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
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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.
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