(continued from page 1) road three miles north and three
cally with the high school prin- and three-fourth miles west of
cipal. Coldwater.
--Met with Larry Sharp of the --Approved a request from
Kansas County Association Lehl'sWaterWellServicetolay
Multi-line Pool (KCAMP) who a 1.25 inch water line across the
presented the commissioners county road six miles south of
with an award for being a mem- Coldwater and one-fourth mile
ber of KCAMP for the past 25 west of US 160.
years and being one of 32 char- --Discussed possible candi-
ter members of the association, dates to appoint as the county's
There are currently 66 counties representative to the Southwest
in the association. He also gave Kansas Area Agency on Aging.
a report on the KCAMP activi- --Met with Comanche
ties and organization itself. County Fire Board President
--Met with Comanche Brian Harris who informed the
County Road and Bridge Super- commissioners that Larry Ellis
visor Dennis Hemandez to dis- had resigned as Comanche
cuss road and bridge matters. County Fire Chief. The fire
--Approved a request from board, he said, had appointed
Lasso Energy for permission to Greg Ellis as the new County
run an electric line beneath the Chief. The fire board had also ap-
Comanche County Is Part of Program
pointed Larry Ellis as an unpaid
assistant fire chief, and voted to
raise Coldwater fire fighter Debra
Adams' salary for handling pa-
perwork for the county fire de-
partment. Harris said that since
the new fire chief already has
health insurance through his
employer, the county would no
longer have to pay for health in-
surance as they have been.
The commissioners voted to
approve the appointments and
changes made by the fire board.
Offers Supportto Breastfeeding Mothers
by Robin Rziha, R_N, IBCLC, a role in helping a mother with
Pawnee County nurturing her baby through
Health Department breastfeeding," said Rziha.
One year after the Pawnee She gives much credit to phy-
County Health Department was sicians and hospitals in helping
awarded a three-year grant to promote breastfeeding to their
through the Kansas Health patients prenatally and referring
Foundation to support breast- for classes and postpartum vis-
feeding mothers and babies, the its if necessary.The classes and
project team is amazed with the consultations really took off
progress achieved and also op- once the word got out to the
timistic with the work ahead, physicians. Physicians are inte-
The Lactation Assistance gral to a woman starting out
Access in all Counties Taking breastfeeding and continuing.
Action (LAACT-Action) project IBCLC visits to the physi-
addresses the need to increase cian's offices and hospitals, es-
breastfeeding rates, specifically pecially the OB and Pediatric
exclusive breastfeeding dura- providers have been critical to
tion through six months, by pro- the success of this project.
viding physician referred prena- The counties that have phy-
tal breastfeeding education sicians encouraging their prena-
classes to expectant women and tal patients to attend a breast-
lactation consultations to feeding class have been the
breastfeeding mothers after de- most successful.Research shows
livery, that mothers who obtain breast-
Public Health Departments in feeding education prenatally are
20 counties are participating in better prepared for a successful
the project, including Comanche breastfeed'mg experience.
County. Other counties partici- Julie Fields, IBCLC covers
pating are Barber, Barton, Co- eight southcentral counties and
manche, Edwards, Ellis, is based out of Pratt. She re-
Ellsworth, Ford, Harper, Hodge- cently delivered her fourth child
man, Kingman, Kiowa, Ness, in May and has managed to
Pawnee, Pratt, Rice, Rooks, juggle being a new mother again
Rush, Russell, Stafford, and with helping new moms.
Trego Counties She feels this project has pro-
The health departments as- vided the needed avenue for
sist in linking physician referred mothers to reach assistance with
expectant or breastfeeding breastfeeding.
women to an lntemational Board "Prior to this project," said
Certified Lactation Consultant Fields, "I had many moms con-
(IBCLC) in their area. tact me as a lactation consultant
Robin Rziha, RN, IBCLC is in private practice that were un-
the project coordinator as well certain how they would pay for
as the Pawnee County Health services out of pocket or how
Department Administrator. She their insurance coverage would
covers some of the counties as reimburse them. With the
an IBCLC, teaching classes and LAACT-Action project we are
making home visits to mothers, able to provide the services and
"I enjoy working with expect- work with insurance companies
ant women and assisting them to receive reimbursement. It has
postpartum with breastfeeding, also encouraged the physicians
It is extremely rewarding to play in my area to refer to me for lac-
tation services knowing that
the moms will not have unex-
pected charges for these cov-
ered services."
Monique Homes, IBCLC in
Hays, covers the north cen-
tral counties.
The grant project timeline
originally had Holmes phas-
ing in with her five counties
of Ellis, Rooks, Rush, Russell,
and Trego starting January
2017, but with the demand of
this service she has been pro-
viding the in-home lactation
consultations from the start
and just last month started
teaching classes in her five
counties.
Hays is the only commu-
nity in the 20 county region
served by the project that em-
ploys an IBCLC in the hospi-
tal. Working together with the
IBCLC there, she has been
able to provide continuity of
care from hospital to home
when mothers are most likely
to encounter difficulties and
abandon their goals for
breast-feeding within the f'trst
few weeks.
The three IBCLCs met at
the Pawnee County Health De-
partment recently for a plan-
ning meeting to share
progress with each other and
determine areas where a
greater need of focus should
be.
The project goal is to give
all mothers access to profes-
sional lactation assistance in
their communities. While
IBCLCs are available in most
regions of Kansas, they are
rarely available through
healthcare establishments,
especially in rural areas.
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20- to 22-pound box 530
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upcoming activities of South Central School
First Day of Pre-School
First Day of Fall Sports Practices
Notice of Vote - City of Coldwater
In adopting the 2017 budget the governing body
voted to increase property taxes in an amount
greater than the amount levied for the 2016 bud-
get, adjusted by the 2015 CPI for all urban con-
sumers.
Five members voted in favor of the budget and
one member voted against the budget.
Thank you to everyone who supported our Dia-
mond Athletic's drawing.
The drawing will be August 28th. We will contact
the winners of the prizes.
If you want to come out and see what we are all
about, the Diamond Showcase is Nov. 6 at the Civic
Center.
Saylem is on the Mini level 2 team and the Youth
level 2 team. Addie is on the Senior level 3 team and
the level 5 restricted team.
Thanks again for all your support!
Addie Moore and Saylem James
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