SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2017
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Mental health, PUD, Plover today on ‘Our Town’
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Recruits enter Station No. 4’s Hot Box during training.
Training
from 1A
Larson explained, “In the
first weekend, they have
learned to use their turnouts,
Self Contained Breathing
Apparatus,
pre-connects,
hydrants and fire extinguish-
ers and do search and rescues
and car fires. This is just the
tip of the iceberg. Prior to
this, they completed about 40
hours of online computer
based training.”
The response to the real-
life work from the trainees
tends to focus on more imme-
diate physical concerns.
“They are very sore after
the initial training begins,”
Larson said. “Often, I hear,
‘This is harder than I expect-
ed,’ and that’s a good thing.
It’s not an easy job and the
recruits recognize they need
to keep fit in order to do the
job they are training for.”
For more information on
volunteer and training oppor-
tunities, call Siuslaw Valley at
541-997-3212.
It’s long been known that
early intervention in a medical
emergency such as a heart
attack or a stroke can save the
life of the patient. But, it was
not until recently that this con-
cept began being applied to
mental health issues and emer-
gencies.
The concept of mental health
first-aid was developed in
Australia in 2000, and within
four years it began to spread
around the world.
One of the proponents of that
concept is Dr. Jonathan
Betlinsky, a psychiatrist and the
assistant director of the Oregon
Health
and
Sciences
University’s department of pub-
lic psychiatry.
Betlinsky is just one of the
many presenters that will be at
this weekend’s “Jump Start
Your Health” community health
fair in Florence.
He is also one of the guests
on today’s edition of Our Town.
Betlinsky, along with health
fair coordinator Linda Lydick
and promotional coordinator
Scott Steward, will talk about
not only Mental Health First
Aid, but all of the features of
this weekend’s health fair at the
Florence Events Center.
More than 30 exhibitors will
be at the center Friday. They
will be followed by a series of
health related seminars and pre-
sentations Saturday; then a fun
run/walk and kids events on
Sunday.
Other segments of Our Town
will include a quick conversa-
tion with Chris Chandler, the
Public Affairs Director with
Central Lincoln PUD, about the
new “Smart Hub” online
accounting and billing system
for the publicly owned utility.
Dan Carpenter, the executive
director of the Siuslaw
Watershed Council, and project
manager Mizu Burruss will also
be on the program to talk about
that organization.
A phone interview with
incoming Lane Community
College President Dr. Margaret
Hamilton will be featured.
Hamilton will move to Eugene
in June and is set to take over
the reins of the county-wide
two-year college July 1.
Wrapping up the program
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On Thursday, April 6, start-
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Restaurant and Tearoom will
host a Florence Area Chamber
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This event is open to the pub-
lic.
Owners Heather and Hannah
are opening their British-style
restaurant to share a sampling
of finger foods such as samosas
and pasties and dessert items
like sticky toffee puddings and
lemon tarts. There will also be
tea samples and refreshments.
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Debate
duplication of effort.
One speaker alluded to the
conflict between state and fed-
eral laws regarding illegal
immigration.
Henry let the public com-
ments portion of the meeting
exceed the 15 minutes allotted
in order to allow both sides the
opportunity for equal time and
representation.
At the close of the public
comment segment, Henry said,
“You need to know that there is
currently no action on the agen-
da, either this evening or in the
future, dealing with this particu-
lar subject.”
Monday’s debate was in
response to an agenda item pro-
posal by Councilor Ron Preisler
during the March 22 council
work
session.
Ironically,
Preisler never used the term
“sanctuary city” in his proposal.
Preisler called the proposed
ordinance “Protection for
Individuals,” and based it on a
similar ordinance adopted by
the City of Eugene.
During the March 22 meet-
ing, Preisler said the reason he
wanted to have the proposal on
the agenda was because, “I have
heard from a number of
Latinos, people here in
Florence, that U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) has come into town and
has upset many of them.
“People are afraid they will
be picked up in an immigration
raid, whether they are undocu-
mented or documented. We
need to show the citizens of our
city that we care about them.”
Preisler withdrew his ordi-
nance proposal during the
March meeting because of a
lack of council support.
On Sunday, March 26, ICE
agents entered Florence and
arrested four individuals on
immigration charges. At least
one of the individuals arrested
was fully employed and had no
criminal record. No criminal or
employment information was
available on the other three
detainees.
defendants. The types of people
we are releasing today are
much less dangerous,” Trapp
said.
According to the sheriff, the
levy will mirror language in the
2013 levy. Only the dates will
change.
He said the levy cost would
not exceed the current levy’s
not-to-exceed rate of 55 cents
per $1,000 of property value.
For next year, the cost would be
closer to 38 cents.
The levy will be used to help
fund jail space, hire additional
deputy sheriffs and support
critical youth services.
The sheriff’s department is
still trying to recover from mas-
sive layoffs due to budget cut-
backs in 2012 and 2013.
“We have hired over 110
deputy sheriffs over the last
four years, but we only gained
about 40 overall positions
because of attrition,” Trapp
said.
The jail levy will be the only
county-wide measure listed on
the May 16 Special Election
ballot.
Town Hall
from 1A
He also talked about the new
Lane County restriction on pur-
chasing tobacco products,
which raises the legal purchase
age to 21 throughout the coun-
ty.
Trapp explained the impor-
tance of extending the current
4-year levy for five more years.
“We have reduced capacity
based releases (at the jail) by 62
percent. Those are both in sen-
tenced offenders and pre-trial
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You are going to see how many
are going to come out of the
woodwork. It is really terrify-
ing,” he said.
Ivy Meadows said, “I think
some of the data is not right
about who does what. Your typ-
ical homeless person is not nec-
essarily an immigrant. There is
some confusion over who needs
sanctuary and who has some
other socio-economic problems
that are challenging their ability
to work, maintain a home and
stay clean and sober.
“I’m not so much for or
against a sanctuary city status, I
just think some of the anti-sanc-
tuary information as presented
may not actually be representa-
tive of what the real issues are.”
Several other speakers
voiced varying versions of the
pro and con arguments, includ-
ing the argument that because
Oregon is already designated a
sanctuary state, this would be a
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will be a conversation with
wildlife biologist Cindy Burns.
She has been working on efforts
to restore the habitat and coastal
populations of the Western
Snowy Plover. The small shore-
bird has been on the End-
angered Species “Threatened”
list since 1993, when there was
an estimated population of only
28 birds on the entire coast.
Now, says Burns, after more
than two decades, there are
more than 40-times that and
they’re beginning to spread into
other areas where they’ve not
been seen in years.
Our Town airs on KCST, FM
106.9 today from 4 to 6 p.m.,
then again Thursday morning,
April 6, from 10 a.m. to noon on
KCFM, AM1250-FM 104.1.
www.LaurelBayGardens.com
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Jump Start Your Health
Community Health Fair
What’s up in the Watershed?
Siuslaw Watershed Council
Exec. Dir. Dan Carpenter
Project Mgr. Mizu Burruss
Lane’s new president
Dr. Margaret Hamilton
Incoming President
Lane Community College
Smart Hub and you
Changes online for Central
Lincoln PUD
Public Affairs Manager
Chris Chandler
Plovers Progress
Recovery of the Western
Snowy Plover
USFS biologist Cindy Burns
With Linda Lydick and Scott Steward
Featuring:
Dr. Jonathan Betlinski
Asst. Dir.
Oregon Health Science University
Psychiatry
Sponsored by:
Andy Baber, Edward Jones Investments
Holloway and Associates, CPAs
PeaceHealth, LCC Florence
The Archives, Photo Restoration Specialists
Siuslaw Public Library
Wednesday,
April 5
4-6 PM on
KCST, 106.9
and
Thursday,
April 6
10 - Noon on
KCFM
AM1250/FM 104.1
With Host
Bob Sneddon