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Doctors’ Day
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
C OMMUNITY VOICES
Community classes help save lives
By Rose Howe
To the Blue Mountain Eagle
At least once a year we
hold a Community CPR/AED
class here in Monument, the
goal being to encourage com-
munity members the oppor-
tunity to come and learn the
basics of cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and automated
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no cost in a low stress envi-
ronment.
In communities such as
ours and many others in Grant
County, I feel the more folks
who know this potential life
saving skill, the better. As part
of what I do as a volunteer on
the Monument ambulance, I
offer my capacity as a CPR in-
structor to teach such a class.
Sylvia Cockrell of the
Monument Service Club is in-
strumental in organizing this
event and makes it even more
rewarding by always cook-
ing and serving a delicious
CPR teacher Rose Howe gives instructions during a
recent class in Monument.
luncheon to participants, also
free of charge. She goes above
and beyond to advertise the
class, making sure as many
people in our own as well as
surrounding communities are
aware of the event.
Our latest class saw 10
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Monument students practice CPR techniques.
people participating and it
was a grand group of folks!
I would like to credit Syl-
via once again for organiz-
ing this event and applaud
all those who attended, plus
the fine folks who have con-
tributed to our fundraising
efforts over the years. The
support has allowed us to
establish a PAD – Public
Access Defibrillator – pro-
gram here in the Monument/
Kimberly area. We are for-
tunate in having seven such
devices scattered in public
places as well as the Co-
lumbia Power Co-op, which
now carries an additional
five AEDs in their service
rigs.
As an EMT and communi-
ty member, I feel encouraging
folks who come to such as
class become more aware of
the reason why jumping in
and starting CPR even as a
bystander is so important, will
ultimately give any person
who suffers a sudden cardi-
ac event that much more of a
chance to survive.
Monument resident Rose
Howe is a CPR instructor and
EMT with the Monument am-
bulance.
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541-575-0550
Learn the essentials at April 10 event
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – American
Red Cross and communi-
ty volunteers are planning a
Grant County Disaster Pre-
paredness Fair set for 5 p.m.
Friday, April 10.
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JOHN DAY – A meeting
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your Family’s health care
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541-575-0429
or
888-443-9104
Open Mon. - Fri. 8am-5pm
Residents and other vis-
itors will learn how to pre-
pare for natural disasters
(including house fires) and
other emergencies, how
to assemble 72-hour kits,
store food and water, and
more.
Several emergency ser-
vice responders, Red Cross
and other volunteers are or-
ganizing the event.
More details are in the
works.
“When a disaster occurs,
the time to prepare is past,”
said Disaster Action Team
leader Joan Bowling.
held from 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, at the
Squeeze-In Restaurant in
John Day.
Representatives
from
Travel Oregon and Oregon
State Parks and Recreation
will talk about the success
of bicycle tourism since the
program began, and plans to
expand bicycle tourism.
All are welcome to attend.
Lunch can be ordered before
or during the meeting.
Oregon State Parks and
Recreation and cycling pro-
ponents collaborate by pro-
moting, improving and sus-
taining the Scenic Bikeways
Program to enhance the
public’s ability to enjoy the
bikeway communities and
recreational cycling.
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call 541-620-1819.
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