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Ione School volunteers to be subject to records checks By April Sykes The lone Commu nity School Board, at their regular meeting Monday night, approved the first reading of a revised policy 5<K ette concerning criminal records checks. The “criminal re cords checks/fingerprint- ing” policy will now include the screening of volunteers. The policy previously in cluded district employees such as teachers, adminis trators and classified em ployees, such as office and food service staff, but now includes “any volunteer who works with children.” Volunteers will now be required to undergo a crimi nal records check. “We’re here to pro tect kids,” said Principal Jerry Archer. “We haven’t had an issue here. . . .If someone has a problem with it, I’m going to be re ally curious as to why they have a problem with it,” he added. He said that o f special concern is the issue o f “grooming,” whereby a predator could use his position to become friendly with a child for ulterior motives. A d m in is tr a to r s reassured the board that people can still come to the school for games and events. “ I t ’s not ab o u t moms coming with cup cakes,” said Collete Blake ly, human resources coor dinator with InterMountain ESD, who researched and worked on the policy. 1M- ESD has been contracted by the lone district to provide administrative and other services. The board also dis cussed several proposals to review and rewrite board policy to bring the dis trict into compliance with policies and adm inistra tive regulations. Option 1 includes a policy rewrite for $7,000; Option 2 in cludes starting from a “new platform” with a Charter School Sample Policies disk for $3,500; Option 3 is a policy analysis, which would allow the district to “sort and filter” a spread sheet file “as they please”; and Option 4 would be a special project by IMESD for $120 per hour for “pro fessional time” and $32 per hour for “clerical” work. Based on similar projects, Blakely estimated a cost of around $5,000 with no meetings with the board or staff and contact via email or phone. Option 4 would require a lot more work for the school board. In other business, the board: -heard from Archer about concerns about water possibly affecting a wall on the far side of the gym. Ar cher said that a crack in the wall has developed. “We’re trying to figure out where the water is coming from,” he said. The possibility of the problem coming from w ater from the pool or ground was discussed. He said that they will be work ing to determine the cause in order to correct the prob lem. -learned that the school received a “high satisfactory” rating on the 2010-11 Oregon school See ¡ONE SCHOOL BOARD/PAGE SIX County partnership keeps Med student helps make life 911 running easier for first responders VOL. 130 NO. 42 8 Pages Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Medical information form helps “streamline the process ” in emergencies By Andrea Di Salvo M edical student Michelle Tully is working to make it easier for Hep pner medical responders and physicians to care for patients. Tully has devel oped a medical information form that individuals can fill out and leave on their refrigerators. The forms will be printed on bright blue cardstock so EMTs or other first responders who are trained to look on refrigerators for important information will easily find them in emergencies. “It enables EMTs and physicians to obtain accurate, up-to-date medi cal information for a patient who is unable to provide it,” says Tully. She says the in formation could help re sponders if the patient was unconscious, confused, or anxious and forgetful. She adds that it could also be helpful if people filled out the forms and took them with them when they visited a new doctor or a specialist, since they would have all their medical history at hand. She says the clinic and hospital would also like to include the form as part of patients’ medical charts. The 24-year-old Spokane native obtained a B.S. in biology from Whit worth University in Spo kane. She is now in her third year of medical school at OHSU in Portland, and is in Heppner for a five-week ru ral community rotation. She created the form as a special On the morning of October 12, a broken cable caused Umatilla County to lose its capability to receive 911 calls. Immediately, the Umatilla County 911 calls were rerouted to the Mor row County 911 center. Because Umatilla and Mor row counties share the same CAD (computer) and radio system, the Morrow County dispatchers were able to take U m atilla C ounty’s 911 calls, enter them in the computer and advise Uma tilla County over the radio so they could dispatch re sponses from their center. This com patible system will also work if there is ever a problem with Morrow County 911 lines. Um atilla County would be able to receive Morrow County 911 calls, so there would be no lapse in the emergency services. Sgt. Anne Alleman advised that the system worked the way that it was supposed to and everything went smoothly. She com mended Communication Deputies Lee Jeffries, Me lissa Ross, Kristen Bowles, Sarah Baker and Erik Patton for the way they handled the extra call volume and kept the emergency services go ing in both counties. “ It is tim es like these that you really ap preciate a dedicated and experienced staff,” Alleman said. Riverside wrestling coach honored OHSU medical student Michelle Tully points out pertinent features on her new medical information form. Ttilly hopes the form will make it easier for medical professionals to serve members of the community. - Photo by Andrea Di Salvo project for her rotation, and says she got the idea when she saw a need. “I was working in the ER, and a patient came in who was confused and couldn’t remember her en tire medical history,” says Tully. “A form like this would have been helpful.” That’s when Tully, who is in her third week here in Heppner, came up with the idea of a medical information form. She has since worked with Dr. Bet sy Anderson and Dr. Russ Nichols to bring it to frui tion. They plan to have the forms available next week; members of the community will be able to pick them up at Murray’s Drug, Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Irrigon Medical Clinic or Pioneer Memorial Clinic. Forms are avail able for anyone who wants to take one home and fill it out, but Tully says she will also be available at the clinic November 1 and 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. to help anyone who needs it. T u lly sa y s the whole idea is to help pro viders take care of people better. Her medical infor mation forms accomplish that by stream lining the information-gathering pro cess. “ I t’s especially valuable for anyone with com plex health history, memory problems or who takes a lot of medications,” she says. “It saves time. In emergencies, saving time can save lives.” At Tuesday’s coun cil meeting, Boardman's Mayor Phillips presented Riverside Jr/Sr High School w restling coach, David Boor, with the Oregon Gov ernor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports’ 2011 Fitness Leadership Award. Several members o f the w restling team were at the meeting to honor their coach. The G o v e rn o r’s Council on Physical Fit ness and Sports annually presents Fitness Leader ship Awards to recognize Oregonians who support the council’s mission o f promoting physical activ ity and wellness in Oregon. Each year the Governor’s Council asks the mayors (L-R): Councilors Jill Pambrun, Christie Perry, Neil Livings ton, Ed Glenn and Steve Doherty with Coach Boor and Mayor Phillips. -Contributedphoto o f Oregon to nom inate persons in their community who they believe should receive the Fitness Leader ship Award. M ayor Phi l l i ps nominated Coach Boor for coaching approxim ately 500 children over the nine years he’s been Riverside’s head wrestling coach. Dur ing that time. Riverside has qualified for state 45 times; six times Riverside Wrestling has produced the state champion. Grain truck tips over Halloween Tricks This grain truck tipped over on the roadway Saturday, October 22, on Hwy. 74 between Le* ington and lone. No injuries were reported. -Photo by David Sykes g reen feed & s e e d in heppner A L L N U R SER Y STO CK 50% O FF THRU (XTOBER )1 -A L L TREES, SHRUBS A N D PLANTS M UST GO Veterinarians's #1 choice Science 'Diet'Ooy rfood * * 9 - 99 *9 This pair of unfortunates stuck in a straw bale in front of Community Bank are all part of the fun as Heppner gears up for Halloween. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 4 £ \J M U n d « r^ to j^ o p p n « (^ ^ 6 7 6 -9 4 2 ^ ^ 9 8 9 ^ 2 2 G M C O ^ ti» ir^ fn c ^
