FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 3, 2016
HELPING HAND
Ione summer
reading passes the
finish line
-Continued from PAGE ONE
This year, the committee
elected to donate the funds
to Morrow County Health
District for equipment vital
to emergency services in
South Morrow County—a
portable video laryngo-
scope for the ambulance
and a blood and IV fluid
warmer and pressure in-
fuser for Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. The FHF Com-
mittee gave the hospital
$4,600 toward the purchase
of the equipment.
The common element
in the equipment is time—
both items increase the
speed at which staff can
care for patients in emer-
gency situations.
“Thanks to Friends
Helping Friends we’ve up-
graded how we get fluids in
patients so rapidly and how
in the ambulance we can
intubate patients and get air
into them much faster,” said
PMH Purchasing Agent
Pennie Miller, who is also
one of the hospital’s EMTs.
Miller and former PMH
Chief Nursing Officer Mol-
ly Rhea were instrumental
The new video laryngoscope
(left) will help paramedics
like Tina Davidson get air
to emergency patients more
quickly than the equipment
previously used (on right).
-Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
in helping the committee
select the items, matching
the hospital’s needs to the
budget the Remembrance
Walk would be able to pro-
vide, though Miller noted
that the selection process
involved many people,
from FHF committee mem-
bers to PMH paramedics,
nurses and doctors. Miller
also said they try to get
equipment compatible with
what’s used by Life Flight
and other emergency crews.
The laryngoscope is
a smaller, more portable
Pioneer Memorial Hospital Purchasing Agent Pennie Miller stands with the new 3M Ranger
fluid warmer and pressure infuser the hospital purchased with funds donated through the
annual Remembrance Walk/Run. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
version of a larger glides-
cope currently used in the
PMH emergency room,
used to place an air tube
down a patient’s throat.
It’s an improvement over
what had been used on
the ambulances because
it provides a video to aid
in placement, making the
process simpler and faster.
Paramedic Tina Davidson
will be the primary user of
the laryngoscope, because
only paramedics are al-
lowed to use the device.
However, Miller said the
ease of use will most likely
allow the paramedic to in-
tubate without assistance,
which wasn’t possible be-
fore, leaving other EMTs
free to see to a patient’s
other emergency needs.
“The intubation will
definitely have the ability
to save lives,” Rhea told
the Gazette earlier this year,
noting that many of the dis-
trict’s ambulance transports
are some distance from
the hospital, which makes
treatment on the ambulance
crucial. “And it’s easier on
the patient,” she added.
The KingVision video
laryngoscope arrived last
week and will be ready for
use in the health district’s
new ambulance this week.
The fluid warmer and
infuser, which can be used
separately or together, are
both crucial in trauma situ-
ations. In fact, Miller said
that the fluid warmer is
necessary for the hospital’s
trauma certification, while
the fluid pressure infuser
is “good standard trauma
care.”
“One of the things
we’re always trying to do
with a trauma patient is
warm them. For one reason
or another, they’re often
very cold, and the blood
we use is coming straight
from the fridge,” Rhea told
the Gazette previously.
“When we put cold fluids
into people, we’re not doing
them any favors.”
The pressure infuser
gets fluid—whether blood
or IV fluids—into patients
quickly, at a rate of one li-
ter every two minutes. The
hospital already had a piece
of equipment to speed fluid
delivery, but Miller and Da-
vidson compared the speed
to a dripping faucet versus
a running faucet—and in
a trauma situation, quick
delivery of fluids can often
save a life.
In fact, the fluid warm-
er and infuser arrived some
time ago, Miller said, and
she and Davidson said both
were used for the first time
in a multi-system trauma
case seen at the Pioneer
Memorial Emergency room
two weeks ago.
“This made a huge dif-
ference in (the patient’s)
recovery, I’m sure,” Miller
said. “They (Friends Help-
ing Friends) helped save a
life the other day.”
While funds from this
year’s walk have only be-
gun to help save lives, the
Friends Helping Friends
Committee says it isn’t too
early to start thinking about
where funds from next
year’s Remembrance Walk
should be directed. The
committee usually meets
early in January to select a
cause and begin planning
the yearly fundraiser, which
they say doesn’t leave much
time before the 5k event in
mid-March. The committee
is open to suggestions and
will consider anything to
do with health care, senior
citizens, or anything that
would make a difference
to people of all ages in the
local communities.
“It’s not too early for us
already to be pondering as a
community what would be
good,” says FHF member
Susan Hisler. “We’re al-
ways looking for something
out there that would be a
great cause that we haven’t
even thought about.”
IONE SCHOOL BOARD
-Continued from PAGE ONE Bill Jepsen, and the mem- schedule for the start of in September and options
to welcome Crum, as well.
In addition, the ISD
Board also elected Lisa Ri-
etmann and Tricia Rollins
to serve as the board chair
and vice chair respectively.
Two standing committees
were appointed, with the
members of the Buildings
and Grounds Committee
being Joe McElligott and
bers of the Negotiations
Committee being Tricia
Rollins and Rob Crum.
The board also learned
that all of the district’s
faucets and drinking foun-
tains were tested for lead
and none were positive for
levels that pose any health
concern; that summer main-
tenance projects are on
school; that sports physicals
can now be scheduled with
the Ione Community Clinic;
and heard updates on the
final report for the Ford
Foundation Grant and the
development of a new job
description for the Student
Support Person.
Plans for a board retreat
for filling the vacant music
teacher position were also
discussed.
The next meeting of
the Ione School Board will
be on Aug. 30 with a work
session starting at 3:30 p.m.
and the regular board meet-
ing at 4:30 p.m. in the Ione
school library.
JULY WEATHER
-Continued from PAGE ONE days with the heaviest, inches, which is 1.93 inches are 85.5 degrees and normal
temperature exceeded 90
degrees.
Precipitation totaled
0.60 inches during July,
which was 0.27 inches
above normal. Measurable
precipitation of at least .01
inch was received on four
FREE
0.36 inches, reported on
the ninth.
Precipitation this year
has reached 7.28 inches,
which is 1.71 inches below
normal. Since October, the
water-year precipitation at
Heppner has been 11.12
Household
Hazardous
Waste Event
below normal.
The outlook for Au-
gust from NOAAs Climate
Prediction Center calls for
near- to above-normal tem-
peratures and below-normal
precipitation. Normal highs
for Heppner during August
lows are 53.5 degrees. The
30-year normal precipita-
tion is 0.39 inches.
The National Weather
Service is an office of the
National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration,.
LAST SEEN: LURKING IN YOUR HOME, UNDER THE
SINK, IN THE GARAGE IN THE BASEMENTS.
THESE HAZARDOUS WASTE ITEMS ARE DANGEROUS. THEY
CAN HARM STREAMS, WILDLIFE, DRINKING WATER AND
WE NEED TO KEEP THEM OUT OF OUR LANDFILL. MORROW
COUNTY IS HOLDING A FREE HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT SO
YOU MAY TAKE SOME OF THESE ITEMS.
The Ione Public Li-
brary had a successful sum-
mer reading program, with
37 elementary-age children
participating across six
unique weekly sessions.
The program had the
statewide theme “On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read,”
which likened the mental
benefits of reading to the
physical benefits of exer-
cise. Activities during the
program included reading,
sports, games and crafts.
The Ione Legion Hall al-
lowed the library to use
their facilities for group
activities.
Special presenters
came during several of the
sessions. At the program
sign-up session, the Trav-
eling Lantern Theater per-
formed “Vladimir Goes for
the Gold,” a play about the
ancient Olympic Games.
At the first full session,
the University of Oregon’s
Museum of Natural and
Cultural History provided
hands-on, informative sta-
tions about ice-age animals.
To finish off the program,
Penny’s Puppet Productions
performed an engaging and
heartwarming musical play.
The program was orga-
nized by library staff and
Lea Mathieu; leaders dur-
ing the programs included
Oskar Peterson, Allisa Da-
vid, Jim Raible and Tara
Proudfoot. Refreshments
were provided by members
of the Ione Topic Club.
Boardman produce
stand reopens
The Boardman Produce
Stand reopened last week
under new management.
Bob Walchli Farms is rent-
ing the stand to offer local
produce for sale. The stand
offers a wide variety of
fruits, vegetables, berries
and more.
The Boardman Pro-
duce Stand Project was
initiated by the Boardman
Community Development
Association (BCDA), with
financial assistance pro-
vided by Morrow County.
The BCDA Board says it is
proud of Morrow County’s
rich agricultural history and
believes the produce stand
will complement Board-
man’s existing business
community and the SAGE
Center, an interactive agri-
cultural visitor center.
The stand is open seven
days a week from 8 a.m.
to 7 p.m. It is located near
the City Splash Pad on the
corner of NE Front Street
and NE Third.
Riverside ranked
as one of best high
schools in the nation
Boardman—The Mor-
row County School District
(MCSD) has announced
that Riverside Junior/Senior
High School in Board-
man was named as one of
the U.S. News Best High
Schools in 2016. The school
was awarded a Bronze
Medal.
The 2016 Best High
Schools rankings awarded
the top 6,517 public high
schools in the country with
gold, silver or bronze med-
als, based on student perfor-
mance on state assessments
and how well the school
prepares students for col-
lege.
“Our district is proud of
Riverside on being awarded
this distinction. Whenever
a school is recognized as
highly successful, it is a
testament to its dedicated
teachers, staff and students
and a celebration of our
K-12 learning system,” said
Dirk Dirksen, superinten-
dent of MCSD.
The U.S. News rank-
ings include data on more
than 21,000 public schools
in 50 states and the District
of Columbia.
Slottee scholarship
available
The South Morrow
County Scholarship Com-
mittee will accept applica-
tions for the Beth Slotee
Memorial Scholarship.
It is available to stu-
dents entering their junior
or senior year or graduate
school at an accredited
college.
Students must be ma-
joring or minoring in music,
but if no applicants are
available, it may be award-
ed to a student majoring or
minoring in education.
Scholarship application
can be found on the Hep-
pner High School website,
http://www.hhs.morrow.
k12.or.us, under the Col-
lege/Career tab and the
Common Local Scholarship
Application link.
Applications may be
turned into Ginger Bowman
at HHS by Sept. 15. For
more information, contact
Brandi Sweeney at 541-
256-0358.
FOR SALE
For more information, please call Morrow County Public Works
at 541-989-9500 or email: mcpublicwork@co.morrow.or.us
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