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OPINION • 4A
SPORTS • 7A
143rd YEAR, No. 120
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015
ONE DOLLAR
Keep calm and care on
Caregivers learn to read individuals
who have ‘challenging behaviors’
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
Beverly, a 42-year-old wom-
an with a traumatic brain injury,
lives in an assisted-living facility.
usually screams through the
night. She is not easily consoled
and often strikes the caregiver.
In the early morning, she falls
She does not speak but commu- asleep, exhausted.
nicates with gestures and noises.
So what is wrong with Bever-
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takes her out for dinner or shop- staff to respond to her behavior
ping.
as described in this case study?
When Beverly returns, she
A roomful of local caregivers
discussed Beverly’s story Thurs-
day morning at a free training
class called “Challenging Be-
haviors: Effective Approaches
to Common Behaviors in the
Non-dementia Adult Popula-
tion,” presented by Oregon Care
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See CARE, Page 10A
A slideshow in the background lays out a plan
for caregivers to work with their patients.
Brown
outlines
three-part
blueprint
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
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Maddy Maine, 2, fist-bumps Santa after telling him she wants a soccer ball for Christmas during the Old Fashioned Christmas event at the
Flavel House Museum Monday night.
By JOSHUA BESSEX
The Daily Astorian
Children get holiday treat at museum
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seum bustled with
activity and C hrist-
mas cheer Monday night
as children of all ages met
Santa Claus, played games,
and enjoyed hot chocolate
and cookies as part of the
11th annual Old Fashioned
Christmas event.
As C hristmas music
played in the music room,
children lined up through the
hallway to meet Santa and
tell him what they wanted for
Christmas. Meanwhile, chil-
dren upstairs played check-
ers, made arts and crafts, and
read stories out loud.
“It’s a low-key, fun event
to bring the house to life,”
said McAndrew Burns, the
e xecutive d irector of the
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Society.
See more photos online Dominic Rico, 6, peeks around the door as he waits to
meet Santa during the Old Fashioned Christmas event.
at www.dailyastorian.com.
Follows call for
independent reviews
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Santa hands out candy canes to Maddy Maine,
front, Dominic Rico, left, and McKenzie Maine, right.
Woman pleads not guilty to role in heroin overdose
Pregnant woman
found in motel room
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
The 20-year-old woman arrested
in August in connection to the heroin
overdose death of a woman and her
unborn child pleaded not guilty Mon-
day in Clatsop County Circuit Court.
Lacey Saranpaa, of Astoria, is
accused of unlawful possession of
heroin, unlawful delivery of metham-
phetamine, hindering prosecution and
tampering with physical evidence.
Before police arrived to the scene
in room 107 at the Rivershore Motel ,
Saranpaa apparently hid all the evi-
dence of drugs and paraphernalia in
her purse.
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LAND — Gov.
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a
three-part blue-
print for the
state Monday
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ment, grow the
economy and
Gov. Kate Brown invest in educa-
tion.
Brown unveiled her goals during
a keynote address at the annual Or-
egon Business Leadership Summit.
As part of her goal to increase
government transparency and ac-
countability, Brown plans to base
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health care and public safety.
She said the plan for out-
come-based budgeting is “one of the
most important things” she would do
as governor.
“State government must demon-
strate to Oregonians that they are
getting the best return for their tax-
payer dollars, that their agencies are
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ly,” Brown said.
Outcome-based budgeting would
be similar to a funding model devel-
oped for public universities in which
a portion of state funding is tied to
student completion of a degree or
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“This has spurred universities to
invest in critical supports that en-
gage and empower our highest-need
students to overcome barriers and
complete their college degrees,” she
said.
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wrote in an incident report. “It is com-
mon after an overdose for someone to
sanitize the room of drug related items
in order to conceal evidence from po-
lice. The reason to conceal the items
is usually an attempt to keep someone
from getting in trouble.”
Saranpaa told police she was try-
ing to protect the victim, 35-year-old
Torae Shufelt, of Astoria.
Police found Shufelt, who was six
months pregnant, unconscious in the
motel room. She was transported to
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she was pronounced dead along with
her unborn child.
The autopsy that determined
Shufelt overdosed found two possible
injection sites: One on her left arm
inside the elbow and the other on her
right wrist.
Shufelt was in the motel room with
Saranpaa and a 54-year-old man. The
man performed CPR on Shufelt before
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any crimes related to the incident.
It took four months to formally
indict Saranpaa because the Clatsop
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investigating whether or not she was
directly connected to Shufelt’s death.
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unable to prove Saranpaa is the one
who provided Shufelt the heroin that
led to the overdose.
“She had it in her purse, but we
couldn’t show she actually brought it
there,” Chief Deputy District Attor-
ney Ron Brown said.
See SARANPAA, Page 10A
The announcement follows her
call for independent reviews of the
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and the state Department of Ener-
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vices is under scrutiny for its slow
response to reported problems at
state-licensed foster care facilities. A
probe into the Department of Energy
centers on allegations that regulators
bent rules in its tax incentive pro-
gram for renewable energy projects.
The governor said she also would
propose legislation in February to
enhance government transparency
but gave no details on what the pro-
posal would entail.
She announced in November that
she would create a new public re-
cords advocate, modeled after a role
in other states such as Washington.
The advocate serves as a liaison to
assist the public in narrowing re-
cords requests and helping agencies
to comply with public records law.
Support for job growth goal
Brown declared her support for
the Oregon Business Plan’s goal of
adding at least 25,000 jobs annually
to the state economy.
To that end, she said she plans to
propose legislation in February to
See BLUEPRINT, Page 10A