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funded and, for fiscal
year 2016-17, had a budget
of more than $1.3 million.
Over the past year, a
shelter manager with no
experience at dog shel-
ters was hired and subse-
quently fired, a position
focused on coordinating
volunteers was left va-
cant for nearly six months
and conflict between paid
and unpaid staff grew to
the point of protests.
The shelter manager,
Dean Freeze, was ousted
in late June. He was the
first to occupy the posi-
tion when he was hired in
August 2016.
Volunteers said that re-
lations deteriorated un-
der his management.
Tamra Goettsch, com-
munity services director
at Marion County, ac-
knowledged that part of
the issue may have been
that Freeze lacked shelter
experience prior to being
hired, although she said
that wasn’t the primary
reason for his firing.
Goettsch said his release
was not disciplinary, but
that he just wasn’t a good
fit.
“It could’ve been that
somebody who had shel-
ter experience would
have the same issues,”
said Goettsch. “I don’t be-
lieve it to be a Dean issue.
It’s just a communication
issue.”
Dahl said that Freeze
often didn’t seem to want
to be around the dogs.
“[He] definitely didn’t
want to get dirty, didn’t
want the dogs to rub
PHOTO BY MOLLY J. SMITH/STATESMAN JOURNAL
Marion County Dog Shelter volunteer Sandy Weaver walks
three-year-old Elsa on Tuesday.
against him,” said Dahl.
“He’s not into dogs at all.”
Freeze couldn’t be
reached for comment on
this story.
Goettsch said shelter
experience is “at the top
of the list” in the hiring of
a new manager. Although
the position’s online de-
scription lists that experi-
ence as a preference and
not
a
requirement,
Goettsch said, “That
doesn’t mean it won’t be
required.”
In Freeze’s hiring,
Goettsch solicited input
from volunteers.
“They were involved at
all stages of the public
process,” she said. “Ulti-
mately I make that deci-
sion, but (volunteers) def-
initely had a weight factor
in there.” She said she
didn’t recall which of the
two finalists had a major-
ity approval among staff,
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but said neither candidate
was a unanimous choice.
According to Schacht-
sick, the majority was
clear.
“It was not a good hire.
He was not a right fit,”
said Schachtsick. “I will
tell you that every volun-
teer but one was in on the
interview process and ev-
ery volunteer but one vot-
ed for the other guy, and
not for Freeze.”
What volunteers and
shelter representatives
agree on is that there was
a serious communication
problem. Volunteers also
claim to have been left out
of the loop when it comes
to dogs being euthanized,
as well as other duties per-
formed by paid employ-
ees.
“We have all seen dogs
disappear, and we know
they were killed,” said
Schachtsick. “We don’t
get that information.”
Goettsch said that
there is no reason volun-
teers shouldn’t have ac-
cess to this information.
“We’re government, we
need to be transparent,”
she said.
But Dahl agreed with
Schachtsick, saying that
employees at the front
desk were friendly until
she began asking more
questions about euthana-
sia decisions. She said
that the process of assess-
ing the “adoptability” of
dogs seemed to be an arbi-
trary process.
“It was heartbreaking.
There were some top-
quality dogs,” she said.
“And then boom, they
were gone quicker than I
could blink.”
Dahl said later when
she asked about assess-
ment practices or specific
dogs, employees told her,
“We’ve been instructed
not to answer the volun-
teers’ questions any-
more.”
Goettsch said that vol-
unteers didn’t see a lot of
what was happening be-
hind the scenes to deter-
mine a dog’s health. She
said she would never tell
employees not to commu-
nicate with volunteers,
but acknowledged that in-
formation sharing had to
be streamlined.
“It’s hard to say how
communication happens,
not being there and not
hearing that directly,”
said Goettsch. “I have told
staff that in complicated
cases, or in cases where
you don’t know informa-
tion, we need to have a sin-
gle point of contact.”
Goettsch said that
they’ve added a white
board in the volunteer
area, which may be used
to make announcements
in the future, saying it is a
“communication tool that
we’re looking to imple-
ment.”
But volunteers argue
that, despite their neces-
sity to the functions of the
shelter, their input isn’t
wanted.
Besides Freeze’s hire,
volunteers said their opin-
ions were left out of major
policy decisions at the
shelter, including a recent
change in dog walking
protocol, which blindsid-
ed Schachtsick and result-
ed in his departure.
“It didn’t go over good
with me,” said Schacht-
sick, who was asked not to
return after getting into a
dispute with employees
over the policy. New train-
ing was required, even for
volunteers who had long
been walking the most un-
stable dogs.
“Not every person is a
fit for a volunteer situa-
tion,” said Goettsch. “It is
a balancing act.”
The core group of vol-
unteers is made up of 15 to
20 members, while the
paid staff will be 12, once a
new manager is hired.
Shelter management
acknowledged that part of
the issue with communi-
cation may have been the
absence of a program spe-
cialist, a position which
focuses on volunteer
management and was left
vacant from February un-
til mid-July for budgetary
reasons.
“With any change, I
think there is some bump-
iness in communication,”
said Allison Barrows,
shelter operations lead.
Goettsch and Barrows
both said that a good shel-
ter manager hire and the
recent filling of the pro-
gram
specialist
role
should improve commu-
nication. Goettsch said
she appreciates when vol-
unteers raise concerns.
“One of the things I
love about the volunteers
is that they’re always
challenging us to be think-
ing beyond what we’re
currently doing,” she
said.
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hands and began compressions, stopping to breathe
into her lungs. Muscle memory took over; he’d prac-
ticed the movements hundreds of times on dummies.
“Doing that repetition over the years was super
helpful,” he said. “I knew what to do.”
Five minutes after Brad called 911, Silverton Po-
lice Officer Bryce Mintz arrived, running into the
house from the snow, carrying an automated exter-
nal defibrillator, or AED. Every patrol car in the
fleet carries one, and all Silverton officers have CPR
training, said Capt. Jim Anglemier.
“CPR is a lifesaving skill all should learn,” he said.
“With a society as mobile and active as ours, a heart
attack victim could be miles, if not hours away from
medical help. A person trained in CPR gives a heart
attack victim a fighting chance to survive.”
Over the last two years, Anglemier recalls the de-
partment’s officers using AED technology a dozen
times, with about 60 percent of patients regaining a
pulse. That includes both heart attack and cardiac
arrest patients, although the two conditions are vast-
ly different.
A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart
is blocked; symptoms can go on for hours, days or
even weeks, and the heart usually does not stop beat-
ing entirely. A sudden cardiac arrest is an electrical
malfunction that shuts down a body’s systems in-
stantaneously and leads to death within minutes.
Outside a hospital, away from emergency ser-
vices, it’s nearly impossible to survive cardiac ar-
rest and those who do often suffer brain damage.
About 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur
in the United States each year, according to the
American Heart Association.
“I knew about heart attacks, but I didn’t know
much about cardiac arrest,” Stacey said. “It was off
my radar; I had no clue.”
As it turns out, Stacey has an enlarged heart, due,
she expects, to the potent chemotherapy drug she
took to fight non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in her 30s.
Last summer, she learned her heart was compro-
mised, but she didn’t know she was in danger of car-
diac arrest. She worked out the gym almost every
day, ate well and had clear arteries.
She has no memory of the days leading up to or
immediately following Dec. 15.
After Stacey received CPR from her husband, Of-
ficer Mintz used the AED unit to shock her heart
twice, and it restarted. She was transported by am-
bulance to Legacy Silverton Medical Center and
then to Salem Hospital, where she stayed for eight
days and received an internal cardiac defibrillator
via surgery. The ICD is programmed to shock her
heart back into rhythm if it starts beating irregular-
ly again.
“It gives me some security,” she said.
Stacey has learned her heart is functioning at
half-capacity, so she is adopting a new lifestyle.
Among the changes, she’s cranked-back her exer-
cise routine, vastly cut her sodium intake and
searched for ways to relax when she’d rather be on
the go.
“It’s hard to slow down now … I still do everything
I did before but just modified,” she said.
To the observer, she hasn’t suffered noticeable
brain damage, although doctors told her it will take
up to two years for her brain to recover.
As her memory and strength came back in the
weeks following the cardiac arrest, she struggled
with mental exhaustion, especially when calculating
numbers. Now she’s back at work for her family’s in-
surance company in Lake Oswego part-time, taking
up her life again, just at a slower pace.
“The whole thing was just surreal, but mostly I
just feel blessed,” she said. “CPR literally saved my
life.”
COURTESY OF THE MCINNES FAMILY
Stacey McInnes and her grown children.
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tests and at the end, the
doctors concluded that
Lindsey was mildly men-
tally retarded – a phrase
that thankfully is not used
anymore - and from an
unidentifiable syndrome.
They said she had a short
in her neurological sys-
tem and would never
process information the
same as her peers.”
Linda spoke about re-
cently picking up a friend
at the airport who men-
tioned that Lindsey was
“the most difficult special
needs person she’s ever
met.”
“You’d think it was an
insult but I was relieved,”
Linda said. “I’m not a per-
fect mom and have made
some mistakes but I do the
best I can. Lindsey is on
the autism spectrum and
can be very combative
and headstrong. But she’s
also always been very
passionate and driven and
the sweetest, kindest per-
son. When she was 16, she
‘adopted’ two girls from
the Philippines Children
International and she has
adopted two cats. These
are her ‘kids.’”
Linda noted that she
didn’t realize at first that
Silverton was the perfect
place to raise her daugh-
ter as it is such an open
and accepting town, and
embraces diversity. Lind-
sey has had opportunities
for new experiences and
has made many new
friends. She has never
been made to feel like an
outcast, according to Lin-
da.
Lindsey was aware her
mother was writing the
book and explains to peo-
ple, “My mom is telling
the good, the bad and the
ugly.” But she told Linda,
“As long as you tell the
truth, I guess it’s all right
because I’m pretty darn
funny.”
The memoir includes
both a number of those hu-
morous incidences but
also the more exhausting
times, such as when, at
age 20, Lindsey ran away
for over four years with a
man more than twice her
age.
“It’s really all about the
complicated
relation-
ships between mothers
and daughters and how do
you find an acceptance on
both parts?” Linda said.
“It’s also about how it has
affected my husband
(John) and son (Michael).
And it’s not just a story
about special needs chil-
dren. As society changes,
it’s becoming difficult for
everyone.
“I used to say to Lind-
sey, ‘You can choose to be
happy or you can choose
to be sad’ and she throws
it right back in my face.
Sometimes I’ve chosen to
be frustrated and sad but
we keep going on.”
Right now, Linda is
working on a piece that
ties in with the calligra-
phy “Mothers hold their
children’s hands for a
short while but their
hearts forever.”
With a lump in her
throat, she said, “There’s
a sadness in me and a
sense of loss that my child
will never be the grown-
up I imagined her to be. To
some degree, I will be
holding her hand for the
rest of our lives.”
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