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Answering the call

2/27/2014

 
ST. IGNATIUS — When people look back on Valerie Umphrey’s legacy, the record books will have it wrong. Recently awarded for more than 20 years of volunteer emergency medical service, Umphrey admitted it has been closer to 30 years.

But she wants everyone to know that she is not the only stalwart on the ambulance team and that, despite her recent notoriety, she isn’t even the longest serving volunteer.  

As the older members of the team have aged, they have needed fresh blood to join the crew.

Umphrey didn’t have to look far.

Umphrey’s daughter, Gwen Couture, said EMS has been a part of her life since she was a kid. Couture, the director of the Mission Valley Ambulance, is a part of the second generation of younger volunteers on the ambulance’s roster.
We have a better bedside manner because we care and we are doing this as volunteers.

We’re not getting paid. 
We’re doing it because we want to help the community.


Teri Miller, 
Mission Valley Ambulance Volunteer
She’s in familiar company — several of her siblings, her husband Todd and her parents are all part of the team. In two years, they expect a member of the third generation will join the crew, a grandson who has played the patient in many training courses throughout the years.

There are 14 members on the active roster — seven are from the Umphrey clan. However, the situation isn’t abnormal for the Mission Valley Ambulance. The whole group is mostly made from a core of three families.

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A mile in their moccasins

11/21/2013

 
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PABLO — History can be told through culture.

Last Friday in Pablo, culture was celebrated through footwear.

In honor of Native American Heritage month, The People’s Center celebrated Rock Your Mocs Day with a round dance and potluck at the center.

Education director at The People’s Center, Marie Torosian, said someone started the day last year and it went viral on Facebook. The idea is for everyone to wear moccasins to work or school to spread cultural awareness. This was the second year the center has participated, she said, and she hopes to continue the annual Nov. 15 event.

“It’s a small way to bring awareness to our heritage,” she said, adding that events like Rock Your Mocs are a way for the center to honor not only local tribes, but also the 70 other tribes represented at Salish Kootenai College.


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Young eagles take flight

6/13/2013

 
Photos by Jessica Stugelmayer.
POLSON — Up, up and away went planes, volunteers and excited children Saturday at the Polson Airport.

The Polson chapter of the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) hosted their Young Eagles Fly-In as a chance for young locals to become involved with flying. Free of charge, the program takes children for a ride around Polson to view Kerr Dam and to get a bird’s eye view of the lake.

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Flathead Fury

6/13/2013

 

Rookie reporter Jessica Stugelmayer tames the rapids

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Published in the Lake County Leader

Fresh out of college, and ready to conquer the journalism world, I immediately agreed when Leader editor Bryce Gray offered me the last seat in the boat.  I wasn’t scared, mostly.

Hop aboard the “Fool Bus” with the Flathead Raft Co. and prepare for a wet and wild ride.  The company has many adventure tours that include kayaking, river boarding and, of course, whitewater rafting.


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