Curtis
and Deborah Gaudet, of
Loma Rica; and great-
grandparents Joseph and
Joanne Gaudet, of Yuba
City.
A celebration of Zachary's
life will take place at 3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 27, at the
Fehrman Mortuary Chapel in
Quincy.
An opportunity to express
condolences to the family and
sign the memorial guest
register is available online
at fehrmanmortuary.com.
The family suggests any
remembrances in Zachary's
memory be made to the
Sacramento Shriners Chil-
dren's Hospital, c/o Fehrman
Mortuary, P.O. Box 53,
Quincy, CA 95971.
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Ruth Amy Sylvester
Long-time Lake Almanor
resident Ruth Amy Sylvester
passed away Aug. 20, 2011, at
her daughter's rural Nevada
home after convalescing
several months there. Ruth
was born in Salt Lake City to
Leland Ballantyne Anderson
and Jane Melba (Judd)
Anderson, and lived there
during her early years. She
and her family moved to
Redwood City in 1943. Ruth
graduated from high school
there and continued her edu-
cation, majoring in business
at San Jose State College and
Brigham Young University
in Provo, Utah; she graduated
with her bachelor's degree in
1950.
Ruth married Ed Sylvester
in 1951 and they had three
children: Greg, Rick and
Jane. In 1970, the family
moved to Lake Almanor,
where Ruth lived until she
moved into an assisted living
facility in Sparks, Nee., in
2010. In late March 2011, she
suffered from declining
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DENTISTRY
****STRAIGHT TALK FOR THE CONSUMER****
It is fundamental and important to understand that not every dentist is coming from
the same perspective with the same training and quality of experience. It really is no
different than the differences between one mechanic or another or one physician and
another. For example, in Medicine there are a number of specialties including the
specialty of Family Practice. No physician would ever consider providing the serv-
ice of another specialty without special training (beyond medical school) in that par-
ticular series of procedures, right? Well, in dentistry anybody can claim to do
anything: for example, note that many dentists say in phone book ads that they treat
gum disease but do they? Well, to a degree, but is this misleading? Many simply
refer all of their periodontal patients to their dental hygienist who provides deep
cleanings and that is the extent of their "treatment of gum disease". While the deep
cleaning procedure (called scaling and root planning) is part of the treatment of gum
disease, it is only the beginning of treatment, not the end point (as you will see in a
later article, this is not always the best place to start the process). And, by the way,
the therapeutic procedure of scaling and root planning is one of the most difficult
and demanding procedures in periodontal treatment. Wait a minute. Isn't it the re-
sponsibility of the dentist to diagnose, and treat or refer, when this condition is en-
countered on you the patient? I mean, they are the Doctor, right? The Dental
Hygienists, and I love and respect them dearly, are an assistant in the treatment and
control of gum disease, but the training they have is clearly insufficient to play the
role of primary provider. In fact, I would suspect that the majority of hygienists wish
the dentist would play a more active role or refer the patient to someone more quali-
fied in this respect.
Again, we are back to the issue of trust. Simply put, if a dentist has not been trained
and/or spent their career studying all of the nuances, treatment protocols, treatment
options, diagnostic parameters, science behind Gum Disease (for example), or the
complexities of these various protocols, how it the world can that dentist possibly
treat the condition to the standard of care set out by the professional periodontal
community or even give valid advice to the patient regarding options for treatment,
or even provide a valid evaluation of the quality of the treatment your hygienist
provides? Consider while you think about that, Chronic Adult Periodontitis (Gum
Disease) is the most insidious disease we encounter in our patients and it is the
single most important condition to diagnosis and treat aggressively. Again, with all
the emerging evidence through extensive research all over the world showing the
relationship of this chronic inflammatory disease to multiple systemic diseases,
there is simply no argument against what I am saying here. This subject is so deep
that it will take some time in future articles dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment
options for Periodontal Disease...
While a dental hygienist is a valuable asset to the treatment and prevention of
Periodontitis, they are simply not trained sufficiently to be able to be the primary
provider of periodontal therapy in a dental practice, yet that is often the role they
health and moved in with her
daughter, Jane, in Stage-
coach, Nee.
Ruth's parents and her
brother Robert preceded her
in death. She is survived by
her brother, Lawrence
Anderson, of Fresno; her
three children and their
spouses: Greg and Kelly
Sylvester, of Cody, Wyo.,
Richard (Rick) and Melissa
Sylvester, of Chester, and
Jane Brown, of Stagecoach,
Nee. She was the proud
grandmother of 10 grand-
children and one great-grand-
child.
Ruth received her teaching
credential in 1978 from
California State University
Chico, and taught in various
Plumas County schools for a
number of years. Until her
health deteriorated, she was
very active in the Clear
Creek Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. She also
enjoyed traveling to many
state and national parks, in-
cluding those in Alaska and
her favorite, Yellowstone
National Park, with her
husband, Ed. She was also
an avid fan of her grand-
children's many talents and
activities, and would often be
seen -- whether in the
bleachers or the concert hall
-- enthusiastically cheering
them on. She also enjoyed
family camping and fishing
trips, watercolor painting,
golfing with friends, singing
in the Chester Community
Chorus and serving in the
Chester PTA. She was a long-
standing member of the
P.E.O. Chapter BO, West-
wood.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday, Sept. 3, at 11
a.m. at the LDS Chapel in
Clear Creek on Hwy 147. A
viewing will be held at 9:30
a.m. in the same location.
Graveside services will be
held at Chester Cemetery,
with a reception immediately
following.
Anyone wishing to make
donations in Ruth's name is
invited to donate to the LDS
humanitarian or perpetual
education funds, to the
Chester Community Chorus
or to any educational or
humanitarian organization.
An opportunity to express
condolences to the family and
sign the memorial guest reg-
ister is available online at
fehrmanmortuary.com.
Stanley Edgar Smith
Stanley Edgar Smith was
born to Mary Jane and
Harlen Smith March 29, 1945,
in Ontario, Calif. He grew up
with his two brothers, Garry
and Tom, in Ontario at a time
when life in Southern Cali-
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family vacations camping
on beaches at the coast and
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Stun was predeceased by
his parents in 1964 and his
younger brother Tom, who
died March 12, 2011.
Stun passed away in
Bothell, Wash., Aug. 22, 2011,
after a long illness. He is
survived by his older brother
Garry (Le), of Bothell; his
father's only living sibling,
Uncle Harry Smith (Mabel);
several cousins including Art
Smith (Debi) and Michael
Smith (Pam); niece Laurelee
Kovacs-Szabo (Attila);
nephews Trent Smith
(Valeri), Jeremy Smith
(Shauna), Greg Smith and
Gene Gregerson; and The
Grands -- the children of his
niece and nephews.
Stan loved his family and
friends first, and then came
gardening, music, dancing
and Mother Earth. To Garry
and his children, he was
always Brother Lou or Uncle
Lou. Who knows why, he
just was. He taught us about
gardening and eating organi-
cally long before it became
popular, a rebel with a cause.
Stun graduated from
Chaffey High School in
Ontario in 1963. He partici-
pated in sports and was a
three-year letterman on the
Tiger Basketball Team which
won the Southern California
Championship in 1962. He
also attended Chaffey College
and Chico State University
where he began a lifelong
interest in folk and other
forms of dancing. He worked
as a firefighter for the U.S.
Forest Service from 1974
until the early 'B0s. He was
selected to serve on the first
Plumas "hot shot" crew (the
"Green Berets" of fire crews),
an elite corps of 20 fire-
fighters who were assigned
to the most dangerous spots.
In 1979, he was assigned
to the Plumas Helitack crew
in Quincy and served in this
capacity for about four years.
After residing in Twain for
four or five years, Stun
moved to Quincy in 1982 and
began a life of working jobs
as a handyman, house-sitter
and gardener, planting gar-
dens for others and himself.
Because of his passion for
gardening, he could have
been known as the "Johnny
Vegetable Seed" of Plumas
County, spreading the gospel
of home-grown veggies. He al-
so enjoyed bicycling and out-
door adventures, especially
cross-country skiing and
soaking in local rivers and
hot springs. There is some
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