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IM O - The H rppnrr l . j i r l l r lin ir s llrp p nri O r r gun Wrdni- »ilav. J u n e 5. i m i Police «ir welcome sight itti 1 O’ ” The Official Nr w spjprr of the City of Heppner and the County of Morro« To the Kditor It « a t a welcome sight to nee the first police car arrive in lone fo| lowing the Ma> 9 robtn-ry of the Hank of Kaslern Oregon A call was made to the t i l emergent) number as the robber* a err entering the banh and then the "long wait began The long w ait" turned out to be a very short time The first sheriffs deputy arrived followed b) the Heppner City Police and O S P in what must have been a record time GAZETTE-TIMES Nun« ( • « a l l , • H u axr-O w a.4 » . . k l « USPS 240 420 I'uhtUhed ever) M rfnetda« and entered a» im a d r la u matter at the l'o *l Office at Hrppnrr. O re |M under the Krt of March 1. 1*7» Srcond ( lax* poslagr paid al Hrppnrr OrrKon D fflrr al 147 Wrxl Willow Street Telephone <M3> lit - R Z I \ddre«v rommunlcale* to the lleppner G a irtlr Time*. I* I) Ho« 137. Hrppnrr . Orrgun *7XM Hub*«rlplionv l l I In Morrow. I matllla W heeler ft <■11110111 countle*. I l l r ltr w h r r r I ileen Sallng Office Manager Sand) H oili Nrwxpaprr Editor Marrv Hacon Graphic« llepartmenl I »erme Kennrdv To the Kditor During the hank robbery in lone on May 29 the Heppner City Police Department was asked to assist the Morrow County Sheriff s Depart menl The City Police Oregon Stale l*olice and the Sheriff s Department are always prepared and expected to assist each other »hen the Returner Cilv patrol car and officer on duly went to lone last Wednesday officer Hinghom and I T yp rxrllrr Letters to the Editor Concerned about emergency speeding exceeded the speed lim it at a high rale One such incidence happened last summer when la-xinglon cele brated the county centennial, a police car drove through town at a high rate of speed The town was tilled with residents young and old enjoying games ami activities In contrast ambulances with patient* in a lift- and death situation only exceed Ihe speed lim it by III miles in accordance with Ihe law We are asking all law official* to please slow down and drive care fully before a tragedy k ill* or injure* one of our children or resident* Signed t'oncerned Citizens ofla-xingfnn Mr amt Mrs Kay I’ apineau Candy (•all's Kenny Oates Mr and Mr* Wayne I ’apim-au Mr and Mr* Morris MrCarl lamia Jones Mr and Mr* John Tillechca Cherry Webber Mr and Mr* John Hippie Mr and Mrs Joe Yocom Jack Yocom Mr and Mr* Mark f ’oihter Charlene K I ’apineau K u ril. I’ upineau Mr and Mrs Oary | l Munkers Mi and M ii \i B ran II t armen l/xtslie Crystal I’apineau 1/Irene i ’apineau Marion Hoinnsoti Sharon Schoonover laiurem e Schoonov cr Co-operation of law enforcement agencies To the Kditor Tins letter is in reference to the armed robbery of the Hank of Kaslern Oregon on the afternoon of May 29 I was on duly for Ihe (Tty of Heppner when the call came in I checked with the Morrow County Sheriff's dispatcher and was told of the situation and that tny assistance w as needed All units in Ihe area were being pressed into service Morrow County Sheriff Dept . Oregon Stale Police. Boardrnan P D . Irrigon I* D . Arlington and Heppner P D I will not go into further detail of this tieeause Ihe case is still pending I w ill add Ihe following infor mat ion for the benefit of the citizens of Heppner. la-xington. and lone ( I I Heppner Police Department has a mutual aid agreement with sheriff's department llnder this agreement, we provide assistance to each other wher misled III Just b«i.i.use we are a municipal police, our authority does not end at the city lim its We have police powers withing Ihe houndries of the Stale of Oregon (3) When I left town on the afternoon of May 29. Chief Hathhun came on duly and Officer Hmghaiu was at his residence on standby alert Thus, the City of Heppner was not left unprotected It no one had been able to take over. I would not have left Ihe clly I believe this quick response trom all police agencies was crrtainly instrumental in the apprehension and capture of those involved I know rnanv citizens of lone join me in saying thanks lo the City of Heppnrr which spared an officer done A special thanks to the ( ity of Heppner which spared an officer to come lo our aid and to Sheriff Roy Dr ago who »pejrheaded Ihe capture at great personal risk lo himself is) Don Bristow lone. Oregon Needed to assist Davit) und April Syke«. Publishers To the Kditor l.asl Wednesday, local police officers sped through our town of la'xtngton at an extreme rate of speed The authorities wiere re sponding to the hank robbery in lone laiw officials please hear our plea slow down before someone is in lured, Ihe Department of Motor Vehicles statue No 4H7075 state** a driver of an emergency vehicle can exceed the designated speed lim it *o long as he does not endanger persons or property At the lime of this incident Ihe road was not ideal road conditions a* it was slick from a recent rainfall during the day (a-xington i* a small town with lots of traffic especially heavy semi trucks carrying wood chips, lumber, log*, wheal, petroleum products and other carrying heavy freight At any lim e these trucks travel through town at the posted s|>ecd of :» miles per hour This fa d combined with Ihe fa d that school busies meet at different locations in town with children walking and riding bicycle* to and from these busses If ihe (tank robbery had happened just one hour later these children would have been getting off •he busses and crossing the highway heading home Thi* incident isn I Ihe only lime law- official* have sped through town Many times they have Sheriff’s Report (4' As (or a few uninformed citizen s of la'xmglon who are com plaining about the speed of the patrol vehicles going through la-x ington. those police officers were responding to an emergency situ alum where tune was of the essence They are trained professionals who know how to handle a patrol vehicle at high sjMi'ds iS> Do not criticize your law enforcement officials, unless you know what you are talking about We have operating procedures that we cannot divulge, because both honest and no so honest would know and that would defeat our purpose i d If you have any questions, you can contact me at lleppner City Hall ami I w ill be available to talk to you i l l MerleG Cowell Assistant Chief Heppner City P D were on standby in Heppner o f course you realize, the first concern of the Heppner Police Ik-partmenl I* the City of Heppner II there was no officer to standby, the car would not have gone I would like to add that I think Ihe Sheriff * Department did an ex cel lent job 's ' Chief Douglas C Hathhun Heppner City Police To the Kditor I want to publicly compliment Morrow County Sheriff Hoy Drago and all County. Stale, and Heppner City Police officers for a job well done These men w or k ill on the apprehension of the robbers of Ihe Hank of Kaslern Oregon in lone In approximately one hour and 10 minutes the suspects were in custody I listened on the police radio in our office at City Hall while Sherill Drago efficiently directed the chase His voice was marked with strain Another person who did a tirsi rate job is Hila Hill who was dispatching from the Courthouse Her voice remained calm which must have given a feeling of support to the officer* in their car* in the country »Ille Justice Court The Morrow Counly S heriff s office at the Morrow Coxznty Court house in Heppner reports handling of dispatching the following bust ness during the past week On May He Heppner Kire Dept responded to a mobile home lire on tanden Wjy at 6 Id p in On May 30. a Heppner ambulance and the Heppner Police liept re sponded to an accident and trans ported a voung man with an injury to Pioneer M em orial Hospital in lleppner The injury was allegedly caused when he was thrown from a horse On Mav Jl, the Morrow Counly Sheriff * O ffice ihe Hoardrnan l*»lice Department cooperated in the arrest of K»bbie D Hagen. 32. Hoardrnan on t h.irge* of \csault IV and Menat mg He was lodged at the Umatilla City Jail Also on Wednesday. May j*4 the local law enforcement agencies cooperated under the direction of Morrow Countv Sheriff Kov Drago in the arrests of Sheri Lynn Holtz. 22 La Grande Sandra M achelle Hurgess 14. Woodtiurn Hu tu rd Glenn Met aw ley 4», Oregon Stale Penitentiary Salem, and John William Krehs. 14 Oregon State Penitentiary. Salem, following a Compliments Sheriff’s Dept. When all wa* well I heard the Sheriff ask Ihe dispatcher to call hi* residence and tell them he would lie a little late All m a days work. I guess I would also like for the citizens of Heppner to know that during emergencies our city patrol car and the officer on duty have certain duties to perform that may be outside the city limits At these tim es other city o ffice rs are standing by in Heppner and with no compensation I might add In Ihe event that therr would not la- an officer lo stand by. then our patrol car and officer would remain in Heppner Show your appreciation Wave at an officer today is - Mary Jean McCabe Heppner Oregon Heppner Police Report D .A .’s Report robbery at the lone Branch of the Hank of Kastem Oregon Hospital Notes Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner reports a d n n tlin g and discharging the following patients during the past two week* Dana Urowl. Heppner admitted May Til discharged May 75 Lincoln Nash Hi ppner admitted May 20 . discharged May 22 Douglas Dubuque. Heppner admitlcd May 2u, discharged May 21. Della McCurdy. Heppner ad m illed May 21 ». discharged May 26. Jackie Mikesell Heppner ad milted May 21. discharged May 22. taiwell Jones. Heppner admitted May 21. discharged May 22 and Madge Thomson. Heppner ad nutted May 31, discharged June I The Morrow County D is tric t Attorney s office al the Morrow County Courthouse in lleppner reports handling the following bust ness during the past week Patrick Verdell Krnkson. is Irri gon. arraigned May JS on i barges of Minor in Possession of Alcohol and two counts of Driving While Sus pended Bernard Trujillo. (H. Huardtnan. arraigned Mav 7H on a charge of Driving While Under the Influence of Intoxicants John Krebs 35, Slate Peniten tiary. Salem was arraigned May 31 on charges of Attempted Murder Assaulting a Public Safely Officer. Kx Convict in Possession of a Kire- arm, possession of a Kirearm by an Inm ate of a Penal In s titu tio n . I «authorized I so of a Motor Vehicle. Burglary I and Kobbery I Richard Glenn McCawley. 46 Oregon State Penitentiary. Salem, wa* also arraign)*) May 31 on charges of A ttem pted M urder. Assaulting a Public Safety Officer. Kx Convict in Possession of a Kire arm. Possession of a Firearm by an Inm ate of a Penal In s titu tio n Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. Burglary I and Kobbery I Kobbie Dean Hagen. 29. was arraigned May 31 on charges of Assault IV and Menacing Oops. A story atsiut the Pioneer Picnic in last wix-k s Gazette Tillies contained an incorrect spelling of K dith Tinker Casi le » name She won the prize for Ihe traveling the second farthest lo attend the picnic The Gazette Times regrets the error A story in last week s Gazette Times which named the top scholars graduating from Heppner and lone schools contained an error Hem*- Stulhers is the daughter of Mr and M r* Kd S truthers, Heppner and Jodi Padberg, Ihe daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Padberg, l/'xm glon Somehow the type gremlins got in and snatched a row of type from the copy ready for pi ml The Gazette Times regrets the error Justiee Court at ihe Morrow County ( «urthouse in Heppner re port* handlmg Ihe Mlowing liusi The Heppner Police Department ness iluring Ihe past w e r k reports issuing the following cita Tracev I.ynn Moore lh*rmi*'on turns during the month of May Illegal T Turn. 115 Ime two citations for Driving Under the Judith Ann Towne, He ml Kx Influence of Intoxicants eissling Ihe Maximum Speed 65 two citations for Driving While mph in a 55 mph Zone SI3 fine Suspended Mathew Charles McKlligotl. lone Two citations and live warnings for with rrim in a l negligence Angling Speeding Prohibiled Area Io wit t lose three citations and four warnings Stream Tut fine for Turning laine Joseph P Mi K lligolt, lone wdh^ Usage rrim inal negligence Angling Pro- one citation for Other Moving hlhited Area to w it Closed Stream Violations TW fine x»ne citation and five warnings for Donal Kotiert Kindsfallier, la-x other License Violations mglon Kxeeeding Maximum Speed • 65 mph in .i > > mph /one $2i> ball eight warnings (or Kquipmenl (orfeiled \ Dilations la»uis A Carlson. lone Kxpired two warning* for Parking Vio Vehicle larense. Tu fine la lions one citation on an Arrest War rant The Heppner Police handled the follow ing business during the - N « * «J. _ r month four False Alarms, one Thelt I. one Found Properly One Trexor t urti* Ithra a vm Trevor Careless Driving one Mental Hold was lo rn at Pioneer Memorial Hos onx* Assault on a Police Officer one ptlal May to to Steven and Molly Thelt II four Motorist Assists, two Khea of la-xinglon He weighed K dog complaints, four Courteous pounds Driving Awards two traffic acci Grandparents are Gene and Kay Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Vice President Hirdine Tulhs dents two prowler calls and one Hit Pierce lleppner and Mildred and - right i shows Pettyjohn family the chamber's appreciation for work done on and Hun Carl Khea lleim iston The Heppner Police Dept assisted the family s larm and building supply store iq Heppner Tlie Chamber's colorful sign saying Congratulations we're proud of you" other local law enforcement agencies on in occasions during the will I d - displayed in front of Pettyjohn Farm ft Builders Supply store to show applet lation for renitNlt-ling work and the addition of a Radio Shack outlet, month at the store anyone can call tor a transport by We want them lo know the Chamber appreciates their continued phoning 5«3 776 1234. also important improvements of their business and the added product line It's good for to remember is that the dispatcher Heppner s business." said Tullis when answering will ask questions la-ft to right is Larry. Howard and Jo Pettyjohn The sign is moved by the such a* the location of the accident chamber around town to honor various businesses An informational meeting lo dis and condition of the patient This cuss the extent of Ihe grasshopper information is needed to dispatch the proper medical materials and piohlem in Morrow ( ounty is exercises, reports a Wo.M news lain F l.ongway Vince of lone la a release attendants in the helicopter to tiest scheduled lor Friday June 7 at 7 candidate for a Master of Science p in at Ihe Morrow ( ounty Fair (it Ihe needs of Ihe particular degree in Film alum at the annual patient grounds spring commencement at Western Dick Jackson, stale of Oregon The administrator Craig Manly, A bridal shower for l>ebbi John litegun Mate College in Monmouth. Fnlotnologist. has been in Morrow is completing his first full year as June 15 The college w ill confer 142 son. bride-elect of Terry Starr, w ill mologist ha* tieen in Morrow the only paid staff of Lifeguard master s degrees and 4t>7 bachelor s be held Friday. June 7, at 7 30 p tn County for three days surveying Ihe Craig has spent many endless days degrees al the commencement at the lone United Church of Christ situation He will present the result* working with area hospitals, staff Kveryone is welcome to attend fo the survey and discus* the option* phvscian*. and city and county available to growers governments seeking a solution to common needs in medical transport service for residents of Kasiern t tregon This is your service loo Servicing most of Kaslern Oregon Morrow A reunion lor the community of County should lie very proud to join Kinrua has ta*-n scheduled lor June G rant. Wallowa, and U m a tilla 15 beginning at H a in at the Isobell counties Lifeguard i* a very unique Fdwards Hall in Fossil Then- w ill medical transport service tie a pot luck dinner Thank you for your support Reunions lor the classes of 1955 Sincerely through I960 are also scheduled for 's i Peter W Slocum ihe day All other alumni are Ldeguard Hoard Memlier welcome concluded a spokesperson Make your gift to him a special one. See Hertniston for the reunion thi* exquisite gold jewelry, ft ftwv-v Birilli s Chamber honors Pettyjohns Unselfish support gratifying To the Kditor It's most gratifying indeed, that Morrow County residents so unself ishly supported the areas K m rr geticy Medical Transport Service known as Lifeguard This much needed service was designed for emergency transport from accident scenes and has expanded to enter gene y hospital transfers for the critically ill and injured patients What should la- remembered is that 4 W S \^ KIDS COME T O V A C A TIO N BIBLE SCHOOL A N D TAK E A WEEK Entomologist to tell survey results lone woman to receive M.S. Bridal shower slated r Kinzua reunion slated L O N G TRIP THRU THE Fathers ARE i ) o HEPPNER N A ARENE CHURCH JUN E 1 0 - 1 4 9 :3 0 -11:30 a.m.* ♦ Rides 676-3329 r » SPECIAL handcrafted of yellow, pale green and rose gold. Choose from many beautiful designs in a wide range of prices. Mary & Robert Kilkenny and Peggy Zimmer Jack Reid •ft 13 inviie all friends and relaiives io ihe wedding reception of their Children -W 1 *t SO & Kellie Ma he Ha mmond and Matthew Glenn Reid 14 Saturday. June 15. 1985 !:! L( 3 to 5 P. M. Heppner Elks Club y { Created by Stamper GENUINE Black Hills Gold Jewelry Company. J Peterson A* 47» I H t ■ \ i
