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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 31,2014 P u b lic h ealth d e p a r tm e n t... m ore th an im m u n iza tio n s - FIVE L ocal boys play in P en d leton b a sk etb a ll lea g u e Contributed by the ents who entered Morrow and support their ch ild ’s Morrow County Health County Healthy Fam ilies development. Department. home visiting program, 96 In Morrow County, the All parents want their kids to have a healthy start in life, and m any o f us learn, the hard way, that providing that healthy start is a h ard er jo b than we expected. The luckiest o f people find help from their own parents, but many o f Oregon’s families rely on home visits by nurses and other professionals to help guide them in nutrition, safety and child develop ment. These home-visiting programs can improve the health and development o f our youngest kids, while saving substantial taxpayer dollars in the long run. The benefits o f home visiting in Morrow County are clear. O f home-visited children (fiscal year 2012- 2013), 96 percent are up-to- date with immunizations, 100 percent have health insurance, and 100 percent have a prim ary care pro vider and receive scheduled well-child checks. The benefits o f home v is itin g e x te n d bey o n d healthy children. O f par percent had a primary care provider o f their own and 95 p ercen t rep o rted the hom e visitor encouraged them to think and take ac tion toward their own goals and dreams. Morrow County Healthy Fam ilies partici pants are linked to essential resources like education as sistance, housing, job train ing, mental health services and social support. Fam ilies that partici pate in home visiting ser vices are m ore likely to raise children to be healthy and safe, and their parents are more likely to graduate from high school and gain employment. H om e v is itin g is a confidential and voluntary method o f service delivery. It is a way to offer support, guidance, information and child development services directly to families in their homes. Using the family’s own hom e environm ent, home visitors create rich learning opportunities that build on everyday routines Healthy Families program is located in the Morrow County Health Department. The county has two full time home visitors, one o f which is bilingual. They serve families county-wide. Home visitors are flexible; they can offer support and child development services during nontraditional hours to families who work or go to school. Parenting is difficult for everyone, but it can be made easier with home-based ser vices and supports. Morrow County Healthy Families is a program where families partner with trained pro fessionals to improve their paren tin g sk ills, and be connected to community re sources and supports during pregnancy and throughout their child’s first three years o f life. The program is cu r rently accepting new fami lies. If you or someone you know is interested in the home visiting program, call the Public Health Depart ment at 541 -676-5421. BANNERS! BANNERS! BANNERS! CUSTOM FULL COLOR/ GRAPHIC BANNERS ON TOUGH VINAI Heppner Gazette-Times • 541-67MM8 IN W. Willow, Heppner OR 97836 • Fax 541-676-9111 Agroup of local boys participated in the Pendleton Youth Basketball league this year. Pictured top is the third- and fourth-grade team of Trevor Nichols, C'aden George, David Cribbs, Landon Mitchell, Jake Lentz, Ryan Lindsay, Paul Lindsay, Ty Boor, Kyler Wilson, Adan Guerra, Aus tin Brown and F.than Delibertis. The team was coached by Russ Nichols and Mike George. Pictured bottom are fifth-grade players kaden Combe, kason Cimmyotti, Joe Sherman, Cody Fletcher, Jett Stewart, Wyatt Wilhelm, Coen Little, Brock Hisler, Derick Smith, Brian Lindsay and Tucker Ashbeck; the boys were coached by head coach Matt Combe and assistant coaches Andrea Fletcher and Sybil Stewart. - Contributed photo Sheriff's Report Irrigon Justice Court war rant for Failure to Appear/ C rim inal Posession o f a Forged Instrument, Theft II. Bail was set at $6,000. -M CSO received re quest from a Heppner resi dent to turn over some old ammo to the sherifTs office. -MCSO received report o f a possible dispute at the Boardman Market. -M C SO received re port o f a deputy out at the location o f a possible motor vehicle accident from the previous day. -MCSO attempted nu merous civil service con tacts. -MCSO received report from a Heppner woman that three dogs were just on her back porch. -M C S O D eputy a d vised he was out with an injured deer on Hwy. 74. -MCSO received report from a woman in Irrigon that her brother is at her house and he was not sup posed to be. She said he was on the side o f the ceramics spot getting bike parts and she was inside. -M C S O D eputy a d vised he was at a location on Hwy. 74 regarding a harassment call. -MCSO received report o f a vehicle parked several days in the back parking lot at the Bank o f Eastern Oregon in Heppner. -MCSO received report from an auto sales company that they had ju st repos sessed a vehicle from a subject at a trailer park in Irrigon. They reported that the owner handed over the keys with no altercation. -MCSO received sev eral reports o f speeding cars in Irrigon. -M C SO received re quest from an Irrigon wom an to speak to a deputy regarding the welfare o f her granddaughter. Jul y 16: -M o rro w C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice received inform ation that Sunflower Flats and the 23 roads were closed due to fire in the area as per Forest Ranger. -MCSO received report from an anonymous person that they believed that a dog was being neglected at an Irrigon address. -MCSO received report o f silly string in the bowl at the Irrigon Skate Park. A deputy was to take pictures, but was unable to locate it. -MCSO attempted sev eral civil service contacts. -MCSO received report o f a fire call at Clarks Can yon Rd./ Hwy. 207. -MCSO assisted with several disabled vehicles. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon w om an who said that her son was walking down the street and when he passed a residence on Wyoming St., a group of kids came out with pistols and called him names. -MCSO received report o f a possible drunk driver heading into Heppner from Hwy. 207/Clarks Canyon where the fire is. -M CSO received re port o f a male outside his residence in Irrigon yelling obscenities regarding a pos sible shooting the previous week. -MCSO received report that a highly intoxicated subject called 911 about subjects who fired a gun a couple days previously at an Irrigon trailer park. -MCSO received report o f su b jects rid in g four- w heelers on property in Irrigon with no muffler. -MCSO received report o f tw o very intoxicated m ales y e llin g back and forth to each other in Board- man. The caller said there was also a child screaming. Jul y 17: -M o rro w 5each=More-Customers in M orrow County! tp;// oritact Megan/about ■ / ■ lidyertizingln the 'll <J>azett^Ttoday! \ I J | OC/illow St. • P O Box 337 • Heppner, O R 9 7 8 3 6 541-676-9228 • FAX 541-676-9211 m egan@ rapidserve.net or david @ rap id serve.net « C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice, Boardman Ambulance re ceived report o f a man lying on the 1-84 freeway. Board- man. The caller said he did not see the man until it was too late to stop. A male was transported to Good Shep herd Hospital in Hermiston. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that her neighbors left three days e a rlie r and no one came since to check on the dogs. She said there were dogs in the house as well. The call was unfounded. -M C SO received re port o f an alarm at Windy River Elementary School in Boardman. It was a false alarm. -M C SO D eputy a d vised o f subjects who set off fireworks at the Irrigon Skate Park and then took off. The deputy gave the subjects a warning. -MCSO, Heppner Am bulance receiv ed rep o rt o f a m otorcycle accident six m iles north o f H ard man with one person in jured. MCSO and Heppner Ambulance responded and transported the subject to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. -MCSO received report from an lone woman that she received a voicemail that said that there was legal action against her and she would be arrested at home or at work. She advised MCSO that she hadn't done anything. She said when she called the number back they hung up on her and then when she called back again, they said it was none of her business and hung up on her again. -MCSO received report that the fire on Upper Rhea Creek had started up again. Heppner Fire Department and MCSO responded and determ ined there was no fire on Upper Rhea Creek or Clarks Canyon. The smoke was coming from the fire on Sunflower Flats in the mountains. -M CSO advised sub jects at the motel in Hep pner that bikes cannot be parked on the sidewalk. -M C SO received re port o f juveniles opening up power boxes at the Ir rigon Skate Park. MCSO responded, checked the area and determined that there was no damage. -M C SO received re q uest for an agency as sist from Umatilla County S h e riffs Office to arrest Jack Dale Castator, 30, for probable cause for viola tion o f restraining order. MCSO responded, but was unable to locate and detain for IJCSO. -MCSO received report o f a vehicle driving over 100 m ph, passing in an out o f traffic on Hwy.730, Irrigon. -MCSO received report o f a possible domestic dis pute in Heppner. The male subject he would go some where else for the night. -MCSO received report that an 80-year old man in Heppner wanted to drive to Spokane with his wife and was trying to get her in the vehicle, but she did not want to go. The m an's son said he was in no condition to drive. MCSO and Hep pner Ambulance responded and transported the woman, who had stomach pain, to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. -M CSO, Irrigon A m bulance received report of an 80-year-old man in Ir rigon who had fallen over backwards and was uncon scious. EMS responded, but the patient refused trans port. -Boardman A m b u lance received report o f a 26-year-old fem ale with chest pain. She was trans ported to Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. -B oardm an Fire D e partment received report o f a fire north o f the railroad tracks with active flames and smoke around a mile long. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.