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Wallowa County Chieftain
Project Heartbeat
lives up to its name
Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Thanks to Joseph cit-
izen, Dick Burch, one
person is is still walk-
ing around. Burch started
Project Heartbeat, a local
non-profi t/service orga-
nization dedicated to pro-
viding public access to
Automated
External
Defi brillators as well as
First Aid and CPR classes.
An AED can help save
the life of a cardiac inci-
dent by analyzing a heart
rhythm and administer-
ing an electric shock to
the heart to stabilize its
beat and return it to an
effective rhythm.
Thanks to Burch, a
number of AEDs are
placed in convenient
locations around the
county. One placed in the
ranger offi ce at Wallowa
State Park possibly saved
someone’s life on Sun-
day, July 14.
Park manager, Mac
Freeborn was working in
his offi ce when he heard
a call come over the radio
of a park visitor in dis-
tress. The person was
brought to the drive-in
booth to the campground.
After the person com-
plained of chest pains, the
park staff called 911. An
Emergency Medical Tech-
nician was visiting the
park as well as two nurses.
At one point, the per-
son was removed from the
vehicle and park staff and
the EMT began adminis-
tering CPR as well as the
AED until help arrived.
Burch later heard
that the person was life-
fl ighted to another hospi-
tal although it is unknown
if the person survived.
“You can never be too
prepared for these inci-
dents,” Freeborn said.
“I’m glad we’ve got peo-
ple like Dick Burch that
put these AEDs out in the
parks. Those things are
great to have out here.”
He also noted the entire
staff had gone to CPR/
AED training in June, so
it was still fresh in every-
one’s minds.
Burch said that he
started Project Heartbeat
in 2008 and has 73 AEDs
placed in various locations
around the county. He
got the idea for his proj-
ect while teaching AED/
CPR/First Aid classes. He
wondered what the sur-
vival percentage was of
residents who went into
cardiac arrest. After ask-
ing a number of medical
professionals the ques-
tion, he determined from
their reticence that sur-
vival rates were not opti-
mal, so he went to work.
Even with the 73 units
placed throughout the
county, he’d like to see
more of them around;
even if they don’t get used
often, he thinks the pro-
gram is worth the effort.
“The important thing
is, if people hear about this
or read this story and say,
‘Wow, hey, that would be
a good idea. We ought to
have one in this business,
it can save a life — that’s
the reward.”
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
USDA rule could affect food
stamp eligibility for 3 million
Carole Feldman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The
Trump administration on
Tuesday proposed tight-
ening automatic eligibility
requirements for the food
stamp program, a change
that could affect about 3.1
million people.
The
Agriculture
Department said the rule
would close “a loophole”
that enables people receiv-
ing only minimal benefi ts
from the Temporary Assis-
tance for Needy Fami-
lies program to be eligi-
ble automatically for food
stamps.
“For too long, this
loophole has been used to
effectively bypass import-
ant eligibility guidelines.
Too often, states have mis-
used this fl exibility with-
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testifi es during a
House Agriculture Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in
Washington.
out restraint,” Agriculture
Secretary Sonny Perdue
said in a statement.
Under current law,
states may confer eligi-
bility for food stamps,
offi cially called the Sup-
plemental Nutrition Assis-
tance Program or SNAP,
if they meet income and
other requirements for
TANF. USDA says 43
Slow Food Wallowas offers $1,500
grant for local food producer
Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
Slow Food Wallowas
seeks to support a local
producer who is work-
ing to increase capacity to
offer locally raised food
for sale.
The grant applica-
tion is open to any farmer
or rancher operating in
Wallowa County raising
crops, including plants or
animals, to sell for food.
T HE B OOKLOFT
Membership in Slow
Food USA is not a require-
ment, and the grant is open
to all Slow Food mem-
bers as well as current and
past Slow Food Wallowas
board members. Go to
https://bit.ly/2xVvcaV for
grant details and to fi ll out
the online application.
The goal of this $1,500
award is to assist a local
food producer in increas-
ing ctapacity, sustainabil-
ity or profi tability of the
operation.
Priority will be given
to projects that meet the
stated values, initiatives
and priorities of Slow
Food USA.
The deadline for appli-
cations is August 31,
2019. The winner of the
grant will be notifi ed in
September. The grant will
be awarded at a public pre-
sentation of the check at
Pig-nic, an outdoor edu-
cational event to be held
on Saturday, October 19,
2018, at Barking Mad
Farm.
For information about
the grant, and how to
apply, contact Lynne
Curry,
slowfoodwc@
gmail.com, 541-263-0347.
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Pastor Cherie Dearth
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states have expanded that
to include households that
the agency says “barely
participate” in TANF.
USDA said this has
resulted in people receiv-
ing food stamps who don’t
need it and wouldn’t qual-
ify under regular program
rules. It estimates that in
2020, 3.1 million food
stamp recipients, or 8% of
the total could be affected.
Under the proposal, to
qualify for automatic eli-
gibility, people would
have to get at least $50 a
month in benefi ts from
TANF for a minimum of
six months.
Perdue said the change
is necessary for “prevent-
ing abuse of a critical
safety net system.”
The rule is open for
public comment for 60
days.
Fire causes
undetermined
damage at
Wallowa mill
Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
On Saturday, July 20,
fi refi ghters from Wallowa
and Lostine fi re departments
responded to an 8 a.m. fi re
alarm at Integrated Biomass,
a sawmill in Wallowa.
Gary Hulse, a Wallowa
fi refi ghter, said that the
crew had prepared well and
responded to the scene in
about 10 minutes.
Hulse explained that the
fi re started at the mill loca-
tion where fi rewood and hop
poles were being processed
the day before.
“I believe they left one
of their motors running,”
he said. “It fi nally created
enough heat that it ignited
some real fi ne sawdust they
had there.”
Initially, a crew member
requested an engine from
Enterprise Fire Department
and a tender from Joseph
Fire Department. However,
they were called back before
arrival as Wallowa and Los-
tine had the fi re well under
control.
Hulse said that it took
about 30 minutes from the
time water was applied to
get the fi re under control. He
added that personnel stayed
an extra two hours mop-
ping up and checking for hot
spots.
“We had everything back
in service by 11 a.m.,” he
said. The fi re was contained
to a lean-to outside of a
building and did not spread
to the building itself.
No damage estimate
was available as Hulse said
he had no idea of the price
of rubber belts and motors
damaged by the fi re.
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