Officials to provide update on Silver Rail Elementary shooting at 2 p.m. Friday

A media conference will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at the Bend Municipal Court to provide an update following Thursday’s shooting at Silver Rail Elementary.

Officials will provide the latest information on the investigation and share resources available for community members.

WHEN: 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16

WHERE: Bend Municipal Court, 555 NE 15^th Street, Bend, OR 97701

WHO: Representatives from Bend Police Department, Bend-La Pine Schools and Deschutes County Behavioral Health Services

Media are encouraged to arrive early to allow time for setup. We ask that media do not use drones over the area of the investigation around Silver Rail Elementary.

Community members and media partners who are interested in getting updates on this incident moving forward should sign up for Bend Police Flash Alerts at https://flashalert.net/id/bendpolice.

The media conference will also be livestreamed on YouTube:

• English Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/vHKVplNPsZw?feature=share
• En Español: https://youtube.com/live/C1T62GM4S-0?feature=share

SAIF, Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’ compensation company, is traveling across the state to offer free agriculture safety seminars.

This is the 30^th year SAIF has offered the seminars, helping Oregon’s farm owners, managers, and workers to stay safe in one of the most hazardous industries.

The seminars are designed primarily for people working in agriculture but are open to anyone interested in safety and health—they don't have to be insured by SAIF.

SAIF is conducting 29 free ag safety seminars in 16 cities across Oregon starting in November. Seminars will continue through March and nine of the seminars will be presented entirely in Spanish. SAIF will also host online webinars in both January and March in English and Spanish. 

This year's seminars focus on four topics:

• Your last line of defense: PPE for farm chemical safety 

• Analyze this: Ag chemical safety edition 

• Ag hacks & cool tools: Why didn’t I think of that? 

• First aid by the numbers 

In-person seminars will be in Bandon, Central Point, Clackamas, Corvallis, Eugene, Hermiston, Hillsboro, Hood River, Klamath Falls, Madras, Mt. Angel, Ontario, Pendleton, Salem, The Dalles, and Wilsonville.

Spanish seminars will be held in Central Point, Clackamas, Hermiston, Hillsboro, Hood River, Mt. Angel, Salem, The Dalles, and Wilsonville. 

All will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and free lunch will be provided.

Employers with small ag businesses who attend the seminar or webinars will meet OSHA's instructional requirement—one of four requirements that exempt small agricultural operations from random OSHA inspections.

The Landscape Contractors Board has approved the seminar for four hours of continuing education credits. Four producer credits have also been approved by the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has approved the seminar for two core pesticide continuing education credits.

More information, including registration details, can be found at saif.com/agseminars.

About SAIF

SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’ compensation insurance company. For more than 100 years, we’ve been taking care of injured workers, helping people get back to work, and striving to make Oregon the safest and healthiest place to work. For more information, visit the About SAIF page on saif.com.