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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017
BUSINESS
Adoption agency expanding into Eastern Oregon
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
An adoption agency is
expanding into Eastern Or-
egon.
A New Beginning
Pregnancy Services and
Adoption Agency, based in
Boise, is now licensed to
provide services in Oregon
and counselors are will-
ing to travel as far east as
Umatilla County to meet
with women facing un-
planned pregnancies and
families looking to adopt.
“We are working on a
plan to open some offi ce
space in Eastern Oregon,
probably in the next 12-18
months,” marketing direc-
tor Tina Kierce said.
She said the organiza-
tion works with women
experiencing “crisis preg-
nancies” to provide sup-
port and educate them on
their options.
“Counselors will help
those in a crisis pregnan-
cy review their options
and make a plan in a com-
fortable, non-judgmental
and caring environment,”
according to a news re-
lease.
Those services are “al-
ways free and confi dential
and available 24/7.” The
agency can be reached via
crisis hotline at 208-985-
5617 and counselors will
travel to follow up with the
callers in person.
A New Beginning also
provides adoption services
to help women place their
baby for adoption, help
families adopt children
from the United States,
help facilitate internation-
al adoptions and help fi nd
permanent adoptive homes
for foster children who
will not return to their bi-
ological parents.
Kierce said the agency
has already received two
referrals for women in Or-
egon who were consider-
ing adoption.
“We already did travel
(to Oregon) multiple times
to make sure mom and
baby were safe,” she said.
Women in Umatilla
County who have strug-
gled with an unplanned
pregnancy have been
served by Pregnancy Care
Services, with offi ces in
Hermiston and Pendleton,
to discuss their options.
Hermiston director Deb-
bie Cissna said Pregnancy
Care Services has worked
with Bethany Christian,
an international adoption
agency, in the past when
women decide to choose
adoption over abortion or
raising the child.
She said the nonprofi t
would welcome an oppor-
tunity to work with A New
Beginning and it “would
be great to have a local
option for our clients who
choose adoption.”
Kierce said forming
partnerships
with
al-
ready-established
local
nonprofi ts like Pregnan-
cy Care Services will be
“absolutely key” in work-
ing with local women and
girls.
More information about
A New Beginning Preg-
nancy Services and Adop-
tion Agency can be found
online at adoptanewbegin-
ning.org.
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Contact Jade McDow-
ell at jmcdowell@eastore-
gonian.com or 541-564-
4536.
contact 503-720-1620 or
matt.loss12@gmail.com.
cial pre-sale Thursday, April
27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Pre-sale admission is three
non-food donations (such as
toilet paper, menstrual hy-
giene products, shampoo and
soap) or $5. Donations will
benefi t PERIOD, a nonprofi t
organization that distributes
hygiene product care pack-
ages to women in need.
Curvy Chic Closet is
open April 27-30. There is no
admission charge for regular
hours. For more information,
including hours, contact 503-
848-9191, becky@curvy-
chiccloset.com or visit www.
curvychiccloset.com.
domestic violence and sex-
ual assault may take. The
event is Saturday from 9
a.m. to noon at Riverfront
Park, 302 SW 23rd St.,
Hermiston. Refreshments
are provided. A fundraising
walk begins at 9:30 a.m.
The registration fee is $15
per person.
In addition, T-shirts will
be available for purchase.
Also, raffl e tickets are $1
each, six for $5 or an arm’s
length for $10.
Serving the area since
1977, Domestic Violence
services has a 24-hour
crisis line. Its services
include an emergency
shelter for women and
children, safety planning,
peer support, communi-
ty resource information,
emergency transportation,
emergency medical help,
prevention education and
referrals for temporary
shelter for men.
For more information,
call 541-276-3322, 541-
567-0424 or visit www.
dvs-or.org.
IN BRIEF
Grief center
hosts fundraiser,
information event
The public is invited to
a kick-off fundraiser for an
Eastern Oregon grief pro-
gram.
People can learn more
about Cason’s Place: Grief
Support for Children and
Families of Eastern Oregon,
as well as make donations.
The event is Friday from
5:30-7 p.m. at Oregon Grain
Growers Distillery, 511 S.E.
Court St., Pendleton.
The program is named in
memory of Cason Terjeson,
who died in an Eastern Ore-
gon farming accident in 2007.
His parents, Matt Terjeson
and Jan Peterson-Terjeson,
and sister, Lydia, gained help
through the Dougy Center in
Portland. The Terjesons and
others have met regularly in
Hermiston and Pendleton to
make plans to create a simi-
lar facility in Umatilla Coun-
ty.
For more information,
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Curvy fashion show
includes Hermiston
women
A mother and daughter
from Hermiston are featured
during a fashion show at a
plus-size clothing event.
Described as the largest
plus-size consignment event
in North America, Curvy
Chic Closet offers women an
opportunity to expand their
wardrobe without taking a
major hit on their wallets.
Jennifer Wall and Lillie
Wall will take the runway
during the event’s fash-
ion show Saturday, April
29, from 7-8 p.m. at 12505
N.W. Cornell Road, Port-
land. There is no admission
charge.
People can purchase or
trade gently-used clothing
while selecting from a mas-
sive collection of outfi ts and
accessories. The Curvy Chic
Closet kicks off with a spe-
Domestic Violence
Services holds
awareness event
As part of Sexual Aware-
ness Month, Domestic Vio-
lence Services is hosting a
fundraising event.
Walk a Mile “In Her
Shoes” provides partic-
ipants an opportunity to
learn the path survivors of
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PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY KAREN KREIN
The 15th annual Mush Memorial, a pool tournament held at
Hermiston Tavern, raised more than $15,000 for the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation.
Pool tourney pockets
$15K for juvenile diabetes
Hermiston Herald
A pool tournament held in
memory of Michelle “Mush”
Monaghan recently raised
$15,133 for the Juvenile Di-
abetes Research Foundation.
The Mush Memorial rais-
es money to help fi ght the
disease that cut Monaghan’s
life short in 2002. It’s the 15th
year Hermiston Ttavern has
hosted the event.
“You see, we had a
friend, a happy-go-lucky
young lady that passed
away due to juvenile dia-
betes,” said Karen Krein.
“She was very involved in
the pool leagues and loved
to play the game.”
Krein and others appre-
ciate the efforts of people
fi ghting the disease that took
their friend. Each year, the
tournament racks up addi-
tional support through donat-
ed raffl e items and increased
attendance.
Formerly referred to as
juvenile diabetes or insu-
lin-dependent diabetes, Type
1 diabetes is an autoimmune
disease that can affl ict both
children and adults suddenly.
According to the JDRF, it’s
not related to diet or lifestyle.
At present, there is no cure.
For more about the fund-
raising efforts at Hermiston
Tavern, call 541-567-3971.
To learn more about the Ju-
venile Diabetes Research
Foundation, visit www.jdrf.
org/oregon.
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