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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016
TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM
VOL. 127, NO. 23 • $1.00
Headlight Herald photos/ Jordan Wolfe
Volunteers and those instrumental in assisting Helping Hands get into Tillamook County cut the ribbon to the, newly dedicated, Jason Goodding building.
Shelter named after fallen officer Headlight Herald photo/ Brad Mosher
According to the Oregon Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education’s new guidelines, students who identify as female, male, somewhere in between or refuse to identify at all are to be allowed use of their preferred name or bathroom that corresponds with their gender, not their anatomy.
cited federal law, “Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) generally prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded programs and activities,” the document reads. The documents state that discrimination based on gender identity is discrimination based
The memory of Sgt. Jason Goodding, the Seaside officer killed in February while on duty, will live on at Helping Hands in Tillamook. The Old Naval Command Center at the Port of Tillamook Bay, which houses the emergency homeless shelter and re-entry facility, was rechristened on May 28, as The Jason Goodding Building. The afternoon featured a ribbon cutting and flag-raising ceremony as well. Gary Albright, director of the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, said, “To have one of our biggest buildings named after a police officer from Seaside is huge.” After the dedication of the building, a flag was raised by the Boy Scouts. “There hasn’t been a flag on that pole in 50 years,” said Alan Evans, co-founder and executive
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Tillamook County Schools embrace transgender guidelines By Jordan Wolfe jwolfe@countrymedia.net Transgender students across the country have been given clarity of their rights in school and a multitude of protections, following unprecedented new guidelines released in May. According to the Oregon Department of Education, the U.S.
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Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education’s new guidelines, students who identify as female, male, somewhere in between or refuse to identify at all are to be allowed use of their preferred name or bathroom that corresponds with their gender, not their anatomy. Tillamook County schools are embracing the change. “This isn’t a choice. We’re
not trying to push a movement,” said Randy Schild, superintendent of Tillamook School District No. 9, “There is not a lot of grey area. If a student identifies as a different gender than what they were born, they have the right to use the bathroom they identify with.” The Oregon Department of Education’s 15-page document
By Jordan Wolfe jwolfe@countrymedia.net
Congratulations 2016 graduates!