SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017
quencies between 8 a.m. and 2
Drill
from 1A p.m. on June 8th.
Peace
Harbor
Chief
Administrative Officer Rick
Yecny said, “PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor is dedicated to
protecting and serving our
community, and we are eager
to be involved in this activity
— especially with the recent
implementation of our decont-
amination team.”
Motorists and pedestrians in
the area can expect to see both
the fire on the drill boat and the
associated smoke. Citizens
may also hear drill communi-
cation over the police, fire,
EMS and other emergency
response radio frequencies.
The public should not to be
alarmed if they see drill equip-
ment and participants around
the main hospital entrance and
the Port of Siuslaw, or hear
information over radio fre-
WLEOG’s statement said
the drill would not affect nor-
mal
hospital
emergency
department operations or
patient care.
Hospitals are required by
their hospital accreditation to
have disaster response plans in
place and conduct periodic
drills for improvement and
training purposes. This drill
will serve as one of Peace
Harbor’s required drills.
Florence Police Chief Tom
Turner said, “I’m always
pleased that training is being
conducted by all of the
involved local agencies.
Practice and training ensures a
better response when it is
needed.”
For more information about
WLEOG and disaster pre-
paredness, visit wleog.org.
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Bass
from 1A
to keep children out of
inclement weather while wait-
ing for the bus,” Meyers said.
“The community has always
been supportive of these
projects, especially the local
businesses which don’t get a
direct benefit other than
knowing they have helped in
a mission that is critical to our
community.”
The Lions Club has expand-
ed the number and types of
causes that are tackled over the
years, but it remains true to its
Dean
from 1A
He said he hopes to expand
the program to offer several
more classes through the high
school.
“If the high school has culi-
nary arts during the school day,
then maybe we can use the
facility in the evening and offer
a second year of culinary arts.
Students who took it the first
year in high school could take
the second year as Lane stu-
dents and walk out of here with
a degree or certificate in culi-
nary arts or hospitality man-
agement,” Pierson said.
According to the new dean,
the Florence Center is bringing
back a Certified Nursing
Assistant (CNA) program that
was offered several years ago.
core intent, which
is to help others in
need.
Meyers wants
the community to
know the local
chapter of the club
is always looking
for new members
to assist in their
mission, which is
also the group’s
motto: “We Serve.”
For more infor-
mation, contact the
Florence-Siuslaw
Lions Club at 541-
997-4855.
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Contestants weigh bass during the Lions Club Bass Tournament.
At first, it may sound back-
ward to bring back the CNA II
program before offering the
CNA I program, but Pierson
has his reasons.
He said he wants to offer the
CNA II program to those peo-
ple who have already taken
CNA I and are currently work-
ing at places like PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor Medical Center.
“CNA is presented as a non-
credit course,” Pierson said.
“That can be good and bad.
The bad is that if it is a non-
credit course, you can’t get
financial aid to take that
course. But there are a couple
of good things about it. One, it
can be offered at a fairly
advanced pace, so you are not
necessarily having to take it for
an entire year. It is also less
expensive than a full credit
course.”
Pierson said the college has
had conversations with Peace
Harbor and with Lane
Workforce Partnership to see if
there is some special financial
aid that might be available to
students for the CNA pro-
grams.
Pierson sees the CNA pro-
grams as a step toward a full
Registered Nurse certification.
“There is a fairly clear path
to get from CNA to LCC’s
nursing program, which is sited
in Eugene, but by having the
CNA program here and estab-
lishing a good working rela-
tionship with Peace Harbor, we
are also hopeful that any
Florence student that takes the
full nursing program that leads
to a Registered Nurse certifica-
tion will be able to do their
clinicals here, if they wish,” he
said.
The Medical Assistant pro-
gram will also be reintroduced
this fall.
Pierson said, “It was tabled
for a year to re-imagine what
that program should look like,
with new technology require-
ments and medical coding.”
He sees the establishment of
a good working relationship
with Peace Harbor to be advan-
tageous to Florence Center stu-
dents.
“Our students can then take
some of their clinical work and
cooperative education at Peace
Harbor and hopefully some of
the other skilled nursing facili-
ties here in town,” he said.
Pierson sees LCC as not just
a two-year college, but also an
opportunity for students to take
two years of general studies in
preparation for a four-year
degree at significant cost sav-
ings over a four-year college
tuition.
“Lane has what is called the
Associate of Arts Oregon
Transfer (AAOT) degree,”
Pierson explained. “Students
can come in, take two years
worth of general education
classes and then transfer into
any of the major Oregon uni-
versities.”
Further financial aid may be
available from the Oregon
Promise, established by the
Oregon state legislature, now
completing its first year.
According to Pierson, this
year students were eligible for
$1,000 to $3,397 annual
tuition, minus a $50 per-term
co-pay. Next year’s amount
will not be made public until
July, but Pierson believes it
will be at least $1,000.
Pierson’s goal for LCC
Florence Center is to make the
college as relevant to this com-
munity as possible.
“I have found Florence to be
a very warm, open, welcoming
community. This is the kind of
community where you feel like
you can make a difference pret-
ty quickly,” he said.