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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Four-year-old boy calls 911, saves grandmother
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Barbara Little began to feel pain in her chest
— like she was having a stroke or a heart attack.
She was barely able talk, in so much pain
she needed assistance to dial 911 and talk with
dispatch. Fortunately, her 4-year-old grandson
Jaxton Hines was there on April 19.
“He knew his numbers, and so I told him I
needed him to call for help,” Little said. “I got
the dial pad up for him, and I told him to find
the 9 and find the 1’s and then he did,” Little
said.
Little was surprised at how calm Hines was
throughout the whole ordeal and didn’t know
how someone his age could be so calm. He used
his manners and avoided screaming or yelling
when talking to dispatch.
“Her chest was really hurting, and I got to
call 911,” Hines said. “I was fine, and I got to
go on the ambulance because I can’t stay home
by myself cause I’m too little.”
When Jaxton called 911, the call didn’t go
through initially, Little said, but dispatchers
called him back. He told the dispatcher about
his grandma’s condition.
Shiela Kowing, the dispatcher who took
the call, talked to Hines and asked him for his
name, his grandma’s first and last name. He told
Kowing her last name was “Grandma.”
Contributed photo
Amanda Allen and her 4-year-old son, Jaxton.
“On a 911 call, adrenaline is high, especially
when a child calls because sometimes they do
not provide good information and dispatch is
trying to figure out where they are,” Kowing
said.
Since the call came from a cellphone, dis-
Report details
impact of school-
based oral health
program in Eastern
Oregon counties
patch could not plot the location immediately. It
can take up to an hour to talk to the provider and
pin the location of the call.
Hines told dispatch the color of the house and
a street name that was close to the real name but
was incorrect. However, Little was able to faintly
tell Kowing the correct address to the house.
As help was on the way, Kowing talked to
Hines and asked if he could help by opening
the windows in the house and putting pillows
under Little’s feet. Jaxton did this and in a calm
manner.
“I’ve had this happen before, but I didn’t have
my grandchildren call 911 so that was the first
time I ever asked my grandchild to call 911,” Lit-
tle said.
Hines’ mother, Amanda Allen, said she was
glad somebody was with her mother to call 911.
When Allen had the first opportunity to talk to
Hines after the incident, she said he was calm but
worried about his grandma.
Allen taught her kids about knowing their
address and the importance of of calling 911
during an emergency.
“I taught my kids what our address was and
if they needed to dial 911 that they knew how to
do it so if they ever needed to make that call they
could,” Allen said.
Little recovered from the incident and con-
tinues to enjoy the time she spends with her
grandson.
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eastern Oregon Healthy Living
Alliance released a report detailing the
impact of the Healthy, Happy Smiles, a
school-based oral health program, for
the 2019-2020 school year.
Overall in the 2019-2020 school
year, 51% of students returned par-
ent consent forms, 42% of students
received dental screenings, at least 36%
of students received fluoride applica-
tion and 14% of students received den-
tal sealants. Forty-six percent of stu-
dents received oral health education
through the learning lab, 100% of stu-
dents received free toothbrush kits and
36 students were referred to their pro-
vider for urgent dental care needs.
Grant County schools saw a small
decrease in parent consent form return
rate over this school year, with an over-
all parent consent form return rate of
65% compared to last year’s 67%.
Grant County schools saw an increase
in the number of students for 2019-
2020 school year (from 710 students to
767 students).
Between the four participating
schools, Prairie City, Seneca Elemen-
tary, Humbolt Elementary and Grant
Union Junior-Senior High School, 492
students were screened, 50 received
fluoride applications, 188 received sil-
ver diamine fluoride applications and
108 received sealants. Prairie City
School and Seneca Elementary stu-
dents received education through the
learning lab.
Services provided through HHS
include free dental screenings, flu-
oride varnish, silver diamine fluo-
ride, sealants and follow-up for stu-
dents identified to have urgent dental
care needs. Expanded practice den-
tal hygienists from Advantage Dental
from DentaQuest administer these ser-
vices. Fluoride application can result
in 37% less cavities on baby teeth and
43% less cavities on permanent teeth,
and the placement of dental sealants
reduces the risk of cavities by 80%.
Silver diamine fluoride looks like
water but is a very powerful form of
fluoride that can heal early tooth decay.
Fillings may not be needed for cavi-
ties that are treated with silver diamine
fluoride.
Through the HHS program, schools
also have the opportunity to partici-
pate in a hands-on dental health learn-
ing lab. The lab features age appropri-
ate educational material on brushing,
flossing, fluoride, orthodontics, tooth
anatomy, oral safety, tobacco’s effect
on the mouth, sugary foods and drinks
and dental careers. In addition, all stu-
dents receive a free toothbrush kit
containing a toothbrush and tooth
paste.
All students in grades kindergarten
through 12th grades at participating
schools are eligible to receive services
with parental consent regardless of
insurance status. Parents who have not
filled out a consent form are encour-
aged to contact their school. Services
are performed by an expanded practice
dental hygienist.
HHS is a school-based program
provided in partnership with Advan-
tage Dental from DentaQuest, serv-
ing 5,063 children in 30 schools across
four counties, including Baker, Grant,
Harney and Malheur in the 2019-2020
school year. All four participating
counties are considered rural or fron-
tier counties where 73% of children
aged 6-9 have already experienced a
cavity, compared to the state average
of 52%.
HHS is funded by The Oregon
Community Foundation through the
Oregon Children’s Dental Health Ini-
tiative, which is in its fourth and final
year. However, EOHLA is actively
fundraising to continue the program
for the 2020-2021 school year and
beyond.
The Eagle/Rudy Diaz
Families First put pinwheels on their front gates for awareness during Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Child abuse challenges amid COVID-19
wheels at home and place them in
their yard.
An online training, “Darkness
to Light: Preventing Child Sex-
ual Abuse,” will be held on April
30, which will be facilitated by
Tracey Blood from Eastern Ore-
gon Coordinated Care Organi-
zation. Anyone can register for
the free training at eventbrite.
com/e/darkness-to-light-pre-
venting-child-sexual-abuse-tick-
ets-103471285400.
A big help the community can
provide during this time is to sup-
port parents and stay connected
with other people in the commu-
nity, according to Wilson.
“The biggest thing is to support
parents so they don’t feel they’re
alone because you hear about fam-
ilies that are stressed out because
they have their kids 24/7 and are
working from home now. Calling
and offering to babysit via video
chat for a half hour or offering to
pick up groceries can help,” Wilson
said. “I think others have hit the nail
on the head when they said that it’s
not social distancing, it should be
physical distancing, and we should
still be socially aware and sup-
portive of our friends, family and
community.”
Call 1-855-503-SAFE (7233)
to contact the Oregon Child Abuse
Hotline or 911 for emergencies.
April is Child Abuse
Prevention Month
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
Pinwheels displayed in front of the Harney County Courthouse in 2019.
Oregon has seen a 70% decrease,
according the Oregon Department
of Human Services.
Wilson said, although statistics
show a decrease in cases, looking at
past trends reveals that in times of
recession there’s a decrease in child
abuse cases reported. However, she
added that there’s an increase in the
number of youths being admitted to
the hospital because of injuries.
“Unfortunately, kids aren’t out
in the open where you can see them
right now because we’re under stay-
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at-home orders, and that means
some of these kids that would nor-
mally be seen by their teachers,
friends and neighbors are going
unseen, and we can’t pay attention
to see if they’re doing well,” Wil-
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CASA postponed its placing
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but Wilson said families can still
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Wilson said prevention is more
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