Butte Falls bulletin., June 01, 1999, Image 2

I k n o w so m e p eo p le are w o n d e rin g w h e re th e c ity is in th e h irin g
W h ile talk in g to o n e o f o u r sen io r citizen s th e o th e r
d ay , h e to ld m e th a t B u tte F alls h as alw ay s h ad tw o ag e-o ld
p ro b lem s. O n e o f th e p ro b lem s w as k eep in g a to w n m arsh al an d
th e o th e r w as d o g s ru n n in g lo o se w h en in fact B u tte F alls h as h ad
a leash law fo r m an y y ears.
It is n o t a v ery p re tty sig h t to d riv e u p to w n in th e m o rn in g
an d see tw o o r th ree g arb ag e can s tip p ed o v er an d g arb ag e strew n
all o v er th e g ro u n d . T h is h ap p en s aro u n d th e sch o o l an d p a rk
o f a p o lice o fficer. B y th e tim e y o u re a d th is th e c o u n c il w ill h av e
in terv iew ed fo u r can d idates fo r th is p o sitio n .
O n c e th e y h av e
d ecid ed w h o th ey w ill h ire w e w ill h av e reserv ed an o p e n in g a t th e
p o lice acad em y to h av e th e m certified . T h is w ill ta k e fiv e to six
m o n th s.
T h e co u n cil in th e m e a n tim e h as e n te re d in to an
ag reem en t w ith th e T a len t P o lice D e p a rtm e n t to p ro v id e u s w ith
a fu ll tim e p o lice o fficer fo r an in te rim p e rio d o f six m o n th s. T h is
areas an d at resid en ts h o u ses, esp ecially o n M o n d ay m o rn in g w h en
h as all b een arran g ed th ro u g h C . W . S m ith w h o is n o w P o lic e C h ie f
p eo p le h av e se t th eir can s o u t fo r g arb ag e co llectio n . L ets all try to
o f T alen t. O u r in terim p o lice o fficer w ill b eg in Ju n e first.
k eep d o g s o n leash es o r fen ced in .
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(C o u n c ilw o m a n ) in v ite y o u a ll to th e
n e x t C o u n c il m e e tin g o n J u n e 8 th .
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A s a B asic E M T (E m erg e n cy M ed ical T e c h n ic ian ) y o u can d o all th e
ab o v e, p lu s m an ag e sh o c k b y u se o f p n e u m a tic a n ti-sh o c k g a rm en t, c h e c k su g ar
lev els in a p a tie n t th a t m a y b e h a v in g d ia b e tic p ro b le m s, a d m in iste r e p in e p h rin e
fo r an allerg ic re a c tio n , m an ag e a p o iso n in g , an d a d m in iste r a sp irin fo r a su sp ected
■ h e a rt a tta c k .
A s an In term e d ia te E M T y o u can d o all o f th e ab o v e p lu s sta rt
in tra v e n o u s lin es to g iv e life sav in g fluid s o r m e d ica tio n s. A n In te rm e d ia te can
g iv e A lb u te ro l b re a th in g tre atm e n ts to h e lp so m e o n e th a t is h a v in g d iffic u lty
b re a th in g , a d m in iste r n itro g ly c e rin e fo r ch est p a in , in itia te e le c tro c a rd io g rap h ic
h e a rt rh y th m m o n ito rin g a n d u n d e rsta n d th e read in g s fro m th e m o n ito r.
R e m em b e r, th is is a sm all sam p le. I d o n ’ t w a n t to o v e rw h e lm y o u , b u t, a t
th e sam e tim e , w e w a n t y o u to see h o w e x c itin g th is serv ice can b e. E sp e c ia lly
w h e n it ’ s in y o u r o w n to w n a n d y o u ’ re n eed ed so m u c h .
W e d o all o f th is w ith v e ry few p eo p le! If fo r so m e re a so n th e re is n o t a
F irst R e sp o n d e r o r E M T in to w n w h e n y o u h av e an e m e rg e n c y , M e rc y F lig h ts
re sp o n d s fro m a sta tio n in S h ad y C o v e o r fa rth e r aw ay . T h is m a y re su lt in a 2 0
to 4 5 m in u te w a it. H o p e fu lly th is w o n ’ t h a p p e n . B u t to m a k e su re it n e v e r d o es,
w e n e e d m o re p e o p le to h e lp c o v e r o u r sch ed u le.
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K e n a n d M e lis s a O w e n s (s ta n d in g ) e n jo y in g s o m e ro p e edcbaZYXW
re s c u e tra in in g .
P lease call a n y o f u s if y o u h av e q u e stio n s a b o u t g e ttin g in v o lv e d in w h a t w e d o . W e ’ d lo v e to h av e y o u a b o a rd ! Y o u c a n call C a rrie
D risk e ll a t 8 6 5 -3 2 2 4 , Jo h n A d a m s a t 8 6 5 -3 3 8 9 , o r M elissa O w e n s at 8 6 5 -3 8 8 0 fo r • m o re in fo rm a tio n .