Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Sprucing up for St. Pat’s
Pinwheels put a new spin on child abuse
prevention
The Morrow County
Health Department, Mor-
row County School District,
and Ione School District are
taking part in Prevent Child
Abuse Oregon’s Pinwheels
for Prevention ® campaign
by “planting” pinwheel
gardens in five locations
throughout the county.
The gardens will consist
City crews repaint the shamrock on Heppner’s Main Street in of 150 eye-catching blue
preparation for the Wee Bit ‘o Ireland celebration this week- pinwheels at each location
end. -Photo by Megan Futter
through the month of April.
Pinwheels for Prevention
happens each year during
Child Abuse Prevention
Month.
The Pinwheels for Pre-
vention campaign is part
of a national movement
to change the way people
In the Ag room. Anyone interested in being a
think about prevention. The
friend of Heppner FFA is welcome to attend;
campaign focuses on com-
you need not have been an FFA member in
munity activities and pub-
high school. We are here to help our amazing
lic policies that prioritize
FFA chapter. Questions, contact
healthy child development
right from the start so abuse
Angie Hughes, 541-676-9909
HEPPNER FFA
ALUMNI MEETING
March 31, 7 p.m.
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and neglect never occur.
This year, the cam-
paign is focused on recog-
nizing the “extraordinary
ordinary” things everyone
can do to impact a child’s
life. These “extraordinary
ordinary” actions can be
anything from organizing
neighborhood activities
to offering to babysit for
a neighbor. Prevent Child
Abuse Oregon says it is
committed to shining a light
on these kind of actions in
order to help show that they
are occurring statewide and
being undertaken by people
from all demographics.
“You might not even re-
alize that what you’re doing
is enhancing the lives of the
children and families you
know,” said Pamela Heisler,
Prevention Specialist at the
Children’s Trust Fund of
Oregon. “Every time you
knock on a neighbor’s door
Pinwheel gardens like this will pop up throughout Morrow
County in April in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention
Month. -Contributed photo
to see if they need help with
babysitting or homework,
or reach out to someone
being bullied by refusing to
be a witness, volunteer at a
local child-serving agency
or even take a stand for a
program or policy that you
feel should be part of your
community, you’re doing
something extraordinary.”
For more information
on what is occurring in
Morrow County, contact
Erin Anderson at 541-676-
5421.
“We know that people
are out there making a dif-
ference every day, and we
want to celebrate that,” said
Anderson. “We want to en-
courage others to recognize
the extraordinary things
that others are doing, and
hopefully by showing how
often these kind of things
are happening, we can make
the idea of preventing child
abuse and neglect every day
a very ordinary one.”
Look for the Pinwheels
for Prevention parade entry
in the St. Patrick’s parade
on Saturday, March 19.
JOIN US FOR THE BARTHOLOMEW
BUILDING DEDICATION!
DA’s
Friday, March 18, 2016 Report
At 2:00 p.m.
110 N COURT ST.
HEPPNER, OREGON
Refreshments to follow
Named after Judge Bartholomew,
Morrow County Judge in 1903 who
shouldered much of the burden of
recovery from the tragic Heppner Flood.
Alba G. Bartholomew
Decorative corbels add an older
look to Morrow County’s new
administration building and the
columns along the side are just one
of the ways the new building blends
Judge Terry K. Tallman
with the existing courthouse.
Commissioner Leann Rea
Commissioner Don Russell
Former Commissioner Ken Grieb
Term of Service- 2006-2014
(Planning and Construction phase)
Morrow County Dis-
trict Attorney Justin Nelson
has released the following
report:
-Osvaldo Aguilar, 20,
was convicted of Contrib-
uting to the Sexual De-
linquency of a Minor, a
Class A misdemeanor. Sen-
tence of 180 days jail time
was suspended and the
defendant sentenced to 24
months bench probation.
Probation conditions in-
clude 40 hours of commu-
nity service, completion of
the approved sex offender
treatment program, no di-
rect contact with children,
register as a sex offender,
and no contact with the
victim until the victim is 18
years old. Additional counts
were disposed without con-
viction. Fines, fees and
assessments totaled $600.
-Dustin Dale Rodri-
guez, 25, was convicted of
Delivery of Methamphet-
amine within 1,000 Feet of
a School, a Class A felony,
and was sentenced to 36
months supervised proba-
tion subject to 180 sanction
units with 90 jail units. Pro-
bation conditions include
240 hours of community
service, substance abuse
evaluation; any violation
of probation will result in
21-22 months prison time.
Additional counts were dis-
posed without conviction.
Fines, fees and assessments
totaled $1,000.
Irrigon
student
named
to WSU
honor roll
PULLMAN, Wash.—
Adrienne Renee Cole of Ir-
rigon has been named to the
Washington State Univer-
sity President’s Honor Roll
for the 2015 Fall semester,
the university announced
this week.
To be eligible for the
honor roll, undergraduate
students must be enrolled in
a minimum of nine graded
hours in a single term at
WSU and earn a grade point
average of 3.75 or earn a
3.50 cumulative GPA based
on 15 cumulative hours of
graded work.