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The End of a
Stellar Career
Close to 1,800 Nurses and
Clinicians Go On Strike
Continued from Front
load requirements placed on
nurses and clinicians working
in patient homes.”
The ONA said they want better
pay, better healthcare, better staff-
ing, and reasonable sick and paid
time off for the workers. This is
the first nurse strike in Portland in
more than 20 years. Providence is
preparing to cut back some ser-
vices in Oregon in response to
strike plans. The health system
has also hired temporary work-
ers through the staffing agency.
Providence Seaside Hospital has
also rescheduled all surgeries for
next week.
During the strike the ONA
does not want anyone to de-
lay seeking medical care.“To
all our patients and to those
who receive services from
Providence in Seaside and the
Portland metro area: If you are
sick, please do not delay getting
medical care! Patients should
seek hospital care immediately
if they need it. We would rather
be the ones providing that care,
but Providence management
have forced our hand and we
find ourselves on the picket line
advocating for you, our com-
munities, and our colleagues.
Going into the hospital to get
the care you need is NOT cross-
ing our strike line. In fact, we
invite you to come join us on
the strike line after you've got-
ten the care you need.”
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Interim Fire Chief Ryan Gillespie with retiring Fire Chief Sara Boone
reau also launched the Communi-
ty Health Assess & Treat (CHAT)
pilot program, which responds to
lower-acuity medical calls and
provides much needed relief to
emergency responders.
Portland Fire Chief Sara Boone
“Together we have experi-
announced her retirement from enced some of the most chal-
Portland Fire & Rescue, effective lenging times in the history of
July 12, 2023.
Portland Fire,” said Chief Boone.
Starting as a line firefighter “Considering all that we’ve
with PF&R in 1995, Chief Boone faced over the past four years,
earned her way up the ranks in I couldn’t be prouder and more
Emergency Operations, holding honored to have closed out my
positions as Lieutenant, Captain/ career by leading one of the na-
Staff Captain, Battalion Chief, tion’s premier fire agencies.”
and Bureau Safety Chief. She
Commissioner Rene Gonzalez:
also brought executive level ex- “As we bid farewell to Chief Sara
perience to the job, having served Boone, let us acknowledge the
as the Deputy Chief of Logistics/ formidable path she has walked
Management Services Division for others to follow. Making his-
and the Division Chief of Medical tory as Portland's first African
Services & Training.
American female fire chief, she
During her tenure, Chief Boone has steered our fire bureau through
led PF&R through a series of un- the most difficult moments in liv-
precedented events, from the glob- ing memory. To Chief Boone we
al COVID-19 pandemic to civil extend our gratitude for her years
unrest for social justice, and then of sacrifice and selfless commit-
from record breaking wildfires ment to the Portland Fire Bureau.
to the humanitarian crisis among As her duty comes to an end, a
our unhoused population. Under legacy of excellence and resil-
Chief Boone’s leadership, the bu- ience remains.”
Portland Fire
Chief announces
retirement.
There is joy in putting food on someone’s plate.
Velda Hendricks knows the feeling well. But it’s
also a responsibility. She has lived and studied
throughout the Caribbean — St. Kitts, Jamaica,
St. Croix — to help island communities live
healthier lives. And to broaden her impact and
skills as an agriculture educator, Velda earned
a degree online from Oregon State
University. The diploma is new, but her
mission remains: teaching people the
hands-on, self-sustaining work of
growing your own food.
ecampus.oregonstate.edu
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