Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 31,2014
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L ocal boys play in P en d leton
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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