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Polk County News 8A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 7, 2017 Call us. The Itemizer Observer can help you expand your market share, and make your business more profitable. Call Heidi, Rachel or Karen at 503-623-2373. ADVERTISING THAT WORKS. Photo courtesy of Mid-Valley Suicide Prevention Coalition Falute Maitland holds her brother’s football jersey. Maitland told her the story about her brother, Seniu Maitland. Efforts to prevent suicide underway By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer POLK COUNTY — Mid- Valley Suicide Prevention Coalition produced two videos of the stories of local people who lost a family member to suicide. Those videos have been viewed nearly 60,000 times. “These days there’s a lot of talk just out there online about suicide, so we are try- ing to get a message out there to reach as many peo- ple as possible,” said Doug Gouge, the coalition pro- gram supervisor. The message is that it’s OK to talk about suicide if it’s affected you, and it’s OK to seek help if you are con- templating suicide. The hope is that talking will save lives. "For many of us, suicide is an uncomfortable topic. There is often a fear that talking about suicide might cause someone to take his (or) her life. This simply is not true,” said Rosanna Lar- son, whose father, Charles Chambers Jr., took his own 9 am Bike Ride Begins Visit Airlie Winery, Emerson, Treos 1 pm BBQ @ Redgate 3 pm 3 hour Ty Curtis Concert Begins $65 Inclusive $30 Ty Curtis & BBQ Sign up online at redgatevineyard.com E ola Hills Winery and Vine- yards offers more than a dozen varietals, from Oregon’s famous pinot noir to chardonnay, sangiovese to two sparkling varieties. The winery has two locations for visitors to sit and sip, a tasting room on Highway 99W and one at its Legacy Estate Vine- yard at 1600 Oak Grove Road NW. The Legacy Estate offers stun- ning views of meadows, vineyards and forests, mak- ing it a must-see des- tination for Polk County residents and visitors alike. One of the great things about Eola Hills is its variety, not just in types of wines, but in price and palate. While you can pick up a good bottle of wine for a good price at a local grocer, head to the tasting room to You can help Mid-Valley Suicide Prevention offers suicide prevention training in two classes: • “Question Persuade and Refer,” or QPR, a free one- to two-hour workshop. The next dates are Thursday and June 27. • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, or ASIST, is a two-day training, which costs $100. The next dates are Sept. 28-29. For more information or to learn more about Roseanna Larson and Falute Maitland, go to: mvsuicide prevention.com/resources/display/Home. life in 1990. He was 45. In the video, released on Facebook on April 17, Lar- son describes how her father battled depression for years. Shortly before taking his life, Larson, of Monmouth, said her father asked her and her husband to take him for a drive. He spent the time giving them life advice, and Larson said it felt like he was saying goodbye. “I think of all the things he’s missed and the things that we’ve missed,” she said. The coalition produced a second video released on May 8, which featured Fa- lute Maitland, whose broth- er, Seniu Maitland, killed himself in 2016. He was 18. Seniu played football — and was the 250-pound giant that would help up every guy he tackled. People called him “a big teddy bear,” Falute said in the video. She said her brother struggled to feel loved or that he had potential for anything. “Knowing how much he was struggling to find hope made me want to care for him even more,” she said. Falute, of Corvallis, be- lieves training people to rec- ognize the signs and what to fully experience the depth of tal- ent offered by Eola’s head wine- maker, Steve Anderson. There you will discover a whole new realm of sophisticated wines and explore a variety of vintages. The tasting room staff are friendly and eager to share their knowledge of Eola Hills and its award-winning wines. Eola Hills is so much more than wine, offering weekly Wine Country Sunday Brunches in its renovated commercial kitchen, Sunday bike rides through Oregon’s wine country, summer concerts on the lawn at its estate vineyard, and the biggest, most fun-filled week- end to celebrate the Great American Eclipse Aug. 17 - 21. The eclipse viewing party still has some space, held Aug. 21, but that’s not the only thing on offer for the weekend. A Total Eclipse Winemakers Dinner on Aug. 19 will treat diners to a six- to seven-course gourmet meal, perfectly paired with Eola Hills wines w h i l e s e re n a d e d by Patrick Lamb. Sunday’s bike ride through wine country will be the “Tour d’Eclipse.” People may choose to participate in one of the weekend events, or sign up for * Minimum $20 wine purchase. Cannot be combined with other offers. Offer expires 6-30-15 many of them. Curley Taylor Follow us on Facebook! June 16 Sign up for the Eclipse Party and the Bike, BBQ & Ty Curtis Concert! and the Zydeco Trouble 6:00 - 9:00PM BBQ, Wine and Dancing General Admission $15 Wine Club Member $10 Food & Drink sold separately. CUBANISIMO VINEYARDS 1754 Best Road NW, Salem, OR 97304 503-588-1763 • vino@cubanisimovineyards.com say to someone could pre- vent suicides. “If we all pitch in and learn a few things here and there about suicide preven- tion, we could save many people,” Falute said. Both videos include the hashtag #OK2ASK, which the coalition has been using for 10 months. To see the videos, go to www.face- book.com/midvalleysui- cidepreventioncoalition/. This August or September, the coalition will release a third video, this one from the perspective of high school students with the message that people fighting depression or thinking about suicide are not alone. “It’s a project we worked on with Central High School, specifically with the Power Peers class, which is a non- traditional leadership class,” Gouge said. “One of the rea- sons that we are a little extra proud of this video is that this video actually started with student ideas, so stu- dents were involved in this process from the beginning all the way to the end.” www.redgatevineyard.com 8175 Buena Vista Road Independence 503-428-7115 Thank you to these sponsors. Please make it a point to visit these wineries while exploring our great region.
