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April 8, 2015
‘Tall Cop’ teaches pros
about drug awareness
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Jermaine Galloway, or based so much on size, but on
“Tall Cop,” gave a day-long the region.”
educational workshop April
Galloway said drug avail-
3 on drug and alcohol aware- ability often determines pop-
ness and prevention at Build- ularity in a region, as well as
ing Healthy Families.
state laws. “What’s available
Galloway is an ex-Divi- to you over the counter? What
sion One basketball player would you get in trouble for
and gained his moniker from if you did get caught? Wheth-
his six-foot nine-inch height. er it’s a serious offense or a
He is currently an Idaho po- minor offense plays into this
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1997, and has over 11 years of
Galloway said he thought
service in underage drinking he’d like to see drug offenses
and drug enforcement.
handled consistently through-
The event attracted scores out the state so problems
of professionals involved in don’t get pushed to certain
law enforcement, schools and areas viewed as more lax on
social agencies from Baker, enforcement.
Wallowa and Union counties.
The amount of revenue
Galloway said he often received by drug prevention
visits rural communities. “A and treatment programs will
lot of times I’ll do training dictate the future of drug
like this for professionals, use, according to Galloway.
or I’ll do community nights “We’re seeing prevention
also. With my schedule, we dollars get cut in some ways,
couldn’t get a community and we’re seeing people who
night,” Galloway said.
are wanting and needing to
Drug problems in rural get into treatment who can’t
communities aren’t so dif- because of a lack of beds and
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Courtesy photo
Last month, the Enterprise High School Family & Consumer Sciences class worked
with Enterprise Elementary’s 5th grade students to teach them about money
management. They creatively titled this four-day curriculum “Feed the Pig.” The high
schoolers designed lessons and taught about money facts, counting change, savings,
and spending wisely. The EHS students involved were Autumn Landowski, Tiffanie
George, Kacie Melville, Dustin Johnston, Trent Bales, Dillon Thompson, Sofi Putruele,
and Gotro Thanadkit.
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Kyle Hacker; and Neal Isley,
How to invest monetary owner of privately owned
savings realized since the Or- Point of Connection, under
egon Legislature’s passage of consideration for possible
HB 3194 in 2013 was the pri- transition housing for per-
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Justice Reinvestment Summit munity following stints in
held in Salem Monday, April prison or jail.
6. Five persons from Wallowa
Wallowa County District
County attended the summit. Attorney Mona Williams,
HB 3194, implement- a member of the Oregon
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prison populations and re- directors, says that agency
ducing recidivism, decreased went on record in 2013 in
the harshness of penalties support of HB 3194 on the
for many legal violations in understanding that money
Oregon. For example, it pro- saved by implementing the
vides probation and not pris- bill would be invested into
on sentences for some felony communities to pay added
marijuana charges, and for expenses for supervision and
charges of driving while sus- more when former criminals
pended or revoked. It also return to civilian life.
shortens prison sentences for
However, Williams ex-
such offenses as robbery in presses displeasure about
the third degree and identity certain ways those savings
theft.
might be spent.
Attending the all-day
According to Williams,
event in the Salem Conven- the governor’s budget, re-
tion Center from Wallowa leased four months ago in
County were County Com- December 2014, stated that
missioner Susan Roberts; $58 million — according to
Wallowa Valley Center for Oregon Department of Cor-
Wellness Executive Direc- rections and Oregon Public
tor Steve Kliewer; Wallowa Safety Commission calcu-
&RXQW\-XYHQLOH2I¿FHU-RKQ lations — already had been
saved courtesy of cost reduc-
tions included in HB 3194.
However, she said, when
By Rocky Wilson
Wallowa County Chieftain
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Education, not scare tac-
tics, are the key to curb drug
use, Galloway said. “We all
know someone who uses
drugs and has not been in jail
or crashed their car. We need
to educate them on the facts.
Not just what we believe, but
what are the actual costs, the
actual harms.”
Jason Wilcox, Wallowa
County prevention coordi-
nator, said of the event, “We
were very excited to be able
to provide the opportunity for
Tall Cop, Jermaine Galloway,
to come to Wallowa County
and provide an educational
opportunity for professionals
in our region. Part of preven-
tion is creating awareness and
educating partners in current
and upcoming drug trends. If
awareness is created, it allows
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