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FOUR - Heppner GaiHteTbiws, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 27, 1991 arrested Robert Daryl Cate, Jr., 19, Irrigon, for Burglary I and Theft I The Official Newspaper of the charges. Cate was transported and j —= s City of Heppner and the lodged at Benton County Jail. County of Morrow February 21: Morrow County J O N PA Sheriff s office dispatched the Fossil = The Heppner ambulance to the Asher Clinic for a transport; Morrow County Sheriff s office Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper dispatched the Boardman ambulance to Riverside High School. One U S P S 240-420 female with an unknown injury was Published every Wednesday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppoer. Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid transported to Good Shepherd at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 West WUlow Street. TeleplMne (503) 676-9228. Hospital; \ddress communications to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Hepp Morrow County deputy assisted a ner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $15 In Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant citizen with an animal problem; Counties; $23 elsewhere. Morrow County deputy assisted Joyce H ughes............................................................Office Manager. Typesetting the Boardman Police department April Sykes ........................................................................................... News Editor Carol Atherly .......................................................................Graphics Department with a report of an unknown subject Becky E v a n s.........................................................................Graphics Department near the grade school; Monique P a r r e t...................................................................................... Distribution Morrow County Sheriffs office Penni Keersemaker........................................................................................Bindery dispatched the Fossil ambulance to Bob S m ith ........................................................................................................Printer a residence in Fossil; no transport; Morrow County Sheriffs office David and April Svkes. Publishers dispatched the Heppner Fire depart ment to an alarm at Heppner Junior High. Alarm turned out to be false; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Condon ambulance to the clinic in Condon. One patient was transported to Mid Columbia in The Dalles; To the Editor: Morrow County Sheriffs office The search is on for the Judges received a polite and subdued ap arrested Toby Dale Rodriguez, 19, who were used to decide the winner plause, one you might hear at a Boardman, on a Circuit Court Pro of the halftime entertainment award memorial service. The Heppner bation Violation for Forgery I. at the District 7 basketball tourna dance team received the biggest, best Rodriguez was lodged at Benton Jail; ment held in Pendleton over the and most sustained ovation I’ve ever Morrow County deputy respond heard for a halftime performance ed to the Irrigon area to investigate weekend. I want to catch up to them to ask and all of the schools and spectators a small child reported missing. Child them on what basis the award was in attendance joined in for the spon was located and OK; given. At the risk of being too sar taneous applause. Morrow County Sheriffs office What a shame that the efforts of dispatched the Arlington ambulance castic, let’s think about the possible all of the members of the Heppner to the Arlington Fire Hall. One criteria. Originality? The winners did a dance team and advisor Michelle female was transported to Good stale old jig with boys dressed up in Warburton weren’t rewarded. Shepherd Hospital with an unknown To the Heppner Dance Team, skits and boring Scottish music. The illness; Heppner dance team did a fresh and thanks for the great halftime enter Morrow County deputy respond original dance routine, including tainment throughout the year. You ed to the Irrigon area to locate a boys that performed well with the really are winners. missing animal. Horse was located; (s) George Koffler girls. Morrow County Sheriffs office Heppner Crowd response? The winners dispatched the Fossil ambulance to the Asher Clinic. An 80 year old male was transported to The Dalles. February 22: Morrow County deputy responded to Taggares Jerry H. Brosnan ving with the military in Saudi Farms, Boardman, to a report of Jerry H. Brosnan, 81. of Heppner, Arabia; a daughter Theresa burglary. Damages and losses ap died Monday, Feb. 25, 1991 at Brassfield of Boise; brother, Lester proximated at $6,700. Investigation Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Hansen of McArthur, Calif.; sister, is continuing; Heppner. Linda Bisbee of Crescent and four Morrow County deputy cited and Recitation of the rosary will be grandchildren. released Kurt Lee Cate, 22, Irrigon, 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Memorial contributions may be for Driving While Suspended Church in Heppner. Funeral Mass made to the Vange John Memorial Infraction; will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Hospice, Rox 306 Hermiston. Morrow County deputy cited and Patrick’s Chruch. Concluding ser Bums Mortuary, Hermiston, was in released Kristine Lee Fields, 26, Ir vice and burial will be at the Hepp charge of arrangements. rigon, for Driving While Suspend ner Masonic Cemetery. ed Infraction; Mr. Brosnan was born Aug. 19. Morrow County Sheriffs office 1909 at Heppner to John and Zetta dispatched the Lexington EMTs, Hager Brosnan, pioneer Butter The Morrow County Sheriff s lone Fire department, Heppner Am Creek ranchers. He attended department at the courthouse in bulance to a one vehicle accident on elementary school at Lena and at Heppner reports dispatching the Hwy 206, mile post 15. Two males tended Heppner High School. following business during the past were transported to Good Shepherd On March 28, 1936, he married Hospital with unknown injuries. week: Marian J. Good, at Hermiston. The February 23: Morrow County February 19: Morrow County couple moved to the family’s Butter Sheriff s office paged the Boardman deputies responded to a location on Creek ranch. Mr. Brosnan retired in ambulance to the clinic for a patient Wilson Road in Boardman to assist 1974. with an illness. There was no Boardman Police department; He was a member of the Morrow M orrow County deputy in transport; County Cattleman’s Association and Morrow County deputy respond vestigated a report of a stolen vehi St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. ed to Irrigon for a suspicious cir cle in the Boardman area. Vehicle Survivors include his wife, at the cumstance at a residence. Problem belonged to Jose Pacheco, Board- home; sons, John of Hubbard, Ed man. Amount of value was not was resolved; dy of Heppner and Daniel of Salem; Morrow County deputy respond available; daughter, Joann Wister of Portland; Morrow County Sheriffs office ed to an Irrigon business for a brother, Joseph of Little Rock, Ark.. suspicious circumstance. Problem arrested Ignacio Navarro, 23, 14 grandchildren and three Boardman, for unauthorized use of was resolved; great-grandchildren. Morrow County deputy respond a motor vehicle. Navarro was lodg Memorial contributions may be ed to the Irrigon area for a possible ed at Benton County Jail. The vehi made to the charity of donor’s cle located was the same one that had burglary. Call was unfounded; choice. Morrow County deputy respond been reported stolen earlier; Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, is in Morrow County Sheriff s office ed to the Irrigon area for a report of charge of arrangements. a neighborhood problem. Problem dispatched Airlife to meet the Con don ambulance for a transport. One was solved. Richard Hansen Graveside services for Richard February 20: Morrow County 27 year old female was transported Payton Hansen were held at deputy responded to the Irrigon area to St. Anthony Hospital in Willamette National Cemetery in for a complaint from a citizen on a Pendleton; Morrow County deputies assisted Portland Wed., February 20, 1991. suspicious circumstance; Mr. Hansen, 74, of Boardman, Morrow County Sheriffs office Boardman Police department with a died Sunday, Feb. 17, 1991 at Good dispatched the Mitchell ambulance to report of a family dispute on Wilson Shepherd Community Hospital. a vehicle accident on Hwy. 26, mile Road, Boardman; Morrow County deputy respond He was bom Nov. 27, 1916 at post 51.5. One subject was ed to the lone area for a report of Paradise. Calif, and had been a resi transported to Prineville; reckless driving. Investigations are dent of Boardman for the past year. Morrow County deputy respond He served with the U.S. Air Force ed to the Irrigon area for a continuing; during World War II and remained Morrow County deputy respond neighborhood disturbance. Problem ed to the lone area to take a report in the service for 20 years. He was was taken care of; a member of the Veterans of Foreign Morrow County deputy respond of a stolen battery from Herb Peter Wars Post 4095 of Olivehurst, Calif. ed to the Lexington area to take a son. Battery was valued at $60; Survivors include his wife, Morrow County Sheriffs office complaint on a neighborhood distur Dorothy, of Boise, Idaho; sons dispatched the Boardman ambulance bance. Problem was solved; Charles of Boardman and Louis, ser- Morrow County Sheriffs office to a Boardman residence. One male GAZETTE-TIMES Letters to the Editor Looking for the judges Obituaries Sheriff’s Report was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital with an unknown illness; Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Irrigon area for a noise complaint; Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Boardman area for an animal complaint. February 24: Morrow County deputy arrested Dean C. Anderson, 30, Boardman for an animal at large. Anderson was cited and released; Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Heppner area to assist with an overdue persons report. Subject was located; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Mitchell ambulance to Anton Ranch, Mitchell. One person was transported by Airlife with an unknown illness; Morrow County deputy respond ed to Slaughterhouse Canyon for a motor vehicle accident One subject was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Boardman ambulance to a motor vehicle accident on 1-84 mile post 160. One person was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital with unknown injuries. February 25: Morrow County deputy responded to Lamb Weston Inc. to investigate a report of a possi ble harassment complaint. Matter was referred to appropriate agency; Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Wilson Trailer Court in Ir rigon for a neighborhood disturbance; Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Gunderson residence in Ir rigon to a report of theft. Items taken and value have not been determin ed. Investigation is continuing; Morrow County deputy made con tact with a Lexington resident regar ding a suspicious vehicle. Deputy was unable to locate vehicle; Morrow County deputy assisted the Boardman Police department with a report of a business alarm in Boardman. During the week of February 17-24 the Morrow County Sheriffs deputies had nine motorist assists. Heppner Police Report The Heppner Police department reports handling the following business during the past week: February 18: 2:17 p.m.-Motorist Assist. February 20: 11:13 a.m.-Traffic Accident; 11:10 p.m.-citation issued for Minor In Possession. February 21: 8:45 a.m.-five cases of Worthless Documents. February 22: 4:24 p.m.-Report of Loose Animals; 11:30 p.m.-Assist M orrow County S h eriff’s Department. February 23: 1:52 a.m.-Deliver Message; 9:06 a.m.-Peace Officer Mental Hold; 11:55-report of Loud Party. February 24: 3:17 p.m.-citation issued for Driving While Suspend ed; 3:26 p.m.-report of Fight; 7:23 p .m .-assist M orrow County Sheriffs Dept. Market Report Compliments of the Morrow County Grain Growers Tues. Feb. 26 Soft Feb. March April New Crop White *3.04 *3.04 *3.03 *3.01 Bariev Feb. March April New Crop Pik *104 *105 *106 *99 99 % The Morrow County Subsidy The school budge! for next year was adopted by the budget committee Feb. 25. Like all budgets there's some good news and some bad. First the good news. The budget calls for a tax base of a little over $9 million. That's compared with a current tax base of about $1 million. How can that be good news? While the legislature has done nothing to sort out the uncertainties of Measure 5, most observers at this point suspect that tax base will figure in the formula for distributing “ make up" money in years to come. You’ll remember that Measure 5 limits pro perty taxes for schools to declining amount over the next five years to $5 per thousand of market value. $5 won’t begin to operate schools across the state , so the legislature must “ make-up” the difference. The catch is that Measure 5 does not require the legislature to make up lost revenues in each district dollar for dollar. The consensus is that the make up money will be distributed on a formula that will equalize revenues for districts across the state. That means Morrow County will suffer, maybe a lot. We spend more money per student than all but seven of the 260 school districts in Oregon. And we do it with one of the lowest tax rates in the state. Double whammy. So by jacking our tax base up, maybe we can improve our share of make up money in years to come. Now for the bad news. The committee passed up a chance to maximize the advantage. This year’s tax rate for Morrow County Schools and BMCC combined is $12.22. Under the budget adopted Monday night the com bined rate would be $12.72 next year. Measure 5 sets the limit at $15 next year. So far so good, OK? The following year the limit drops to $12.50. A little contraction for ‘92-93, that’s all. But then in ’93-94, the limit goes to $10 and that will be a pinch. In ’94-95 we’re looking at $7.50 followed by $5 in ‘95-86 and thereafter. That’s when we’ll really be hand-out to the state. And that’s when the state’s equalization will really hurt. Our very high per student cost will have to come down significantly to allow the state to bring up the very low per student costs in other districts. This is the very last year Morrow County Schools will have to operate in the manner in which we have been accustomed. Except that the budget committee could have adopted a budget this year at or near the $15 limit. The $2.5 million in additional revenues could have been spent on a number of items that we will never have the chance to again buy. A new roof here, a new computer there, the administration already has a list of nearly $1 million of needed items that are not in the budget. They certainly won’t find a place in any future budget. The budget committee wouldn’t even tighten up the conservative budget philosophy that has generated some $600,000 in surplus cash that isn’t even in the budget. Not being budgeted, that extra cash carry-over can’t be spent. But it certainly will be figured in the make up money distribu tion in years to come. According to the 1989-90 audit, the district underestimated its ending cash balance by $1.25 million. A third of that was because beginning cash was underestimated. Another third was because revenues were underestimated and the final third because expenses were overestimated. That same conservative philosophy lead the budget committee to estimate beginning cash for ’91-92 at $1.6 million. Actual year end cash on June 30, 1990 was more than $2 million when it budgeted to be $1.4 million. Worse, the conservative budget philosophy led the committee to estimate two other revenue items at less than their combined total for any of the past seven years. Thus it appears that the 1991-92 budget, as adopted Monday night will again generate excess cash that can neither be spent this year, nor can that excess serve as a cushion against the coming lean years. As I see it, Morrow County will unnecessarily subsidize other districts across the state as Measure 5 takes effect in years to come. Oh well, my kids will be out of school soon. Justice Court ____Report___ The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Hepp ner reports handling the following business during the past week: Jack Ernest Frank, 55, Milton- Freewater-Failure to Flag Extended Rear Load (logs) $20 fine; Dawn Parm, 32, lone-Exceeding the Maximum Speed, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $37 fine; Merle Peter Patnode, 51, Yakima. WA.-Violation of the Basic Rule, 57 mph in a 45 mph zone, $37 fine; Phoebe Sandra Marquardt, 38, Heppner-Disobeyed Stop Sign, $20 fine; Leroy Keith Rea, 33, Ione- Exceeding the Maximum Speed Limit, 71 mph in a 55 mph zone, $37 fine; Anthony Malone Johnston, 20, Portland-Illegal Backing, $20 fine; Kathy Holes, Heppner-Permitting Dog to Run At Large, $29 fine; Laura W egw erth, H eppner- Permitting Dog to Run At Large, $43 fine; Michael McBride. 20, Heppner- Criminal Mischief, $401 fine and 30 days in jail; $250 and jail sentence suspended with one year probation with no further violation of the law excluding minor traffic; Minor In Possession, $85 fine. Births _ Tatiana Elizabeth Tayior-a daughter Tatiana Elizabeth, was bom to Elizabeth and Timothy Taylor, Eugene, at Sacred Heart Hospital on February 19, 1991. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 15 oz. Grandparents are Roger and Rosalie Scharen, Heppner; Setseko Taylor, Portland and Ivan Taylor, Bend. 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