Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10, 1993 - THREE
Dance slated at senior center Bi,,y Ayers retires from Kinzua Crime down in Morrow County
A dance featuring live music, p.m. to 11 p.m.
Those attending are asked to
will be held at the St. Patrick’s
bring
finger foods.
Senior Center on Feb. 19 from 8
Admission is $2.
RJ’s Steak House
Celebrates
One Year Anniversary
Valentine fs Day with
Two for One on
Chinese Dinner
N.Y. Steak
BBQ Spareribs
Swing shift supervisor Earl Garrett (I) and personnel director
Paul Sumner (r), present Billy Ayers with retirement gift.
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Billy Ayers of Lexington has
retired from Kinzua Corp. after
more than 20 years with the mill.
He started work at the mill on
Nov. 8, 1972, in the plywood
plant. He worked as a planer and
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in the stud mill at the time of his
retirement.
Ayers says that updating of the
mill has made work easier over
the years.
Before he came to work in the
mill, he worked nine years driv
ing a combine for the Green Giant
Company and and also drove a
combine for Columbia River
farms.
During his “ so called” retire
ment, Ayers, 62, will continue
his firewood business and his
pallet building business. He has
built pallets for watermelon
growers, the Pendleton Grain
Growers feed mill and for a
winery.
While Ayers doesn’t plan on
taking it easy, he said that he will
enjoy being his own boss. “ I en
joy working,” he added. “ I can’t
quit working. I’ve worked hard
all my life.” He said that he has
been working since he was 10
years old, when he worked a
team of horses with a turning
plow back in Virginia where he
grew up.
Ayers has plans for a trip back
to Virginia in April. His wife,
Betty, has family in Virginia and
a daughter and grandchildren live
there. Ayers has five children and
seven grandchildren.
The news is good in Morrow
County, as far as crime is con
cerned. According to information
released by Morrow County
Sheriff Roy Drago, crime «»
down, in some cases dramatical
ly down.
There was a 100 percent reduc
tion in fraud or negotiating a bad
check from 1991-92 from 13 to
zero.
Misdemeanor driving offenses
were also down, from 16 to
seven, a reduction of 56 percent.
Unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle was down by 46 percent,
from 13 to seven. Miscellaneous
crim es (kidnap, protective
custody arrests, miscellaneous
alcohol offenses, traffic and
weapons violations, obscene
phone calls, child neglect and
assisting outside departments)
were almost cut in half, down
from 59 cases to 30 in 1992.
Assists from agencies dispatched
by the sheriffs office were down
from 142 to 80, a 43 percent
change.
Motor vehicle accidents were
also down from 31 to 18, a 41
percent reduction, and felony
driving was down 17 percent,
from 17 to 14. Drug investiga
tions were down from 42 to 35,
a 16 percent reduction.
Criminal trespass was down
from 10 to eight, a 20 percent
reduction.
Down slightly were criminal
mischief and vandalism, from 67
to 64, a four percent reduction;
animal complaints down from 23
to 21, an eight percent reduction;
theft, down from 79 to 70 an 11
percent reduction; driving under
the influence, down from 30 to
29 a three percent change.
The big areas in increases were
not increases in crime, but in
creases in sheriffs office activi
ty. Fugitive arrests by the
sheriffs office went up from 33
to 67, a 103 percent increase and
fugitive arrests by an outside
agency, handled through the
dispatcher, were up from 53 to
135, a change of 154 percent.
Restraining order entries also
handled by the dispatcher, were
up from 29 to 42, a 44 percent
increase. Recovery of stolen pro
perty was also up. from six to 14,
a 133 percent increase.
Up slightly were assault,
menacing and endangerment
from 67 to 71, a five percent
change, and unattended death in
vestigations from six to nine, up
five percent.
Seeing no change were sex
crimes and sex abuse, which re
mained at 12 and burglary which
remained at 76.
Assaults for 1992 included one
attempted murder, compared to
two attempted murders in 1991.
Sex crimes included two rape
cases for each year. Burglary in
cluded two attempted robbery
cases for 1992.
The Morrow County Sheriffs
office dispatches for the Heppner.
Boardman and Condon police
departments and the Gilliam and
Wheeler County Sheriff s offices.
St. Patrick's
Senior Center
Bulletin Board
One hundred people were in attendance for the Senior Center din
ner Wednesday, Feb. 3. Six meals were taken out. Members of the
Christian Life Center served. Corol Mitchell won the meal ticket
and Nella Britt won the door prize. Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna are
the host and hostess for February. The nursing home patients were
unable to attend the dinner because the van used to transport the lone
people doesn’t have a wheelchair lift and the senior bus was being
repaired.
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The meal site committee met following diner.
The menu for dinner Feb. 17 will be chili, coleslaw, crackers and
cinnamon rolls. Members of the Catholic church will serve.
Nine seniors went by van to the dinner and AAA meeting in
Pendleton Thursday, Feb. 4. The Paul Jones’ went by car.
There were three tables of pinochle at the center Friday afternoon.
Cards and games will be played in the sitting room at 2:30 p.m. every
Friday through the rest of the month.
Nine people went by senior bus to the dance in Hermiston Satur
day night. They reported a very enjoyable evening.
Sunday evening 10 seniors gathered in the sitting room for the video
of Dr. Quinn. Popcorn was served by Florence Holt.
Monday afternoon nine RSVP volunteers folded newsletters for
the Extension Service.
The appreciation luncheon for volunteers who help serve at the
senior meals will be Friday, Feb. 12.
The Senior Health Care Focus Group will meet Tues., Feb. 16
at 10:30 a.m. in the dining room.
A senior dance will be held Friday, Feb. 19 in the dining room
from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Cost is $2. Those attending are asked to 30
bring finger foods. Other dates to remember: Monday, 10:30-11:30
a.m. Bible study, quilting 1-4 p.m., knitting 7:30 p.m.; Tues. and
Thurs., 10-10:30 a.m. exercise; Friday, 2:30 p.m. cards; Sun. 6 p.m.
movie.
Remember free help in preparing income tax returns will be
available from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday and 1-4 p.m. on Friday.
Cal the Senior Center office for appointments.
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