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A2 FAMILY Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, February 13, 2019 OBITUARIES Lawmakers propose bill to address bullying, suicide in schools By Claire Withycombe Oregon Capital Bureau Four days before Chloe Wilson took her life, the 14-year-old from Eugene was meeting with her legislators at the state Capitol, eager to push for more recognition of people with mental illnesses. She died Feb. 26, 2018. Nearly a year later, her father and stepmother, Jason and Roxanne Wilson, returned to the Capitol in Chloe’s honor to push for more robust suicide prevention policies in Oregon schools. Her family said the funny, friendly girl who dreamed of becoming a surgeon was depressed and anxious, and bullied by other kids. “I wanted to give you a face to this issue,” Roxanne Wilson testifi ed, holding up a portrait of Chloe smiling in an apple-red shirt. The Wilsons and other par- ents, students, teachers and mental health experts came to the Capitol this week to say Oregon’s kids are in crisis. Lawmakers are listening. Eighteen senators and rep- resentatives have sponsored a plan to direct nearly $2 mil- lion per year to address vio- lence and bullying in schools. They call it the “Oregon Safe To Learn Act.” The state would help schools screen for potential Oregon Capital Bureau/Claire Withycombe Jason Wilson holds a photo of his daughter, Chloe Wilson, who died from suicide in 2018. violence, promote the state’s school safety tip line and cre- ate programs aimed at pre- venting suicide, harassment and bullying. The idea is to reduce those incidents. The act would pay for 15 employees at the Depart- ment of Education to lead that work. Those employees would help school districts with prevention programs and help coordinate schools with mental and behav- ioral health care providers. It would also help school and education service districts to establish teams to assess threats to student safety. Those teams would, under the proposed law, also develop intervention plans and connect students and families with local resources and support. In an interview, state Sen. Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, the chair of the Sen- ate Education Committee, said lawmakers should check back next year to see whether those measures are effective. “I think it’s not just drop- ping money and being like, ‘OK, have fun, do whatever you want with it,’” Wagner said, “Honestly, the Legisla- ture is realizing this is a cri- sis, and we want to make sure that we’re having oversight of those resources.” The proposal has broad backing, from pediatricians to police and Gov. Kate Brown. It’s the product of years of work by a group of police, educators and mental health experts under the aus- pices of a gubernatorial task force on school safety. Some advocates and law- makers question the fi ner points of the program, though. Sarah Lochner, deputy director of government rela- tions for Multnomah County, worried how the state would prevent kids of color from being targeted by the program. “We are concerned about Wayne Lissman who will be involved in assessment teams,” Loch- ner wrote in testimony to the House Committee on Educa- tion. “There are many docu- mented discrepancies with race by law enforcement and school systems in Oregon and we need to make sure these discrepancies will not exist within this system.” In 2018, the federal Gov- ernment Accountability Offi ce found that in public schools black students, boys and students with disabili- ties were signifi cantly more likely to be suspended or expelled. State Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend, a longtime Bend-La Pine School Board member until last month, was moved to tears by the testimony Feb. 6. She said central Oregon lost 15 children to suicide in 2017. In that area, she said, a suicide prevention specialist in Deschutes County works with local schools. “This program that you’re proposing has fi ve suicide specialists, so that means they’re going to have a much broader area,” Helt told Dave Novotney, who helped lead the group that developed the Oregon Safe To Learn Act, during a public hearing Feb. 6. “I would say our one in our county is already over- worked and struggling.” Wayne Lissman, 94, died Jan. 12. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at LaFollette’s Chapel in Burns. A luncheon will follow at the Burns Elks Lodge 1680. Contributions in memory of Wayne Lissman can be made to the American Legion, Harney County Post 63, in care of LaFollette’s Chapel, P.O. Box 488, Burns, OR 97720. Virginia M. Moore Virginia M. Moore, 93, of John Day passed away Feb. 6 at Blue Mountain Care Center in Prairie City. A grave- side service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Canyon City Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Driskill Memorial Chapel. To leave an online condolence for the family, visit driskillmemorialchapel. com. About Obituaries News obituaries of 300 words or less are a free service of the Blue Mountain Eagle. The paper accepts obituaries from the family or funeral home. Information submitted is subject to editing. Obituaries submitted to the Eagle with incorrect information may be corrected and republished as paid memorials. Obituaries longer than 300 words may be published as paid memorials. Send obituaries by email, offi ce@bmeagle.com; fax, 541-575-1244; or mail, 195 N. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. For more information, or to inquire about a paid memorial, call 541-575-0710. GRANT UNION STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — JANUARY BRIEFLY Apply for scholarships by March 1 Oregon students should apply for privately funded scholarships at oregonstuden- taid.gov by the deadline of 5 p.m. March 1. Oregon students may explore over 600 scholarships and apply for up to 40 with just one application, and there is no cost to apply. Scholarship funds are available for grad- uating high school seniors, college undergraduate and graduate students, GED and homeschooled students, com- munity college and vocational school students, single parents returning to school and more. In addition to the schol- arship application, students should complete the Free Application for Federal Stu- dent Aid (FAFSA) or the Ore- gon Student Aid Application (ORSAA) to be considered for federal and state fi nan- cial aid, including grants and loans. The ORSAA is Oregon’s alternative to the FAFSA for undocumented students, including students who have Deferred Action for Child- hood Arrivals status. OSAC uses data from the FAFSA or the ORSAA to determine students’ eligibility for the Oregon Promise, the Ore- gon Opportunity Grant and numerous scholarships. Infor- mation from the FAFSA is also used to determine eligi- bility for federal aid, includ- ing the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Direct Loans and Fed- eral Work-Study. For further information about deadlines and eligibil- ity for the Oregon Promise and the Oregon Opportunity Grant, visit oregonstudentaid.gov. Wells Fargo awards grant for foreclosure- avoidance counseling Wells Fargo Housing Foun- dation has awarded Commu- nity Connection of North- east Oregon a $3,000 grant for their Housing Resource Center for work on foreclo- Michael B. DesJardin Dentistry, PC Preventive, Restorative & Endodontics sure-avoidance counseling. Community Connection provides counseling to home- owners at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. Their certifi ed foreclosure interven- tion and default counselor counsels homeowners on options and strategies to retain ownership of their homes. This includes available programs for loan reinstate- ment and mortgage payment reduction. Also included is fi nancial capability coun- seling, which involves cur- rent and projected budget- ing, credit report review with options and strategies to improve score, money man- agement and debt repayment plans. Last year, Community Connection’s efforts in fore- closure avoidance counsel- ing saved homeowners a total of $448,732.65 and saved 38 homes from foreclosure. Peyton Neault Grade 10 Parents: Cooper and Kimberly Neault Paige Gerry Grade 9 Parents: Ryan and Sami Gerry Jasmine Bryers Grade 8 Parent: Lisa Hunt- er-Kennedy Abbie Justice Grade 7 Parents: Ken and Julia Justice Information submitted for the obituary of Charles Mulcare published in the Feb. 2 edition of the Eagle stated he died Jan. 16. Mulcare died Jan. 27. The Eagle regrets the error. The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. 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