The phone book also has pages for photographs of family and friends so that children have independence in making phone calls, Webb said. Reprinted with permission of Wireless Week, copyright 1998. All rights reserved. The preschool class at St. Agnes School in Osakis and the Kindergarten and 1st grade classes at Osakis Public School recently learned how to use a phone in an emergency situation. The children take the book home and paste in photographs of family and friends.
Parents fill in emergency information.
The presentations were given by Diane Webb, owner of Mind Design, which designed, developed and published the book. Officer Greg Johnson from the Douglas County Sheriff's Department also spoke to some of the classes, answering questions about what 911 dispatchers ask in emergency situations and to help reaffirm that peace officers are friendly and available to help in any situation. Webb is giving similar presentations in the elementary schools in Miltona, Garfield and Carlos. She also plans to contact other area schools. Local businesses sponsor the program in each community.