August 1, 2024 • 31 mins
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A gold medal winning episode, covering strokes in the pool and in the ER, plus a deep dive into Oregon Marine Reserves in this episode of the Double R Show.
- Mark Freeman, Engagement and Outreach Coordinator ~ Oregon Marine Reserves
- Torin Tostanoski, Aquatic Manager ~ Lincoln City Parks and Rec
- Dr. Lesley Ogden, Emergency Medicine Specialist & CEO ~ Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital and Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital
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SPEAKER_05 (00:00):
Welcome
SPEAKER_12 (00:07):
to the Double R Show, the podcast that features
everything about North LincolnCounty.
The Double R Show directed andproduced by Paul Robertson and
hosted by the voice of LincolnCity, Roger Robertson.
SPEAKER_10 (00:30):
Thank you, Jenna, and welcome to August.
SPEAKER_02 (00:32):
August, August 1.
SPEAKER_10 (00:34):
Already.
SPEAKER_02 (00:34):
It
SPEAKER_10 (00:35):
is.
Summer's moving fast.
Before long, we're going to betalking about back to school.
Of course, people are alreadytalking about back to school.
SPEAKER_02 (00:43):
Well, you know, it's kind of crazy because you really
do roll right into it.
You start hearing about it.
People even in July were talkingabout it.
So yeah, with the Stuff-A-Busstuff coming up in a few weeks
or so too, I suppose.
SPEAKER_10 (00:54):
Yep, I've got a couple of major sponsors
already.
Moe's is stepping into that frayalong with Chenaquins Casino
Resort and Lincoln City Gifts inthe mall.
So Stuff-A-Bus, yeah, we'regoing to be talking about that
and a lot more coming up rightafter this.
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SPEAKER_10 (01:27):
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is represented
in the Lincoln City area by MarkFreeman, and Mark is the
Engagement and OutreachCoordinator for all the marine
reserves.
That's a whole mouthful.
SPEAKER_09 (01:38):
It is a mouthful, and it sounds so much more
important than it really is.
But what I do is I try to...
Make sure we have five marinereserves on the coast and try to
give everybody an opportunity tolearn about what's going on in
the marine reserves and havesome kind of connection to these
beautiful little things that wehave on our coast.
(01:59):
It's very rare.
How
SPEAKER_10 (02:00):
important are the marine reserves?
SPEAKER_09 (02:02):
Well, it's a great learning laboratory.
We've been around about 12 yearsnow.
It's stagnated over time.
Different reserves have come inat different points, but it's an
area that's kind of set asidefor study.
So we have baseline data aboutwhat's going on in the ocean on
our coast.
It's all close to shore.
(02:23):
It's all within three miles ofus.
Like, you know, we have CascadeHead right here.
And it's a beautiful one.
It's one of the biggest ones.
It's 9.6 square miles.
But we do a lot of, we study thefish in there.
We have so many differentthings.
We have hook and line surveyswhere average anglers volunteer
for us to come out and catchfish.
(02:43):
And we size them and count themand sex them and release them.
We have scuba people come in andwe do specific transects.
We have lots of studies ontemperature, acidification in
the water and all these kinds ofthings.
So we can tell what's going onover time.
And granted, we've only beenaround maximum 12 years.
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So it's just a starting point.
to get real baseline about wherethings are going.
SPEAKER_10 (03:13):
How does one get involved with it?
Because it fascinates me thatyou are talking about a lot of
volunteers that are coming outand fishing for you and scuba
diving.
How does one become part ofthat?
SPEAKER_09 (03:25):
Well, it's easy.
We have a lot of volunteeropportunities, and people just
love being part of these marinereserves.
when they know about it.
So like for our scuba surveys,we work through Hatfield Marine
Science Center and the Aquarium,and we use their divers.
And for anglers to be in ourboats for surveys, they just
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sign up.
Just sign up.
Where?
Oh, just online.
Okay.
Yeah, just dothemarinereserves.com.
Oregonmarinereserves.com.
SPEAKER_10 (03:57):
Now, the biggest of the marine reserves is the
Cascade Head area?
SPEAKER_09 (04:01):
It's one of the largest,
SPEAKER_10 (04:02):
yes.
UNKNOWN (04:02):
Okay.
SPEAKER_10 (04:03):
And the regular fisherman does not access that
area,
SPEAKER_09 (04:07):
correct?
Yes.
So there is no extractionallowed within the marine
reserves.
Okay.
And no development.
So it's like that laboratory.
It's going to be a little bit oflike a wilderness area in the
ocean, but we study the heck outof it to see what's going on,
what are the trends, and wecompare them to other areas
(04:27):
nearby.
We call them comparison areas.
Okay.
and to see what's thedifference, what's going on in
the Marine Reserve that'sdifferent from the nearby
comparison area.
SPEAKER_10 (04:38):
As you have studied the Cascade Head area, have you
seen it regrow, rebuild, remainstagnant?
What's been the status?
What's
SPEAKER_09 (04:48):
happened?
Well, it's really too early tosay.
We talk about bottom fish, thesethings.
They live 40, 50, 90 years long.
And we've only been here 11years, right, on Cascade Head.
So it's hard to make anydefinitive statements about how
things are going.
But we can tell you that wecaught a heck of a lot of fish
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on our hook and line surveysthis year off Cascade Head.
I mean, I think one of them was600 fish that 10 people caught
in like three and a half hoursof fishing.
It was one of the best oneswe've ever had.
That's huge.
It's huge.
It's huge.
That's why all these guys wantto come out and do this stuff.
SPEAKER_10 (05:29):
But then it's all catch and release, you said.
SPEAKER_09 (05:32):
Yes.
Yeah, yeah.
There's no extraction.
Wow.
So it's part of science.
And we like to engage thecommunity as much as possible in
helping us gather our science.
SPEAKER_10 (05:42):
And again, it is this reserve, but you said
there's, what, five others?
SPEAKER_09 (05:46):
There's five, yeah.
They go from Cape Falcon all theway down to Redfish Rocks
outside of Port
SPEAKER_10 (05:52):
Orford.
How did you determine which areawas going to become part of a
marine reserve?
SPEAKER_09 (05:56):
Well, we didn't.
It was a legislative process.
We don't determine what areasbecome marine reserves.
We don't determine whetherthere's going to be future ones
or we're going to drop anythingoff.
This is all a legislativeprocess.
What we do is...
follow through with theguidelines from the legislature
to tell us, you need to get agrip on what's going on in the
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offshore.
And...
So there's always talk aboutadding ones and whatnot, but it
has nothing to do with us.
We're just the foot soldiers,you know.
SPEAKER_10 (06:30):
You're the guys who got to go out and cut the fish.
Yeah, right.
Now, is it just fish only, orare you looking at the kelp and
SPEAKER_09 (06:39):
everything else?
Oh, we look at everything.
Sea stars has been a big issuehere, as you probably know.
You know, we had sea starwasting disease a few years ago
that really decimated fish.
the sea stars that were eatingthe urchins.
So now we have more urchins thatare eating the kelp.
So we're trying to keep an eyeon all of that stuff.
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And luckily, we're starting tosee more young sea stars coming
back now, which has been areally good, positive thing.
SPEAKER_10 (07:07):
And what is that?
Well, they were dying off.
Yeah, no, I realize that.
But what do you think may bebringing them back?
SPEAKER_09 (07:14):
We don't really know, but the water conditions
are better.
And it's nice that we're seeingthese young sea stars, even
these little guys.
And we're like a hotspot,especially in the South Coast,
of finding these things again onthe entire West Coast.
So we're tracking these changesand how the impacts, and we're
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trying to...
see what other factors might beinvolved in determining how
things are relatively doing.
SPEAKER_10 (07:44):
One final question for you, Mark.
Do you also track the mammals,seals and otters and on and on
and
SPEAKER_09 (07:51):
on?
No.
Other people do that.
What we do is we steer clear ofthe orcas.
I bet you.
We've had some dive teams thathad to sit on the boat for a
couple hours waiting for someorcas to get out of our
transects and move on because,hey, Apex predator is an apex
predator, right?
SPEAKER_10 (08:10):
I love it.
Mark Freeman, Oregon Departmentof Fish and Wildlife, the
Engagement and OutreachCoordinator.
To get a hold of you, Mark, giveme an email or an address or
where should they go?
SPEAKER_09 (08:24):
Mark C.
Freeman at odfw.oregon.gov.
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SPEAKER_10 (09:27):
And on the podcast, Torn Toscanowski.
Did I say that right, Torn?
You got it right.
My goodness, I'm impressed withmyself.
You are the aquatics directorfor the city of Lincoln City.
SPEAKER_04 (09:38):
The aquatics manager, yep.
What does that mean?
So that means I oversee thelifeguard program there.
I oversee any of the aquaticsevents, special events, the
swimming lesson program.
So anything and everythingaquatics, I train the
lifeguards.
If it's got to do with the pool,even in the back room,
mechanical-wise, I'm thereworking.
SPEAKER_10 (09:56):
What's your background?
SPEAKER_04 (09:57):
So I used to be an automotive mechanic, and I've
been doing that a little bitpart-time, but that gave me my
mechanical skills.
I've always been good with myhands, so that was definitely
one of the things, one of thesides of the job that I enjoy.
SPEAKER_10 (10:07):
Now, you came out here from Colorado, as I
believe.
SPEAKER_04 (10:10):
Yep, that's in originally Colorado Springs.
SPEAKER_10 (10:13):
And landed in Lincoln City because you wanted
to be near the ocean.
SPEAKER_04 (10:17):
Near the ocean, yep.
Lincoln City's got somethingspecial to offer.
We've got the ocean on one side,lake on the other, and the pool
right in between it all.
So it's pretty great to offer.
I love being able to be able tooffer that safety component to
the communities.
It's a much needed thing withall the water we got around.
SPEAKER_10 (10:33):
Now the pool is good size.
Is it to capacity?
SPEAKER_04 (10:37):
So we've definitely hit our capacities a few times.
Really?
Every once in a while.
It definitely depends.
Our biggest thing is lifeguardcapacities.
So depending on the staff wehave, we have to maintain a
specific ratio.
So that's usually 25 people toone lifeguard.
So depending on how many staffwe have, determine how many
people we can have in the pools.
But we've definitely seen anuptick in our fitness classes,
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in the rec swims with thefamilies and definitely in our
swimming lessons.
We've got over 100 youthregistered for our swimming
lessons between this summer andthis coming fall.
That's
SPEAKER_10 (11:08):
quite an accomplishment.
SPEAKER_04 (11:10):
I would say so.
It's Like I said, it's a need ofthe community and we're glad to
be able to provide it.
SPEAKER_10 (11:14):
The pool itself is utilized heavily by seniors as
well, correct?
SPEAKER_04 (11:19):
That's correct, yep.
We have a couple fitnessprograms, a couple other
instructor-led classes, butwe've got a wide range of ages
that utilize the facility.
And over at Parks andRecreation, we put our
concentrated efforts intobalancing the needs of the
community and being able tooffer as much as possible so
that people can use everythingthat we have to offer.
It's a wonderful
SPEAKER_10 (11:39):
space.
You like your job.
SPEAKER_04 (11:40):
I do.
I love my
SPEAKER_10 (11:41):
job.
See, I hear it in your voice.
You can't fake that.
SPEAKER_04 (11:47):
Nope.
That's definitely something thatyou got to
SPEAKER_10 (11:49):
have.
Okay.
Now, the Pulitzer stuff, youtalked about the kids and the
senior programs.
Is there a drown-proof program?
We used to say second gradedrown-proof or some such thing.
SPEAKER_04 (12:03):
I know there used to be programs in which we'd work
with the schools.
That is not something that we'vebeen able to reestablish yet.
A lot of that's based onstaffing and having the
instructors available as well.
But that is definitely somethingthat we are looking forward to.
Also implement other life jacketprograms, too, around Regatta
Park and around some of the lakeareas, too.
So we are looking into otheroptions and other programs.
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So it's not just
SPEAKER_10 (12:24):
the pool.
SPEAKER_04 (12:25):
It's not just the pool.
It's parks and recreation.
So whether it's Regatta, whetherit's any of our other parks, we
are looking at being able tooffer safety to the community in
that aspect as well.
SPEAKER_10 (12:35):
Do you see that utilized much, say, de-river,
not de-river, But which one am Itrying to say?
The Regatta Park.
The Regatta Park, I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_04 (12:44):
Yeah, no, the docks there are great.
Every once in a while, everytime I'm down there, I usually
see somebody either swimming orfishing right by.
There's a life jacket stationdown there currently for loner
life jackets, so those arealways something available.
I know there's enough boatingout there, too, that definitely
utilizes that space, and I knowthey love that park, too.
SPEAKER_10 (13:01):
I know I've heard you mention several times now
that lifeguard, lifeguard,lifeguard.
What is the requirements forsomebody to become a lifeguard?
SPEAKER_04 (13:09):
I'm glad you asked.
So we are always looking forlifeguards.
To be a lifeguard, you have tobe able to swim a distance of
about 200 yards with a treadingcomponent of treading water
without using your hands forabout two minutes there.
And then there's another brickretrieval drill that's another
part of that component.
And that's just to be able toqualify to take the class.
We actually are offering a classhere in October.
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So October 17th through 20th, weare offering a class.
So that is something that's opento the public.
Feel free.
Anybody's welcome to sign up ifthey're interested in
life-saving skills.
Who normally signs up for aclass like that?
So it definitely varies.
A lot of times we run ourinternal staff.
So we have a lifeguard intraining position that we tend
to hire a lot of people onthrough that and that we utilize
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that.
Other than that, it's honestly awide range.
We get everybody from highschoolers all the way up to
retirees that are looking forsomething to fill that time and
give back to the community.
SPEAKER_10 (14:01):
Now, the only place we have lifeguards is at the
pool itself.
We don't have it at the otherlocations you talked about.
SPEAKER_04 (14:09):
That's correct.
Yep.
For our local community parksand pools, the only pool that we
have lifeguards stationed at isat the pool community center.
SPEAKER_10 (14:17):
Why would somebody want to become a lifeguard with
the Lincoln City Pool?
SPEAKER_04 (14:23):
Ooh, that's an excellent question.
Well, my first and foremostthing that I always like the
best part about it is you get afree membership.
Oh, that works.
So it pays for itself just initself.
Other than that, it's a veryrewarding job.
It's very flexible.
It's easy to work around, butyou get to work with people
directly.
You get to see the smiles ontheir faces when they come in.
It's a second home to a lot ofpeople.
There's a lot of people thatthat's the only people that they
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have to talk to.
That's their second family, andthey look forward to every day
coming in.
So being able to provide thatand see those faces, it's very
rewarding.
SPEAKER_10 (14:52):
I would venture a guess you probably have the
staff or well-staffed up forsummertime, but the kids go back
to school.
That's a different ballgame,correct?
SPEAKER_04 (15:01):
Exactly.
Once the kids go back to school,it's a little bit of a different
ballgame.
We also throttle back a littlebit of our schedule to be able
to offer a little bit more lapswim during the days there But
I've got a wide variety ofstaff, too.
So I've got some of the olderstaff that have some of that
daytime availability.
And then once we hit our highschool swim season, that's a
whole other story in itself,too.
SPEAKER_10 (15:21):
Now, you just went through the budget process.
Anything in the budget that'sgoing to be voila for next year?
SPEAKER_04 (15:29):
Nothing off the top of my head, not for the pools.
Honestly, our big focus isdefinitely on the park, park,
park.
Getting that new park built.
SPEAKER_10 (15:37):
That is huge.
SPEAKER_04 (15:38):
Yeah, we're definitely excited for that.
Just between the grants thatwe've been receiving and the
progress of the park already,it's definitely something we're
looking forward to.
SPEAKER_10 (15:46):
Well, Dorn, take our best wishes on back to the rest
of the staff at the Lincoln CityParks, especially Jeannie
Sprague.
I think she does a wonderfuljob.
SPEAKER_04 (15:54):
Oh, she's great to work with.
I definitely am lucky with theteam that we have over there.
SPEAKER_10 (15:58):
And before we out of here, times for the operation of
the pool or what?
SPEAKER_04 (16:02):
So we are open Monday through Friday.
We are open 6 a.m.
to 6.30 p.m.
We have our activity schedulesposted online.
We're also open Saturdays andrecently we opened up Sundays.
So the Saturday hours are goingto be 9 a.m.
to 4.30 p.m.
And then our Sunday hours, whichare brand new, I think in the
third or fourth week of beingable to offer it for the first
time in the last couple ofyears.
So those hours are about 9 a.m.
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to 1 p.m.
over at the community center.
And we run an open swim.
So we've got about half the poolopen for laps swim.
Half the pool is open forindependent exercise,
recreational kind of as you do.
SPEAKER_07 (16:35):
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They're a lot of fun, buteventually you have to talk to
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That's when the breakdownbegins.
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You work at Arby's, probablygoing to be a while.
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SPEAKER_10 (17:34):
Award-winning.
That's Samaritan North LincolnHospital.
With me is Dr.
Leslie Ogden.
You are the executive officer atthe Samaritan North Lincoln
Hospital, but you have receivedsome awards, you personally.
But the hospital in particular,correct?
SPEAKER_13 (17:51):
Absolutely.
We are very proud that yetagain, we have won an American
Heart Association and AmericanStroke Association award for
excellence in stroke care.
SPEAKER_10 (18:03):
Yet again?
SPEAKER_13 (18:04):
Yet again.
Years ago, we worked very, veryhard to get to what they call
the gold plus level.
They have different levels ofawards and it's sort of like
Olympic gold medal.
So very But we are at that goldlevel and why this is important
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to your listeners and to all thepatients that we take care of is
because this demonstrates thatwe take care of patients in a
manner that is as good or betterthan any other hospital that
they would go to even a muchbigger a much larger urban
hospital
SPEAKER_10 (18:44):
stroke in particular
SPEAKER_13 (18:46):
stroke in particular this is a stroke award and so
what we strive to do and andwhat we have to submit to
continue to get this award is wehave to tell them our times for
the care that we're giving wehave to attest to improve all of
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our stroke care.
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reverse some strokes once theystart.
SPEAKER_10 (19:37):
It is amazing to me that time is more important than
money for this particular item.
SPEAKER_13 (19:44):
Right.
Well, don't mistake.
There's a lot of money involvedin the equipment and the
personnel and
SPEAKER_10 (19:50):
everything.
But time is what it's all about.
But
SPEAKER_13 (19:52):
time is what it's all about in this scenario.
And so what we do is we are heldto a standard of 45 minutes from
the time someone arrives at ourdoor to being able to have a CAT
scan or a CT scan, commutedtomography scan of their brain
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and an interpretation of thatscan by a radiologist.
All of that within 45 minutes.
SPEAKER_10 (20:21):
Now, do you really have a stopwatch, if you will,
going all of the time so you'recounting as the time goes?
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_13 (20:29):
You never know all this is going on in the
background, but everything we dois timed in the medical world.
Absolutely.
Every order that is put in.
When you walk in the door, thereis a time.
The first time you open yourmouth to check in, if you're
walking in, that is timed.
But certainly if you come byambulance, the moment that
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gurney rolls through the door,our timer starts.
SPEAKER_10 (20:54):
It has to be.
SPEAKER_13 (20:55):
It has to be.
That's how we get these awardsand that's how we continue to
strive for excellence andimprovement because we know what
we're doing down to the moment.
SPEAKER_10 (21:07):
I would have to think this award is probably
even more important for thiscommunity given the demographics
of the community.
We have so many elderly here,including yours truly.
SPEAKER_13 (21:18):
Right.
And all of us are aging.
But yes, it is enormouslyimportant for the demographics
of this community.
We have more stroke than peopleknow happening.
And it is enormously importantthat if we can save somebody
from having debilitatingneurologic after effects that we
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do so.
And I can tell you, it was verydifferent how we treated stroke
20 years ago when I startedworking in the emergency
SPEAKER_10 (21:49):
department.
SPEAKER_13 (21:50):
It's just, we didn't have these types of guidelines.
We did not at that time haveclot busting drugs that we could
give to somebody.
So oftentimes, if a person camein with stroke symptoms, if they
didn't resolve on their own thenwe were left with a person with
a completed stroke and not awhole lot that we could do for
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them but now times have changedour technology has changed we
can so quickly figure out what'sgoing on and we have medications
to reverse a lot of the damagethat was done at least
temporarily.
SPEAKER_10 (22:30):
Are all the physicians in the ER trained in
this stroke protocol?
SPEAKER_13 (22:35):
Very much so this is one of the areas that they excel
in, and they and their staffsand the imaging staff, right?
This is a symphony ofdepartments working together.
In addition, the lab has to bedrawing blood.
They have to have the bloodresults as well during that time
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frame in order to administersome of the clot-busting drugs,
for example.
So this is all of thesedepartments, all of of these
people working together underthe direction of the ER
physician and the radiologisttogether to figure out, again,
within the magic 45 minutes forthe imaging diagnosis and then
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an hour for the clot-bustingdrug administration.
Within that time frame, thoseare our goals, and this award
says we are hitting those overand over and time and time
again.
SPEAKER_10 (23:36):
Amazing.
Amazing.
Wonderful.
And I congratulate you and Ithank you.
That's good news.
Yes, it is
SPEAKER_13 (23:43):
wonderful news and wonderful news for our
community.
And just to add a little bitfurther, we also have a
telestroke program inconjunction with Providence St.
Vincent's Hospital.
They have stroke specialists,stroke neurologists, and stroke
neurosurgeons, such that if wefind something different say, on
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a CT scan within that 45minutes.
Say we find a clot that can't bebusted but could be extracted.
We can call them there at theend of that robot.
We can get the helicopter hereand get someone to them as fast
as possible because all of thebarriers have been ironed out.
(24:30):
And we can also get some ofthose tough cases that weren't
really treated to anybody'ssatisfaction previously, really
at the cutting edge of what canbe done.
SPEAKER_10 (24:44):
Dr.
Leslie Ogden, Samaritan NorthLincoln Hospital.
Again, congratulations and thankyou.
SPEAKER_11 (24:50):
Bob's Speech Books in the Ocean Lake area of
Lincoln City does in fact havewhat you'll want to read.
I'm Diana Portwood, and if wehappen to be out of a particular
bestseller, in a day or two,we'll have it back in the store
waiting for you.
Bob's Speech Books, so you canjoin the conversation.
SPEAKER_00 (25:03):
We at La Roca are proud of our food, but don't
take our word for it.
Read the reviews.
One person wrote, the servicewas friendly and efficient.
Another writes, La Roca hasbecome one of our favorites
because it's authentic Mexicanfood.
SPEAKER_10 (25:21):
Well, we have a number of events taking place
right now.
The fact is the Nesquen ValleySchool is holding an auction.
The auction is being doneonline, and it goes until August
3rd, a day that rings well withyou,
SPEAKER_02 (25:35):
son.
I love August 3rd.
Plus, we're going to have theArt on the Beach, right?
August 3rd, we're going to havea sand art competition there in
front of Rhodes End State Park.
So this Saturday, come on down.
starting at 7 a.m.
to 11 a.m.
And, you know, put your 20 buckson the ground and get 20 square
by 20 square to make your art.
SPEAKER_10 (25:55):
Now, is there a limit to the number of people
that can participate?
SPEAKER_02 (25:58):
Yeah, we're limiting it to about 20 teams.
So, yeah, we want people to signup and just go on to
cascadehead.org to register forthat event.
SPEAKER_10 (26:07):
Now, this is going to be judged?
SPEAKER_02 (26:09):
Oh, I think we're going to have a judge that you
know.
SPEAKER_10 (26:11):
I
SPEAKER_02 (26:11):
think that we recruited you.
So, yeah, double R's going to bethere.
I
SPEAKER_10 (26:14):
assume that there's going to be some other judges.
SPEAKER_02 (26:16):
There's going to be some judges with some
qualifications.
Yeah, Chris Daddy's coming down,Nikki Price, Marcy Baker.
Yeah, we're going to get somefolks.
SPEAKER_10 (26:23):
All right, good.
Now, some other things upcoming.
August 6th on Tuesday, August6th, 5 to 7.
Fun event, Lincoln City NationalNight Out.
This takes place at thecommunity center here in Lincoln
City, sponsored by the communitycenter and all of the police
departments.
So it is National Night Out.
It's a great time to get out andmeet all of your neighbors at
(26:45):
that event.
events.
So hot dogs.
They have hot dogs.
SPEAKER_02 (26:49):
It's been a few weeks since we had some hot
dogs.
Yeah.
Right around the 4th we werehaving hot dogs.
Now it's time to get some morehot dogs.
I
SPEAKER_10 (26:54):
love having hot dogs.
Becoming an ambassador, LincolnCity Chamber of Commerce is
restarting their ambassadorprogram.
If you'd like to be part ofthat, contact Lori at the
Chamber of Commerce office.
Speaking of Lori at the Chamberoffice, Dr.
Estelle Harland is helping leada four-day cruise on Holland
America.
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It is a fundraising event forthe Lincoln City Chamber of
Commerce.
There's a flyer up at theChamber office, or you can call
Always Traveling as well.
Senior Fair coming up October1-9 to 4, Chinook Winsco City
Resort booth space is available.
Call Always Traveling here inLincoln City for reservations
(27:36):
for that.
Tuesday, August 6th, we have thePlanning Commission meeting, the
7th, the Library Board, and thenthe City Council, City of
Lincoln City meets OctoberAugust 12th, 6 o'clock in
Council Chambers.
Fun event is the SandcastleBuilding Competition.
We are going to have Moes,Kenny's IGA-themed pirate ship,
(27:59):
Prehistoric as a dinosaur, AceHardware, the best fantasy
animal, Looking Glass Inn, anoctopus, and Always Traveling
build a cruise ship.
out of sand.
SPEAKER_02 (28:13):
Set sail out of the sluts bay and always traveling
cruise ship.
So what,$100 each for allcategories?
$100
SPEAKER_10 (28:21):
for each of those categories.
There was one, two, three, four,five, six categories.
So$600 in cash.
We're talking about cash money.
So it's for families, it's forindividuals, it's for novices,
mostly novice.
SPEAKER_02 (28:37):
And entry is a can of food?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (28:40):
That all goes to the food pantry and the backpack
food program.
So help others help themselves.
At the same time, have a goodtime on the beach, Southwest
51st, building a sandcastle.
And again, we had an interestingdiscussion about being able to
(29:03):
go fishing.
Right.
And releasing.
SPEAKER_02 (29:05):
Yeah, yeah.
Catch and release with theOregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife.
They are actually solicitingvolunteers to help do that
research off of Cascade Headright out of Depot Bay.
And they're actually offeringscholarships to folks that are
typically not engaged, someunderserved populations.
So if that sounds like somethingyou would like to do, just reach
(29:27):
out to ODF&W and get involved.
And yeah, the scholarships arelike, you know,$150 for lodging
and there's food money and gasmoney, so no reason not to just
get on those boats out of DepotBay.
SPEAKER_10 (29:41):
Just having a good time fishing and doing good and
making a couple of extra bucks.
SPEAKER_02 (29:47):
Yeah, collecting research for the Cascade Head
Marine Reserve.
SPEAKER_10 (29:50):
I love it.
I love it.
And again, our special thanks toMark Freeman for coming in and
being with us on the program.
Also to the good doctor, Leslie,I've been, again, from Samaritan
North Ligon Hospital.
She He always has aninformational program that is of
great interest every time.
SPEAKER_02 (30:11):
Yeah, absolutely.
And we had on our other part ofour deep dive this week, we had
Torin from the pool.
So thanks to him and all thepeople there at the Aquatic
Center.
So
SPEAKER_10 (30:21):
don't tell us we're all wet.
Okay.
All right.
For Paul, I'm Double R.
That alludes to the doings.
We invite you to join us againnext week right here on the
Double R Show.
Have yourself a happy day.
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SPEAKER_10 (00:30):
Thank you, Jenna, and welcome to August.
SPEAKER_02 (00:32):
August, August 1.
SPEAKER_10 (00:34):
Already.
SPEAKER_02 (00:34):
It
SPEAKER_10 (00:35):
is.
Summer's moving fast.
Before long, we're going to betalking about back to school.
Of course, people are alreadytalking about back to school.
SPEAKER_02 (00:43):
Well, you know, it's kind of crazy because you really
do roll right into it.
You start hearing about it.
People even in July were talkingabout it.
So yeah, with the Stuff-A-Busstuff coming up in a few weeks
or so too, I suppose.
SPEAKER_10 (00:54):
Yep, I've got a couple of major sponsors
already.
Moe's is stepping into that frayalong with Chenaquins Casino
Resort and Lincoln City Gifts inthe mall.
So Stuff-A-Bus, yeah, we'regoing to be talking about that
and a lot more coming up rightafter this.
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SPEAKER_10 (01:27):
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is represented
in the Lincoln City area by MarkFreeman, and Mark is the
Engagement and OutreachCoordinator for all the marine
reserves.
That's a whole mouthful.
SPEAKER_09 (01:38):
It is a mouthful, and it sounds so much more
important than it really is.
But what I do is I try to...
Make sure we have five marinereserves on the coast and try to
give everybody an opportunity tolearn about what's going on in
the marine reserves and havesome kind of connection to these
beautiful little things that wehave on our coast.
(01:59):
It's very rare.
How
SPEAKER_10 (02:00):
important are the marine reserves?
SPEAKER_09 (02:02):
Well, it's a great learning laboratory.
We've been around about 12 yearsnow.
It's stagnated over time.
Different reserves have come inat different points, but it's an
area that's kind of set asidefor study.
So we have baseline data aboutwhat's going on in the ocean on
our coast.
It's all close to shore.
(02:23):
It's all within three miles ofus.
Like, you know, we have CascadeHead right here.
And it's a beautiful one.
It's one of the biggest ones.
It's 9.6 square miles.
But we do a lot of, we study thefish in there.
We have so many differentthings.
We have hook and line surveyswhere average anglers volunteer
for us to come out and catchfish.
(02:43):
And we size them and count themand sex them and release them.
We have scuba people come in andwe do specific transects.
We have lots of studies ontemperature, acidification in
the water and all these kinds ofthings.
So we can tell what's going onover time.
And granted, we've only beenaround maximum 12 years.
(03:07):
So it's just a starting point.
to get real baseline about wherethings are going.
SPEAKER_10 (03:13):
How does one get involved with it?
Because it fascinates me thatyou are talking about a lot of
volunteers that are coming outand fishing for you and scuba
diving.
How does one become part ofthat?
SPEAKER_09 (03:25):
Well, it's easy.
We have a lot of volunteeropportunities, and people just
love being part of these marinereserves.
when they know about it.
So like for our scuba surveys,we work through Hatfield Marine
Science Center and the Aquarium,and we use their divers.
And for anglers to be in ourboats for surveys, they just
(03:49):
sign up.
Just sign up.
Where?
Oh, just online.
Okay.
Yeah, just dothemarinereserves.com.
Oregonmarinereserves.com.
SPEAKER_10 (03:57):
Now, the biggest of the marine reserves is the
Cascade Head area?
SPEAKER_09 (04:01):
It's one of the largest,
SPEAKER_10 (04:02):
yes.
UNKNOWN (04:02):
Okay.
SPEAKER_10 (04:03):
And the regular fisherman does not access that
area,
SPEAKER_09 (04:07):
correct?
Yes.
So there is no extractionallowed within the marine
reserves.
Okay.
And no development.
So it's like that laboratory.
It's going to be a little bit oflike a wilderness area in the
ocean, but we study the heck outof it to see what's going on,
what are the trends, and wecompare them to other areas
(04:27):
nearby.
We call them comparison areas.
Okay.
and to see what's thedifference, what's going on in
the Marine Reserve that'sdifferent from the nearby
comparison area.
SPEAKER_10 (04:38):
As you have studied the Cascade Head area, have you
seen it regrow, rebuild, remainstagnant?
What's been the status?
What's
SPEAKER_09 (04:48):
happened?
Well, it's really too early tosay.
We talk about bottom fish, thesethings.
They live 40, 50, 90 years long.
And we've only been here 11years, right, on Cascade Head.
So it's hard to make anydefinitive statements about how
things are going.
But we can tell you that wecaught a heck of a lot of fish
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on our hook and line surveysthis year off Cascade Head.
I mean, I think one of them was600 fish that 10 people caught
in like three and a half hoursof fishing.
It was one of the best oneswe've ever had.
That's huge.
It's huge.
It's huge.
That's why all these guys wantto come out and do this stuff.
SPEAKER_10 (05:29):
But then it's all catch and release, you said.
SPEAKER_09 (05:32):
Yes.
Yeah, yeah.
There's no extraction.
Wow.
So it's part of science.
And we like to engage thecommunity as much as possible in
helping us gather our science.
SPEAKER_10 (05:42):
And again, it is this reserve, but you said
there's, what, five others?
SPEAKER_09 (05:46):
There's five, yeah.
They go from Cape Falcon all theway down to Redfish Rocks
outside of Port
SPEAKER_10 (05:52):
Orford.
How did you determine which areawas going to become part of a
marine reserve?
SPEAKER_09 (05:56):
Well, we didn't.
It was a legislative process.
We don't determine what areasbecome marine reserves.
We don't determine whetherthere's going to be future ones
or we're going to drop anythingoff.
This is all a legislativeprocess.
What we do is...
follow through with theguidelines from the legislature
to tell us, you need to get agrip on what's going on in the
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offshore.
And...
So there's always talk aboutadding ones and whatnot, but it
has nothing to do with us.
We're just the foot soldiers,you know.
SPEAKER_10 (06:30):
You're the guys who got to go out and cut the fish.
Yeah, right.
Now, is it just fish only, orare you looking at the kelp and
SPEAKER_09 (06:39):
everything else?
Oh, we look at everything.
Sea stars has been a big issuehere, as you probably know.
You know, we had sea starwasting disease a few years ago
that really decimated fish.
the sea stars that were eatingthe urchins.
So now we have more urchins thatare eating the kelp.
So we're trying to keep an eyeon all of that stuff.
(07:00):
And luckily, we're starting tosee more young sea stars coming
back now, which has been areally good, positive thing.
SPEAKER_10 (07:07):
And what is that?
Well, they were dying off.
Yeah, no, I realize that.
But what do you think may bebringing them back?
SPEAKER_09 (07:14):
We don't really know, but the water conditions
are better.
And it's nice that we're seeingthese young sea stars, even
these little guys.
And we're like a hotspot,especially in the South Coast,
of finding these things again onthe entire West Coast.
So we're tracking these changesand how the impacts, and we're
(07:36):
trying to...
see what other factors might beinvolved in determining how
things are relatively doing.
SPEAKER_10 (07:44):
One final question for you, Mark.
Do you also track the mammals,seals and otters and on and on
and
SPEAKER_09 (07:51):
on?
No.
Other people do that.
What we do is we steer clear ofthe orcas.
I bet you.
We've had some dive teams thathad to sit on the boat for a
couple hours waiting for someorcas to get out of our
transects and move on because,hey, Apex predator is an apex
predator, right?
SPEAKER_10 (08:10):
I love it.
Mark Freeman, Oregon Departmentof Fish and Wildlife, the
Engagement and OutreachCoordinator.
To get a hold of you, Mark, giveme an email or an address or
where should they go?
SPEAKER_09 (08:24):
Mark C.
Freeman at odfw.oregon.gov.
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SPEAKER_10 (09:27):
And on the podcast, Torn Toscanowski.
Did I say that right, Torn?
You got it right.
My goodness, I'm impressed withmyself.
You are the aquatics directorfor the city of Lincoln City.
SPEAKER_04 (09:38):
The aquatics manager, yep.
What does that mean?
So that means I oversee thelifeguard program there.
I oversee any of the aquaticsevents, special events, the
swimming lesson program.
So anything and everythingaquatics, I train the
lifeguards.
If it's got to do with the pool,even in the back room,
mechanical-wise, I'm thereworking.
SPEAKER_10 (09:56):
What's your background?
SPEAKER_04 (09:57):
So I used to be an automotive mechanic, and I've
been doing that a little bitpart-time, but that gave me my
mechanical skills.
I've always been good with myhands, so that was definitely
one of the things, one of thesides of the job that I enjoy.
SPEAKER_10 (10:07):
Now, you came out here from Colorado, as I
believe.
SPEAKER_04 (10:10):
Yep, that's in originally Colorado Springs.
SPEAKER_10 (10:13):
And landed in Lincoln City because you wanted
to be near the ocean.
SPEAKER_04 (10:17):
Near the ocean, yep.
Lincoln City's got somethingspecial to offer.
We've got the ocean on one side,lake on the other, and the pool
right in between it all.
So it's pretty great to offer.
I love being able to be able tooffer that safety component to
the communities.
It's a much needed thing withall the water we got around.
SPEAKER_10 (10:33):
Now the pool is good size.
Is it to capacity?
SPEAKER_04 (10:37):
So we've definitely hit our capacities a few times.
Really?
Every once in a while.
It definitely depends.
Our biggest thing is lifeguardcapacities.
So depending on the staff wehave, we have to maintain a
specific ratio.
So that's usually 25 people toone lifeguard.
So depending on how many staffwe have, determine how many
people we can have in the pools.
But we've definitely seen anuptick in our fitness classes,
(10:59):
in the rec swims with thefamilies and definitely in our
swimming lessons.
We've got over 100 youthregistered for our swimming
lessons between this summer andthis coming fall.
That's
SPEAKER_10 (11:08):
quite an accomplishment.
SPEAKER_04 (11:10):
I would say so.
It's Like I said, it's a need ofthe community and we're glad to
be able to provide it.
SPEAKER_10 (11:14):
The pool itself is utilized heavily by seniors as
well, correct?
SPEAKER_04 (11:19):
That's correct, yep.
We have a couple fitnessprograms, a couple other
instructor-led classes, butwe've got a wide range of ages
that utilize the facility.
And over at Parks andRecreation, we put our
concentrated efforts intobalancing the needs of the
community and being able tooffer as much as possible so
that people can use everythingthat we have to offer.
It's a wonderful
SPEAKER_10 (11:39):
space.
You like your job.
SPEAKER_04 (11:40):
I do.
I love my
SPEAKER_10 (11:41):
job.
See, I hear it in your voice.
You can't fake that.
SPEAKER_04 (11:47):
Nope.
That's definitely something thatyou got to
SPEAKER_10 (11:49):
have.
Okay.
Now, the Pulitzer stuff, youtalked about the kids and the
senior programs.
Is there a drown-proof program?
We used to say second gradedrown-proof or some such thing.
SPEAKER_04 (12:03):
I know there used to be programs in which we'd work
with the schools.
That is not something that we'vebeen able to reestablish yet.
A lot of that's based onstaffing and having the
instructors available as well.
But that is definitely somethingthat we are looking forward to.
Also implement other life jacketprograms, too, around Regatta
Park and around some of the lakeareas, too.
So we are looking into otheroptions and other programs.
(12:24):
So it's not just
SPEAKER_10 (12:24):
the pool.
SPEAKER_04 (12:25):
It's not just the pool.
It's parks and recreation.
So whether it's Regatta, whetherit's any of our other parks, we
are looking at being able tooffer safety to the community in
that aspect as well.
SPEAKER_10 (12:35):
Do you see that utilized much, say, de-river,
not de-river, But which one am Itrying to say?
The Regatta Park.
The Regatta Park, I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_04 (12:44):
Yeah, no, the docks there are great.
Every once in a while, everytime I'm down there, I usually
see somebody either swimming orfishing right by.
There's a life jacket stationdown there currently for loner
life jackets, so those arealways something available.
I know there's enough boatingout there, too, that definitely
utilizes that space, and I knowthey love that park, too.
SPEAKER_10 (13:01):
I know I've heard you mention several times now
that lifeguard, lifeguard,lifeguard.
What is the requirements forsomebody to become a lifeguard?
SPEAKER_04 (13:09):
I'm glad you asked.
So we are always looking forlifeguards.
To be a lifeguard, you have tobe able to swim a distance of
about 200 yards with a treadingcomponent of treading water
without using your hands forabout two minutes there.
And then there's another brickretrieval drill that's another
part of that component.
And that's just to be able toqualify to take the class.
We actually are offering a classhere in October.
(13:30):
So October 17th through 20th, weare offering a class.
So that is something that's opento the public.
Feel free.
Anybody's welcome to sign up ifthey're interested in
life-saving skills.
Who normally signs up for aclass like that?
So it definitely varies.
A lot of times we run ourinternal staff.
So we have a lifeguard intraining position that we tend
to hire a lot of people onthrough that and that we utilize
(13:52):
that.
Other than that, it's honestly awide range.
We get everybody from highschoolers all the way up to
retirees that are looking forsomething to fill that time and
give back to the community.
SPEAKER_10 (14:01):
Now, the only place we have lifeguards is at the
pool itself.
We don't have it at the otherlocations you talked about.
SPEAKER_04 (14:09):
That's correct.
Yep.
For our local community parksand pools, the only pool that we
have lifeguards stationed at isat the pool community center.
SPEAKER_10 (14:17):
Why would somebody want to become a lifeguard with
the Lincoln City Pool?
SPEAKER_04 (14:23):
Ooh, that's an excellent question.
Well, my first and foremostthing that I always like the
best part about it is you get afree membership.
Oh, that works.
So it pays for itself just initself.
Other than that, it's a veryrewarding job.
It's very flexible.
It's easy to work around, butyou get to work with people
directly.
You get to see the smiles ontheir faces when they come in.
It's a second home to a lot ofpeople.
There's a lot of people thatthat's the only people that they
(14:45):
have to talk to.
That's their second family, andthey look forward to every day
coming in.
So being able to provide thatand see those faces, it's very
rewarding.
SPEAKER_10 (14:52):
I would venture a guess you probably have the
staff or well-staffed up forsummertime, but the kids go back
to school.
That's a different ballgame,correct?
SPEAKER_04 (15:01):
Exactly.
Once the kids go back to school,it's a little bit of a different
ballgame.
We also throttle back a littlebit of our schedule to be able
to offer a little bit more lapswim during the days there But
I've got a wide variety ofstaff, too.
So I've got some of the olderstaff that have some of that
daytime availability.
And then once we hit our highschool swim season, that's a
whole other story in itself,too.
SPEAKER_10 (15:21):
Now, you just went through the budget process.
Anything in the budget that'sgoing to be voila for next year?
SPEAKER_04 (15:29):
Nothing off the top of my head, not for the pools.
Honestly, our big focus isdefinitely on the park, park,
park.
Getting that new park built.
SPEAKER_10 (15:37):
That is huge.
SPEAKER_04 (15:38):
Yeah, we're definitely excited for that.
Just between the grants thatwe've been receiving and the
progress of the park already,it's definitely something we're
looking forward to.
SPEAKER_10 (15:46):
Well, Dorn, take our best wishes on back to the rest
of the staff at the Lincoln CityParks, especially Jeannie
Sprague.
I think she does a wonderfuljob.
SPEAKER_04 (15:54):
Oh, she's great to work with.
I definitely am lucky with theteam that we have over there.
SPEAKER_10 (15:58):
And before we out of here, times for the operation of
the pool or what?
SPEAKER_04 (16:02):
So we are open Monday through Friday.
We are open 6 a.m.
to 6.30 p.m.
We have our activity schedulesposted online.
We're also open Saturdays andrecently we opened up Sundays.
So the Saturday hours are goingto be 9 a.m.
to 4.30 p.m.
And then our Sunday hours, whichare brand new, I think in the
third or fourth week of beingable to offer it for the first
time in the last couple ofyears.
So those hours are about 9 a.m.
(16:23):
to 1 p.m.
over at the community center.
And we run an open swim.
So we've got about half the poolopen for laps swim.
Half the pool is open forindependent exercise,
recreational kind of as you do.
SPEAKER_07 (16:35):
If you're single and 50, nothing out there.
Like walking up on an avocadobin, there's like seven left.
Five are rotten, two aresuspect.
You just end up leaving with anonion.
Rodney
SPEAKER_08 (16:46):
Carrington.
Two shows on Saturday, August3rd.
Chinook Winds Casino Resort.
SPEAKER_07 (16:51):
Any man that thinks he's going to run off and find
him some little 30-somethingwho's 50 years old, good luck
with that.
They're a lot of fun, buteventually you have to talk to
them.
That's when the breakdownbegins.
So what do you want to do withyour life?
Just travel.
Travel the world.
You work at Arby's, probablygoing to be a while.
SPEAKER_08 (17:08):
Tickets on sale now at chinookwins.com, Chinook Wins
box office, or at 1-88-MADE-ACT,a night of comedy and music with
Rodney Carrington.
SPEAKER_07 (17:17):
I got crabs.
SPEAKER_08 (17:19):
I mean, it's real bad.
Not the kind you eat at Joe's,but they're going to make your
girlfriend mad.
Saturday, August 3rd, two shows,Chinook Wins Casino Resort,
Rodney Carrington, Chinook Wins,where concerts are better at the
beach.
SPEAKER_10 (17:34):
Award-winning.
That's Samaritan North LincolnHospital.
With me is Dr.
Leslie Ogden.
You are the executive officer atthe Samaritan North Lincoln
Hospital, but you have receivedsome awards, you personally.
But the hospital in particular,correct?
SPEAKER_13 (17:51):
Absolutely.
We are very proud that yetagain, we have won an American
Heart Association and AmericanStroke Association award for
excellence in stroke care.
SPEAKER_10 (18:03):
Yet again?
SPEAKER_13 (18:04):
Yet again.
Years ago, we worked very, veryhard to get to what they call
the gold plus level.
They have different levels ofawards and it's sort of like
Olympic gold medal.
So very But we are at that goldlevel and why this is important
(18:25):
to your listeners and to all thepatients that we take care of is
because this demonstrates thatwe take care of patients in a
manner that is as good or betterthan any other hospital that
they would go to even a muchbigger a much larger urban
hospital
SPEAKER_10 (18:44):
stroke in particular
SPEAKER_13 (18:46):
stroke in particular this is a stroke award and so
what we strive to do and andwhat we have to submit to
continue to get this award is wehave to tell them our times for
the care that we're giving wehave to attest to improve all of
(19:06):
our stroke care.
(19:33):
reverse some strokes once theystart.
SPEAKER_10 (19:37):
It is amazing to me that time is more important than
money for this particular item.
SPEAKER_13 (19:44):
Right.
Well, don't mistake.
There's a lot of money involvedin the equipment and the
personnel and
SPEAKER_10 (19:50):
everything.
But time is what it's all about.
But
SPEAKER_13 (19:52):
time is what it's all about in this scenario.
And so what we do is we are heldto a standard of 45 minutes from
the time someone arrives at ourdoor to being able to have a CAT
scan or a CT scan, commutedtomography scan of their brain
(20:13):
and an interpretation of thatscan by a radiologist.
All of that within 45 minutes.
SPEAKER_10 (20:21):
Now, do you really have a stopwatch, if you will,
going all of the time so you'recounting as the time goes?
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_13 (20:29):
You never know all this is going on in the
background, but everything we dois timed in the medical world.
Absolutely.
Every order that is put in.
When you walk in the door, thereis a time.
The first time you open yourmouth to check in, if you're
walking in, that is timed.
But certainly if you come byambulance, the moment that
(20:50):
gurney rolls through the door,our timer starts.
SPEAKER_10 (20:54):
It has to be.
SPEAKER_13 (20:55):
It has to be.
That's how we get these awardsand that's how we continue to
strive for excellence andimprovement because we know what
we're doing down to the moment.
SPEAKER_10 (21:07):
I would have to think this award is probably
even more important for thiscommunity given the demographics
of the community.
We have so many elderly here,including yours truly.
SPEAKER_13 (21:18):
Right.
And all of us are aging.
But yes, it is enormouslyimportant for the demographics
of this community.
We have more stroke than peopleknow happening.
And it is enormously importantthat if we can save somebody
from having debilitatingneurologic after effects that we
(21:41):
do so.
And I can tell you, it was verydifferent how we treated stroke
20 years ago when I startedworking in the emergency
SPEAKER_10 (21:49):
department.
SPEAKER_13 (21:50):
It's just, we didn't have these types of guidelines.
We did not at that time haveclot busting drugs that we could
give to somebody.
So oftentimes, if a person camein with stroke symptoms, if they
didn't resolve on their own thenwe were left with a person with
a completed stroke and not awhole lot that we could do for
(22:13):
them but now times have changedour technology has changed we
can so quickly figure out what'sgoing on and we have medications
to reverse a lot of the damagethat was done at least
temporarily.
SPEAKER_10 (22:30):
Are all the physicians in the ER trained in
this stroke protocol?
SPEAKER_13 (22:35):
Very much so this is one of the areas that they excel
in, and they and their staffsand the imaging staff, right?
This is a symphony ofdepartments working together.
In addition, the lab has to bedrawing blood.
They have to have the bloodresults as well during that time
(22:58):
frame in order to administersome of the clot-busting drugs,
for example.
So this is all of thesedepartments, all of of these
people working together underthe direction of the ER
physician and the radiologisttogether to figure out, again,
within the magic 45 minutes forthe imaging diagnosis and then
(23:23):
an hour for the clot-bustingdrug administration.
Within that time frame, thoseare our goals, and this award
says we are hitting those overand over and time and time
again.
SPEAKER_10 (23:36):
Amazing.
Amazing.
Wonderful.
And I congratulate you and Ithank you.
That's good news.
Yes, it is
SPEAKER_13 (23:43):
wonderful news and wonderful news for our
community.
And just to add a little bitfurther, we also have a
telestroke program inconjunction with Providence St.
Vincent's Hospital.
They have stroke specialists,stroke neurologists, and stroke
neurosurgeons, such that if wefind something different say, on
(24:08):
a CT scan within that 45minutes.
Say we find a clot that can't bebusted but could be extracted.
We can call them there at theend of that robot.
We can get the helicopter hereand get someone to them as fast
as possible because all of thebarriers have been ironed out.
(24:30):
And we can also get some ofthose tough cases that weren't
really treated to anybody'ssatisfaction previously, really
at the cutting edge of what canbe done.
SPEAKER_10 (24:44):
Dr.
Leslie Ogden, Samaritan NorthLincoln Hospital.
Again, congratulations and thankyou.
SPEAKER_11 (24:50):
Bob's Speech Books in the Ocean Lake area of
Lincoln City does in fact havewhat you'll want to read.
I'm Diana Portwood, and if wehappen to be out of a particular
bestseller, in a day or two,we'll have it back in the store
waiting for you.
Bob's Speech Books, so you canjoin the conversation.
SPEAKER_00 (25:03):
We at La Roca are proud of our food, but don't
take our word for it.
Read the reviews.
One person wrote, the servicewas friendly and efficient.
Another writes, La Roca hasbecome one of our favorites
because it's authentic Mexicanfood.
SPEAKER_10 (25:21):
Well, we have a number of events taking place
right now.
The fact is the Nesquen ValleySchool is holding an auction.
The auction is being doneonline, and it goes until August
3rd, a day that rings well withyou,
SPEAKER_02 (25:35):
son.
I love August 3rd.
Plus, we're going to have theArt on the Beach, right?
August 3rd, we're going to havea sand art competition there in
front of Rhodes End State Park.
So this Saturday, come on down.
starting at 7 a.m.
to 11 a.m.
And, you know, put your 20 buckson the ground and get 20 square
by 20 square to make your art.
SPEAKER_10 (25:55):
Now, is there a limit to the number of people
that can participate?
SPEAKER_02 (25:58):
Yeah, we're limiting it to about 20 teams.
So, yeah, we want people to signup and just go on to
cascadehead.org to register forthat event.
SPEAKER_10 (26:07):
Now, this is going to be judged?
SPEAKER_02 (26:09):
Oh, I think we're going to have a judge that you
know.
SPEAKER_10 (26:11):
I
SPEAKER_02 (26:11):
think that we recruited you.
So, yeah, double R's going to bethere.
I
SPEAKER_10 (26:14):
assume that there's going to be some other judges.
SPEAKER_02 (26:16):
There's going to be some judges with some
qualifications.
Yeah, Chris Daddy's coming down,Nikki Price, Marcy Baker.
Yeah, we're going to get somefolks.
SPEAKER_10 (26:23):
All right, good.
Now, some other things upcoming.
August 6th on Tuesday, August6th, 5 to 7.
Fun event, Lincoln City NationalNight Out.
This takes place at thecommunity center here in Lincoln
City, sponsored by the communitycenter and all of the police
departments.
So it is National Night Out.
It's a great time to get out andmeet all of your neighbors at
(26:45):
that event.
events.
So hot dogs.
They have hot dogs.
SPEAKER_02 (26:49):
It's been a few weeks since we had some hot
dogs.
Yeah.
Right around the 4th we werehaving hot dogs.
Now it's time to get some morehot dogs.
I
SPEAKER_10 (26:54):
love having hot dogs.
Becoming an ambassador, LincolnCity Chamber of Commerce is
restarting their ambassadorprogram.
If you'd like to be part ofthat, contact Lori at the
Chamber of Commerce office.
Speaking of Lori at the Chamberoffice, Dr.
Estelle Harland is helping leada four-day cruise on Holland
America.
(27:14):
It is a fundraising event forthe Lincoln City Chamber of
Commerce.
There's a flyer up at theChamber office, or you can call
Always Traveling as well.
Senior Fair coming up October1-9 to 4, Chinook Winsco City
Resort booth space is available.
Call Always Traveling here inLincoln City for reservations
(27:36):
for that.
Tuesday, August 6th, we have thePlanning Commission meeting, the
7th, the Library Board, and thenthe City Council, City of
Lincoln City meets OctoberAugust 12th, 6 o'clock in
Council Chambers.
Fun event is the SandcastleBuilding Competition.
We are going to have Moes,Kenny's IGA-themed pirate ship,
(27:59):
Prehistoric as a dinosaur, AceHardware, the best fantasy
animal, Looking Glass Inn, anoctopus, and Always Traveling
build a cruise ship.
out of sand.
SPEAKER_02 (28:13):
Set sail out of the sluts bay and always traveling
cruise ship.
So what,$100 each for allcategories?
$100
SPEAKER_10 (28:21):
for each of those categories.
There was one, two, three, four,five, six categories.
So$600 in cash.
We're talking about cash money.
So it's for families, it's forindividuals, it's for novices,
mostly novice.
SPEAKER_02 (28:37):
And entry is a can of food?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_10 (28:40):
That all goes to the food pantry and the backpack
food program.
So help others help themselves.
At the same time, have a goodtime on the beach, Southwest
51st, building a sandcastle.
And again, we had an interestingdiscussion about being able to
(29:03):
go fishing.
Right.
And releasing.
SPEAKER_02 (29:05):
Yeah, yeah.
Catch and release with theOregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife.
They are actually solicitingvolunteers to help do that
research off of Cascade Headright out of Depot Bay.
And they're actually offeringscholarships to folks that are
typically not engaged, someunderserved populations.
So if that sounds like somethingyou would like to do, just reach
(29:27):
out to ODF&W and get involved.
And yeah, the scholarships arelike, you know,$150 for lodging
and there's food money and gasmoney, so no reason not to just
get on those boats out of DepotBay.
SPEAKER_10 (29:41):
Just having a good time fishing and doing good and
making a couple of extra bucks.
SPEAKER_02 (29:47):
Yeah, collecting research for the Cascade Head
Marine Reserve.
SPEAKER_10 (29:50):
I love it.
I love it.
And again, our special thanks toMark Freeman for coming in and
being with us on the program.
Also to the good doctor, Leslie,I've been, again, from Samaritan
North Ligon Hospital.
She He always has aninformational program that is of
great interest every time.
SPEAKER_02 (30:11):
Yeah, absolutely.
And we had on our other part ofour deep dive this week, we had
Torin from the pool.
So thanks to him and all thepeople there at the Aquatic
Center.
So
SPEAKER_10 (30:21):
don't tell us we're all wet.
Okay.
All right.
For Paul, I'm Double R.
That alludes to the doings.
We invite you to join us againnext week right here on the
Double R Show.
Have yourself a happy day.
SPEAKER_12 (30:34):
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