Polk County News
2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 3, 2016
Dallas, DHS named in
wrongful death lawsuit
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By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
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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.
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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.
Davis graduated from the University of Oregon and has
spent a 27-year career with the National Park Service.
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