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'I In- lli iinci .;i tl.- l iiiM-s. Il. .iin r. Oregon. Thursday, April 10. I!W TIIHKK Alternative jury procedures attempt to reduce inconvenience to jurors o Kditiir's Note: Ttir following In the second of a two-part series on thr Jury system. Last week's article dealt with the selection process In Morrow County. Thin week's story In bout some alternative me thods of culling jurors to serve and about News Kdilnr Steve Powell's rccciil call to Jury duty. Ity Steven A. Powell Many areas of the United States and in Oregon are atiempting to change out dated jury policies. Mont of the changes Involve the circuit court policy of (3 Lexington news Delpha Jones I.exlngtnn Grunge met on Its regular meeting dale with the Master Rnrhara Cutsforth presiding. The evening started with a politick supper followed by Irish violin music played by Mrs Kenneth Smouse and a talk bv A K. Fell, administra tor of Pioneer Memorial Hospiinl. on the long range plnns for the hospital. He also staled that there are vacancies in the nursing home area for the first lime in many years Mr, and Mrs. M. Melby of Itoiirdman mid Mr. Mclby's sister from North Dakota were Islington callers Sun day Mrs filenn Miller and auiililer. Mrs. Hick I'aullus of Hermiston were lleppner and lxington callers Friday. Wendy Miller, who has been slaying at the Hughes home in lleppner, returned home with them where she will enroll in school. Mr and Mrs. Jim Bloods worth have moved to Pendle ton where Mr. Bloodsworth is eniplnved. They had ticen making their home in the trailer house al the ranch home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs ("ail Marquiirdt. (itiesls of Fula Bloodsworth Sunday were her grandaugh ter and family Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson and children f Umatilla and a son and mily Mr, and Mrs. Jim Bloodsworth. frPai;S We would like to take this opportunity to express our tnanns to our many customers and friends in this area for their support of our business these past nine years. We are well aware of how important loyal customer support is to a small community business. Without this relationship, a small community business cannot play its part in supporting itself and its community. We will really miss the daily contact we I had with all of you through the store. Many thanks again to a great little community! ! Sincerely, Dick and Lynnea Sargent sssrtsssfjsiViVa,i i ITitMiilWwHitiliIM Help Yourself Help America You are probably using more electricity, gas, and oil than necessary. By using our monthly tip you can identify ways of reducing energy use and costs, and help the nation conserve energy. Wecthsr ttrippir.gcG'jIking lock for air cracks around doors, windows, and other openings, such as around pipes and duds. Seal them by caulking or weather stripping. Heat and air conditioning escape through cracks. CoPuwbia calling for 40 jurors for every trial. Four Oregon counties (Washington. Klamath. Clack amus and Jackson) now have the Jurors call the night before a trial to find out through a recorded message which 12 of the 40 Jurors have been selected randomly by a com puter to serve the next day. A few alternates must also show up. The other 20 must stay near a phone and be, at the most, within a half an hour's drive of the courthouse if the voir dire process eliminates too many of the Jurors. 989-8169 Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stea gall returned home this week from a few days visit with a daughter and family. Mr. and Mrs. Greg I,eyvfl. in Wilbur. Wash Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Martin that his mother Horlense Martin, who reside at Terwilliger Plaza in Portland, fell breaking her hip She had ma jor surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in that city and will be confined there for some time. She was HO-years-old her last birthday, and a long time resident of Morrow County. Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Hownrd spent a few days recently in Seattle visiting friends and relatives. Mike Kane is home after a few weeks spent in Venezuela where he was employed. Lee Wagenblast returned home this week from a five-day vacation at Lincoln City with friends. She received word that her mother-in-law, Carrie Wagenblast. is still a patient in The Dalles General Hospital. She has been there for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Wagen blast and sons recently re turned to their home in Odessa. Wash, from a vaca tion in Yuma. Ariz. Mr. and Mrs Vilas Ropp and daughter of Depot Bay returned home after a visit al the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gene Majeske. Save Money Save Energy If you need additional help with your home inspection. Please call the Heppner office 676-9146. Home energy audits provided to our customers at no charge. asin Qkdmc Co - In Dallas County, Texas the voir dire questioning is done at the beginning of the three-month period they serve. Trials take place the same two days every week and the jurors alternate on those days. They do not go through the voir dire ques tioning of the jurors every trial. With a population of 1.500,000. about 70.000 jurors are chosen for the 60 courts every year. Jurors receive $6 a day and the yearly cost of the program is $1 million. Multnomah County, which uses virtually the same pro cess as Morrow County except on a larger scale, spends $544.00(1 a year for fi.ooo jurors for 32 courts al $10 a day. A phone-in system in New York has saved thousands of dollars and countless wasted hours by jurors. All the people on jury duty report for a two-week term and are given numbers. They call every night and if their number is mentioned, they must come to the courthouse the next day. I served on a jury recently and found it to be very uncomfortable and emotional. Some of the jurors said that it was their civic duty to serve while ethers tried to fight and get out of it. Ten were dismissed for various reasons Fair coronation set for April 19 The committee on Women's Activities met Monday after noon al the home of Mrs. Norman Nelson. Plans were made for the coronation of the Morrow Cotintv Fair and Rodeo Court lo be al the Ixington Grange Hall April 19. It will start with a pot luck dinner, with the grange furnishing the meat dishs. followed by a pro gram. - - - The Queen and Court will be introduced and crowned IAYI anal j fan vtthovt t Tor loot Muxh? . 7t-t1j; ( Hapamsf op. $nc. 4t i irtifgif I and eight showed up the day of the trial. Some of (he jurors seemed lo be offended by IN THE SIXTH JUSTtCB CO'. RT OI' THE STATU Of oar.COM ron Tin county or morrow STATE Of OREGON . County of Morrow TOt fitav Powell ) am ) IN THE HATTER Of THE STATE OI' OREGON, jnd in pursuance of an Oritur issued out of tint Sixlh Justice Court of tho Stats of Orsrqon for th County of Mor.ow, and to !c directed and delivered by the Justics of tho Poacu of tho sixth Justice Court, you arc hereby summoned to ba and apiesr in the Hid County and Stat on hour of i00 .n,, to carvi ronrtinj in thi- ajid Court. mtm y hand this Hy: REPORT fOR JURV DUTY Courthouse, Room 201 Hlfvner, Orc-lon 10.090 in If, t.H MOW MM.., , mill . m I ItMa. law" Subpoenas like this one from office rail jurors to duty. Bumble Red 5 0 Cucumbers .1 '-'siHMifasssMi Pip T Double Stof JK, 1 ' i'DTTYi 111 some of the questions asked but the defense attorney said he just wanted to make sure NO. Jo0 at the County Courthouse at II. Friday, February IS, 1980 at the Juror ror tlu trial of causes y h day of Fcbrujry, 1980. t. 0. KETSCII, Sheriff Morrow county, Onon uvil u',uty a mi, m. the Morrow County Sheriff's Western Family Bacon Of Bee 15.5 oz. Salmon 69 Pink Grapefruit 00 mr. his client would not be "hometowned." Of the six jurors that were selected, two had served before and the rest were "rookies." Corinne Miles was one of the velerans. She said within the last four years, she has been on two Justice court juries and one grand jury. She said she was not happy with the jury , selection process in Morrow County because she feels a person should be taken off the jury lists for more than one year. She said it is her duty to serve but does not think it is eppnerfaj. tha, o(hers d() no naye Dallas Harsin was the other veteran and despite being only 26. this was the fourth time he had served on jury duty and he said he also knew of some people who had never served. We sat on a driving while under the influence of alcohol case and I found it very hard to sort out the truth from opinion. It all . seemed to be opinion and the defense made it tough not to feel sympathe tic toward the defendant. Judge Charlotte Gray in structed the jury that all of the jurors had to agree on the verdict. She also said the jury had to ignore the consequen ces of the verdict and follow the law even though the jury Oregon Chief 12 oz. pkg. Beef Wieners c Betty Crocker 22 oz. Pie Crust Sticks 1 19 Heinz 14 oz. Ketchup 2W Snoboy 2 lb. Cello Carrots may not agree with it. Those were very tough inslruetions to deal with. The defense attorney stated that it was not a civil case where money is the only loss but a criminal case. In a civil case, the jurors do not have to agree unanimously but must figure out a percentage of who is right and who is wrong and ' then grope in the dark for a money figure without any guidelines. This was a crimi nal case in which the state had to prove guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt." The jurors all breathed a sigh of relief when one member said she did not think the state proved guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt." It seemed that everyone felt that way, but each thought he was the only one and did not want to speak up. New York Special Saturdays 4.95 Prices Effective April 10-1 1-12 ortt LA f fiftHA Manna 4 pak Bathroom Tissue m . . . k r.lARIiET Being a juror is a tough position to be in. Jurors are amateurs who are unsure of the law and what is truth and opinion and the professional attorneys try to sway the jury one way or the other. Jurors can't ask questions but must be silent and listen. It still is better than having one person, a judge, decide on a case because a judge has feelings too and the more people involved, the more fair a verdict seems to be. If called to jury duty, expect a long day with a lot of delays. The jury voir dire process itself took I'i hours for only eight jurors to be questioned. 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