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June 14, 2017
UPSP 213-200 Vol. 153, No. 3
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SB40 strives to help developmentally disabled live the life they choose
Lee Rogers one of America’s most influential podiatrists, 75¢ receives award in Scotland
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by T.L. Huffman fice. All ages are served. Currently, the oldest The days of depriving people with disabili- individual is 55 and the youngest is 2-1/2. Case ties of their rights as equal citizens — by send- management is utilized to help disabled individuing them away to institutions or leaving them at als and their families navigate upcoming transitions in life such as: beginning home to languish — are over. school, advocating for individuHopefully. als as they go through the edu“The disabled can achieve cation process, and preparing independence, go to school, get for life after school and what a meaningful job, and enjoy life; that will look like. they just need some support,” Case Managers operate as a said Stacey Maxwell, targeted linking agent helping individucase manager and SB40 coorals and their families find the dinator. services and support they need For Daviess County,PUBLISHING much GPC © GALLATIN CO. and to find the resources to help of that support is provided by pay for them through either deSenate Bill 40 (SB40) levy dolpartment of mental health waivlars and state waiver funding. er funding or SB40 dollars. SB40 is a bill originally passed in 1969 to help supA Need For Housing port sheltered workshops and Daviess County does not group homes for the develophave any group homes or indementally disabled. Over time, pendent living housing for its the bill was amended to include developmentally disabled. “other related programs and “As it is right now, if they want services.” Stacey Maxwell is the Targeted Case to live independently, they have At first, case management to move to another county,” said Manager and SB40 Coordinator was handled for multiple counfor Daviess County. She previously Stacey. “We have no providers ties through the regional officfor housing in our county.” worked as secretary at Covel D. es in the state, ours being the She said contractors/providSearcy R-5 Elementary in Gallatin Albany Regional Office. A rulfor eight years. She has been a long- ers of housing would be weling was passed in 2014 called time child advocate, having worked comed if they would build or buy Home and Community Based approved housing in Daviess for the children’s division in the Standards that supported and capacity of child protective services, a County…. encouraged the disabled to “It would allow some of our community resource worker, and as a live and work in their own comtrainer of foster and adoptive parents. individuals to live on their own munities — to enjoy the same with support. Their home-counrights and liberties as the rest ty is where their families and support systems of society. The case management services that are.” had been provided through the regional offices All of the families served by Daviess County moved to the county/local level, many being the currently live in their natural homes with parlocal SB40’s, in order to support that ruling. ents/family. “This is not necessarily a bad thing, Stacey has been with the SB40 office for Da- unless independence is the family’s goal,” said viess County since July 2014. The office is located Stacey. at 109 East Jackson in Gallatin. Services Available Who Is Currently Served Since the county has no sheltered workshop The Daviess County Board provides target- or group home, tax levy dollars, which should be ed case management for 34 people living in the used as an option of last resort, go to help with county who qualify as developmentally disabled “related services” such as contracted therapy, through evaluation by the Albany Regional Of(continued on page 3)
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Dr. Lee Rogers (GHS Class of companies and governments anywhere in Missouri to you subscribe! 1996) was named this month as improve care ifand reduce costs one of America’s Most Influential related to the diabetic foot. 2017RogPodiatrists by Podiatry ManageIn 2011 inJune Paris,14, France, 213-200 Vol. 153, No. 3 ment magazine for his national ers led the UPSP International Consenleadership, research, and advo- sus on the Charcot foot, a rare cacy in prevention of amputa- but devastating complication tions from diabetes. in the diabetic foot frequently His notable accomplishments leading to amputation. Rogers’s included more than 150 pub- subsequent manuscript, “The lished papers, articles, and book chapters on www.NorthMissourian.com — FREE with your print subscription the subject, and he has delivered more than 400 lectures worldwide. He currently serves as the medical director of the Amputation Prevention Centers of America, part of a company overseeing 200 wound care and limb salvage centers in 34 states. Rogers said, “Every 30 seconds, somewhere in the world a limb is lost as a consequence of diabetes. And after amputation, the prognosis is poor, 70% will die within 5 years.” Yet, the World Health Organization estimates that Dr. Lee Rogers 80% of diabetes-related amputations are preventable. Charcot foot in diabetes,” is now In a seminal paper, “The the most frequently referenced Right to Bear Legs, an Amend- paper on the topic. ment to Healthcare,” Rogers exIn June, Lee was selected plained how foot problems make as a fellow of the Royal College up roughly one-third of the total of Physicians and Surgeons in cost of diabetes in the United Glasgow, Scotland for his interStates and how simple, inexpen- national work in diabetes complisive measures could save the cations. Fewer than 20 American healthcare system billions of dol- podiatrists have been admitted lars. In 2016, the three national to the Royal College in its more thought-leaders on the diabetic than 400-year history. foot, including Rogers, founded a Dr. Rogers has been quoted (continued on page 3) company to aid health insurance
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Emergency response teams learn latest on hazardous materials Terri Blunk, an instructor with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), explained to participants of an emergency responders meeting held last Saturday at the county library,
that he was one of the men in the televised video standing atop a tanker during a chlorine leak at Festus, Mo., in Jefferson County, in the summer of 2002. Mr. Blunk said an older, more
experienced worker with the hazmat team, turned the shut off valve on the railway tanker three times to close it and fixed the problem. It was typical, he said, for a hazardous material worker to suddenly become plumber, electrician and mechanic — many times the problem involved a failure of equipment. The chlorine gas leak, one mile south of the city of Festus, forced the evacuation of at least
100 people and sent several to the hospital. The leak occurred when a train was making its monthly delivery of chlorine gas to a chemical plant near U.S. Highway 61. Daviess County has one railroad track running through it, but Mr. Blunk said the biggest chemical hazard for our rural area was on the roadways and involved tractor-trailers carrying diesel fuel or other corrosives.
Mr. Blunk added that the message he would most like to get across to the public at large was to be aware of the dangers of chemicals in all aspects of life, on the job and in the home. Chlorine tankers are dangers, but so then, too, are chlorine tablets used for the back yard pool if used or stored improperly. The “Hazardous Materials Incident Response: Awareness” (continued on page 3)
Chautauqua back on track for this fall
EPA instructor Terri Blunk points to the tanker leaking chlorine in 2002
Good news: Plans for the 2017 Chautauqua are well underway! The 32nd Annual Daviess County Chautauqua is set for the weekend of Sept. 16-17 with all the usual activities. Kate Chrisman has stepped up and accepted the challenge to lead the Chautauqua commit-
tee. Many others have stepped forward to volunteer their help in continuing the annual event, and more volunteers are needed. Mary Hacking, who led the Chautauqua committee since 2014, put up a plea for someone to step up and continue the event in the May 3 edition of the Galla-
tin North Missourian. On April 6 the Daviess County Arts Council, whose members hosted Chautauqua events and activities in recent years, decided as a group not to continue shouldering the responsibility of producing and organizing the (continued on page 3)