Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, May 2, 2007
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IT’S ‘CEDARBROOK MAN!’ - To attract more attention to the CedarBrook residential
development on Laurel Road, broker Jim Frick (right), of Century 21 Harris & Taylor,
acquired an entertaining, eye-catching, inflated figure. With Frick and CedarBrook
Man is Century 21 agent Dwain Smallwood. The tuxedo-clad figure is customized
with C21 information on his legs. (Photo by ‘Illinois Valley News’)
IVHS Expeditionary Learning showing
good results with student involvement
By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
A few years ago, stan-
dardized test scores at Illinois
Valley High School (IVHS)
had slipped below acceptable
levels.
As a result, the school
became eligible for federal
reform dollars, and those
funds have since been put
to good use through imple-
mentation of the Expedi-
tionary Learning (EL) pro-
gram.
EL is a New York-
based company that works
with seven schools in Ore-
gon and more than 140
nationwide. Tony Altucher
works as a school designer
for EL, and has been at IVHS
since it began using the pro-
gram in 2002.
Altucher, who taught
high school in New York
City for six years, said that
EL’s programs are designed
to ensure that students are
active participants in their
education.
“We work with teachers
on planning and making the
instruction process more in-
teractive,” Altucher said.
An extra effort is made to
personalize the learning envi-
ronment. For example, small
groups of students meet with
an adviser every week to re-
view transcripts and develop
relationships with those
teachers.
“It helps prevent kids
from falling through the
cracks,” Altucher said.
While Altucher admits
that this approach is “not a
panacea,” he said it is part of
a larger strategy aimed at
improving the overall educa-
tional experience.
Gary Enoch has been
teaching Language Arts at
IVHS for the past five years.
He said he is “totally sold” on
the EL approach.
“I’ve seen how it can
work and what it has done for
the students. It’s a valuable
tool,” Enoch said.
One crucial component
of EL is providing students
opportunities to gain hands-
on, real-world experience.
“It incorporates a lot of
community service work,”
Enoch said.
Two years ago, one of
Enoch’s classes studied the
temporary closure of Lake
Selmac. They even visited the
city of Cave Junction’s water
filtration plant as part of the
lesson.
Students then hosted a
water forum at IVHS, where
a panel of experts engaged
members of the public in a
question-and-answer session.
“By the time the class
was over, the kids were ex-
perts on water,” Enoch
said. “They knew water
law, knew about water-
sheds and basins and how
they work.”
The EL approach also
involves bringing profes-
sionals into classrooms to
work with students.
“It not only gets the kids
out of the classroom, but it
brings the community into
the classroom more,”
Enoch said. “I’ve had a lot of
experts in their fields come in
to the classroom and talk
about topics that are relevant
to what we’re studying.”
Staff development is
another of EL’s primary fo-
cuses. IVHS art teacher
Elaine Barker said that she
has learned a lot through the
EL approach.
“It’s kind of like going to
school again,” Barker said.
Barker, who has taught
for 20 years, said she has seen
her students’ work improve
since EL came to IVHS.
“It provides meaningful
work for the kids,” Barker
said. “What they’re doing is
important enough that it has
to be well done.
“They don’t stop until
it’s the best it can be.”
Walden honored for business support
Second District Rep.
award is bestowed annually
Greg Walden (R-Ore.) has
to members of Congress
been awarded its annual
based on rankings it gives for
“Spirit of Enterprise” award
k e y
by the United States Cham-
business
ber of Commerce for his
votes
strong voting record on
outlined
critical business issues in
in
its
the second session of the
yearly
109th Congress.
publica-
“Rep. Walden proved
t i o n ,
to be a valuable ally to the
“How
business community last
T h e y
year, supporting measures
Voted.”
to stimulate job creation
Walden
and spur economic growth,” Rep. Greg Walden compiled
said Tom Donohue, cham-
a
100
ber president and CEO. “The
percent score with the cham-
business community appreci-
ber last year and holds a cu-
ates Greg’s dedication to a
mulative 97 percent ranking
pro-growth agenda and we
during his tenure in Congress.
are pleased to present him
The chamber’s desig-
this award.”
nated “key votes” are re-
The chamber’s prestig-
corded floor votes on issues
ious “Spirit of Enterprise”
established as priorities by the
chamber’s board of directors.
Using them, on the chamber
informs Congress of its posi-
tion prior to the vote.
Senators and House
members who support the
chamber’s position on at least
70 percent of these key votes
receive the “Spirit of Enter-
prise” award.
During the second ses-
sion of the 109th Congress,
the chamber key-voted 12
Senate and 15 House votes.
They included comprehen-
sive pension reform, extended
tax relief, maritime and cargo
security enhancements, and
the U.S./India nuclear agree-
ment.
The U.S. Chamber said
that it is the world’s largest
business federation, repre-
senting more than 3 million
businesses and organizations.
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Economics
said factor
in cases of
cardiac ills
Honesty
A team of Oregon Health
& Science University
(OHSU) researchers has
found that the incidence of
sudden cardiac arrest, one of
the nation’s most lethal public
health problems, was 30 per-
cent to 80 percent higher in
the lowest socioeconomic-
status neighborhoods.
Results are based on
studying a large urban com-
munity vs. the high-status
areas in that community dur-
ing a two-year evaluation. The
disparity was most acute for
those younger than 65.
The findings were based
on a study of 714 cases of
sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in
Multnomah County. They
were reported between Febru-
ary 2002 and January 2004 by
the county emergency medical
services system, the county
medical examiner and 16 area
hospitals.
At the outset of the study
the county had a population
of more than 660,000 people.
The findings are the most
recent to come from OHSU’s
continuing Oregon Sudden
Unexpected Death Study
(Ore-SUDS) group
Ninety-eight percent, or
697, of the SCA cases sur-
veyed had residential ad-
dresses in one of the county’s
170 census tracts. They were
divided into quartiles for each
of four measures: median
household income, percent of
population below the federal
poverty level, median home
value and percent of popula-
tion older than 25 with at
least a bachelor’s degree.
For each of the four
measures, SCA incidence
rates were lowest in the high-
est socioeconomic status
quartiles. Annual incidence of
SCAs in census tracts in the
lowest vs. highest quartiles of
median home value was 60.5
vs. 35.1 per 100,000.
The differential was
much more exaggerated for
the median home value meas-
ure in the younger than 65
population, where it was 34.5
vs. 15.1 per 100,000.
The findings, said
OHSU, have immediate im-
plications for the deployment
of automated external defi-
brillators (AEDs), which are
increasingly found in high-
density public places like
airports.
The annual incidence of
sudden cardiac arrest, a prob-
lem that results due to a cha-
otic heart rhythm, averages
200,000 to 300,000 annually
in the United States. The sur-
vival rate ranges between 5 to
10 percent despite improve-
ments in emergency medical
services and widespread
training in application of
CPR.
For more than half of
those who suffer an SCA,
there are no previous signs of
heart disease.
“Chances for survival
diminish by 10 percent with
every minute that passes after
a sudden cardiac arrest, and in
the short term, AEDs may
have a significant impact on
survival,” OHSU reported.
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