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Polk County News 2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 3, 2016 Dallas, DHS named in wrongful death lawsuit DEADLINES NEWS DEADLINES For inclusion in the Wednesday edition of the Itemizer-Observer: Social news (weddings, engagements, anniver- saries, births, milestones) — 5 p.m. on Thursday. Community events — Noon on Friday for both the Community Notebook and Community Calendar. Letters to the editor — 10 a.m. on Monday. Obituaries — 4 p.m. on Monday. By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer ADVERTISING DEADLINES Retail display ads — 3 p.m. Friday. Classified display ads — 11 a.m. on Monday. Classified line ads — Noon on Monday. Classified ads are updated daily on www.polkio.com. Public notices — Noon on Friday. Dyllan Coons, left, gives a tour of his plot in the Dallas Youth Garden on July 26. The garden is a 4-H project that has paid interns raising vegetables for a local food bank. CORRECTIONS Dallas Youth Garden provides high school internships The Polk County Itemizer- Observer is committed to pub- lishing accurate news, feature and sports reports. If you see anything that requires a cor- rection or clarification, call the newsroom at 503-623-2373 or send an email to ementzer@polkio.com. WEBSITE The Polk County Itemizer- Observer website, www.polkio.com, is updat- ed each week by Wednes- day afternoon. There, you will find nearly every story that appears in the print version of the newspaper, as well as some items, in- cluding additional photos, that do not appear in print due to space limitations. The Itemizer-Observer is also on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Watch for breaking news, links to sto- ries, sports scores updates and more. WEATHER RECORDED HIGH LOW July 26............... 88 July 27............... 92 July 28............... 96 July 29............... 97 July 30............... 83 July 31............... 80 Aug. 1................ 82 56 57 59 60 57 50 52 RAIN .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 Rainfall during July — 0.45 in. Rain through Aug. 1 — 21.75 in. JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer GROWING YOUTHS By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — Lindsey Hand, 16, is honest about her moti- vation for applying for an in- ternship at Dallas Youth Gar- den at Trinity Lutheran Church this summer: money. “I applied because it is a paid internship,” she said July 26, during the garden’s open house. After two months of work- ing in the garden, she has a different perspective. “It’s going really good,” she said. “I found that I really enjoy this a lot.” Hand’s 25- by-50-foot garden is bursting with corn, zucchini, s q u a s h , o n i o n s, tomatoes, and a num- ber of other plants. “Lindsay was one of our alternates,” said Dean An- derson, a garden supervisor for the program. “She stepped in and has done a great job.” Anderson said that assess- ment could apply to all nine of the interns working the garden this year. “This is the best garden we’ve had,” Anderson said. “I say that every year, but it’s true. The garden just gets better and better every year.” Dallas Youth Garden, a 4- H program, opened in 2013 as a unique internship offer- ing kids an alternative to more traditional summer work. The garden and the program has grown since then, adding three interns and creating a formal advi- sory council. Polk County Master Gar- deners have joined the effort, too, cultivating small beds and mentor- ing the bud- ding garden- ers. “ They’ve really buckled down and helped our in- terns,” Anderson said. He said the goal is to com- bine teaching teens job skills and responsibility with growing food for the com- munity. All produce grown is donated to Willamette Valley Food Assistance Program in Dallas. He said the organi- zation feeds 300 families per week. Last week, the gar- den’s harvest was about 400 pounds of fresh produce. Like any other job, interns have to apply and interview for the position. This year, 14 applied for nine slots and one alternate, but even those who didn’t make the cut were given feedback on their interviews. Those who are selected begin work on May 1 and are responsible for maintaining their garden through the sec- ond week of September. In- terns are expected to spend four hours per week improv- ing their gardens, and they have to plan for time off and vacations so their plots don’t suffer. Many of the interns are just discovering how to grow things — or how not to. Intern Jon Holton jokingly said that the biggest lesson he learned so far is “don’t water too much.” The most surprising as- pect of working in the pro- gram for interns has nothing to do with watering, weed- ing and harvesting. Anderson said interns learn quickly just how much hunger is in the Dallas com- munity — and that knowl- edge opens the door to the biggest lesson yet. “They learn how to con- tribute,” Anderson said. DALLAS — The city of Dallas is named in a law- suit that alleges wrongful death of a 2-year-old boy in October 2014. The suit was filed on Thursday in Marion Coun- ty Circuit Court and also names the Oregon Depart- ment of Human Services and its director Clyde Saiki. On Oct. 19, 2014, Hay- den Henry, 2, was found dead in the Polk County home where he lived with his mother and his stepfa- ther, Richard T. Tyle, 29. On Oct. 16, 2015, a Polk County grand jury indicted Ty l e o n f i r s t - d e g r e e manslaughter, second-de- gree manslaughter, crimi- nally negligent homicide, two counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment, second-degree criminal mistreatment and third- degree assault. He is await- ing a Sept. 13 trial in Polk County Circuit Court. Hayden’s mother, Jessica Anderson, has been charged with first-degree criminal mistreatment and second-degree criminal mistreatment. The lawsuit alleges DHS workers and a Dallas officer were called to investigate reports of bruising on the boy on two separate occa- sions — Oct. 4 and Oct. 12 of 2014 — and should have done more to protect him. It seeks nearly $10 million from the defendants. The document said that Hayden and his younger sis- ter were left in Tyle’s care on Oct. 18, 2014. Both children were sick, and the suit al- leges Hayden was abused that day. The boy had been vomiting blood, the suit says. Hayden was found unre- sponsive the next day at 8 a.m. The Dallas officer is identified as Robert Hatch- ell and the DHS worker on the second call was Nick Alfonse. The DHS worker on the first call was un- named. NEWS IN BRIEF Register for Zimfest online now MONMOUTH — Zimfest, a Zimbanwean Music Festival, will be Aug. 11 through 14 in Monmouth at Western Oregon Uni- versity. Thursday is the last day to register for classes and workshops online at zimfest.org. The festival will offer a wide variety of workshops for various skill levels, including marimba, dance, singing and drumming, as well as cultural presentations. A marketplace will be open in the Grove at WOU. Registration will be available on site for any workshops that have openings. For more information, see the Aug. 10 issue of the Itemizer- Observer. Kid’s drama camp at Kings Valley KINGS VALLEY — A drama camp will be available for chil- dren in grades one through five from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aug. 15- 19 at Kings Valley Charter School. The camp, led by Bobbi Beck and Athena Lodge, costs $100. Camp will consist of warm-up drama activities, games, script reading, costume making, set design and a performance. Stu- dents will come away with a deeper understanding of how to prepare for live performances and will have the opportunity to perform on the final day of camp. Snacks will be provided. Campers will need to bring their own lunches. The camp is limited to 20 children. For more information or to register: alodge@kvschool.org, or bbeck@kvschool.org. Monmouth woman named supt. of park Music from the Redgate Winery & Fieldhouse CALUMET, Mich. — Wyndeth David, formerly of Monmouth, was selected as the superintendent of Keweenaw National His- torical Park, in Michigan. 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