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Maryhill announces art festival
Maryhill Museum of Art invites
artists of the Pacific Northwest to
apply to exhibit at the 2016 Mary-
hill Arts Festival.
Organizers are looking for art-
ists working in all media forms,
including painting, drawing, print-
making, jewelry, ceramics, wood-
working, fiber arts and glass. Par-
ticipants will be juried into the
festival based on quality and cre-
ativity.
The application deadline is
Monday, Aug. 1. The festival is
Oct. 1-2 at the museum, located in
Goldendale, Washington. For more
information or an application,
visit www.maryhillmuseum.org/
call-for-artists-maryhill-arts-festi-
val. For questions, call 509-773-
3733.
Computer sciences coming to Hermiston elementary schools
With the coming of a
new school year, Hermiston
School District will usher in
a new partnership bringing
computer science instruc-
tion to elementary schools.
The district has teamed
up with the nonprofi t Code.
org, an organization dedi-
cated to bringing comput-
er science to every school
and increasing interest of
girls and minority students
in computer sciences.
The student popula-
tion of the school district
is 48.5 percent Hispanic,
according to district of-
fi cer Briana Cortaberria,
with 2,623 of the district’s
5,396 students identifying
as Hispanic.
“We are excited to have
the opportunity to partner
with Code.org,” said Min-
dy Barron, instruction-
al technology coach for
Hermiston schools.
Code.org offers com-
pletely free classroom
courses consisting of about
20 lessons that teachers
have the fl exibility to pres-
ent in a way best suited
for their classroom. The
curriculum blends online
tutorials with unplugged
activities that teach com-
puting concepts without a
computer and align with
national standards.
In addition, the partner-
ship will include teacher
workshops.
Workshops
last 6-7 hours and will pre-
pare teachers to teach the
computer science courses
for grades K-5.
The fi rst full-day work-
shop for teachers will be
July 21 at the district of-
fi ce.
Cundiff Jr. arrested on sex abuse charges
Hermiston man
charged with rape
A Hermiston man was She and Rodriguez were
arrested Friday on rape reportedly friends and the
charges.
alleged assault took place
Ricardo
Villar-
at the victim’s resi-
real Rodriguez, 33,
dence in Hermiston.
was arrested by the
Rodriguez
has
Hermiston
Police
been charged with
Department
after
one count of rape in
what Capt. Darryl
the fi rst degree (forc-
Johnson called an
ible), a class A felo-
“extensive investiga-
ny.
Rodri-
tion.”
He was lodged in
guez
The 27-year-old
the Umatilla County
female victim report-
Jail with bail set at
ed the rape to authorities. $50,000.
A Hermiston man was County jail with bail set at
arrested Thursday and $150,000.
charged with three
The Hermiston
felonies.
Police Department
Donald Kenneth
received a call from
Cundiff Jr., 21, fac-
a citizen regard-
es two counts of un-
ing possible sexual
lawful sexual pen-
abuse of a minor.
etration in the fi rst
Offi cers followed
degree, a class A fel-
up by interview-
ony, and one count Cundiff
ing the victim and
of sexual abuse in
suspect. The vic-
the fi rst degree, a class B tim, according to police
felony.
Capt. Darryl Johnson, is
A class A felony has a a female juvenile familiar
maximum prison sentence with Cundiff. The inter-
of 20 years. Cundiff was views led to the charges
lodged in the Umatilla and arrest.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016
No lead detected in
Morrow County schools
The Morrow County
School District has an-
nounced that no lead was
detected in drinking water
tested in the district.
The testing occurred
in June and indicated all
sources of drinking water
either had “no lead detect-
ed” or levels below the EPA
limit of .020 milligrams per
liter.
In May, the Oregon De-
partment of Education cre-
ated a plan with the Oregon
Health Authority in regards
to lead in school water. The
plan requests all school dis-
tricts that get drinking wa-
ter from public water sys-
tems test for lead. However,
there is currently no state
or federal requirements for
testing.
Public water systems
regularly test water for
lead; however, lead may be
present in pipes and fi xtures
within a building’s plumb-
ing system that can enter
tap water.
“The Morrow County
School District is pleased
to report that water at our
schools is safe for drink-
ing,” Superintendent Dirk
Dirksen said in a press re-
lease. “We will continue
to monitor this and will
keep communicating to
parents and our commu-
nity.”
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