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Darrel Pummel 19. intelli
gent and personablehad
everything going for him.
lie was . quarterback and
halfback on the Riverside
High School football team in
president of lit student
ImicIv in his senior year He
served on the Morrow County
Juvenile Adv isory Council. He
was popular with his school
nunes and went to all the
parties. He was never involv
ed with the law.
Darrel also had the ad
vantages of a good home. He
and his brother and two sisters
were raised in a religious
a'mospliere by middle-income
parents who are respected in
their home town of Irrigoii
where, until recently, his
father was the city marshal.
Then, on July I.", he was
arrested while at work by
Dick Harp. Oregon State
Police, for unlawful posses
sion of dangerous drugs.
His father. Perry Pummel,
had found 700 amphetamine
tables (classified as danger
ous drugs i in Darrel's bed
room, and immediately re
ported him to the police.
Darrel was jailed overnight
in Henniston and arraigned
the next day. On Aug. 27 a
Morrow County Grand Jury
returned two indictments
against him: 1 unlawful
possession of marijuana 'less
than oneoz.t; and (2 posses
sion of dangerous drugs (700
amphetamine tables).
The maximum penalty for
Charge 1 is $100 fine: on
Charge 2. a $2,500 fine and 10
years in prison.
School board resolves student busing
Some intense discussion
between parents and school
board members followed a
transportation request at
Monday night's school board
meeting in Irrigon.
For the first two months of
this school year, 12 Boardm'an
area kindergarten children
have been transported in a
private van from the morning
session of kindergarten in
Irrigon. Parents complained
that the van was over-crowded
and the situation created
hazardous conditions.
Their spokesman, Gene
Miller, Boardman, requested
that a bus be made available
to transport the children back
to the drop-off point in
Boardman. The parents would
pay for the cost of operating
the bus. Miller staled that they
had tried other means of
transportation for two
months, none of which had ,
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He is scheduled to appear in
circuit court on Nov. 1. Until
then, he is suffering the agony
of the damned. At worst he
will go to prison for 10 years.
With luck, the court may
reduce the charges to a
misdomeanor. Until then Dar
rel can make no plans, short
or long-range.
Darrel came to the Gazelle
Times office Saturday at the
suggest inn of District Attor
ney Dennis Doherty and his
detense attorney. Bob Ab
rains Doherty has been of the
opinion for a long time that
parents in Morrow County
expect such things to happen
to "somebody else hut never
to us." Every home, he
reasoned, no matter how
larded with love and money
and advantage, has no right to
assume thai the children who
live there are ton good or too
intelligent to experiment with
drugs So Doherty made a deal
Willi Darrel :
"Tell the newspaper openly
and honestly how you got
involved with drugs, just so
other parents and other
youngsters will hear it from
you, and it will go a long way
toward my recommending
leniency to the court."
So Darrel began his news
paper interview.
"I don't know why I bought
those 'hits' because I never
took them and I never sold any
drugs in my life," he began.
He had attended a street
dance in the Tri-Cities on
Saturday night before his
arrest and was offered the
drug tablets at the bargain
price of $35 for 700. They
usually sell around here for
worked out. and that they
were concerned for the safety
of their children.
Board Chairman Dr. Wal
lace Wolff told the delegation
that noon-lime transportation
was not being provided for
kindergarten children any
place in the county because of
the high operating cost involv
ed. Board Member Don Mc
Elligott pointed out that the
board had granted the inclu
sion of kindergartens into the
school system only after
parents had indicated that
they would be willing to
provide noon transportation.
"I don't like it," he com
mented on the request, to
which Miller stated he felt the
safety of five-year-old child-,
ren was the question at
present.
Board Member Pauline
Winter asked why car pools
were not being used as
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VV hen all pise fails the best thing to do is to warn motorists of
danger ahead! This hole in the highway to Gooseberry, about
three miles from lone High School, has been around for a
long time. The Morrow County Road Department was
notified, but the hole was not repaired. lone students took the
matter in hand and painted this warning sign no driver is
likely to ignore!
about 25 cents each, he said.
"I was drinking a little at the
tune, and it just seemed like a
good idea." he confessed.
Questioned further, he could
find no logical reason for
having purchased the tablets
since he neither used them nor
sold them. "I just did it." he
said.
Off and ijji for the past year
and a halt. Darrel has been
smoking marijuana. "Pot"
was found at most school
parties he attended, and is
available to any student, he
said.
"There was absolute no
reason why I should have ever
smoked pot." he confided,
"because 1 had no need for it
physically or mentally. But if
you run around with kids who
smoke pot. you're going to
smoke pot with them. Don't
run with people who smoke it,
and you won't smoke it
either."
Adults, he said, might find it
hard to buy marijuana and
more dangerous drugs in
Morrow County, but not young
people. They can gel il almost
anywhere and do.
Since his arresl in July
Darrel has had good reason to
believe that nothing in pot or
drugs is worth the price one
pays in mental anguish. His
friends remain loyal to him
because "they all know I'm
noi a drug user or a drug
pusher." His mother and
father go out of their way to be
nicer to him, and his brother
and older sister love and
encourage him. "But the
parents of my friends would
rather their sons and dau
Superintendents Don Cole and
John Edmundson indicated
were being operated in the
lone and Heppner areas. The
Boardman parents felt this
method was not operable for
their situation.
The board resolved the
situation by voting to make a
bus and driver available to
transport the children from
Irrigon to a central point in
Boardman, providing parents
pay for the cost of operating
the bus and paying the driver.
The parents indicated they
were pleased with this
arrangement, although they
were informed by the board
that the transportation costs
to the parents would be high.
In other business Monday
evening, Nita Phillips, a
student at Riverside High
School, requested that junior
and senior students through
out the county again be
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ghters have nothing to do with
me," Darrel said. The young
er people are far more
tolerant of his situation than
their elders, and his family
know him well enough to know
he is not a criminal, and that
he just did a foolish, impulsive
act for which he is paying the
price.
It is a bit ironic that his first
involvement with drugs other
than pot landed him in the toils
of the law. "I know a kid in
Irrigon who has been a user
and a pusher of hard drugs
since he was 14." Darrel said,
"and be has never been
arrested."
"The use of drugs among
school students has increased
rapidly in the last five years,"
he said. "Today there is more
open talk about it. more kids
smoking it and there's mari
juana growing all over the
county, The pot available here
is rather mild, about 2 percent
THC (the active chemical
agent). Pot from Mexico and
overseas, especially from
Vietnam, is about 100 per cent,
and is considered dangerous."
He had a word to parents
w ho believe their own children
wouldn't experiment with pot
or other drugs. "I've smoked
pot with nearly every one of
the boys and girls whose
parents now look down on me
because of my arrest," he
said. "They are too blind to
see what's happening, or
refuse to believe their own
children can be involved.
Well, my family background
is about as good as they come,
and it happened to me and it's
happening to their children,
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allowed to particpate in the
Youth Conference on Respon
sible . Adulthood Conference
scheduled for Nov. 6 in the
south end of the county and
Nov. 7 in the north end. The
conference, presented by pro
fessionals in varying fields
concerning the welfare of
teenagers, deals with
problems faced by young
people such as drugs, alcohol
and the law.
Because of the controversial
nature of some of the classes
being offered, parental per
mission is required. Last
year's conference was well
attended and termed success
ful. The board granted per
mission for student participa
tion. The board voted to develop a
pad for one double-wide trail
er home on its property
adjacent to the Heppner
Elementary School, on the
ami
Dorothy Krebs, lone, has
been named to the Blue
Mountain Community College
board of education.
Her appointment was made
by the college board to fill the
post vacated by Bob Zerba,
Athena, who has moved to
Portland.
Mrs. Krebs' appointment
assures Morrow County of
representation on the board at
least for the current school
year. The position will be on
the May 1975 election ballot.
Morrow County has been
without a representative on'
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Vol. 91. No. 36
First recipient in
Bruce Young earns
Eagle Scout Award
Bruce Young, 15, Heppner,
received his Eagle Scout
Award at the Elks Temple
Saturday night, the only
recipient of the high award in
the Heppner area in the past
30 years.
The last Eagle Scout award
went to Glen Ward, while he
was in the U.S. Navy.
Keynote speaker for the
occasion was Ervin C. Wil
liams, president of the Blue
Mountain Scout Council, who
said "this is a very important
occasion in the life of this
young man. as he has brought
recognition to . his family,
friends and members of the
community."
James L. Frost. Hermiston.
Eagle Scout Board of Review,
Winning cash
by having fun
If you are looking for the
keys to Fort Knox, title to a
producing oil well or a foreign
car stuffed full of money, you
can enter one of those fantast
ic national contests and have
one chance out of 10 million to
win.
But if you would like a local
run i est with a better chance of
winning, and have fun doing it .
plan to enter the Guess Who
Contest starting the first week
in November in the Gazette
Times. The mysteries to be solved
are all local, which means that
only folks who are somewhat
acquainted around Heppner
will stand much of a chance to
win.
That doesn't mean you must
have lived here all your life to
win. Just a little common
sense and a reasonable
amount of thought applied to
the puzzle, and your chances
of winning are as good as
anybody's.
issue
George property. The cost of
development is not to exceed
$2,000. The space to be
developed is near Aiken
Street. To gain access to the
property, the board further
voted to trade a piece of
property with Leonard Toll to
achieve necessary access.
Dorsey Bus Co. was award
ed a contract for its bid on a
30-passenger used bus at a
cost of $9,921.20. A second bus
contract was awarded to
Western Bus Sales on a new
1974 GMC 66 passenger bus for
$14,750.
Grace Steers was approved ,
to replace Bert Corbin as bus
driver in the Heppner area.
The board approved the hiring
of another teacher's aide for
A.C. Houghten school at
Irrigon because of increased
student load. This would not
increase the budget for staff
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the board since July 1 when
Bob Abrams retired. A Hepp
ner attorney, Abrams had
served on the board since the
college was formed in 1962.
His position was won in (he
May election by James Whit
ney, Pendleton, in a three-way
race with Mrs. Krebs and
Irvin Rauch of Lexington.
Whitney received 1955 votes,
Mrs. Krebs 1909 and Rauch
813.
Absence of Morrow County
representation on the board
has bothered the board since
the May election saw defeat of
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner.
30 years
told the audience that Bruce
had passed all necessary
regulations for an Eagle Scout
and that he should be admitt
ed. Assistant Scoutmaster Her
man Winter told of Bruce's
scouting history, which fol
lows: Bruce's scouting history
really started on Jan. 13, 1959.
when he discovered America
here in Heppner, Morrow
County. Ore.
I am told that Bruce showed
a propensity for Boy Scout
activities as a child he often
took hikes on his own. without
his mother's consent or super
vision. Bruce joined Troop 661 in
February of 1970. While work-
It cosis nothing to enter.
There are no sales slips,
jingles to write, purchases to
make, entry blanks to fill out
or box tops to tear off. You just
play a fascinating little family
game with the names of
people you know. And, if you
have an "in" with Lady Luck,
or if you're just naturally
intelligent (or both), you can
wind up with a fistful of cash.
And even if you don't win,
you've still had the fun. Watch
for it.
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Bruce Young
the two Morrow Counly candi
dates. BMCC board members
are elected at large and the
question of zoning the college
.district had never previously
been seriously discussed be
cause all areas of the two
county district had been
represented on the board.
Several board . members
asked college President Ron
Daniels if there was a legal
way to guarantee Morrow
County a position on the
board. Daniels said the dis
trict could be zoned to assure
one member from Morrow
Ore.. Oct. 24. 1974
Tug for his Tenderfoot Rank he
participated in the Oregon
Trail District's Camporee on
Wall Creek. He also partici
pated in public service activi
ties including the cleanup of
the debris on the site of what is
now known as Lake Penland.
Bruce attained the rank of
Tenderfoot in August of 1970.
He displayed his leadership
abilities early in his scouting
career because he served as a
patrol leader of the Elk Patrol
while still only a Tenderfoot.
In February of 1971, Bruce
attained the rank of Second
Class Scout. While a Second
Class Scout he attended Camp
Wallowa in the summer of 1971
with Troop 657 of Echo. Ore.
Bruce had sharpened his axe
in preparation of Camp Wal
lowa and he apparently did
such an excellent job that
Steve McLaughlin cut his
finger with the. axe while at
Camp Wallowa and had to be
evacuated into Enterprise to
have some stitches taken.
Bruce was working on his
First Class Scout require
ments when the scouting
program was in a transitional
period and consequently he
had to wait until November,
1971. to at'ain the rank of First
Class Scout, He continued his
role as a patrol leader only
this time he was patrol leader
of the Flaming Arrows.
On his own, he initiated
weekly patrol meetings. These
meetings resulted in the
manufacture of over 200 tent
pegs and individual profi
ciency in scouting skills.
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County, but such zoning could
be challenged in the courts
under the U.S. Supreme
Court's equal representation
ruling of one person, one vole.
Daniels was asked by Board
Chairman Joe Green, Pendle
ton, to prepare a detailed
study of the problem for the
board's Nov. 20 meeting.
In other business the board
was told that current enrol
ment is running slightly ahead
of last year's, with 950 day
students and 750 evening
students enrolled in the first
two weeks of the fall term.
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Bruce participated in Troop
661's camp out and the Oregon
Trail District Camporee at
Bull Prairie in December of
1972. The scouts established
their camp at Bull Prairie in
shirt-sleeve type weather;
however, by morning, they
were awakened with approxi
mately eight inches of snow
covering the ground.
Some of Bruce's Irienas anu
fellow scouters decided to use
their own scouting skills and
stuffed the chimney to his tent
with branches and other
debris causing instant smoke.
This resulted in Bruce and his
patrol's evacuation of their
squad tent and Bruce was
observed standing in his
stocking feet in the snow
dressed only in his set of
longjohns. He demonstrated
his patience with his fellow
scouters because he remained
cool and calm even though the
following morning he and his
patrol awakened to frozen
trousers and frozen boots.
In March of 1973 Bruce
attained the rank of Star
Seoul. While a Star Scout he
attended the Blue Mountain
Council Camporee at Mea
cham. The troop returned
from that trip with several
honors and an overall evalua
tion of third place out of the
entire Blue Mountain Council.
Throughout the entire camp
out the scout masters relied
heavily on Bruce for his
leadership. During the same
camp out Bruce received the
Glen Ward.