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Morrow County’s Home Owned Newspaper
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contest in baby deaths
The Heppner
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10 P a t i n
Getting ready for fair
Paula Anderson. 22, of Heppner.
entered “ no contest" pleas to two
counts of criminally ncgligcm
homicide Monday in connection
with the deaths to her two infants
The no contest pleas, which base
the same legal effect as a guilty plea,
were entered before Morrow Coun
ty Circuit Court Judge Robert
Abrams in Pendleton In return for
Anderson's pleas to the homicide
charges, charges of Abuse of Cor
pse and Concealing the Birth of an
Infant in both cases were dismissed
In addition, the State agreed to
recommend no .Kidition.il jail 1 1 nse
other than the ti*ur months she has
already served in the Benton Coun
tv Jail, six years prohatHin. the max
imum amount allowed under Oregon
law, intensive therapy and treatment
as part of the probation, and
monitoring tor pregnancy at least
every three months
What we re trying to do here."
xjyv Morrow County District At
torney Jell Wallace, "is to protect
any future children which she might
base "
"O ne ot the factors leading to the
negotiated plea." says Wallace, “ is
that the Slate did not have conclusive
medical evidence that the children
were actually horn alisc We would
have hail to prove that by o r
cutmtaniial evidence."
The body of ihe first inlant was
discovered in a Heppner apattim*nt
by the Heppner Police Department
on February 15. 19X9 Ihat baby
was apparently bom January 29. and
ihe body was moved several times
before being taken to the apariim*nt
where it was discovered
The skeletal remains of a second
infant were found in the closet o f a
bedroom previously occupied by
Paula Anderson at her grand
mother's home in lone Those re
mains were discovered by Heppner
Police and the Oregon State Police
Crime l-ah on March 2
The lone intani was apparently
horn May, I9H7. and "set asKie" by
Anderson Anderson was arrested on
March 13 following her release fn*«n
Char Coe and Kelsie Evans clean up the sheep barns ir preparation for Wednesday 's opening
day of the 1989 Morrow • our'y i
,, t r,
, o ( ntng of the county fair means five days
of fun and excitement
Sewer rate
effective for
August
In the election of May I6. I9KO.
voters in the City of Heppner ap
proved a measure to authorize the 11
ty to issue General (Ibligaiion Bonds
in an amount not »exceed S625.000
to improve and rehabilitate the city
sewerage collection system anil tin-
city sewerage treatment plan, the
construction of additional sewerage
treatment facilities and ihe acqmsi
tK>n of property The bonds will
mature over a period ot twenty
years These bonds will be repaid hy
users fees of the city sewer system
Therefore this notice is to advise
users that the additional fee of V<
per unit will begin on the August
billing
Petitions presented for
recall of hoard members
Morrow County Clerk, Barbara
Blimlswurth gave notice to two
Morrow County School Board
members that petitions had been
turned in to her office to recall them
from their positions on the hoard
Ih e ap p ro p riate num ber of
signatures had been turned in for
these two hoard members
Marcia Kemp and Bill Doherty
were notified that they had five days
to resign from the hoard or submit
a 200 word rebuttal lor ihe charges
presented against them
An election will he held
September 19, along with the regular
election, for ihe recall of Kemp and
Ikihcrty It defeated at this time,
they will lx- removed from the
hoard
When contacted. Marcia Kemp
replied. "I will not resign from the
school board, (bun will face recall
election on September 19 " Mm
row County voters elected me ami
they will decide whether I remain or
not " "I will not succumb to Ihe
wishes of the oik ’ s who sigiK-d the
recall petition without letting the
people I represent have a choice
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Case unique to Oregon law
According to Morrow County
District Attorney. Jeff Wallace, the
legal issues presented in the Paula
Anders«>n case are unique to Oregon
law The primary problem is that
due to ihe condition ot the intant re
mains, the Slate has no conclusive
medical evidence to prove whether
ihe apparent lull term inlanls were
liveborn or stillborn
Oregon law requires that the pro
secution prove, hevond a reasonable
doubt, that the infants were horn
alise. says Wallace I sen it the case
had gone to trial and a conviction
had been obtained, a reversal on ap
[val was a very sirong |*ossibility A
no contest plea avoids that appeal
and has the sank- efleet as a guilty
plea
In arriving at the negotiated plea
in the Anderson caw. Wallace goes
on to explain, experts in the held at
the Multnomah County District At
torney's office and the Kempe
Center tor Child Abuse Prosecution
in Denver were consulted All fell,
given the slate of the es idence in this
unique case, that (his was the best
jmssihle course
Stuart
Dick
the Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Court will he spotting a
s | k * i ial new look tor tin- parade this
ycai Silk llowcr arrangements have
been donated to the court by the Hill
(«entry .»no ihe Alvin Axhheck
families The Bowers were created
through the eltotts and donated labor
ot Cindy Schmidt of Country Rose
Die flowers are bright fusehia in
color with light pink and baby breath
accented with metallic silver ribbon
I ook for the girls in ihe purade'
Special treat
Q ueen finds tim e for
her anim als
N j i k v B a ilo , v o m ite s i ilnlil ot
Dwight ami Jancll Hailcy ol Hcpp
ikt isthis year's queen ot thè Mor
row CiHintv I .nr ami Risico \ |9xo
graduale ol Heppner. Nancy will tx'
■ittenduig Blue Mountain Communi
ly College this (all lo nia|or in Ag
Marketing
Ibis Minime! in addilion lo ber
heasy schedule ol court ap
pearames Nancy has been working
on sevcr.il area ramhes lor h.ovest
For one monili she worked lor
Wagon Irail Farins and Jim kluk
kett rebuilding siiklc hars lor ioni
hines and ile.inmg ami rnnning lite
grani elevano She wdl .liso lx-
working lor ber lathcr dunng wheat
harvest .nid having -cuson During
her free iiiik - tjiieen Nancy will be
preparing her sheep ami cattle tor the
l.ur
N a n o 's most memorable event
ibis summer was the Rose Paratie
“ I would like to thank everyone who
hcl|x-d us lo gel lo Portland wiihoul
sour help we would have never
nude il there ( hn ( 'ourl ( 'haperonc.
Marlene Curnn has done a great
loh with us this year keeping us in
line anil on urne Hunk you
See (Jiieen Nam y and the rest ot
ihe 19X9 Morrow County lair and
Rodeo Court from August 16 20 at
the fairgrounds m Heppner
"A special singing attraction has
been added to enhance this year's
fair". says Fair secretary. Marlene
Curnn "We were very lucky to get
this group at the last minute
Ihe group called "Gabriel is
troni Buttalo. New York the other
tour members of the group come
from the Nashville, lenii area
I hey will he playing Sunday
August 20 on the outdoor stage at the
fairgrounds beginning at 4 p m and
play about an hour
I Ins inusu al group plays Cixmtrv
ami Western music with a little
Countrv Rock A Billy thrown in
"G abriel" has pisi finished an
overseas tout will» I mmilou Harris
I hev have had live chart buster
records in the Country lop 10
" G a b rie l" h a s com posed a
number of songs, one of which he
sold lo the Oakridge Bovs ami will
lx- recorded this tall He also sold
one of his songs to George Siraii
Ibis is ,i special showing. I
would like lo invile everyone to
come out Sundav and see this great
group", says Curnn. "we were very
lucky to get them"
Market
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Lett to riaht Bill S heirbon, S teve Lankford. Linda Dunaway. Glen A nderson. J a c k ie B e rg s tro m
New pagers for the Lexington
EMTs will mean faster response
ume for emergencies, says members
of the Morrow County Medical
Board which purchased the new
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This ties them into the 9 1 1
and the hospital which means
quicker ambulance response time.'
say» Ernest Wick, county health
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administrator
Wick says the pagers will mean
lxxm gton's new rescue vehicle will
arrive on the scene of an accident
sooner, stabilizing a victim tor when
the ambulance arrives
“ In an accident a few minutes can
mean saving somconcs life, says
Jackie Bergstrom, chairman of the
medical board which presented the
new pagers
Ixxington recently received a
rescue vehicle through the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital The vehicle will
carry equipment to stabilize victims
and will cover Ixxington and halt
way to Heppner and lone
Ixxington has six certified I M I \
f- M I s must spend a minimum ot
120 classroom hours to be qualified
LOANS FOR LIVING
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Nancy Bailey
Charlie Sumner and E rnest Wick PMH Administrator Not pictured is Ralph DeBoer
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N ew pagers m ean q u ick resp on se
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As to sentencing. Wallace con
tinues,there is strong psychiatric
ev idence to support the idea that pro
hation with extensive therapy, com
hmed with extensive monitoring, iv
in the best long term interest of all
parties A defense psychiatrist who
is well respected in the field. Dr
Norman Janzer, concluded that the
Defendant is suffering from a men
tal disease or defect A State
psychiatrist from the Oregon State
Hospital concluded that she is sul
lering from a personality disorder,
but not to the extent that she couldn't
appreciate the criminality of her con
duct (She's not legally "insane") II
the IX'fendant had been tound guil
ty. but insaiK-. la very real possibility
given the factual background), she
would have been committed to the
Oregon State Hospital Since State
Hospital doctors have already decid
ed that she is not “ insane", the
defendant will probably receive
more intensive thcreapy. treatment
anil monitoring on probation thun
she would at the State llospoital If
probation is violated, that probation
could then be revoked and a sentence
ot tail tunc imposed
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Court has added new look
< Machine and parent assistance is
needed Contact
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registration
is underway
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Registration tor the youth soccer
program tor under tens and under
eights (as of January I ) will be held
! at the Columbia Basin Conference
room from 7 K p m
fhursday.
August 17
There will he a limit of fifteen
players per team Practices will be
week days at the Ixxington field
(time to be announced later)
Uniforms and equipment will be pro
vided by ihe Heppner Basketball
Alumni Association
There is a fifteen dollar registra
tion tee that covers insurance S«x
ecr matches will he in Hcrrfuston and
Ixxington
a Pendleton hospital, and lodged in
the Benton County Jail She was held
there until she was released on her
own recognizance hy Judge Abrams
following a hearing in mid June
Judge Abrams ordered that a pre
sentence in v e stig a te be completed
on A nderson, and that her
recognizance release be continued
pending sentencing Sentencing was
set lor September 25 in Heppner
“ Because of the inconclusive
nature of the medical evidence, this
case- presented legal issues unique to
Oregon law ," says Wallace “ Our
main thrust, obviously, is to protect
any future children and monitor
closely any pregnancies."
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