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Newspaper Page TextA16 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM LIFEWAYS continued from Page A1 workers for the service. GOBHI, as the contract- ing agency, has Lifeways’ fate in its hands. Campbell said the board met Feb. 8 to discuss the issue. Board members gave their approval for hiring Spriggs-Flanders. “We took into consider- ation the progress that has been made to date,” Camp- bell said. “The action of the board was to hold in abey- ance termination of the por- tion of mental health services contract for crisis services in Umatilla County.” Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts, who has been involved with discus- sions with both Lifeways and GOBHI, said he thinks the group is making positive changes. “One thing we have now that we didn’t have before is investment by the CEO,” he said, referring to Tim Hoekstra, who was hired in January. He said they are work- ing with law enforce- ment to close some of the gaps in following through with patients. He said that WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018 FROM PAGE A1 HOUSE FIRE includes implementing a strategy that ensures that people in crisis are released to a responsible person, and to a safe location. Roberts said he wasn’t so concerned with Lifeways making changes by the Feb. 20 deadline, as long as they continued to make them. “That’s a pretty aggres- sive timeline,” he said. “As long as I can see progress being made, I’m willing to play along. As far as I’m concerned, the probation- ary status is kind of ongo- ing until we get to where we need to be, and we’ve got a long path to travel.” Umatilla County Fire District #1 responded to a house fire on North Ash Road in Stanfield Tuesday afternoon. The fire may have started in the basement, and smoke was coming out of the chimney and eaves, but officials at the scene said the cause was still unknown. No one was injured. BTW continued from Page A1 RSVP, please call 541-969- 8938 or email marika@ore- gonwatercoalition.org. • • • There’s still time to win sweet prizes during the Valentine Reading Challenge. Kids need to turn in reading logs by Wednes- day, Feb. 28 at the Hermis- ton Public Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave. For more infor- mation, call 541-567-2882. • • • TruCare Pregnancy Resource Center recently celebrated the success of its first fundraising event. The local nonprofit organiza- tion provides assistance to people facing an unplanned pregnancy. The Jan. 28 event fea- tured keynote speaker Kirk Walden, a longtime pro- life advocate and author of “The Wall: Rebuild- ing a culture of LIFE in America and ending abor- tion as we know it.” Exec- utive director Debbie Cis- sna said the generosity of local churches, businesses and individuals was over- whelming. Money raised during the banquet helps in highlighting life-affirm- ing choices to community members. “We would like to extend our deepest and most heart- felt appreciation for your support at the ‘Rebuild- ing A Culture of Life’ ban- quet,” Cissna said. “Thank you for making the eve- ning such a special com- munity event. Each dona- tion enables us to continue bringing hope to moms and dads facing pregnancy decisions.” TruCare Pregnancy Resource Center is located at 105 S.W. Second St., Hermiston. For more infor- mation, contact 541-567- 2393, info@trucareprc. com or visit www.tru- careprc.com. • • • Tickets are still available for “An Evening in Paris,” a fundraiser for the Court Appointed Special Advo- cate (CASA) program. The gala event transports peo- ple to the “City of Love” and features an elegant din- ner and a dueling piano show. Money raised helps local children in foster care. The event is Satur- day from 6-10 p.m. at the Hermiston Community Center, 415 S. Highway 395. General admission is $40 per person and VIP seats are $75 each. Tick- ets, which are $40 per per- son and VIP seats are $75 each, can be purchased at Umatilla Morrow County Head Start, 110 N.E. Fourth St., or www.umchs. com/donate. For questions, call 541-564-6878. ——— You can submit items for our weekly By The Way column by emailing your tips to editor@hermiston- herald.com or share them on social media using the hashtag #HHBTW. SHOP ONLINE 24/7 HERMISTONCDJR.COM STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Registered nurse Eryn Griffin fills a syringe while preparing a dose of the Menactra vaccine on Thursday at the Umatilla County Health Department offices in Hermiston. Menactra is a vaccine that prevents some forms of meningitis. EXCLUSION continued from Page A1 Such outbreaks are exam- ples of waning herd immu- nity, said Umatilla County Public Health Administrator Jim Setzer. When the major- ity of a group gets vacci- nated, a virus can’t easily spread from person to per- son and unvaccinated people are generally protected, but herd immunity works only if most people get immunized. Vaccinations are top of mind right now for Setzer due to Exclusion Day. The county sent letters warn- ing of potential exclusion to parents of 530 students on Feb. 5. “Some of them aren’t up to date and others simply have incomplete records,” Setzer said. “We want to help them resolve this how- ever it works for them.” Last year on Exclusion Day, schools in the county sent 147 students home. Par- ents have three options: get their children’s records to school, secure the required vaccines or file an exemp- tion. Exemptions are either medical or non-medical. Parents can qualify for non-medical exemptions by completing a 15-60 minute online class and print out a Vaccine Education Certif- icate. Many parents have done just that. Oregon’s non-medical exemption rate is one of the highest in the country. During the 2016- 17, 6.7 percent of Oregon’s kindergarteners had exemp- tions for at least one vac- cine. Despite that statistic, most Oregon schools have relatively few exemptions with only a small number of schools having extremely high rates, according to Stacy de Assis Matthews, the Oregon Health Author- ity’s school immunization law coordinator. According to the Oregon Health Authority’s search- able database, for example, in the 2016-17 school year, most Umatilla and Morrow county schools had exemp- tion rates of under 6 per- cent, including Sandstone Middle School in Hermiston (1 percent) and Irrigon Ele- mentary (1 percent). While Sandstone sent home 16 students last year, Armand Larive Middle School sent home the highest number of students in the district at 37. De Assis Matthews defined “herd immunity.” “If enough people in a population like a school are immunized, there’s a pro- tective bubble around kids vulnerable to disease — the kids who are medically unable to be immunized,” she said. According to the CDC, research has debunked anti- vaxxer claims that immuni- zation leads to autism. Nine CDC-funded studies found no link. A mercury-based preservative called thimer- osal was a major focus, but no relationship between thi- merosal and autism was found. Thimerosal was phased out for other reasons by 2001. “Immunization is the very best and safest way to protect children against vac- cine-preventable diseases such as whooping cough and measles,” Setzer said. “Immunization helps keep our schools and community safe and healthy. For the most part, most schools have healthy herd immunity. “It appears that the non-vaccinated tend to clus- ter in particular schools or communities,” he said. Like de Assis Matthews, Setzer worries about stu- dents with medical exemp- tions, those who can’t be vaccinated for health rea- sons such as cancer. They must rely on herd immu- nity to stay safe. Some, he said, describe healthy peo- ple who choose not to vac- cinate as “epidemiological freeloaders.” Setzer said parents who are unsure about their chil- dren’s immunization status may call Umatilla County Public Health (UCo) at 541- 278-5432 for help review- ing records, and Wednesday the Hermiston clinic will be taking walk-ins so that par- ents can get their child back in the classroom right away. “We’re all hands on deck,” Setzer said. Pharmacists can give vaccinations to children, aged 7 and older. Duron said Hermiston School Dis- trict hopes parents will get their children immunized or get their records updated as soon as possible so that the students don’t miss out on educational opportunities. 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