Heppner Galette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday March 29, 1995 THREE
Sheriff out of town but not off the job
Reprint from the Daily Astorian,
March 13, 1995 issue.
and took off.
"Fortunately, 1 had a police
car with lights," Drago con
tinued. A sheriff for 14 years,
Drago pursued; the suspect
down U.S. Highway 26 and
stopped him about four miles
from the store. He ordered the
man to drive back to the store
and followed him.
Oregon State Police arrested
Who says there's never a cop
around when you need one?
Not when Morrow County
Sheriff Roy Drago is around,
not even when he's a couple
hundred miles from his eastern
Oregon home.
On his way home from a
sheriffs conference in Seaside,
Drago had stopped at the
Camp 18 restaurant and gift
show near Elsie around 11:30
a.m. Saturday. He saw a man
steal four T-shirts and a sweat
shirt valued at $103 from the
gift shop and chased the man
down in his patrol car.
" I saw him do it. As he left
the store, I told the young lady
(store clerk)," Drago said. "She
told him to stop. He took off
running. He jumped in his car
Arthur D. Spence, 46, of Elsie
Route 238, Seaside, for second-
degree theft.
"1 just happened to be in the
right place at the right time, or
the wrong place at the wrong
time, depending on how you
look at it," Drago said.
About the suspect, he said,
"H e happened to come in at
the wrong time. He should
have stayed home."
Brosnan women best of show
The Brosnan women took
best of show in the Bed Race
during the St. Patrick's
weekend. First place went to
the Oregon State Highway
Department and second went
to Pettyjohn's Building Supply.
EOSC plans
meetings for
extended programs
Eastern Oregon State Col
lege's Division of Extended
Programs will hold several
meetings to explain continuing
education opportunities for
nontraditional time and place-
bound students. These meet
ings will provide information
regarding the division of ex
tended programs' external
degree in liberal studies.
The spring term orientation
session will be held in Board-
man April 12 and in Heppner
May 3. Both meetings will be
from noon to 2 p.m.
For more information call the
Umatilla/Morrow County
center 276-1260 ext. 245.
OTPR lists barrel race winners
Tiffanie Munkers, Lexington,
race-first Susie Dade, second
was the junior winner at the Pam Christopher, third Shirley
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo barrel Martin, fourth Connie Holm
racing event held Sunday, quist, fifth Larrie Davis, sixth
March 19, at the Morrow Coun Sherrie Britt, seventh Toni Cur
ty Fairgrounds, in conjunction rin, eighth Jim Leach, ninth
with the St. Patrick's weekend Angie Hughes, 10th Patsi Nee
events. She had a time of 17.84 ly 11th Alecia Meadors.
and won sterling silver earrings
Amateur: first race, first
donated by the OTPR com Angela Munkers, second Lexi
mittee.
Matteson, third Tina McGuire,
Angela Munkers took first in fourth Jan Robinson, fifth T^ri
the amateur race with a time of Knopp, sixth Megan McLeod,
17.811 and second in the se seventh Carol Brown; second
cond race with a time of 18.333. race-first Lexi Matteson, second
Annie Hisler, Heppner, was Angela Munkers, third Tina
first in the first open race with McGuire, fourth Tari Knopp,
a time of 17.619. She took se fifth Jan Robinson.
cond in the junior category
$500 Novice: first race, first
Peggy Reitcer, second Lisanne
with a time of 17.916.
Lexi Matteson, Heppner won Currin, third Sabrina Jacobsen
the amateur rider award and a fourth Jackie Roeser, fifth
breast collar donated by Green Nickki Connell, sixth Dency
Feed and Seed. Matteson also Paluso, seventh Kelly Gregg,
took second in the first amateur eighth Tamara Nye, ninth
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race with a time of 17.848 and Amber Evans, 10th Leslie
first in the second amateur race Stritake; second race-first
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with a time of 17.665.
Amber Evans, second Lisanne
Race
results
are
as
follows:
Currin,
third Peggy Reiter,
masculine prints
Open
race
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first
Annie
fourth
Tamava
Nye, fifth Kel
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Hisler,
second
Sabrina
Jacob
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Gregg,
sixth
Dency Paluso.
per yard
son, third Randi Rae Britt, Paluso.
Solid Colors
fourth Evelyn Barber, fifth
$250 Novice: first race, first
Carolyn Hultberg, sixth Kellie and second Peggy Reiter, third
Print & Solid
per yard
Judy Poitras, fourth Jerita Be,
Currin.
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per yard
j < i . Open race 2:“ first < Jackie
fifth Monique Hack, sixth Toni
ftoegrser, secohd Sabrina Jacob- Hagen Currin, seventh Tara
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er, fourth Jill Johnson.
Junior results: first Tiffanie
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$1500 Novice race 1: first Pat- Munkers, second Annie Hisler,
si Neely, second Terri Leach, third Amber Steinhoff, fourth
133 N. Main St.
third Alecia Meadors, fourth Sammie Warren.
Heppner, OR
Larrie Davis, fifth Susie Dade,
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sixth Sherrie Britt, seventh Juby W rightson, second Devin
Poitras, eighth Shirley Martin, Doutre, third Lea Walchli,
ninth Toni Hagen Currin, 10th fourth Kelsie Wrightson, fifth
Jim Leach, 11th Pam Chris Page Davis, sixth Jordan
topher, 12th Angie Hughes, Crossley, seventh Haley Davis,
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13th Connie Holmquist; 2nd eighth Alexis Doutre.
Spring Jabrics-Sewfor
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DENIM” stripes & prints $ 3.79 per yard
CHAMOIS CLOTH” $ 5.69 per yard
SUEDE CLOTH” $ 4.39
$ 3.97
$ 4.99
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Frosty blades of green grass sparkled, during Agriculture Week,
March 19-25, which coincided with spring break from schools.
But regardless of the calendar marking the start of spring, last
week's weather didn't provide the optimum conditions to harness
the unfettered energy of 'cool' youngsters running around in
shorts. Nor was the temperature kind to budding trees and
plants.
Bone-chilling winds and frosts swept the land as ranchers,
dressed in insulated clothing, came back inside with reddened
faces and Rudolph-like noses. Perhaps some people escaped to
a warmer clime during spring break.
While it's not practical to till frozen ground, the most predic
table soil movement came from badgers and ground squirrels.
And they don't need a digging permit or an environmental im
pact study.
Wildlife management is basically dictated by the animals
themselves. However about 75 percent of all wildlife live on
private land whereas only one percent of the federal budget goes
for farm-related expenses.
Now there is a proposed property rights bill which would pay
a landowner when zoning laws were designed to protect all in
habitants from incompatible uses. When feed lot smells permeate
a nearby housing complex, it doesn't add to property values.
Yet all wildlife is supposed to belong to the people, not a lan
downer. So if a badger digs a hole that causes erosion onto a
neighbor's property, is the original landowner liable? And is the
landowner entitled to compensation for lost of topsoil? Or does
the habitat of that badger fall under some type of protected species
regulation?
Of course if there were no squirrels, there probably wouldn't
be any badgers. Yet some citizens protest about poisoning over-
populated species including pigeons and starlings. Obviously,
those people or their vehicles have never been targeted by these
birds.
Overzealous regulations created havoc for Californians because
residents weren't allowed to disturb any of the land where
kangaroo rats existed. The underbrush grew impenetrable and
the rats left. Without fire breaks, about 30 homes were lost due
to fire. Even the Indians were knowledgeable about keeping the
underbrush burnt to save forests.
And speaking of Indians, they have devised a way to get even.
For those farmers who may find themselves out of business due
to the loss of irrigation water, perhaps other occupations will give
them more dollars to spend at the gambling casino.
Millions of dollars will be spent to save salmon including the
repair of reparian areas and stream banks. Yet the efforts of man
can be wiped out in an instant by flash floods. The deluge of
flooding on California fields will be felt for seasons to come.
The process of evolution has caused many creatures to become
extinct. Yet in the land of suburbia, surrounded with green lawns
and golf courses, people envision that rural areas should be
predominately inhabitated by wildlife. I think that a loose wolf
in a park can't be much more dangerous than a mugger.
As the population increases and crime grows more rampant,
rural work camps for offenders might be a solution. Getting back
in touch with natural resources through hard work might pro
vide a different perspective, especially for juvenile offenders.
Planting trees and shrubs along creeks, filling up badger holes
or using a crosscut saw to salvage dead timber. Chain saws and
axes might be dangerous tools; however I have a very dull shovel
that I would consider donating.
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Children in crisis teleconference set
Did you know one in every
five children in the United
States is living in poverty? Six
ty percent of the nation's two
year olds have not been fully
immunized against childhood
diseases? Nearly one million
teenage girls will become preg
nant in 1995? Forty-six percent
of teens who give birth end up
on welfare within four years?
Our nation's children are in
crisis, says a press release from
the Morrow County Extension
office in Heppner. Unless com
munities intervene, millions of
children will remain at high risk
of failure. Our country and our
communities cannot afford to
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have our children fail, con
tinued the press release.
"What can 1 do about our na
tion's children", a national
satellite broadcast highlighting
ways that communities can
mobilize support to address the
need's of our nation's children
will be broadcast Thursday,
April 6 at the Morrow County
Extension Service, Pettyjohn
office building in Heppner. The
satellite broadcast will begin at
10 a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m.
The satellite broadast is
helpful for local elected of
ficials, health and human ser
vices providers, juvenile justice
providers, business leaders and
anyone interested in coor
dinated community efforts on
behalf of children, says the
press release. There is no
charge to attend and partici
pate.
For more information contact
Carol Michael-Bennett, Mor
row .County Extension agent
for Home Economics 676-9642
or 1 800 342-3664.
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NOTICE TO WATER USERS
Winter packing may now be removed
from meters. Also a reminder that the
customer is liable for any damages to the
equipment and that it is a violation to
operate the meter stop that controls the
flow of water to the meter unless there
is a shut-off on the property side of the
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