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		<title>Metro Parent Earns 10 Awards for Journalistic Excellence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We don’t like to brag &#8211; as a general rule &#8211; but we’re so proud right now we just have to share. Metro Parent won ten awards – including first place in the top editorial category, Overall Writing! – in Parenting Publications of America (PPA) 2010 Editorial and Design Excellence Competition. In addition to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/03/metro-parent-earns-10-awards-for-journalistic-excellence/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s In a Snack?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our March issue, Dr. Edward Guillery of the Children&#8217;s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel offers ten simple tips for parents who want to protect their children against childhood obesity. In tip #7 he writes, “Limit or eliminate snacks. School-age children will not drop dead from starvation if they haven’t eaten in four hours! They may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/03/whats-in-a-snack/</link>
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		<title>WOW! (What&#8217;s on this Weekend!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first weekend of March is filled with a diverse array of indoor and outdoor activities for all ages. Check out our online calendar for a complete list of events for each day. Here are a few intriguing options to jump start your planning:  
ALL WEEKEND: 
Snow Shoe with a Ranger. Tromp around 3.5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/03/wow-whats-on-this-weekend-10/</link>
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		<title>Local Students Stage Benefit Concerts for Haiti</title>
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GSP and FAIS students practice for their benefit concert on March 4.


When students at the German American School of Portland (GSP) heard about January’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, they asked themselves and their Head of School, &#8220;What can we do to help?&#8221; Brainstorming with students from the French American International School (FAIS), and music teachers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/03/local-students-stage-benefit-concert-for-haiti/</link>
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		<title>March &amp; Summer Camps Issues Available Now!</title>
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Our March issue is hitting the stands this week and it’s packed with important information on health and education as well as some great ideas for Spring Break Family Fun! Our Ages &#038; Stages feature focuses on childhood obesity, a serious medical and emotional issue affecting children of all ages and one that parents can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/03/our-march-issue/</link>
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		<title>WOW! (What&#8217;s On this Weekend!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, you can walk with the dinosaurs at the Rose Garden, hike with the birds at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge or Smith &#038; Bybee Wetlands, or rock out with The Builders and The Butchers at a family-friendly You Who concert. It&#8217;s your last chance to welcome the Year of the Tiger at the Chinese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/02/wow-whats-on-this-weekend-9/</link>
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		<title>Mamms &#8217;til Midnight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can’t find the time to get a mammogram? The Vancouver Clinic Breast Care Center at 700 NE 87th Avenue in Vancouver hears you, and they’ve scheduled Mamms ‘Til Midnight to help. The clinic will be open until midnight on Wednesday, March 10, to encourage busy women to finally schedule their recommended mammograms. 
Need more incentive? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/02/mamms-til-midnight/</link>
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		<title>The (Oregon) State of BPA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 16, the Oregon Senate rejected a bill intended to protect our children from exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) by banning the manufacturing, distributing or selling of reusable food and drink containers made with BPA if the containers were intended for use primarily by children less than 3 years old. That would have included [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/02/the-oregon-state-of-bpa/</link>
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		<title>WOW! (What&#8217;s On this Weekend!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s another fun-filled weekend for families! Why not start with a family-friendly movie on Friday night and cap it off with Comedy Sportz4Kidz on Sunday? 
Check our online calendar for complete listings each day. Here are our picks for this week: 
ALL WEEKEND
Chinese New Year. Lan Su Chinese Garden rings in the new year through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.metro-parent.com/2010/02/wow-whats-on-this-weekend-8/</link>
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		<title>Get Outside!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend we took our inspiration from the spotty patches of sunshine to break free of our winter routine (reading, baking, jigsaw puzzles, afternoon movies and such) and reacquaint ourselves with the great outdoors. 
On Sunday we visited the Audubon Society for their Wildlife Care Center’s Open House. The event was so popular there was [...]]]></description>
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