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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 Jewell accepts grant Inslee calls coal export to open health center idea a ‘harebrained’ plan Wyden also speaks out Concerns about efficacy, costs were raised Associated Press Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee says the Trump administration’s idea to use military bases or other fed- eral properties to export fossil fuels to Asia would undermine national secu- rity and state rights. Inslee, a Democrat, called the idea a “hare- brained proposal” in a statement. The potential use of naval or other federal prop- erties as transshipment points was described to The Associated Press by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and two Republican lawmakers. By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian JEWELL — In a split vote, the Jewell School Board on Monday night accepted a grant to start a school-based health center. The annual $60,000 grant will help establish an in-house health center that could pro- vide primary care services such as general exams, sick visits, treatment of minor inju- ries, vaccinations and more for staff and students. The health center could issue prescriptions, but the school board declined to con- sider alcohol and drug coun- seling, mental health and reproductive health services. A steering committee will design what services the health center will offer, as well as possible locations. Clatsop County will staff it with a physician’s assistant, which could save the school district $10,000 by eliminat- ing the need for a school nurse. “Even if it’s just open two days a week, it’d be a very busy place and meet a lot of needs,” Jewell Principal Ter- rence Smyth said. Michael McNickle, the county’s public health direc- tor, initially reached out to Jewell’s administration this summer after learning there were more grants available for medically underserved communities. But the proposal has been met with continuous criticism from some school board mem- bers, who had concerns about safety after hearing the clinic would be open to the pub- lic. McNickle reaffirmed to school board members that they can control what services R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian The Jewell School District will get a health center. the clinic offers, how often it operates and who can visit. The school board voted 3-2 to accept the grant. School board mem- ber Brian Meier, who voted against the grant, raised ques- tions about how many fam- ilies would be interested in using the program. He also said he felt more research should be done about the fea- sibility and costs before com- mitting to a grant. McNickle estimated running the clinic would cost about $400 a week if it were open one day, which may or may not be covered by the grant, depending on how the school board and steering committee decided to allocate the money. “It’s not free,” Meier said. School board member Michael Stahly also voted against the grant, arguing the board only got “one side of the story” from McNickle and wanted to hear from school districts like Astoria, which decided to decline the offer. McNickle explained the Astoria School Board voted in 2013 not to partner with Coastal Family Health Center on a school-based health cen- ter over reproductive health services and parent permis- sion, but Stahly remained skeptical. “I just don’t know if there wasn’t more to it,” Stahly said. School board chairman Bryan Swearingen and board members Ginger Kaczenski and Michael Wammack voted in favor of the health cen- ter, seeing it as a way encour- age more preventative care to reduce absences, as well as bridge critical medical ser- vices to families who would otherwise have to travel to Seaside or Astoria. “We cannot deny the kids the simplest things like medi- cal attention. We don’t do that with food. We don’t turn them away because they can’t afford lunch; we find grants to feed them,” Kaczenski said. “Our kids are so rural they don’t have the same opportunities as kids in town … Maybe it helps out a few parents who strug- gle, who can’t afford to take off work to take their kids to the doctor.” McNickle expects a soft opening for the clinic in May or June. “If it doesn’t work then we don’t have to continue it,” Swearingen said. “But I think we owe it to the students to try.” West Coast officials have rejected private-sec- tor efforts to build new coal ports to ship the fuel to Asia. Inslee says President Donald Trump should con- sider the national security threats of climate change. Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said the Trump administration is “tram- pling” on the rights of West Coast communities. Wyden, a Democrat, said in statement that the federal government should invest in renewable fuels and not try to prop up dirty energy sources such as coal. “The U.S. should be doing more to invest in clean energy, not threaten- ing the health and safety of Oregonians by propping up dirty energy investors. Zinke’s approach shows a complete disregard for sci- ence and the voices of local communities,” the senator said. The Trump adminis- tration’s proposal would advance the administra- tion’s agenda of establish- ing American energy dom- inance on the world stage. Zinke says it’s a mat- ter of national security to ensure U.S. allies in the Pacific Rim have access to affordable fuels. National security also has been cited by the administration as justifica- tion for keeping domestic coal-burning power plants on line to prevent disrup- tions of electricity supplies. Leadership. Experience. Accessibility. Results. 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