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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 20, 1996 Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriff's office in Heppner reports dis patching the following business during the past week: March 5: Morrow County deputy began an investigation of theft from a vehicle at the Taggares Farms in Boardman; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Condon ambulance to the Bank of East ern Oregon for an adult with an injury. The patient was trans ported to the Gilliam County Medical Center; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Mitchell am bulance to the Mitchell Trading Post for an adult female with an injury. The patient was life- flighted to Bend; Morrow County deputy began an investigation of theft from a job site in Irrigon. March 6: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Condon ambulance for a trans fer to Summit Springs Village; Morrow County deputy assisted the Boardman Police Dept, with a fight near the Sen try Market; Morrow County deputy took a burglary report from Ceasar Gutierrez, Country Garden Estate, Irrigon. The burglary is still under investigation. March 7: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the lone Emergency Medical Tech nicians and Heppner ambu lance to a residence on 2nd Street for a female with an unknown illness. The patient was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner; Morrow County deputy took a report of suspicious circum stances in Irrigon; Morrow County deputy took a report of harassment in Irrigon; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Boardman Fire Dept, to 1-84 milepost 168 east of Boardman for a bridge fire; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Boardman ambulance for an adult male with a back injury at the Board- man Ambulance Hall. The pa tient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Boardman ambulance to a rollover on Tower Road. They were unable to locate the vehicle; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Fossil am bulance for a female with an illness. The patient was trans ported to the clinic; Morrow County deputy responded to a criminal mis chief in the Irrigon area. One juvenile was cited. March 8: Morrow County deputy responded to a juvenile problem in the Irrigon area; Morrow County deputy took a report of vandalism to the Willow Creek Park day area; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Condon ambulance to the Seales Ranch for a female with an illness. The patient was transported to the clinic; Morrow County deputy responded to Heppner Hill in Heppner for a motor vehicle ac cident. No injuries occurred. March 9: Morrow County deputy responded to check out a suspicious 9-1-1 call in the Boardman area. An APB was sent out for a welfare check; Morrow County deputy took a criminal mischief report from the Heppner area; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Fossil Emergency Medical Techni cians to Haven House for a pa tient who had fallen; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Boardman ambulance to Willowfork Drive. One male patient with injuries was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. March 10: Morrow County deputy responded to the Irri gon area to assist the Hermis ton Police Dept, in locating a runaway juvenile; Morrow County deputy responded to assist the Board- man Police Dept, for a prowler at a Boardman residence; Morrow County deputy handled a traffic complaint in the Irrigon area; Morrow County deputy handled a civil matter in the Boardman area; Morrow County deputy responded to a citizen assist on 1-84 milepost 146; Morrow’ County deputy ar rested Joan Marie Martin, 48, of Canby, on a warrant out of the Hermiston Police Dept, for Contempt of Court/Theft III. Martin was cited and released to appear in Hermiston Muni cipal Court on March 25 at 8 a.m. March 11: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Fossil ambulance to the Haven House for a citizen assist. No transport w'as made; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Arlington ambulance and Fire Dept., the Boardman ambulance and Fire Dept, and AirLife to 1-84 mile post 147 for a multi-vehicle ac cident. Patients were transport ed to both Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Her miston and the Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles; Morrow’ County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Condon ambulance to Summit Springs for a female with an injury. The patient was transported to Mid- Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles; Morrow County deputy assisted a citizen with a flat tire on Highw'ay 207 milepost 8; Morrow County deputy responded to an animal com plaint on 4th Street in Irrigon. March 12: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Condon ambulance to trans port a subject from Summit Springs Estate to Mid-Colum bia Medical Center in The Dalles; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Boardman Fire Dept, to Big Foot Indus tries on Tower Road. It was a false alarm; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Arlington ambulance and Fire Dept, to 1-84 milepost 136 for a two vehi cle accident. One adult male was life flighted to Walla Walla, WA. March 13: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Heppner Fire Dept, to a field fire above the Heppner Ranger District office on South Main. The fire was out upon arrival; Morrow County deputy responded to the Irrigon area for a juvenile problem. March 14: Morrow County deputy responded to Kunze Road in Boardman for a trace on a 9-1-1 call from a juvenile. Everything was all right; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Mitchell am bulance to High Street. One pa tient was transported to Bend by Airlife; Morrow County deputy responded to the Stokes Lan ding Senior Citizen building for grafitti sprayed on the building. It is still under investigation; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Spray am bulance to Willow Street for a male with an illness. March 15: Morrow County deputy responded to the Irri gon area for a theft of services; Morrow County deputy ar rested Luella A. Jones, 23, Pendleton, for Failure to Com ply/ several charges. Jones was cited and released; assisted the Heppner Police Dept, with a disturbance at Miller's Mini Mart. March 16: Morrow County deputy responded to Bake's Lounge for a fight in progress; Morrow County deputy responded to Beecher's in lone for an alarm. The call was canceled en route; it was a false alarm; Morrow County deputy assisted a citizen who was taken to his residence in Lex ington; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Condon Fire Dept, to a flue fire on Penn ington Road in Condon; Morrow County deputy responded to Irrigon for a prowler call. The deputy was unable to locate; Morrow' County deputy responded to Linden Way for a prowler call. The deputy was unable to locate. March 17: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Boardman Fire Dept, to a brush fire on Wilson Road; Morrow County deputy took a report of theft of fuel in the lone area. March 18: Morrow County deputy responded to a report of vandalism in the Heppner area; Morrow County deputy responded to the Irrigon area for an animal problem; Morrow County deputy located a missing juvenile in the Irrigon area; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Mitchell am bulance and Fire Dept, for a motor vehicle accident on Highway 26 milepost 93. One female was airlifted to Bend. "H om e On The Range" workshop slated April 11-13 "Home on the Range", a hands-on how-to workshop on "planning your farm/ranch recreation business" will be held at the John Day Sunset Inn, April 11-13. The program will feature Heppner area businessmen, Phil Carlson and George Kof- fler, as speakers. The three-day conference fea tures state, regional and local officials and professional plan ners who will lead attendees through the steps of creating a viable business plan, develop ing a marketing strategy and developing a financial plan. Sessions include both general discussion and one-on-one con sultation. Rural property owners will be able to come away from the workshops with plans in hand. Registration for the work shop is $90, which includes most meals, the workshops and tours. Carlson, owner of TREO, an upland bird hunting facility in Morrow County will discuss the pitfalls and successes he has encountered in his eight year old agri-tourism business. Koffler, president of the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner, will discuss financial planning for farm-ranch recreational businesses. John Prosnik, Small Business Development Center counselor for the Regional Services In stitute of Eastern Oregon State College, will speak on the basics of good business plann ing. Linda Harrington, ex ecutive director of the Upper John Day Community Develop ment Corp. will lead discussion way or year round is becoming increasingly popular as ran chers and farmers seek to diver sify their operations," Harr ington said. "W e expect that those attending this workshop will walk away w ith a blueprint for how to put their ideas into immediate motion." Farm-ranch recreational businesses include rural bed and breakfast establishments, trail guides, outdoor recreation providers for sports such as whitewater rafting, hunting/ fishing, retreats, exotic animals operations, guest ranches and other opportunities for visitors to share and enjoy rural ac tivities. Additional incomes are realized by rural providers as they diversify their operations. For additional information, registration forms and con ference itineraries, contact: Home On The Range, P.O. Box 266, Canyon City, OR 97820, or the Upper John Day Communi ty Development Corp. at (541) 820-4722. The workshop is sponsored by the Upper John Day Com munity Development Corp., and the Grant County Tran sient Room Tax Committee. lone Elementary team wins Knowledge Master lone Garden Club has meeting The lone Garden Club met at the home of Birdine Tullis on Tuesday, March 12. Julia Hill was greeted as a newcomer. Tullis reported that children in the first through fourth grades made Woodsy Owl and Smokey Bear posters which were delivered to the Heppner Forest Service office. Betsy Kaiser, at the Ranger District office, will see that the winners are sent to the district. Helen Martin, beautification committee chairman, reported that the city was contacted con cerning the planters on Main Street. Jean Nelson contacted Betty Gray concerning the town clean-up and was told that a day was planned for some time soon. Garden club members will cooperate in this. The spring plant sale is set for Thursday, May 2 from 10 a.m. at Tullis' home next to the park. The members voted to con tribute toward the renovation and planting of the national headquarters. A video on hummingbirds was shown for the program. There are 302 known species in the world, but only about 13 in the United States. Because of the great amount of energy ex pended by the continuous movement of their wings they need food about every 15 minutes. They usually eat nec tar, which is mostly natural sugar, and small insects, stated the video. Park District meeting changed The regularly scheduled meeting of the Willow Creek Park District has been changed Gun Club holds shoot March 3 Tim Hedman led the 50 bird event from the 16-yard line last Sunday, March 3, at the Mor row County Gun Club shoot. He had a score of 48. Pat Lovgren broke 47 out of 50 targets to take second. Brian Thompson led the han dicap event by breaking 47 targets. Harvey Childers broke Arbuckle Nordic Club meeting set A meeting of the Arbuckle Nordic Club will be held Tues- day, March 26, at 7 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church G e n u in e L-R: back row: Bily Gates, Til Tullis, Tracey Griffith, Natalie McElligott, Sheena Christman; second row: Johnny Collin, Kasi Peterson, Alyssa Rietmann, Emily Key, Caitlin Orem; front row: Tyler Raible, Taylor McElligott, Jeane Baker. The lone Elementary "Great A u k " team was recently notified that they had won first to Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m. place in Oregon for the Know at the lone City Hall. ledge Master Open, a compu Everyone is invited to attend. ter-generated general know ledge test. The team completed at the fifth grade level, even though students in third and 45 targets for second place. fourth grades were also mem This event concluded the re bers of the team. gular weekly shooting at the Caitlin Orem was team cap gun club; however, a Jack and tain and entered the answers Jill shoot is scheduled for Sun into the computer. Other fifth day, March 24 at noon. grade students were: Til Tullis, The gun club plans to open Tracey Griffith and Sheena at least one day per month to C hristm an. Fourth grade accomodate interested shoot students were: Emily Key, Natalie McElligott, Billy Gates ers. and Johnny Collin. Third grade students were: Kasi Peterson, Parish Hall. Taylor McElligott, Alyssa Riet The meetjng will include a mann, Tyler Raible and Jeane j00^ at photographs from this Baker, who was absent the day year's activities, and planning of the competition. and leadership for next year. Diana Kincaid, Talented and Gifted coordinator, said the team placed fourth overall in C h e v r o le t Remember when your word was your Bond. - You sealed a deal with a handshake - That's still the way we do business today. COMFORTABLE • TRUSTFULL • HONEST • CARING schools with less than 200 enrollment; and 60th out of 407 in all competing teams nation wide. The team scored 100 percent in the areas of current events, literature, physical science, biology, health, psychology and trivia. H H C to meet The Heppner Coordinatinj Council will meet on Tuesday March 26, at 7:30 a.m. at th< Heppner Ranger District office Topics to be discussed in elude the Ione-Boardman roac project and Heppner city pro jects, including Main Stree modernization, conversion o the old swimming pool anc street signage progress. The public is invited tc attend. 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Great Expectations (a new upland bird hunting facility near Monument), Land's Inn (an original family homestead near Kimberly), and Thomas Orchards at Kimberly will be toured the second day of the conference. Self-guided tours of the Ponderosa Guest Ranch in southern Grant County and the Rawlins Land and Cattle Co. and J Bar L Guest Ranch south of Canyon City are of fered on the third day. , "Opening rural properties to the public, whether in a small New Car Sales 567-6488 Used Car Center 567-3919 Now Renting 426 Linden Way Heppner Phone: 567-7317
