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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 LOCAL NEWS Men’s league gets ready to tee off Students launch website to The Thursday Night Men’s League starts this week with a two-person scram- ble at Big River Golf Course in Umatilla. For those who haven’t signed up yet, contact the pro shop as soon as possible. The cost is $200 for league and $45 for to join men’s club and establish a handicap. Non-members also need to pay greens fees. If you’re a single and don’t have a part- ner or would like to be added to the substi- tute list, contact Megan Olsen at 541-922- 3006 or megan@golfbigriver.com. IN BRIEF Father sentenced to 10 years in death of infant daughter HEPPNER — On Fri- day, a judge sentenced Travis Michael Martin, 22, of Irrigon, to 10 years in prison for the death of his 10-month-old daughter in 2015. In Morrow County Cir- cuit Court, Martin plead- ed guilty to one count of ¿UVWGHJUHH PDQVODXJKWHU one count of abuse in the third degree and one count RI ¿UVWGHJUHH FULPLQDO mistreatment. On May 28, 2015, Mar- tin reportedly threw his 10-month-old daughter, Savannah, onto the ground. The girl was awake after the incident but appeared sick the next morning. When she became unresponsive while in the care of her PRWKHU .D6DQGUD 0DUWLQ she was taken to St. Antho- ny Hospital. The child was WKHQ ÀRZQ WR 3URYLGHQFH Sacred Heart Medical Cen- ter and Children’s Hospital in Spokane, where she died. Martin was arrested June 1, 2015. Martin orig- inally pleaded not guilty to the charges but changed his plea in the three counts ear- lier this year. Martin had no prior criminal history. Martin stared straight ahead through most of the court proceedings. He ad- dressed Circuit Court Judge Christopher Brauer when given the opportunity to speak. “My family and friends DUH EHKLQG PH LQ WKLV´ Martin said. “They know what happened. That’s all ,KDYHWRVD\<RXU+RQRU´ Brauer sentenced Mar- tin to 120 months — 10 years — incarceration for the manslaughter charge, 14 months for the assault charge and 30 months for the criminal mistreatment charge, as well as three years of post-prison super- vision, anger management and parenting classes. The charges will be served concurrently, and Martin will receive credit for time served. Brauer called the inci- dent ghastly and despica- ble. D.A. charges woman for abusing cemetery memorials A Boardman woman faces criminal charges in connection with abusing memorials to the dead in a cemetery. Morrow County District Attorney Justin Nelson said WKLVLVKLV¿UVWWLPHGHDOLQJ with that particular Class A misdemeanor. %RDUGPDQ SROLFH RI¿FHU George Shimer responded to a call Sunday at 8:24 a.m. RIDZRPDQ³WKURZLQJVWXII´ at Riverview Cemetery, 301 Columbia Ave N.E., accord- ing to Shimer’s probable FDXVHDUUHVWDI¿GDYLW:KHQ he arrived, he found Heather Marie Payne, 40, of Board- man, in the south half of the cemetery. Payne told Shimer she was being paid to clean up her family’s grave sites, and made a few piles of ceme- tery mementos, including FURVVHV ÀRZHUV DQG VRODU lights. He noted multiple items were broken. Shim- mer brought in the caretak- er and the secretary of the cemetery board to check out the graves and the three determined Payne removed items from six graves. 6KLPHU LQ WKH DI¿GD- vit stated he told to Payne people use the mementos to show their grief. Payne, though, told the cop, “the stuff was garbage, and that it should be illegal to put on JUDYHVLWHV´ Shimer then reported he watched as Payne took a can of Coke belonging to a grave, opened it and drank it. Shimer arrested Payne for second-degree theft and six counts of abusing me- morials to the dead. Nelson said the state on Monday arraigned Payne, who pleaded not guilty. He explained there are laws for damaging headstones and graves, but abusing memo- rials to the dead has wider applications. He also said he argued to keep Payne in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, because she has skipped court appearances in the past. Local circuit judges were at a conference, Nel- son said, so Circuit Judge Robert Morgan of Union County presided over the case, and he allowed Payne free. Nelson said he doubt- ed Payne would show up for her April 28 hearing, and missing the date could lead to a felony. Boardman police Lt. Lo- ren Dieter said this was his ¿UVWWLPHVHHLQJWKHPHPR- rial abuse charge in almost 20 years on the job. Board- man police have trespassed Payne from businesses for loitering and bothering cus- tomers, he said, but she has not acted out like this be- fore. He also said the case remains active and more charges are possible if vic- tims come forward. Payne also could face charges in Umatilla Coun- ty. Nelson said she had 16 prescription allergy pills on her when police brought her to the jail, but she did not report that to correc- tions deputies. Each of those pills could lead to a charge of supplying contraband, Nelson said, but he did not know how likely that was given these were not hard street drugs. Court records on Tuesday showed the Umatilla Coun- W\'LVWULFW$WWRUQH\¶V2I¿FH has not charged Payne in this case. Woman a suspect in three Hermiston cases Hermiston Police arrest- ed a woman who is a sus- pect in three cases. Chief Jason Edmiston said the in- vestigations are ongoing. Police responded to a report of a car prowl at Ridgeway Apartments, 725 W. Ridgeway Ave., and found Jessica Denise Pan- key, 32, of Pendleton, who had a warrant for violating probation. Pankey is serv- ing 18 months probation, according to court records, after she pleaded guilty in February to possession of methamphetamine. 2I¿FHUV EDFNWUDFNHG Edmiston said, and connect- ed Pankey to two burglaries, a vehicle theft plus the car prowl. He said car prowls ticked up the last two weeks in Hermiston, but police do not know if Pankey is con- nected to that trend. Police arrested and booked Pankey into the Uma- tilla County Jail, Pendleton, RQ WZR FRXQWV RI ¿UVWGH- gree burglary and one count each of second-degree theft, third-degree theft, second-de- gree criminal mischief and third-degree criminal mis- chief, as well as on the proba- tion violation warrant. Edmiston said he is hope- ful that warrant means she will be in jail long enough for police to gather more evidence in the other cases. Social campaign shows women in technology fields By JENNIFER COLTON Staff Writer Students from Umatilla are working to change the face of engineering. Umatilla students re- cently launched the web- site www.facesofengi- neering.com, a joint effort between Umatilla’s FIRST Robotics Competition WHDP ³&RQ¿GHQWLDO´ and FRC team 4980 “Ca- QLQH &UXVDGHUV´ RI .HWWOH Falls, Wash. The website is a spin-off of the #Ilook- likeanengineer campaign to show girls and young women they can become engineers. The Canine Crusaders has 27 members on the team, including six female VWXGHQWVIURP.HWWOH)DOOV 7HDP &RQ¿GHQWLDO KDV female students, almost half its total enrollment. “We have 46 percent female representation on our team. That’s pretty UDUH´ ZHEVLWH GHVLJQHU and UHS junior Cameron Sipe said. “Most of the (FRC) teams you see are SULPDULO\ER\V´ That observation isn’t only limited to robotics competitions. When Sipe tried to search Google Im- DJHV IRU ³HQJLQHHU´ RQO\ IRXURIWKH¿UVWLPDJHV showed women. “When you search en- gineers, you should have a variety of people, and that’s what this campaign LVWU\LQJWRGR´6LSHVDLG 7KH .HWWOH )DOOV WHDP had already found the hashtag campaign, had a photo shoot and made posters showing its team as #Ilooklikeanengineer. Naomi Edwards, a com- puter science engineer and KHDGPHQWRUIRUWKH.HWWOH Falls team, said the initia- tive shows what women are capable of. “So much of the media tells our young girls that they should be seen and not heard or over-sexu- DOL]HG´ VKH VDLG ³2XU goal is to compete with that, to put some imag- es in front of our young girls to promote the good things these girls are do- ing and are capable of. My dream is to see this FXOWXUHFKDQJH´ Umatilla students saw the posters at a recent ro- botics competition and formed a partnership with the Washington school. The teams have set up photo booths at events to take photos to post on Twitter and other social media. Sipe took the time to draft the website during spring break using the Crusaders’ photos. The website launched March 22 and has already brought in contacts from as far as Illinois and attention from *RY.DWH%URZQ¶VRI¿FH Umatilla plans to host their own photo shoot in between upcoming com- petitions. “We’re just going to let it grow and see where it JRHV´ 6LSH VDLG ³:H¶UH hoping to bring this into the engineering commu- nity and not just the robot- ics community. For now we’re going to see where it goes and do our best to represent all the peo- ple who are changing the ZRUOG´ HIT THE ROAD WITH AN RV LOAN! AS LOW AS for 60 months Need Shade or Outdoor Living Space? W e’ve Got YOU covered! 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UMATILLA-MORROW COUNTIES COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP Presents: The Umatilla-Morrow Counties Community Health Assessment Report 2015-2016 • Presentation of results of health survey conducted across our two counties. • Learn about the health status of our community, as well as our state and nation. • Provide feedback in roundtable discussion on what should be our health priorities. • Help share the strategy to address our community’s unmet needs. It’s not like her. Mom has always been so patient, but now when I ask her questions she gets angry. We can help. show engineering’s feminine side Working Together for a Healthier Tomorrow Call us with questions about aging and Alzheimers. Wednesday, April 13th Milton-Freewater Thursday, April 14th Boardman Friday, April 15th Hermiston 9:00am-11:30am OR Child Development Coalition • 403 Peabody Street 2:30pm-5:00pm Port of Morrow • Riverside Room 8:00am-10:30am Good Shepherd Medical Center Conference Rooms 1 & 2 1-855-ORE-ADRC HelpForAlz.org 1:00pm-3:30pm Pendleton Convention Center • East Rooms 5, 6 & 7 OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM Pendleton Contact: Pendleton Rod Harwood 541-278-3239 rharwood@chiwest.com Please let us know which event you will be attending. Hermiston Juli Gregory 541-667-3506 jgregory@gshealth.org Boardman Sheree Smith 541-256-0110 ssmith@co.morrow.or.us Milton-Freewater Rebecca Gardner 541-938-0282 Rebecca.Gardner@ocdc.net
