By Michele Smith
The Times
Jay Penner Wants 100% "Yes" Votes for August EMS levy
Penner shares His story of EMS response to injury that led to paralysis
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June 28, 2018
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Jay Penner takes a ride in his track wheelchair at his family's farm north of Waitsburg.
WAITSBURG-When the ballots are counted in August for the proposed emergency medical services levy, Jay Penner wants to see one-hundred percent of voters in favor of it.
Penner and his wife, Jackie, farm wheat, dried peas and a small chickpea called Billy Beans in Columbia County, north of Waitsburg.
On October 3, 2016, EMS personnel from Fire Districts 2 and 3 responded to an accident on their farm that has placed Penner in a wheelchair for life.
Penner said that on that morning, he went out to a tractor, which was parked in a field along Balch Road, to remove a GPS antenna.
"I crawled up t...
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