Eagle Observer, Nov. 24, 2010
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Students talk with veterans, Navy captain comes to class
Pollard takes calls from residents in need of medical equipment – canes, walkers, commodes, shower chairs, etc. – and schedules a time to go across the street to the pharmacy, “sometimes twice a day,” she said. “It goes in spurts,” Pollard added. “Especially around ski season.” Pollard said the pharmacy is more than accommodating – “they’re very accessible,” she said. Pollard said seniors can take out items like hospital beds for the long-term, but the service is often most helpful to people who suddenly find themselves in a bind. Jane Walker recently visited Marcellus from San Diego to assist an ill family member. She learned of the loan closet through a visiting home health physical therapist. “What a pleasant surprise to discover a vast variety of durable medical equipment, donated and stored across from the town hall,” Walker wrote in a letter to the Observer dated Sept. 9. “[Karen Pollard] was pleasant and efficient as she allowed us to pick up the equipment we needed and then to check it out with some simple paperwork; a borrow and return concept.”
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Kneeling in front row, from left to right: Kate Morris, Mary Colella, Anna Perry, Kayla Fogg, Zach Weiler, Kyle Denka Ben Fedorenko, Jack O’Hara, and Paige Tomeny. Standing, from left: Kaitlyn Foster, Kaleigh Kemp, Taylor Crysler, Meghan O’Brien, Mikenzie Lader, Captain Thomas Kanaley, Brendan Shanahan, Cameron Finnie, Sam Grattan, Ben Beratta, Pavel Bendura, Bryce Bowen and teacher Sandy Carey. Submitted by David Taddeo MCS Public Information Consultant Students in Sandy Carey’s fifth grade class at Driver Middle School paid respect to our nation’s veterans last week simply by getting know one. Each student interviewed a United States Military Veteran and then completed a written report on their experience. Each student presented a visual display to the class and shared their insights on the veteran they spoke with, taking questions
from their classmates as well. A highlight of the Veterans Day project was a classroom visit from U. S. Navy Captain Thomas Kanaley, who was the subject of Megan O’Brien’s report. Kanaley is also O’Brien’s uncle. Kanaley described his military experience in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps and how he was responsible for more than 3,000 people as he handled the logistics operation for the Desert Storm campaign. Kanaley, dressed in full uniform, explained that his See Veterans, page 14
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Humble roots Nine Mile Country by Kathryn Heffernan describes the loan closet’s origins: “In 1941 a public health nurse was assigned to the town of Marcellus, where she was to establish a one year program designed to improve the general health of the community,” Heffernan writes. On Oct. 1 of that year, a group of women were invited to meet with the nurse to discuss the health needs of Marcellus. From there an overall health committee
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was formed, and would go on to sponsor health clinics and produce equipment such as layettes and obstetrical bundles for home deliveries. “When the nurse left at the end of the year,” writes Heffernan,” the local group voted to continue the loan closet project, and then individually, and as a group, launched into all the home-front activities necessitated by World War II.” These included home nursing, providing first-aid and nutrition classes, and the establishment of a casualty station in the basement of Marcellus Central School. Those women would reorganize in 1943 under the Marcellus Health Council name, continuing to aid the war effort and, after the war, turning their attention back to the needs of the community. A healthy council The Marcellus Health Council remains alive and well today. Joan and Roger Fields kept the organizations functioning for many years before it restructured in 2007. The Fields continue to volunteer, but with the assistance of many others. Mary Daley, an attorney in the village, has since helped the loan closet become incorporated, and the current board consists of Maureen Curtin, president; Kathy Coccia, vice president; Paulette Quinn, treasure; and Linda Robson, secretary. “Marcellus is fortunate that this volunteer organization has continued for so many years,” Curtin said. The loan closet is always looking for donations in order to keep the operation running. Curtin said it is currently in need of overhead bed tables or transfer boards. To add to the collection, or to borrow medical equipment, call the town clerk’s office at 673-3269.
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