TEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 17, 1979
Livestock growers speak of farm thefts, vandalism
By JOHN NORDHEIM
Morrow Co. Extension Agent
(This is a report on the joint
meeting of the Morrow County
Livestock Growers Associa
tion and the Morrow County
Wheat Growers, held May 2,
1979, at the Catholic Parish
Hall in Heppner.)
The combined meeting of
NOTICE OF BUDGET KAKDG
the Morrow County Livestock
Growers. Association and the
Morrow County Wheat Grow
ers, was held May 2, 1979 in
Heppner.
A Maclaf at Che
Heppner Water Control District
. will be neid oa
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nZ2 7:3q,... ,t Soil Conservation District Office me purpoee of thu Mttu, u to ji.cue. to. bua,t ior
the fucl year b.ilnulna July 1, 19 79 u approved by the Board of Directors
Municipal corporation;
audcet Ctaemlttea. iuhut of to budget li preeenced below. A copy of the budget say be inapectee or obtalaea free ot
charge at 471 N. Main St. Heppner, Oregon becveee the houra of 9:00 a.m. and 5 . 9 p . m.. rbe
budget wee prepared oo, e baala of eccouatlng jx cooalataDC 1 j aot coaalatanc with the baala of accounting uaad durlag the
preceding year Major changea, li any, and tbalr effect oa the budget, are explained belov.
Mnrrraw-
(County)
Heppner
Al Osmln
tcity)
(Chairperson of Governing 3ody)
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Aoopcad audaet
Thu tear 79
Approved Budget
Seat Year i q Sf)
Total Pereonal Service. (Includea all payroll eoata) . . . 200.00 ; 200.00
Total Haterlala and Service. ; 900.50 : 835.00
ANTICIPATES ,
BtfEMDITUaES Total Capital Outlay , 8SA.50 ' 2.000.00
i
Total all Other Expenditure, and lequlraeanc. i 3.945.43 ; 3.490.00
j TOTAL AMTICIPATn) LTJEKDITUTUES j 5. '00.43 1 6. 525.00
Total Revenue. Except Property Taxae "0- -0-
AifnciiAia) I "
lEVEdUES Total Property lenae Required to Balance Budget J 5.900.43 6.525.00
TOTAL ANTICIPATED IXVEHUU
AKTICIPATIS
TAX LEVI
Totel Property Taxee Required to Balance Budget.
Eaclaeted Property Tasaa Hot to be Received
(Dlacouata AUoved aid Taxae Mot Paid). . .
TOTAL PROPER TT TAX UWT
,900.43.
349.57
100.00
6,250.00
6.525.00
SUMMARY OF
TAX LSVT
Levy Within Tax Baae
One-Yeer Special Levy Outalde Tax Ba
Serial Levlea and Continuing Levlee.
Levy for Payeent of Bonded Debt . .
I 6.250.00
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STATB1HMT OF INDEBTED HESS
DEBT OCTSIA.'ffilHC f DEBT AUTHORIZED, SOT I1KURRES
j HOME H AS SUMMARIZED BELOW I Q NONE Q AS SUMMARIZED BELOW
PUBLISH OMLT LT COMPLETED
I DEBT OUTSTAHDIHC 3EBT ALTtiORIZED . NOT mCUmP j
-- IkU Year axt vaar I Ihla Year , Next Year
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TOTAL INDEBTED KE3S I I i -
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FUNDS REQUIRING THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX TO BALANCE THE BUDGET
Total Personnel Services (Includes all Payroll Costs)
Total Materials and Services
Total Capital Outlay
Total All Other Requirements
Total Requirements (Including Transfers)
Total Resources Except Tax to be Levied
Ad Valorem Taxes Received
Ad Valorem Tax Required to Balance
Estimated Tax Not to be Received
Total Ad Valorem Tax to be Levied
Levy Within 6 Percent Limitation
Levy Outside 6 Percent Limitation
Levy Outside 6 Percent Limitation (Serial Levy) . .
Not Subject to Limitation
Published May 17, 1979
Last Year I This Year Next Year
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543 .00 900.50 fiTj.HU
fiS2.00 854.50 2.QQQ.QQ
4.710.00 3,945.43 3.59Q.QQ
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The purpose was to bring
law enforcement personnel
and area farmers together to
discuss the problems of live
stock and farm thefts, vandal
ism, and trespassing. Each
side would discuss their pro
blems and better understand
the other's position. The end
result would be fewer theft,
vandalism, and trespassing
problems in the Morrow
County area.
Panel members were Dean
Clark of Oregon State De
partment of Agriculture in
Salem, Lt. Bill Barbouletos of
the Oregon State Police in
Hermiston, Sheriff Larry
Fetsch of Heppner, Jerry
DelFatti of the Oregon State
Police in Baker, Vic Groshens,
Oregon State Police in Hepp
ner and Judge William Wells
of Pendleton. Morrow County
Livestock Growers Associa
tion president. Bob Van
Schoiack and MCLGA mem
ber, Charlie Daly, were direct
ing questions to the panel and
discussing the position of the
MCLGA.
Charlie Daly discussed the
"overkill" on the. 55 mph
speed limit. He said the State
Police had their "hands tied"
with the Federal 55 mph pro
gram. Area farmers would
like more patrolling in rural
areas to control the increasing
problems of vandalism, tres
passing and theft.
Mr. Daly discussed the
reward programs of both
associations. The wheat grow
ers have a $100 reward for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of per
sons(s) vandalizing crop
land. The livestock growers
have a $500 reward for in
formation and evidence re
sulting in the arrest, convic
.tion, and sentencing of a
person or persons stealing or
shooting livestock owned by a
member. The Oregon Cattle
men's Association will pay a
cash reward not exceeding the
sum of $1000 for information
and evidence resulting in the
arrest and conviction of any
persons stealing, butchering,
or driving away cattle belong
ing to any member of the
Oregon Cattlemen's Associa
tion. Each member of the panel
was asked to state his position
on these problems. Sgt. Jerry
DelFatti, a game officer from
Baker, said their department
has "dedicated money' or so
much money allocated for
each part of their job. The
money for livestock and
wildlife enforcement comes
mainly from fish and wildlife
funds. There has been no
increase in the number of
game officers in the last 10
years. His department pur
chased four airplanes to make
what staff they had, more
efficient. They also use them
for night surveillance. The
airplanes are definitely a
deterrent to -game and live
stock violations.
Sgt. DelFatti stated that
wages are the highest single
item on the enforcement
budget. The "squeaky wheel
gets the grease" and they
handle the problems with the
most complaints.
Farmers are starting to
"squeak" about the lack of
rural patrolling. There was a
big increase in big game
poaching during January and
February. Sgt. DelFatti
thought this was probably due
to the game animals' higher
visibility.
It is very hard, the officer
said, to search the new motor
homes and big campers. It
takes a long time to do a good
thorough search, which ag
gravates the stopped people.
"You just can't hold up people
that long."
Sgt. DelFatti suggested
some things farmers could do
to help out both sides. Rural
landowners should take down
the license and general des
cription of suspicious vehicles.
He did not think it was
advisable to confront sus
pects. There were several
assault cases last year be
tween landowners and tres
passing suspects.
Sgt. DelFatti likes the split
cow and bull elk seasons as an
aid to reduce mayhem. The
Fish and Wildlife department
gets more revenue since more
cow tags are sold. Rather than
a group of hunters hunting
anything that moves with only
one cow tag, everyone "out
there" during the cow season
must have a cow tag. There
are less illegal cows taken
with the split season
. Morrow County Sheriff
Larry Fetsch said he is also
controlled by a budget and
can't cover all bases at all
times, though he would like to.
He suggested some things that
the landowners could do to
limit the amount of vandal
ism, trespassing, and theft;
establish a "Sheriff's Live
stock Patro" among the rural
landowners and hired men.
They would wear highly
visible magnetic signs which
would be passed around
among the members. He said
similar organizations had
been established in other
areas with good success. His
second idea was locking up
your loading docks, especially
those not within sight of the
house. A third idea was to note
suspicious vehicles and turn
them in to the sheriff's de
partment. You should note the
make, model, direction of
travel, license number and
location.
Sheriff Fetsch would like to
double the number of deputies
that he now has but doesn't
have much hope of adding any
this year. When questioned
about more patrols into the
southern reaches of Morrow
County, he said the number of
roads there is a limiting
factor.
The "911" system has been
established in the Heppner
area and 911 is the one number
that people can call when
confronted with an emer
gency. When asked about using
Forest Service personnel as
observers, he said they have a
limited number of trained
enforcement people. They do
limited enforcement, but they
do report problems to the local
authorities. Much information
is passed along from '.he
Forest Service.
He acknowledged there are
new personnel coming into the
Forest Service every year and
they do need to be educated as
to their usefulness to both the
sheriff and to cattlemen.
Ranchers should also help out
the Forest Service and report
suspicious cutting activity on
forest lands.
Education was a key
thought of Judge Wells, Pen
dleton. He would like to edu
cate other people about our
expectations. In our area this
would . be tourists, hunters,
fisherman, and etc. ..help
ing them out with maps of
areas where they can fish,
hunt, etc., and where there are
posted lands.
The Circuit Courts don't
handle all cases; many legis
lators and most people do not
realize this. There are not
very many livestock theft
cases in court since it is very
hard to catch the culprits. The
disparity of sentences has
brought on a suggested range
of sentences for each crime.
There is a state board that
oversees sentencing and can
change the sentence if they so
desire.
V i c Groshens answered
questions from the floor and
supported Judge Wells' idea
that many of the culprits are
local citizens. In many in
stances, the guy who kills a
deer or an elk out of season is
the one who kills a cow; the
same people are doing both;
this person shoots whatever
animal is most accessible. In
response to a question, Judge
Wells said damages are lim
ited to the market value of the
naimal at the time of loss.
Lt. Bill Barbouletos of the
Oregon State Police in Herm
iston said the theft of any
livestock is a First Degree
Theft. When questioned about
taking a convicted thief to
civil court to receive restitu
tion, Judge Wells said this was
feasible. Lt. Barbouletos said
that it really helps.
He told the story of the hired
man who came in from the
field one evening with the
news "guess what? All the
tools are gone out of the Cat!"
The next night he came and
told his bos "guess what? All
of the tools are back in the
Cat!" In this case the tools
were marked.
Dean Clark of the state De-.
partment of Agriculture, em
phasized locking loading
chutes which are out of sight
of the ranch house. He agreed
that the "Sheriff Livestock
Patrol' signs were effective
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