No excuse when lives on the line
Published 7:00 am Monday, September 28, 2015
Dear Editor,
On Aug. 28th a 911 call was placed for help. I had just found my son, Dennis Neil Barnett, deceased in our home. The operator responded that someone would be right there. After several phone calls were made to family and friends, still no response. It wasn’t until a family friend showed up at the home and waited for some time, then drove to City Hall and found them just standing around, and was told what had happened, did they respond. They had NOT received a call from dispatch. Dennis was deceased, but what if it had been a heart attack or stroke or any other major problem. There is no excuse for this, people’s lives are depending on you.
Mary Lou Barnett
Oroville
About Gary DeVon
Gary DeVon is the managing editor of the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and celebrated his 25th year at the newspaper in August 2012. He graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Communications - Print Journalism, with an emphasis in photojournalism. He is a proud alumnus of Oroville High School. His family first settled in Okanogan County in the late 1800s. His parents are Judy DeVon and the late Larry DeVon and he has two younger brothers - Dante and Michael. Many family members still call Oroville home. He has a grown daughter, Segornae Douglas and a young granddaughter, Erin.
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