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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018 Inmates making clothing worn by preemie babies in Salem Women stitch comfy clothes for newborns By CAPI LYNN Statesman Journal SALEM — Aurora and Phoenix are snuggled in an isolette in the neonatal inten- sive care unit at Salem Hospi- tal, wearing matching sleepers with pink hearts almost as big as theirs. The Thompson Bailey twins, born on Dec. 2, more than four weeks premature, are oblivious to the camera and the spotlight. They don’t know it yet, but they’ve just notched their first modeling gig. The twins are among the first babies to wear customized preemie clothing designed and manufactured by inmates at Coffee Creek Correctional Institute, a women’s prison in Wilsonville. A cute and comfy cloth- ing line, made with input from local neonatal intensive care unit nurses, has been devel- oped through a unique part- nership between Salem Health and Oregon Corrections Enterprises. Preemie clothing can be difficult to find, and it isn’t functional for infants with wires and tubes attached to their fragile little bodies. In the past, NICU staff browsed local retail stores, which have limited selections, and snapped up all the preemie clothes they could. “You don’t want a NICU nurse out shopping when they’re supposed to be doing their job,” said Jonathan Fet- terley, the hospital’s former linens services supervisor. Fetterley was one of the project instigators. He had a conversation with NICU nurse manager Andrea Bell, and they worked with officials at Ore- gon Corrections Enterprises, which has been providing linen service for Salem Health since 2009. It took two years, but the first transaction recently was completed. A freshly laun- dered bag of 150 preemie out- fits featuring playful patterns with hearts, stars, puppies and fish was delivered Dec. 12. Early Christmas present It was an early Christmas present for the NICU staff and its 18 current patients. The NICU cares for an average of 12 babies at a given time. The number is higher now because there are multiple sets of twins. The Thompson Bailey twins are thriving. Aurora weighed 2 pounds, 15 ounces when she was born and Phoe- nix 3 pounds, 2.1 ounces. They now weigh 3 pounds, 10.7 ounces and 3 pounds, 13.7 ounces. The women on the pro- duction team at Coffee Creek were thrilled to hear about the Anna Reed/Statesman Journal Aurora, left, and Phoenix Thompson Bailey, born Dec. 2, wear clothing made by inmates at the Coffee Creek Cor- rectional Institute at the Salem Health Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Salem. twins’ modeling debut. Team trainer Tammy Traxtle spoke on their behalf by phone from the prison. “For the entire team, this is special to us,” Traxtle said. “We’ve all given birth. We’ve all been incarcerated over a year and away from our chil- dren. Being a part of a team that gets to make baby clothes has been powerful for all of us.” Nine women make up the team, which is part of the tex- tiles program at Coffee Creek. Oregon Corrections Enter- prises is an independently-run program that provides work and on-the-job training for inmates in 10 prisons across the state. The textiles program trains inmates in the basics of sew- FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 51 40 37 Partly cloudy Tillamook 39/55 Salem 32/48 Newport 42/53 SUN AND MOON New First Jan 16 Coos Bay 45/61 Full Jan 24 The Coast Guard is reminding the public of the consequences of illegal flare-lighting after a helicop- ter crew witnessed multiple flares being fired near Cannon Beach Monday. An MH-60 Jayhawk heli- copter crew from Air Station Astoria responded to a report Jan 31 Burns 17/35 Klamath Falls 30/51 Lakeview 24/52 Ashland 41/59 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 7:57 p.m. 8:48 a.m. Low 2.7 ft. -1.4 ft. 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False activation can tie up emergency resources and delay the response to genuine emergency calls.” There are severe penal- ties for the misuse of flares, including the cost of the response. The Coast Guard recommends people report flare sightings to emergency responders. ment for DUII, failure to carry a license and reckless endangerment. He was pulled over at 10th and Commer- cial streets and registered a 0.20 percent blood alcohol content. • On Sunday, Paula Arce- neaux, 58, from Hammond, was arrested by the Warren- ton Police Department for DUII. She was pulled over at Main Avenue and First Street in Warrenton and registered a 0.13 percent blood alcohol content. • On Sunday, Tyler Duvall, 44, from Portland, was arrested by the Oregon State Police for DUII. He was pulled over on U.S. High- way 101 in Astoria, failed a sobriety test and registered a 0.06 percent blood alcohol content. • On Sunday, Jose Saucedo, 20, from Long Beach, Wash- ington, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office for DUII. He was pulled over in Astoria and registered a 0.18 percent blood alcohol content. • On Sunday, Brian Young, 44, from Washington state, was arrested by Oregon State Police for DUII. He was pulled over on U.S. Highway 101 in Warrenton and failed a field sobriety test. in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Dec. 28, 2017 LOVEL, Clyde Verl, 66, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Cald- well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. ON THE RECORD Ontario 20/30 Bend 24/42 of flares at 2 a.m. Monday. The crew witnessed individ- uals firing dozens of flares from shore before fleeing into the forest. “It is against the law to fire distress flares unless in an emergency situation,” said John Bennett, an opera- tions unit member with Sector Columbia River. “Flares sig- nal that somebody is in imme- Baker 16/34 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hi 36 19 10 38 12 14 56 26 81 11 20 66 74 25 70 26 41 25 24 26 17 39 62 45 28 John Day 28/44 La Grande 26/38 Assigned a task Once they were ready to begin actual production, each team member was assigned a task, such as cutting fabric, serging seams, overlapping seams, making sleeves, sew- ing parts together, binding for snaps, ribbing on cuffs, and attaching snaps. The shop has 10 sewing machines in the production area, four serger machines, and two cover-stitch machines. A serger trims the seam allow- ance and encloses the edge of the fabric to prevent fraying — all in one step. Traxtle, in charge of quality control, estimates two of every 25 garments made for Salem Health was returned to be fixed or remade. Finding the right fabric was a challenge. With each sam- ple they tried, they washed and dried it multiple times to test shrinkage. They chose a cotton and polyester blend from a vendor in Pennsylvania. It’s ultra-soft and has just the right stretch. Nurses and moms on staff at Coffee Creek visited the shop throughout the process, offering their own suggestions. Samples of a half-dozen different types of outfits were delivered to the hospital for NICU staff to review quality, sizing and design. The staff whittled their order down to three styles: onesies, gowns and sleepers without feet. Staff suggestions, such as relocating snaps that would be in the way of medical tubing, were adopted before final sam- ples were approved. “That’s one of the best parts about this,” Fetterley said, “ultimate customization.” Fetterley, who now works in a different department, joined other hospital officials for the first delivery of preemie clothes. They posed for photo- graphs with Oregon Correc- tions Enterprises officials and Bell, the NICU nurse manager. “This one’s perfect for tubes and cords and lines,” Bell said, holding up a white onesie with purple puppies and pink hearts. Coast Guard warns against firing flares in nonemergency situations The Daily Astorian Roseburg 41/56 Brookings 48/60 Tonight's Sky: Earth at perihelion, or closest to sun at distance of 91.4 million miles. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Prineville 24/44 Lebanon 33/49 Medford 37/55 UNDER THE SKY High 8.8 ft. 10.4 ft. Pendleton 21/31 The Dalles 31/36 Portland 33/46 Eugene 31/46 Sunset tonight ........................... 4:41 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:58 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 5:54 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 8:20 a.m. Time 2:27 p.m. 1:42 a.m. Mainly cloudy with a little rain Periods of rain Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 37/51 Precipitation Monday ............................................ Trace Month to date ................................... Trace Normal month to date ....................... 0.34" Year to date ...................................... Trace Normal year to date .......................... 0.34" Jan 8 49 39 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 48°/33° Normal high/low ........................... 49°/37° Record high ............................ 60° in 1981 Record low ............................. 14° in 1979 Last SATURDAY 50 41 Mostly cloudy with a little rain Mostly cloudy ALMANAC FRIDAY 49 42 ing, embroidery and quilting. Top students are hired for the production team. None of them had expe- rience making baby cloth- ing. Few had any sewing background. What little experience they had was limited to what Trax- tle referred to as straight lines on items such as quilts and bags. She came to the project with commercial sewing train- ing through Oregon Correc- tions Enterprises. They started from scratch by taking a couple of regu- lar-sized baby outfits that OCE General Manager Dave Con- way had purchased and doing some reverse engineering. “We shrunk it and shrunk it and shrunk it,” Conway said. He also bought an 11-inch doll for the team to use for sizing. The inmates call her Oceana, pronounced Oh-see- aw-nuh, a play off the Oregon Corrections Enterprises name. She turns 2 in February, and Traxtle said she has the best wardrobe. Sizing was important. Much of the manufactured clothing for premature infants is too big. So was functional- ity. Retail preemie clothes are not made to accommodate IVs and feeding tubes. “In the beginning, it was a lot of trial and error,” Traxtle said. “We made templates and then it was a matter of resizing and re-cutting, resizing and re-cutting.” A quarter-inch on a preemie outfit makes a huge difference, and the team wanted them to be just perfect. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s pc s pc sn pc sn s pc pc pc c s pc pc s pc s pc s pc r c pc DUII • On Monday, Matthew Ayres, 35, from Portland, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office for driving while under the influence of intoxicants. He was pulled over at 27th Street and Marine Drive and registered a 0.19 percent blood alcohol content. • On Monday, Mario Mutis, 31, of Seattle, was arrested by the Oregon State Police for DUII. He was pulled over at Marine Drive and Sixth Street in Astoria and registered a 0.28 percent blood alcohol content. • On Monday, Ruben Perez, 47, was arrested by the Astoria Police Depart- DEATHS Dec. 29, 2017 EARLY, Charles R., 70, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Cald- well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., 1131 Broadway, Seaside. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Business. Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Seaside Planning Commis- sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Monday’s Megabucks: 13-18- 22-30-35-42 Estimated jackpot: $6.1 million Estimated jackpot: $120,000 Monday’s Keno: 02-03-08-15- 19-21-22-23-31-43-45-50-57- 58-60-63-65-67-68-74 Monday’s Lotto: 13-28-35- 37-38-46 Estimated jackpot: $1.3 million Monday’s Match 4: 07-15- 22-24 WEDNESDAY Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacific Way. LOTTERIES APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 Over 3 A 0 RS IN YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU Mattresses, Furniture & More! 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