SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2017
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residents assist with
healthcare in Ecuador
From Oct. 7-14, a team of
11 volunteers from the The
Tandana Foundation’s 22nd
annual Healthcare Volunteer
Vacation
worked
with
Ecuadorian medical profes-
sionals to provide medical care
to 354 children and adult com-
munity members in five differ-
ent rural communities sur-
rounding the city of Otavalo.
“I valued being able to give
what I know without any
expectations
or
strings
attached,” said Dr. Brian
Holmes, a dentist from
Florence who volunteered as a
healthcare volunteer and
donated medical supplies.
Holmes was joined by fel-
low Florence resident Karen
Woerner.
Holmes’s mother, Bobbi
Nelson of Mapleton, and his
daughter, McKenna Olson of
Hillsboro, also traveled to
Ecuador.
Holmes and Olson have pre-
viously participated in health-
care volunteer vacations. This
is the first time Woerner and
Nelson have worked with
Tandana.
The team included both vol-
unteers with a medical back-
ground and those without.
Holmes was joined by a doctor
of internal medicine and a car-
diologist.
The rotating Ecuadorian
medical professionals on the
team included four community
liaisons and trained medical
nurses from the public health
center, three physicians, three
dentists, a dental assistant and
a nurse.
It was a busy week for the
team. Each morning it went to
a different community to set
up a health clinic. The team
treated 141 medical patients
and 218 dental patients. It also
conducted 92 vision screen-
ings, and 175 children
received a pediatric checkup.
Individuals also got their
vitals taken, prescriptions
filled, lab work done onsite at
the clinic, and those who need-
ed it got their ears washed.
Arthritis,
hemorrhoids,
H.pylori, cavities and muscle
pains were among the medical
conditions treated by the team.
Besides the medical treatment
offered by Tandana, it is diffi-
cult and complicated for com-
munity members to access the
health care that is available to
them.
Afternoons were filled with
cultural activities and opportu-
nities to see the region’s natu-
ral beauty. The volunteers
went to the Living Kichwa
Museum in Otavalo, where
they learned about the lan-
guage and culture of the
region’s indigenous people.
The group participated in a
“Pachamanka” ceremony by
preparing food with heated
volcanic rocks in a hole in the
ground,
made
delicious
Ecuadorian food during a
cooking class and saw a
demonstration from a master
weaver.
The Tandana Foundation is
a nonprofit organization that
supports cross-cultural volun-
teer opportunities, scholar-
ships and community projects
in highland Ecuador and
Mali’s Dogon Country.
For more information or to
sign-up for a volunteer vaca-
tion, visit www.tandanafoun-
dation.org.
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Siuslaw School District
received a check for $114.94
from Florence artist, River
Gallery owner and TR Hunter
Realtor Jan Jagoe.
The Siuslaw School District
receives 10 percent of all
GoFundMe donations for
Jagoe’s “BE the Whale” project.
The project awards $1,000
scholarships to art students for
their artwork depicting an
endangered animal chosen for
their state. So far, scholarships
have been awarded in Oregon
for the Humpback whale, Idaho
for the Caribou, Utah for the
Southwestern
Willow
Flycatcher, Arizona for the
Ocelot, Nevada for the Blue
Mountain
Butterfly
and
Washington for the Chinook
Salmon.
The San Joaquin Kit Fox
scholarship will be awarded on
Nov. 20 in California.
Pictures of the winning art-
work and of the five finalists
from each state are posted on
www.bethewhale.com.
“There are some amazing
works of art,” Jagoe said.
Donations to the GoFundMe
account can be made through
the BE the Whale website or
directly to the project at Oregon
Pacific Bank in Florence.
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Siuslaw Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak, BE the Whale founder Jan Jagoe and
Siuslaw School Board Vice Chair Eric Rines
Keep fire safety on holiday menu, says State Fire Marshal
With Thanksgiving tomor-
row, State Fire Marshal Jim
Walker
is
reminding
Oregonians to keep fire safety
front and center when cooking
and preparing holiday meals.
“When friends and family
gather at this festive time of
year, don’t let it be marred by
tragedy,” says Walker. “By
following a few fire preven-
tion tips, you can keep your-
self and loved ones safe.”
From 2012 through 2016,
there were more than 3,600
cooking-related fires reported
in Oregon causing seven
deaths, 200 injuries and more
than $33 million in property
loss.
Cooking safety tips:
• Keep a close eye on your
cooking; never leave cooking
food unattended. If you leave
the kitchen, turn off the stove
or set a timer.
• Keep your cooking area
clean, including stovetop,
burners, oven, and exhaust
fan.
• Keep anything that can
catch fire — oven mitts,
wooden utensils, dishtowels,
and food packaging away
from your stovetop.
• Wear clothing that will not
dangle onto stove burners and
catch fire.
• Keep pot and pan handles
turned inward on the stove to
avoid bumping them and
spilling hot foods.
• Heat cooking oil slowly
and never leave it unattended.
• Have a “kid-free zone” of
at least three feet around the
stove and areas where hot
foods or drinks are prepared or
carried.
If you have a cooking fire:
• Always keep a lid nearby
to smother small grease fires.
Smother the flames by care-
fully sliding the lid over the
pan.
Turn off the burner and
don't move the pan until it is
completely cool.
• Never pour water on a
grease fire; it can splatter the
grease and spread the fire.
• In the event of a fire in
your oven or microwave, turn
them off and keep the doors
closed.
• When in doubt, get out!
Call 9-1-1 after you leave.
Make sure you have smoke
alarms on every level of your
home, outside each sleeping
area, and in every bedroom.
Test smoke alarms monthly
and replace them if they are 10
years old or older.
Turkey fryer safety:
The OSFM agrees with the
National Fire Protection
Association in discouraging
the use of outdoor gas-fueled
turkey fryers that cook the
turkey in hot oil.
The use of deep fat turkey
fryers can lead to devastating
burns, other injuries, and the
destruction of property.
However, if you use a fryer,
the OSFM urges you to use
extreme caution.
“If you’re cooking your
turkey in a deep fat fryer,
always do it outdoors a safe
distance from buildings, deck
railings, and any other flam-
mable material, and never
leave it unattended,” advises
State Fire Marshal Jim
Walker. “Hot oil is extremely
dangerous, never use turkey
fryers on a wooden deck or in
your garage.”
More turkey fryer safety
tips:
• Lower and raise food
slowly to reduce splatter and
prevent burns.
• Cover bare skin when
adding or removing food from
the fryer.
• Make sure to have at least
two feet of space between the
propane tank and the fryer
burner.
• If the oil begins to smoke,
immediately turn the fryer gas
supply off and leave the pot
uncovered to cool.
For more information on
cooking safety, visit www.ore-
gon.gov/osp/SFM/Pages/cook
ingsafety.aspx.
For more information on
general home fire safety, visit
www.oregon.gov/osp/SFM/pa
ges/commed_firesafety_pro-
gram.aspx.
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