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Police nab robbery suspects
Richard Glenn McCawley kneels in front of Sheriff
Roy I lr a k » i patrol car while an unidentified officer
read» him his rights
left
Officer llill Caldera is at the far
John W Krebs and llichard Glenn
McCawley were arraigned Friday
morning June I before District Court
Judge Kalph Currin in the court
room at Morrow County Courthouse
in Heppner
District Attorney Richard McSer
ney reports that the [>air were
charged with Attempted Murder
Assaulting a Public Safety Officer,
Fx-Convict in Possession of Fire
arm. Possession of a Firearm by an
Inmate of a Penal Institution Cn
authorized l'»e of a Motor Vehicle.
Burglary I. and Kohbery I
The
charges stem from a robbery which
the two allegedly committed at the
lone Branch of the Hank of Fastern
Oregon on Wednesday. May 29
Following the arraignment, the Dis
tricl Attorney said that he was
undecided which option to pursue I >
take the case to the Grand Jury, or
2 1 take the case to preliminary
hearing Judge Currin set a tenta
live date of June 12 for the latter
Attorney Wallace I) Terry. Pen
dleton. was appointed as the public
defender for John Krebs Thomas
Dillon of HermislOfi was appointed
to defend McCawley
Krebs who was serv mg time at the
Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem
for the June 9. 19RJ robbery of the
floor courtroom at the Morrftw County Courthouse to the holding room in
basement Morrow County Sheriff s Office
Heppner police defend actions
The Heppner city police depart
ment Monday defended its action
during last week s bank robbery in
lone during which a city police car
left town traveling at a high rale of
speed
The department had received
some criticism for leaving Heppner
to go to the lone robbery last
Wednesday with some citizens von
ingconcerns that the town may have
been unprotected Some also won
dered if it were necessary for the
police to drive so fast
Police Chief Doug Kuthbun told
the Heppner City council Monday
night that the department's first
responsibility is of course to the city
of Heppner. and that as soon as
Patrolman Merle Cowell left town
he and patrolman (iary Bingham
immediately went on stand by duty
giving the town police protection A
third patrolman was also in the city.
Kathbun said
Cowell's part in the robbery invol
ved helping to secure the bank after
the robbery and interviewing a
witness He then returned to Hepp
ner
As for the speed of the police car
leav ing town. Cowell said there is no
department policy on how fast an
officer should drive, but that police
officers in pursuit of a suspect must
take into account that a dangerous
criminal must tie caught before he is
able to harm other people He added
that police are always careful, es
pecially while in pursuit, to enter
intersections slowly and with cau
lion
Kathbun also pointed out that the
city has a mutual aid agreement
with the county sheriff where the
city will assist when necessary and
likewise the county helps out when
necessary
In other business, the council
heard from a representative of
the ITS Geological Survey, who
asked permission for his agency to
pul a weir, or water flow monitoring
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devise into Willow Creek
The
council delayed action on this op
ting instead to put out more infor
■nation on the weir and then ask for
public comment on the proposal
The Weir would lx- a cement apron
located in Willow Creek downstream
from Hager Dark More information
will appear later ir. the Gazette
Times
heard from Heppner resident
Marcia Anderson, who asked that
changes he made in swimming
lesson schedules so that young
swimmers would gain mori* benefit
from the lessons Anderson asked
that classes bo changed to allow for
advancement and that the water
temperature lie higher during the
youngsters lessons
approved an ordinance allowing
property owners to move a mobile
home onto |(l or residential proper
ty. if a mobile home had been
located on the property previously
Before passage of the ordinance
landowners weren’t allowed to re
place a mobile home on an K l zoned
lot
The placing of a new home
requires planning commission ap
proval. however
authorized the city manager to
advertise for gas bids for city
vehicles
hired Hu- following people to run
the swimming pool this summer
Margrel Kincaid pool manager.
Sandra Ward, senior lifeguard
Michelle Aaron and Dawn Palmer
junior lifeguards
Weed tour set for J une 11
A tour of the most serious noxious
weeds in Morrow County will tiegin
at I I Hi a m June II. with a hosted
lunch at the Willows Grange Hall in
lone
Bus transportation will lx- pro
v idl’d for the tour which will stop at
research Inals on yellow starthislle
diffuse knapweed, and spikeweed
Other tour stops w ill include
dalmation toadflax. Klamath weed,
goatgrass. Kussian knapweed
Scotch thistle, and many more
During the tour, there will tie a
weed identification contest for all
those interested, says Bob Costa
list Kxtension Agent (or Morrow
County
f irst, second and third
place prizes will tie awarded
Noxious weeds pose a serious
economic threat to Morrow County
Awareness is one of the ties!
weapons in the fight against these
weeds For more information on the
weed tour, contact the OSl' Fxten
sion Service in Heppner t it7fi 9M2 or
the Morrow County Weed Control
District (076M52)
Attic fire controlled by Fire Dept.
The Heppner Fire Dept respond
ed to an alarm at 6 55 Wednesday.
May 29
Three trucks and 21
firefighters responded to the blaze in
a trailer house owned by Norman
Paulus and rented by Chuck Wal
singham and Pat |,ovgren located on
Linden Way
They struggled to
control the fire for about an hour,
reports Fire Chief Forrie Burken
bine
The fire was believed to have
started in the area of the rhimqey.
and most of the roof had to be
removed to get at the fire, said
Burkenbine The chimney had been
installed properly, according to
code and had been inspected Cause
of the fire was undetermined as of
Monday. June :l
Extensive damage to the attic and
walls between the living and dining
rooms was estimated at $l2,ono
$14 non which Burkenbine said was
covered by insurance He reported
no loss to the furnishings
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Seniors graduate
High School graduation the (usi
saii i'bank escaped Sunday Mav 19
tug step in the lives of young people,
He ami McCaw lev who escaped with
happened Iasi weekend tor 41 sen
him allegedly entered the bank at
lor* at Heppner High School and
2 SO p m
Don Bristow who was
seven seniors at lone High School
w i' hing from Bristow s Market
Valedictorian Jell Ball told class
acr'is» Main Street from the Bank
m ates teachers and (riends at lone
reported that he called the Sheriff's
High School commencement ser
911 emergency numlier shortly after
vices Fridav May 11 that their
o h s r i v mg two men putting on masks
graduation was a beginning an
as they walked down the alley
opening of doors to their future
between Kietmann s Hardware and
expectations and beiause of their
the Hank
They were having
experiences at lone schools, they
trouble with their masks.' he said
could go forward with knowledge
Thev put them on. took them off
and confidence
Guest speaker
and seemed to have a problem "
Steve l.indslrom contended that the
Ttw Sheriff s office reports that
advantages o( attending the small
the first call to the 911 numlier came
school which be graduated troni 21
in very soon after the bank's robbery
years earlier outnumbered the dis
alarm sounded in their office
advantages Self confidence gained
i Ifficers from the sheriff's office, the
from friendship, or love of his
Oregon State Police, and Heppner
classmates and Ihe community and
l*ohce responded from all points of
not being aide to hide in Ihe masses
the counly
but to learn to s|ieak bis mind and
Dave Barnetl who was watching
defend his ideas topped his list of
from his service station across ihe
advantages
Green street from the hank reports
Six honor students addressed
that he dialed the sheriffs 911
friends teachers, tarinly and class
emergency number when he saw a
mates. Saturday. June t at H II S
man in dark clothes and a dark
commencement services
Their
mask enter the bank
He was
speeches dwelt on post experiences,
watching from Ihe office of the
their feelings at the present concern
station while (he man in dark
mg graduation and the possibilities
clothes whom he believed to be
which the future holds
Guest
Krehn went into the bank and waved
speaker. Courtney Kiser. The
a gun around
The other suspect
Dalle* reminisced with the class of
dressed in lighter colored blue
Ili atmui their experiences in his
clothes entered the bonk later
fifth glade class
He challenged
Barnett said that the dispatcher
them to achieve several things in
from Ihe Sheriff's Office urged him
their future, among them to read a
to stay on the line and continue to
book that they didn t have to read,
i |i ■scribe what he could see happen
and to help someone les s tortunate
ing inside the tiank
than themselves He concluded with
Bristow reported that the suspects
an Irish blessing (or the students,
left lone at the east end of Main
which ha* been a them* for their
Street and that another lone rest
senior year
»)*o bad seen skid marks on
Awa i ds prx-M
H < ! lie D ig 1'
Johnson grade reported that the
School commencement serv ice in
vehicle allegedly driven by the
eluded the Oregon School Fniploy
suspects was abandoned in that
ei-s Association Scholarship Kandy
area
McCain-
lone American Legion
The Sheriff's Office reports that
two Morrow County deputies located
the suspects vehicle abandoned near
lone and a tew minutes later Sheriff
Drago observed suspi-ct John Krebs
operating a while IlNtt Plymouth on
F.lla road North bound
Sheriff Drago reporls that he
pursued and stopped the v ehicle He
fired at the suspect vehicle when it
tru’d to back over him No one was
hit The vehicle then continued on
North with a second Morrow County
Deputy joining Ihe chase
As the
vehicles approached the Jumper
Canyon road and Bombing Range
road intersection a responding Ore
gun State Police Officer was able to
block the road
The suspect vehicle was stopped
at approximately 3 15 p m at a site
five air miles from the tiank
Other units converged and four
suspects were taken into custody
Arrested at the scene were
Sheri
Lynn Holtz. 22. lai Grande. Sandra
Mac belle Burgess. 14. Woodburn
Richard Glenn McCawley. 4*. State
Penitentiary, John VSilliam Krclis
:14, State Penitentiary, Salem
Also in the vehicle was an IH day
old baby belonging to Sheri Holtz
Sherill ivpartm enl reports that the
tiaby is in the custody of childrens
service division The suspects are
also suspects in at least two burg
lary's that occurred in Arlington on
Mas ■
All of the money taken in Ihe bank
robliery is believed to have lieen
recovered when a search warrant
Heppner graduates (atxive) and
was executed on the vehicle the
suspects were arrested iikconlmurs prepare to receive d iplom as
the Sheriff A gun was also recover
ed from Ihe vehicle
The gun is
tielieved to have tx-en the one used in
the tiank robbery
Sheriff Drago
received scrapes and bruises when
Ihe suspect vehicle backed into his
vehicle knocking him down
No
further injury s occurred
Gerald II Pierson, president of
Ihe Bank of Fastern Oregon, has
offered the following statement
"The employees at Ihe lone Branch
handled the robbery as well as could
be expected Any robliery is a scary
event and the threat to take hostages
made this robliery more tense
We re fortunate that the robbers
changed their nund at the last
moment and took no one We are
thankful to the people of lone who so
alertly contacted authorities and to
the enforcement officers who re
sponded so very quickly
The
ijeppner police and representatives
of the Sheriff's Department and
Highway patrol were on the way to
the Bank before the robbery was
completed < 'ooperation of the three
enforcement agencies resulted in
Ihe apprehension of the alleged
robbers in a little over an hour and it
appears that all of the stolen money
was recovered We are very thank
ful that no one was badly hurt during
the robbery and the subsequent
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Scholarship Paula Anderson Car
dmal Club Scholarship Jeff Ball and
Bands McCabe Blue Mountain
Community College tuition scholar
ship Mark Meyers Carl Troedson
scholarship Paula Anderson and
Kandy McCabe, Bill Gates Sr Ath
leie award Bandy McCabe. Saluta
torian award Mark Meyers and Val
edictonan award Jell Ball
Awards presented at the Heppner
High School commencement serv ice
included Blue Mountain Cominun
ilv College Tuition Waivers Avenlle
Punter and Fllen Ubogust, B M C
C Nelson Memorial Steve Currin,
Charles Kyd Slephi Payne. Ameri
can U-gioit Slephi Payne Kinzua
Nancy M artin, Oregon Scholars
Stephanie Payne and Renee Strulh
ers
Monkey M em o ria l Janelle
McFlhany Jim Barrett Stephanie
Payne Columbia Basin Stephanie
Payne and Sieve Currin. I S Army
Reserve Scholar Athlete Award Ste
phallic Payne Lions Vo Tech Nell
Frederick Kent Klukkert Bridged
Greenup Im p ro vem en t Aw ard
Vicki McDaniel
Morrow County
educational AssociadonJodi Mat
lison Soroplimist Citizenship Jodi
Padtierg and Joe Jemniett. Sorop
lin iis t Aeademie Janelle Mi Flhany .
Noroptimisl Vo T it h Avenlle Pan
ter Pioneer Hospital-Judy Padherg
Stephanie Payne. Avenlle Panler
and Jennifer Hughes. F.lks Most
\ aluable Students J in I i Padtierg amt
Joe Jemniett, Slephi Payne and
Mike Bergstrom. Renee Struthers.
and Steve Currin. Linfield Honors
Renee Struthers. Degree of Honor
Protective Association Mike Berg
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Oregon School Fniployeeit
Association Mike Bergstrom. W il
lamette Recognition Scholar Slepfi
at.w r\y tW ; Tr. c tls.on'<< hotai t.iup*
Kelli Bergstrom
Slephi Payne.
Mike Bergstrom. Sheila Coe Wanda
Riley Trisha Mahoney Hence Stru
Itieis Jodi Madison. Jodi P.idlMTg
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