A7
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARcH 4, 2019
Report: Agency responding to state’s concerns
continued from Page A1
unprofessional manner, traumatiz-
ing Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare
employees.” The reports claim
Morrow acted unilaterally and
did not notify the agency’s execu-
tive management team about Bak-
er’s leave or the appointment of an
interim director.
The state found that the board’s
bylaws do not address succession
planning for any purpose or rea-
son. In response, Baker said the
board assigned a policy commit-
tee to draft language for bylaw
amendments on succession plan-
ning, the board acting as a uni-
fied voice and a staff communi-
cation plan. The board also had
a four-hour training session on
board roles and responsibilities.
Morrow could not be reached
for comment. She said after
she resigned in January that the
board and the agency no longer
aligned with her core values.
Crisis respite center
The Oregon Health Author-
ity did a separate review of the
crisis respite center after Monica
Steele, the interim county man-
ager, notified the state about the
wrongful arrest. The state’s find-
ings, which were critical, were
released in late January to Baker
and shared with the county.
‘cBH STAFF ARE AcTIVELY WORKING ON ADDRESSING THE
cONcERNS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE STATE, AS WELL AS
AcTING ON REcOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
WHEN cAScADIA cAME AND DID AN ASSESSMENT AT
THE REQUEST OF cBH ADMINISTRATION.’
Monica Steele | interim county manager
Baker, however, has asked the
health authority to consider mak-
ing corrections to the findings
once a report by the state Office
of Training, Investigations and
Safety is completed. The agency,
known as OTIS, investigates
allegations of abuse, and Baker
believes the role of the respite
center staff in the wrongful arrest
will be clarified.
Clatsop Behavioral Health-
care has sought to improve
operations at the respite center.
Experts from Cascadia Behav-
ioral Healthcare, which serves
the state’s largest metro areas,
visited in January to make rec-
ommendations on staffing, pro-
gramming and training.
But any changes will happen
under new leadership.
Jennie Chrisenbery, the pro-
gram manager at the respite cen-
ter, resigned in February, along
with another top manager.
“They have worked tirelessly
with their staff to serve our res-
idents and the pace of running a
24/7 program can be unrelent-
ing,” Baker said in an email.
“They have both resigned for
personal reasons and they will
both always be welcomed back
here at CBH.”
Steele said Clatsop Behav-
ioral Healthcare is responding to
the state’s concerns. The county
contracts with the private non-
profit for behavioral health and
developmental disabilities. The
contracts, which expire at the
end of June, are up for bid.
“I would like to say that while
it is unfortunate that there was
an incident that occurred at (the
respite center) that prompted
much of this media attention,
CBH staff are actively work-
ing on addressing the concerns
brought forward by the state,
as well as acting on recommen-
dations that have been made
when Cascadia came and did an
assessment at the request of CBH
administration,” Steele said in an
email.
“It is also unfortunate, as
pointed out in the OHA report of
the overall CBH mental health
services, that the handling of this
incident by the former chair that
has resulted in undue stress for
the staff.”
State questions
The Oregon Health Author-
ity’s overall review of mental
health and substance abuse treat-
ment, which was conducted in
late January and released in early
February, identified more than a
dozen issues and required Clat-
sop Behavioral Healthcare to
submit a plan of correction.
The agency needed to improve
policies on patient grievances
and appeals, individual rights,
quality assessment and perfor-
mance, and clinical supervision
of program staff, the state found.
In one finding, a mental health
service record for a suicidal ado-
lescent did not include a safety
plan. The state requires a safety
plan when a patient’s assessment
indicates they pose a risk to the
health and safety of themselves
or others.
In another finding, medical
protocols for people in outpatient
substance abuse treatment did
not designate the medical symp-
toms that would require further
investigation or specify steps for
follow-up with primary care ser-
vices. The state also questioned
whether the agency has a medi-
cal director.
Baker said in an email that
the agency is working with Iris
Telehealth, a telepsychiatry com-
pany, to provide a medical direc-
tor. The former medical director,
she said, still provides consulta-
tion to staff on high-risk patients.
Several of the health authori-
ty’s findings were also identified
by the state in a recertification
review of Clatsop Behavioral
Healthcare issued in February
2018. State compliance special-
ists, who attended the earlier
review, reported that the “clini-
cal documentation did not appear
to have improved.”
Theft: Schehl required to Pantry: Nearly 90 students in Astoria
pay back all money stolen were identified as homeless last school year
continued from Page A1
“Not only was her exposure
just greater than I’ve ever seen
on any kind of case like this,
but also Ms. Schehl from the
beginning was ready to come
to terms,” said James Lee von
Boeckmann, an attorney who
represented Schehl.
Schehl could have been sen-
tenced to spend the rest of her
life in prison, due to the number
of charges. The district attor-
ney’s office and the defense
agreed on a 10-year sentence
to give Schehl an opportunity
to do drug treatment and have
a chance at being a part of her
5-year-old son’s life again.
Schehl’s behavior is believed
to be related to her drug
addiction.
“Considering the number of
individuals she has taken advan-
tage of, I thought 10 years was
an appropriate sentence,” said
Deputy District Attorney Ste-
ven Chamberlin, who prose-
cuted the case. “Frankly, I’m
hopeful that she takes advantage
of getting some drug treatment
so when she comes back she
has the opportunity to be a part
of her son’s life and be a posi-
tive role model for him. If she
doesn’t, she’s going to fall right
back into this.”
For almost a year, Schehl
systematically gained access
to other people’s accounts by
stealing checkbooks or mail
THE DAILY
ASTORIAN
M ONDAY E VENING
A
(2)
(-)
(-)
(6)
(-)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(12)
(13)
(-)
(20)
(-)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(38)
(39)
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
(53)
(54)
(56)
(57)
(58)
(61)
(63)
(64)
(65)
(162)
L
KATU
KOMO
KING
KOIN
KIRO
KGW
KRCW
KOPB
KPTV
KPDX
KCPQ
TBS
KZJO
ESPN
ESPN2
NICK
DISN
FAM
FMC
LIFE
ROOT
FS1
SPIKE
COM
HIST
A&E
TLC
DISC
NGEO
TNT
AMC
USA
FOOD
HGTV
FX
CNN
FNC
CNBC
BRAV
TCM
SYFY
RFD
(2)
(4)
(5)
(-)
(7)
(-)
(3)
(10)
(12)
(-)
(13)
(20)
(22)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(38)
(39)
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
(53)
(54)
(56)
(57)
(58)
(61)
(63)
(64)
(65)
(162)
6
with personal information. She
would forge checks, deposit
them into other people’s bank
accounts and then withdraw
the money, she said during her
sentencing.
In many cases, Schehl would
give people she knew who were
also addicts money or drugs
to set up fake bank accounts,
where she would deposit and
withdraw money she stole from
other accounts. Other times, she
stole bank cards or checkbooks
and made unauthorized pur-
chases at local stores.
In one incident, police found
Schehl with 117 pieces of mail
after receiving reports of stolen
mail from a mass mailbox along
state Highway 202.
“You have victimized so
many people in our commu-
nity,” Circuit Court Judge Paula
Brownhill said. “I wish the
police could have caught you
much earlier. I don’t know why
it took so long.”
In addition to prison time,
Brownhill is requiring Schehl to
pay back all of the money stolen
from the victims.
After pleading, Schehl apol-
ogized for causing harm and
said she intends to pay everyone
back to “make things right.”
“I wish I could change the
fact I hurt a lot of people,” she
said. “I feel like this process can
either make me stronger or make
me worse, and I’m going to use
it to make me a better person.”
continued from Page A1
“They’ve been incredibly grate-
ful that it is here,” she said. “And
they only knew that it was here
because they were a student last
year. So there’s a need.”
Nearly 90 students in Asto-
ria were identified as homeless
last school year, most doubling up
or couch surfing out of financial
necessity. The school district also
recorded the highest number of
unaccompanied minors, with 16.
Haller and Reed are attempting
to increase the profile of the pantry,
which has received support from
local church groups.
Reed and Fred West, another
senior volunteering with the pan-
try, recently picked up an esti-
mated 2,500 pounds of leftover
food and toiletries donated to the
Be the Light food pantry organized
during the recent federal govern-
ment shutdown by Coast Guard
spouse Stacey Benson to support
federal workers.
Be the Light spread thousands
of pounds of unused food and toi-
letry donations around the county
to Gray School, school backpack
food programs and the Clatsop
Community Action Regional Food
Bank.
“In the beginning, it was stated
that once the shutdown was over,
all the food donations that were not
given out were going to go back
into the community,” Benson said.
Despite the abundance, Reed
said, many of the food items like
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Clinton Reed stands among the
food and other supplies for his
senior project.
beef jerky, ramen noodles and bot-
tled water can run out quickly, and
collecting 200 cans for $20 can be
a difficult funding mechanism to
sustain.
The program is also supported
by Lasagna for Learning, an event
the last Friday of each month in
which proceeds from lasagna sales
at Blue Scorcher support Gray
School.
To make the pantry less depen-
dent on seniors needing capstone
volunteer projects to meet gradu-
ation requirements, Haller is orga-
nizing a leadership team of her stu-
SCHEDULE
A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach
dents at Gray School to oversee the
pantry.
“When individuals have gradu-
ated and moved on with their lives,
this kind of fell to the wayside,”
said Evan Branton, a senior at Gray
School and member of the leader-
ship team. “Mostly we just want to
make sure that doesn’t happen this
time.”
The leadership team formed this
semester at Gray School to take on
projects to help improve the alter-
native education program and the
school district, said Sophia George,
a sophomore at Gray School. The
team also supports a clothing store
for young children on the first floor
of the Capt. Robert Gray School
building, where the school district
runs a preschool, and the city has
the Lil’ Sprouts day care.
Branton and George also see
the projects as improving the pro-
file and reputation of Gray School,
which they said is an often misun-
derstood program where students
from around the county largely
take classes online at their own
pace. The program is often used
by students facing added stresses,
such as raising children, working
full-time jobs and being behind
academically.
“It’s just to help people if they
have too bad of social anxiety that
they can’t be around so many peo-
ple down there (on the main cam-
pus), or if they need more help than
others,” George said. “It’s basi-
cally for people who do not fit in
with the normal school structure.”
Evening listings
MONDAY
M ARCH 4
PM
6:30
7 PM
7:30
8 PM
8:30
9 PM
9:30
10 PM
10:30
11 PM
11:30
KATU News at 6 (N)
Jeopardy! (N)
Wheel Fortune (N) The Bachelor (N)
The Good Doctor "Breakdown" (N)
News (N)
(:35) Jimmy Kimmel
KOMO 4 News at 6pm (N)
Wheel Fortune (N) Jeopardy! (N)
The Bachelor (N)
The Good Doctor "Breakdown" (N)
KOMO4News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel
NBC News (N)
KING 5 News (N) KING 5 News (N) Evening
The Voice "The Blind Auditions Part Three" (N)
The Enemy Within "Black Bear" (N)
KING 5 News (N) (:35) Tonight Show
KOIN Local 6 (N) Evening News (N) Extra
Ent. Tonight
The Neighborhood Man Plan (N)
Magnum P.I. "Black Is the Widow" (N) Bull "The Ground Beneath Their Feet"
News (N)
(:35) Colbert
KIRO 7 News (N) Evening News (N) KIRO 7 News (N) Ent. Tonight
The Neighborhood Man Plan (N)
Magnum P.I. "Black Is the Widow" (N) Bull "The Ground Beneath Their Feet"
KIRO News (N)
(:35) Colbert
KGW News at 6:00 p.m. (N)
Tonight Cassidy
Inside Edition
The Voice "The Blind Auditions Part Three" (N)
The Enemy Within "Black Bear" (N)
News (N)
(:35) Tonight Show
Modern Family
Modern Family
The Goldbergs
The Goldbergs
Arrow "Brothers and Sisters" (N)
Black Lightning (N)
News (N)
Friends
Two and a Half
Two and a Half
This Old House
Business (N)
PBS NewsHour (N)
Antique "Miami Beach (Hour Three)"
Ore. Experience
Ore. Experience
In Defense of Food Journey to find out what we should eat to be healthy.
6 O'Clock News (N)
Family Feud
Family Feud
The Resident "Adverse Events" (N)
The Passage (N)
10 O'Clock News (N)
News (N)
Page Six TV
Mike & Molly
Mike & Molly
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory 8pm Prime News (N)
9pm Prime News (N)
Big Bang Theory Family Guy
American Dad!
The Game
Modern Family
Modern Family
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory The Resident "Adverse Events" (N)
The Passage (N)
Q13 NEWS AT 10 (N)
News (N)
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
American Dad! (N) American Dad!
Conan (N)
Seinfeld Pt. 1 of 2
Black-ish
Black-ish
Mom
Modern Family
Mom
Modern Family
Q13 News at 9 (N)
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Two and a Half
Two and a Half
NCAA Basketball (L)
SportsCenter (N)
SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) SportsCenter (N)
SportsCenter (N)
NCAA Basketball (L)
SportsCenter "Don't Ever Give Up"
UFC Archival
UFC Archival
Now or Never (N) UFC Archival
The Loud House
The Loud House
The Loud House
The Loud House
Double Dare
Double Dare
To Be Announced
Friends
(:35) Friends
Stuck in Middle
Stuck in Middle
To Be Announced
(:40) Stuck Middle (:05) Andi Mack
(:35) Andi Mack
K.C. Undercover Stuck in Middle
Bunk'd
Bunk'd
Toy Story (1995, Animated) Voices of Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Tom Hanks. The 700 Club
(5:30) Twister (1996, Action) Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Helen Hunt.
Shadowhunters "Original Sin" (N)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ('10) Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart.
(4:40) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
(:20) The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009, Drama) Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart.
The Clinton Affair "The Blue Pass"
The Clinton Affair "Mixed Messages" The Clinton Affair "Room 1012"
The Clinton Affair "State of the Union/ The Will of the People" The Starr report is released ahead of midterms.
MLB Baseball Spring Training Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Seattle Mariners Site: Peoria Stadium -- Peoria, Ariz.
Mark Few (N)
H.S. Basketball WIAA Tournament Girls 4A Championship
H.S. Basketball
PBC Fight Camp
PBC Fight Camp
PBC Countdown (N)
Speak for Yourself
TMZ Sports (N)
Fair Game
PBC Face to Face PBC Face to Face PBC "Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia"
Two and a Half
Two and a Half
Cops
Cops
Cops
Cops
Cops
Cops
Cops (N)
Cops
Cops
Cops
Parks and Rec
The Office
The Office
The Office
The Office
The Office
The Office
The Office
The Office
The Office
The Daily Show (N) The Other Two
Ancient Aliens
Ancient Aliens
Ancient Aliens
American Pickers Mike and Frank look through junk to find treasure. (N)
(:05) Ancient Aliens
The Inside Story "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
The Inside Story "Caddyshack" Taking a look inside the film 'Caddyshack.'
The Inside Story "National Lampoon's Vacation"
Say Yes-Dress
Say Yes-Dress
Yes Dress "Not Hell Nor High Water"
Counting On "Sleepless in Laredo"
Counting On "Love and Loss" (N)
Little People, Big World "Trying Not to Freak Out"
Street Outlaws "Driving High" (N)
Street Outlaws "Desert Dollars"
Street Outlaws: Full Throttle (N)
Street Outlaws: Full Throttle - No Prep Kings (N)
Garage Rehab "Zurba Industries"
Wicked Tuna "Captain Carnage"
America Before Columbus Millions of people lived in America before Columbus.
Lost Treasures of the Maya (N)
The Lost Tomb (N)
America Before Columbus: Lost World
Captain America: Civil War (2016, Action) Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans.
Night "Queen's Gambit, Accepted" (N) (:05) Night "Queen's Gambit, Accepted" (:10) American Sniper Bradley Cooper.
Rocky IV (1985, Drama) Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Sylvester Stallone.
Alien (1979, Sci-Fi) Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver.
(:35) Die Hard (1988, Action) Alan Rickman, Bruce Willis.
NCIS "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"
NCIS "Past, Present and Future"
WWE Monday Night Raw
Modern Family
Modern Family
Chopped Junior
Chopped "Make Me a Judge: Finale"
Baking "Let's Taco About Baking" (N)
Kids Baking "Puzzle Me This" (N)
WinnerCake "A Very Hungry Cake" (N) Winner Cake All
Love/List "The Impossible Dream House" Love It or List It "Master Mistakes"
House Hunters (N) House Hunters
Home Town "Sweet Home Laurel" (N) House Hunters (N) House Hunters (N) House Hunters
House Hunters
Men in Black 3 (2012, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Will Smith.
Men in Black 3 ('12, Act) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith.
(5:30) Elysium (2013, Action) Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Matt Damon.
Cuomo Prime Time
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon
Anderson Cooper 360
Cuomo Prime Time
Cuomo Prime Time
Hannity
The Ingraham Angle
Fox News @ Night Hard news and analysis of the most compelling stories.
Hannity
Fox News @ Night
Deal or No Deal "Southern Charm"
Deal or No Deal "Cowboy Up"
The Profit "Snowdays NYC"
The Profit "Lyles BBQ"
The Profit "Jackie's Cookie Connection" Paid Program
Paid Program
Vanderpump R. "So Vain in Solvang"
VanderpumpR "Return of Crazy Kristen" Vanderpump Rules "PJs on the PJ"
Vanderpump Rules (N)
Summer House (SP) (N)
Watch What (N)
Vanderpump Rules
Craig's Wife ('36, Com) John Boles, Rosalind Russell.
Stella Dallas (1937, Drama) John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara Stanwyck.
Music In the Air ('34, Mus) John Boles, Gloria Swanson.
(5:00) King of Jazz Paul Whiteman.
Sleepy Hollow ('99, Hor) Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Johnny Depp. Futurama
(5:30) Speed (1994, Action) Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves.
Futurama
Futurama
Futurama
American Rancher Red Steagall
Steve Lantvit
Horse of the West Craig Cameron
Rural Eve. News Rural America 'Live'
American Rancher Red Steagall
Product Showcase