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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 7, 1991 - THREE 1 ONTA Sheriff’s Report The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper U.S.P.S. 240-420 Published every Wednesday and entered aa irrnnd ri— matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second daea poetage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 Weat WUow Street. Tdephoan (503) 476-922». Address communication» to the Heppner Gazette-Tbnea, P.O. Box 337, Hepp ner, Oregon 97836. Suhecriptiona: $15 In Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Counties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce Hughes........ Office Manager, Typesetting April Sykes........... ..............................News Editor Carol Atherty .... .............Graphics Department Becky Evans ......... .............Graphics Department Monique Parrei ... .............................. Distribution Penili Keersemaker .......................................Bindery Bob Smith............... ....................................... Printer David and April Svkes. Publishers Letters to the Editor Clean up act To The Editor: Senator Bob Packwood has spon sored the Private Property Rights Act (S.50) in the United States Senate. This bill would require federal agencies to study their rules and regulations, before they imple ment them, to determine if they would result in denial or limitation of private property rights. Senator Packwood made a good point when he said that taking of private proper ty was a taking of ‘personal rights'. The U.S. Constitution states that ‘No person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private pro perty be taken for public use without just compensation.’ In disregard of this section of our Constitution, government continues to ‘take’ private property. Our federal and state governments are taking land to provide ‘scenery’ for the Columbia Gorge, for the spotted owl habitat, for wetlands and a multitude of other ‘public uses,’ with no compensation to the land owner. I commend Senator Packwood for his support of private property rights and personal rights at the federal level. Legislative bills in support of private property rights in Oregon have been introduced in the current session of the legislature and in most past sessions, but have received lit tle serious support. In the meantime state agencies like LCDC ’Land Conservation and Development Commission) continue to whittle away at our private property rights. Numerous people have had their property down zoned in the recent past. Loss of building rights has destroyed a number of dreams, caus ed financial disasters, scared away numerous business ventures and created long legal battles for those able to fight. While we are working to force our federal government to comply with the Constitution, maybe we should first clean up our act in Oregon. Sincerely, (s) Bradley A. Peters 29416 Newton Rd. Corvallis, OR 97330 (503) 745-7594 NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc. is noti fying all members that nominations are open for the following two director’s positions: ZONE NO. 1. That territory served or to be served by the Cooperative lying West of the Morrow- Gilliam County line and North of the Township line dividing Townships 3 South and 4 South. ZONE NO. 7. FOSSIL CITY ZONE. That territory served or to be served by the Cooperative within the incorporated city limits of Fossil, Oregon. The members of the nominating committee are: ZONE NO. 1: Allen Anderson, Arlington, Oregon, 454-2577 ZONE NO. 7: Steve Conlee, Fossil, Oregon, 763-3263 The nominating committee will accept nominations up to and including the last day of August. Nominees must be members of Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc. They must reside in, and receive service in, the Zone in which they will be running. YOUR SOURCE For Your HOME PAINT - STAIN CAULK - GLAZE - SPACKLE CLEAN - WEATHERIZE LAWN & GARDEN CARE Summer is going fast Don’t let your summer projects slide past you I GoasttoGoast. ä Heppner WE CAN HELP YOU «76-9961 I The Morrow County Sheriff s of fice at the courthouse in Heppner reports dispatching the following business during the past week: During the week of July 22-28 the Morrow County deputies assisted two disabled motorists. July 29: Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Boardman am bulance to a one vehicle accident on 1-84, mile post 149. One male was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Boardman Fire department to a grass fire on Ander son Road. Page was cancelled; Morrow County deputy arrested Willie Eugene O’Dell, 24, Prineville on two Crook county warrants for Failure to Appear II and Theft ID. O’Dell was lodged. July 30: Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Boardman Fire department to a car fire on 1-84 mile post 163.5. There were no injuries. July 31: Morrow County deputy assisted a Boardman resident in get ting her keys out of a locked vehicle; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Boardman ambulance to Lamb Weston, Boardman. One person was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital with an unknown injury; Morrow County deputy respond ed to a location on Hwy 730 east of Irrigon for a motor vehicle accident. There were no injuries; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Arlington fire depart ment to a field fire on the Anderson Ranch; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Arlington fire depart ment to a field fire on the Phillipi Ranch; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Arlington fire depart ment to a field fire on Powerline Road, Arlington; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Mitchell ambulance to a motor vehicle accident on Hwy 26, mile post 82; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Condon fire depart ment to a field fire on the Greiners ranch; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Arlington fire depart ment to a field fire on the freeway; Morrow County deputy made con tact with a residence on Willow Creek Road in Heppner regarding a suspicious matter. No action was taken; Morrow County Sheriffs office contacted the Navy Bombing Range facility regarding numerous reports of field fires on their property. August 1: Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Hepp ner fire department to a field fire at the Drake ranch on Sand Hollow Road in Heppner; Morrow County deputy assisted the Boardman police department with a domestic disturbance in Boardman; Morrow County deputy made con tact with a Heppner resident regar ding an animal problem; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Arlington fire depart ment to a field fire in Phillipi Canyon near Arlington; Morrow County deputy made con tact with an Irrigon land owner regarding a civil problem; Morrow County deputy arrested Abel Rodriguez Hernandez, 26, Boardman, on a Morrow County warrant for Failure to Appear, Driv ing Under the Influence of Intox icants. Subject was lodged at Ben ton County jail; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Condon fire depart ment to a grassland fire on the Camerer ranch near Ajax. August 2: Morrow County depu ty arrested Richard Jon Silver, 27, Kennewick, WA for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants. Silver was cited and released; Morrow County deputy respond ed to Division St in Irrigon for report of vehicle accident near the school. Deputy was unable to locate accident upon arrival; Morrow County deputy respond ed to Irrigon to begin investigation of a vehicle stolen from 14th St. NE. Vehicle belonged to Don Eppenbach; Morrow County deputy began in vestigation of a bicycle stolen from the Neila Coffman residence, 195 Utah in Irrigon; Morrow County deputy began in vestigation of a possible assault in; Ione; Morrow County deputy began in vestigation of a bicycle stolen from 600 NE Oregon in Irrigon. Bicycle was valued at $175 and belonged to Laura Morgan; Morrow County deputy respond ed to assist Umatilla ambulance in Ir rigon. Patient was in the ambulance before deputy arrived; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Condon fire depart ment to a brush fire between Lincoln and Church streets in Condon; Morrow County deputy respond ed to Irrigon residence to begin in vestigation of a possible domestic disturbance. Everything was OK; Morrow County deputy respond ed to West Glen near Boardman to investigate a report of a vehicle park ed in a dark wooded area. Vehicle was unknown to residents there. Everything was OK. August 3: Morrow County depu ty assisted the Boardman Police department with a family dispute at a Boardman residence; Morrow County deputy arrested Tracy Shawn Wilson, 18, of Ione for Criminal Trespass I. He was releas ed on his own recognizance; Morrow County deputy respond ed to investigate a reported theft of services. Gasoline was taken from Brown's Truck Stop in Irrigon. In vestigation is continuing; Morrow County deputy arrested Kenneth Gene Duvall. 25, Madras, for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants and Driving While Suspended felony. Duvall was also arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Driv- ing Under the Influence of Intoxicants; Morrow County deputy respond ed to a reported fight in progress on Third St West in Irrigon. Report is under investigation; Morrow County deputies respond ed to a possible domestic disturbance in Irrigon. The matter was diffused. August 4: Morrow County depu ty responded to Olson Road in Boardman for a report of unwanted subjects. Problem was solved; Morrow County deputy made con tact with an Irrigon resident regar ding a civil dispute; Morrow County deputy respond ed to the Rowan residence in Irrigon for a report of a stolen bicycle. Amount of value was unknown, in vestigation is continuing; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Condon ambulance to Well St. Condon, for one female that was transported to Mid-Columbia The Dalles; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Arlington ambulance to the Chevron station. One female was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston; Morrow County deputy respond ed to Irrigon for a report of a suspicious vehicle leaving the marina August 5: Morrow County depu ty responded to Rt. 2, Depot Road in Irrigon, for a report of vandalism. Investigation is continuing; Morrow County deputy respond ed to a residence on Old Hwy 730 to assist the Irrigon ambulance; Morrow County Sheriffs office dispatched the Condon ambulance to a residence on Jefferson St., for a man down. There was no transport. Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Hepp ner reports handling the following business during the last week: Shawn Ray Eng, 19, Lexington- Careless Driving, $172 fine; William Charles Porter, 61, Lexington-Driving Under the In fluence of Intoxicants, one year pro bation, complete alcohol education program, $591 fine, 92 days in jail credit for two days spent. Marriage Licenses The Clerk’s office at the cour thouse reports issuing the following marriage licenses during the past week: July 29: Bruce Arnold Coe, 32, Milwaukie; and Vicki L. Schubert, 33, Milwaukie. August 2: Gregg Rietmann, 28, Ione; and Cheryle Ann Turner, 32, Ione. Lawns Should Be Concrete “Honey, I’d like to have a lawn this year.” That didn't surprise me. She's wanted a lawn ever since we moved here. But she still does not understand that you can’t grow much of a lawn without all the other goodies that go in to it. Like an underground sprinkler system that runs from an automatic time clock. Everybody knows you can’t grow a decent lawn without an automatic system. We didn’t have one of those. And you have to level the land, work up the dirt, fertilize it a lot and then if it does grow, you’ve got to have a lawn mower. I still don’t think she really understands. One thing, though, she’s talking “year” now. She used to ask for a lawn “this week." Then it was “this month.” When she started saying “sum mer” I felt like maybe there was some progress. But now it’s "year.” “Really honey, if we just had a little lawn out back. I’d feel a lot better about this place.” Now that’s my first notice she was feeling bad about the place. Maybe it’s this new outfit, Barenbrug, that’s got her thinking. Any new industry comes along has a down side. Barenbrug is harvesting all that grass seed around here so that’s what’s got her to thinking about lawn. Well, I begin to think about it. After all, there is a little comer of grass out front that’s been there since we moved in about 10 years ago. Don’t ask me how it’s survived what with dragging hose to water it all these years. Maybe a little patch out back would sort of balance things out. So I got to planning. I can do that well, and so there's a most elaborate plan on where the sprinkler system goes and how it hooks into the water pipe at the old winery. The automatic controller is inside the winery out of the weather, say, it is a good plan. But-you have to work up the ground first-right? That’s calls for a rototiller and I’m not about to get beat to death on one of those cheapies. So we’ve got a nice big 10-horse-power rear-tine self-propelled tiller that wasn’t in the plan. That isn’t the only thing not in the plan. When we got to buying sprinkler parts, we found some fancy pop-up sprinkler heads and automatic drain valves and electric control values. Wow, does that stuff add up. Then things went along pretty well all spring and into the summer and we had a nice wet patch of worked up dirt. We did find a few rocks that tore up the new tiller, but the guy who fixed it went easy on me, he didn’t charge quite as much as the thing cost new. Finally it came time to plant. Seed of course. My lawn is going to be grown from seed. Turf is for sissies. There’s two kinds of turf fellows,the kind that drives with two-foot wide tires on his 4-wheel drive pickup and the kind that builds new houses on speculation (to be distinguished from custom house builders who take the 90 percent completion draw and disap pear). Spec house builders and wide tire runners lay turf, real men plant seed. By now it’s well into the summer but imagine how smart I feel when my fully automatic system keeps that old bare sand wet even on a hot, windy day. The extra drain on the well caused it to start sucking sand and that eats up the impellers on the pump. When it got down to where we could only run one faucet at a time, we had to put in a new pump. Maybe it was just the age, or the pressure from the new pump that caus ed the pressure tank to start leaking. Have you ever tried to patch a pressure tank? I’m working on my third band of goop and about to believe it can’t be done. But look at that, the darned lawn is turning green. On closer examina tion though, it appears to be coming up sand burr. Oh no, I don’t mean an occasional burr here or there. They’re golf green thick. Back to the drawing board. Let’s see, we’ll have to till her up again, let her dry out, rack and level and then replant. Maybe it’s too late in the, year to get a good stand now, looks like a restart next summer. I’ve noticed the pig weed is coming good now too, maybe I’ll just let her grow until fall and then I’ll have a good crop of green manure to start with next year. “Honey, I don’t see any grass coming. Will it be a lawn soon?” See, I told you she didn’t understand. Births Whitney Smith-a daughter Whitney, was bom July 22, 1991 to Sheila and Arkie Smith of Gallup New Mexico. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 7 ozs. Grandfather is Mel Piper, Hepp ner. Great grandparents are Irma Kiggins, Heppner and Ada Piper, Portland. Shianne Ceairra Tanner-a daughter Shianne Ceairra, was bom to Jennifer Tanner, Heppner, on August 1, 1991 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. The baby weighed 7 lbs. Grandparents are Becky and Wayne Florea, Heppner. Great-grandparents are Betty Tan ner, Heppner and Clarence and Jean nette Florea, Bonner’s Ferry, ID.; and Linda Baird, Grants Pass. CHEVROLET Margaret Elizabeth Michael-a daughter Marearet Elizabeth was bom to Kim and Michael Armato of Lake Oswego on July 23, 1991 at St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center in Portland. The baby weigh ed 8 lbs. 2 oz. Grandparents are Kenneth Cutsforth, Hermiston; Sharon Lewis, Heppner: and Frank Armato, Petaluma, CA. Great grandparent is Alta Cutsforth, Heppner. Christina Hernandez Garcilazo- a daughter Christina Hernandez was bom to Aurelio and Fidelina Gar- cilazo of Irrigon on July 24, 1991 at Good Shepherd Hospital in Her miston. The baby weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz. Dustin Ray Osboroe-a son Dustin Ray was bom to Dwight and Michelle Osborne of Irrigon on Ju ly 23, 1991 at Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 9 lbs. 8 oz. GSCD Low Prices • Quality Service • No Pressure • Firm Price Quotes YOU CAN’T BEAT OUR DEAL SHERRELL CHEVROLET Hermiston, Oregon Phone 567-6487
