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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 7, 1996 - FIVE
Sheriff» Report
The Morrow County Sheriff's
office in Heppner reports dis
patching the following business
during the past two weeks:
July 23: Morrow County
deputy responded to the Blake
Ranch addition, in the Hepp
ner area, for a report of a
domestic assault. Robert Blod
gett, 49, Heppner, was arrested
for Assault IV Domestic;
Blodgett was released on his
own recognizance;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
Fire Dept, and ambulance to a
motor vehicle accident on 1-84
eastbound, milepost 172. No
transport was made.
July 24: Morrow County
Sheriff's office dispatched the
Heppner Fire Dept, to a canola
field fire on Rhea Creek;
Morrow County deputy
responded to 1-84 a half-mile
west of Boardman for an ani
mal problem;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice received a report of a
juvenile that may be a victim of
abuse. The investigation is
continuing;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Oasis RV Park for
a report of a dispute;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Paul Smith Road
for a traffic problem;
Morrow County deputies
responded to assist the Mult
nomah County prisoner trans
port bus;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
Emergency Medical Techni
cians to the Sentry Market. No
transport was made;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
ambulance to Driftwood Village
for a male with an illness. One
patient was transported to
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Toby Rodriguez, 25, Ir-
rigon, for Driving While
License Suspended/Felony.
Rodriguez was released on his
own recognizance.
July 25: Morrow County
deputy attempted to locate a
reported assault in a vehicle in
the Irrigon area;
Morrow County deputy
assisted the Oregon State
Police with a traffic complaint;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
ambulance to the Hinton Creek
bridge by the fairgrounds. One
male patient with an illness was
transported to Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital in Heppner;
Morrow County deputy
began an investigation of a re
ported theft of mail from an Ir
rigon area residence;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Arlington
Fire Dept, to a reported grass
fire north of the railroad tracks
on 1-84 milepost 135, just west
of Arlington;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
Fire Dept, to a grass fire behind
the Connor house on Court
Street;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Mitchell am
bulance to a residence on
Highway 207 for a female with
an injury. The patient was
taken to the Prineville Hospital.
July 26: Morrow County
deputy responded to the Irri
gon area for a juvenile problem;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a report of a careless driver;
Morrow County deputy
began an investigation of credit
card fraud in the Irrigon area;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
Fire Dept, to a field fire up
SandHollow. The fire was out
of the district; the firefighters
stood by the district line to
make sure it didn't jump over;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Wildlife
Refuge in Irrigon for a report of
a field fire caused by a vehicle
fire;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Wilson Road in
Boardman for a petroleum spill;
Morrow County deputy
responded to 1-84 eastbound at
milepost 171 for a reported
vehicle traveling westbound in
the eastbound lanes. The depu
ty was unable to locate;
Morrow County deputy
responded to a neighborhood
disturbance in the Irrigon area.
July 27: Morrow County
Sheriff's office dispatched the
Fossil Fire Dept, and Emergen
cy Medical Technicians for a
vehicle rollover near the Kinzua
golf course. One patient was
transported to the Condon
Clinic;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Condon
Emergency Medical Techni
cians to a residence on A Street
in Condon for a female with an
injury. The patient was trans
ported to the Mid-Columbia
Medical Center in The Dalles;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the lone Fire
Dept, to a fire alarm sounding
at the lone Elementary School.
, It was a false alarm;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Mark Allen McCormick,
36, Irrigon, for Failure to Ap-
pear/Driving While License
Suspended. McCormick was
lodged at the Umatilla County
Sheriff's office;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a family problem;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the lone Fire
Dept, to a fire alarm sounding
at the lone Elementary School.
It was a false alarm;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a civil matter;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Arlington
Fire Dept, and ambulance to a
one vehicle rollover on 1-84
eastbound, milepost 119. Two
patients with injuries were
transported to the Mid-Colum
bia Medical Center in The
Dalles;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for an animal problem;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Condon
ambulance to the Elks Club for
a person who had fainted. The
patient was transported to the
Condon Clinic.
July 28: Morrow County
deputy responded to assist the
Boardman Police Dept, with a
domestic problem at a resi
dence in Boardman;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a report of a possible drunk
driver;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a message delivery;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
ambulance to a residence on
Elder Street for a female with
an injury. The ambulance was
cancelled en route;
Morrow County deputy
responded to 1-84 eastbound,
milepost 155 for a motorist
assist.
July 29: Morrow County
deputy responded to Wyoming
Street in Irrigon to take a theft
report of a air compressor of
unknown value from a pickup;
Morrow County deputy
responded to 4th Street W and
Highway 730 to investigate a
complaint of a potato truck
with no muffler;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the westbound
Boardman Rest Area to check
the welfare of a juvenile that
was inadvertently left by
parents. The parents returned
to pick up the child;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Randal Lee Raph, 40,
Meacham, on a Umatilla Coun
ty Sheriff's office warrant for
Parole Violation. Raph was
transported and lodged at the
Umatilla County Sheriff's
office;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the 1-84 and
Highway 730 junction for a
report of a person who may
have been kidnapped. The
report was unfounded;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Bartell Fruit
Stand on Highway 730 in Ir
rigon for a report of a possible
person driving while intox
icated. The deputy was unable
to locate;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Penland Lake
area for a report of juveniles
possibly drinking and harass
ing subjects in the area;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Spray am
bulance to Bull Prairie for a
female with a broken ankle.
The patient was transported by
private vehicle to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Heppner;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the lone Emer
gency Medical Technicians and
the Heppner ambulance to a
residence on 2nd Street in lone
for a female who fell and hurt
her back. The patient was
transported to Pioneer Memo
rial Flospital in Heppner;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Boardman
area to investigate a four-year-
old juvenile who was bitten by
a dog in the Irrigon area.
July 30: Morrow County
deputy responded to Irrigon
Marina for a suspicious person;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice paged the Condon Fire
Dept, for a grass fire off High
way 206 by milepost 8;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice paged the lone Fire Dept,
for a grass fire on Gooseberry
Road;
Morrow County deputy
responded to a Boardman re
sidence for a report of a ju
venile runaway;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Heppner area
for a harassment case;
Morrow County deputy
responded to a custody pro
blem in the Irrigon area;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a possible fire along the
shore.
July 31: Morrow County
deputy arrested Aarron Jason
Ledford, 24, of Bend for Theft
III. Ledford was cited and
released;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice took a report of a hit-and-
run vehicle in the Irrigon area;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Irrigon for a re
port of vandalism;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice took a report of theft from
a vehicle in Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Knapp Street for
a report of an animal problem;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the lone Fire
Dept, to Third Street in lone.
It was a false alarm;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Washington
Street in Irrigon for a report of
an animal problem.
August 1: Morrow County
Sheriff's office dispatched the
Boardman Fire Dept, to a re
ported grass fire between
Marine Drive and the Port of
Morrow offices. It was a con
trolled bum;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Wilson Road to
take a report on a juvenile
problem;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Condon Fire
Dept, to a field fire near May-
ville, east of Highway 19;
Morrow County deputy
assisted the Oregon State
Police with a four-vehicle acci
dent on Highway 730/Third
Street West, in Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy took
a report of a civil matter in
Irrigon;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
Fire Dept, to the Boardman
Marina Park for a grass fire;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Wagon Wheel
Cattlemen hold environmental tour
August 2: Morrow County
deputy responded to the Irri
gon area for a report of theft;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Wagon Wheel
Additions in Irrigon for a dis
turbance complaint;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Condon
ambulance to Oregon Street,
Condon, for an adult female
who had fallen. The patient
was transported to the Gilliam
County Medical Center.
August 3: Morrow County
deputy responded to a report
of an abandoned vehicle on
Bombing Range Road;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Arlington
Fire Dept, to a brush fire at the
Arlington exit off 1-84;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Irrigon for a re
port of a traffic problem;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice took a report of a theft from
the lone area;
Morrow County deputy
responded to 1-84 for a driving
complaint. The deputy was
unable to locate;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Fossil am
bulance to Jay Street in Fossil
for an adult male with an ill
ness. No transport was made;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Water Street in
Heppner for a report of a dis
turbance;
Morrow County deputy took
a report of suspicious circum
stances in Boardman;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the lone Fire
Dept, to a field fire on Eight
Mile Canyon. The report was
unfounded.
August 4: Morrow County
Sheriff's deputy arrested Terri
Lorraine Hunter, 39, of Port
land on a Umatilla County war
rant of Parole Violation/DCS.
Hunter was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail;
Morrow County deputy
responded to take a stolen vehi
cle report from a resident of the
Irrigon area;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
ambulance and Fire Dept, for a
report of a vehicle rollover in
the median on 1-84 milepost
155. One patient with un
known injuries was transport
ed to Good Shepherd Com
munity Hospital in Hermiston;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon area
for a report of a disturbance;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Arlington
Fire Dept, to a report of a grass
fire on 1-84 milepost 118. The
fire was on the Washington
side;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Boardman
area for a disturbance at the
Nomad;
Morrow County deputy
responded to the Irrigon
Marina for a report of a suspi
cious person.
August 5: Morrow County
deputy assisted a disabled
motorist on the on-ramp to 1-84
westbound at the Highway
730/1-84 junction;
Morrow County deputy
responded to assist the Irrigon
Fire Dept, for a grass fire in
Irrigon;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Arlington
Fire Dept, and ambulance to a
semi-truck accident on 1-84
eastbound milepost 142. Two
patients were transported to
the Mid-Columbia Medical
Center in The Dalles;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Irrigon for a pro
perty dispute;
Morrow County deputy took
a report of telephone harass
ment in Heppner;
Morrow County deputy took
a report of an animal problem
outside Heppner;
Morrow County deputy took
a report of criminal mischief in
Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy
responded to Lexington for a
traffic problem;
Morrow County deputy took
a report of harassment in
Heppner;
Morrow County deputy
responded to West Glen Es
tates in Boardman for a report
of an animal problem.
Coordinated by the Oregon
Cattlemen's Association, Ore
gon's first environm ental
stewardship tour, July 13,
showcased around 21,000 acres
of Heppner Ranger District
forest land that has been
enhanced through the combin
ed efforts of permittees, and
state and federal agencies.
About 50 people, including
local ranchers and agency
representatives, were given a
first-hand look at the successful
efforts to protect riparian areas,
improvement of stream-side
vegetation and dispersed cattle
grazing practices through
pasture rotation.
"This is the way to tell our
story," said OCA President
Fred Otley. "Getting people
out on the land is one way to
convince others outside of the
industry that ranchers are striv
ing to do an even better job of
taking care of the natural
resources upon which they de
pend."
"The land has taken good
care of us and we take good
care of the land," said Ned
Clark, one of the local permit
tees. Clark's family and the
Don Andersons and Mark Riet-
manns are Wright family des-
cendents who continue to
maintain large cattle operations
based on century farms.
"It's a new way of doing
business, not a cookbook ap
proach," said Deraid Walker,
assistant state director of the
Oregon Fish and Wildlife
Department. Tour members
viewed miles of stream corridor
permanent fencing to prevent
cattle from congregating along
creeks. Permitees also use an
innovative system with por
table solar-powered electric fen
cing which is moved in con
junction with grazing allotment
rotation. This system is less
costly to build and maintain, it
works effectively with livestock
and it permits freer access for
recreation such as hunting,
Rietmann said.
Grazing on public land has
become an expensive and labor
intensive operation. Rietmann
said that two days of labor per
person are required for one day
of cattle grazing. Clark added
that because cattle grazing on
public land has been challeng
ed, they are "trying to stay on
the cutting edge" of technology
to improve their management.
Wilson Creek, a permanent
ly fenced corridor costing about
$10,000 per mile, has a series of
fish weirs to create deeper
pools and to help lower water
temperature. Yet the forces of
nature, including waterspouts
and ice damage, along with
wildlife impact, are also part of
the equation.
"People don't realize how
complicated it is,” said Hepp
ner District Forest Ranger
Delanne Ferguson. These per
mittees have taken a positive
attitude as they have learned
the science and become self-
reliant. There have been many
frustrations, but we've worked
things out. It's a perfect exam
ple of people working together
to accomplish a goal.
The impending effects of a
proposed 'clean stream in
itiative' to cattle industry spark
ed a lengthy discussion after a
barbecue dinner following the
day long tour.
Over 900 Oregon streams
and waterways are already
listed as 'water quality limited'
by the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality. In
many instances this is based on
stream temperature exceeding
50 degrees rather than pollu
tion, as the ballot title implies.
Should this measure be passed
in November by Oregon
voters, it could effectively
remove livestock from many
public as well as private
rangelands where alternate
livestock water sources are not
available.
Rural residents to receive
new addresses
Hundreds of Morrow Coun they live on. All north-south
ty residents outside city limits running roads will still be call
are receiving a new address as ed roads. All routes runing east
part of the county's rural ad west will be called lanes. The
dressing program. County of new system also does away
ficials say the new five-digit with duplicate and similar
house numbers will help sounding street names, which
emergency workers respond to can cause confusion in an
calls more quickly and the pro emergency situation.
Earlier this year, the Morrow
gram will bring the county in
County
Rural Addressing Ad
to compliance with the Oregon
visory
Committee
suggested
State Enhanced 9-1-1- program.
road
names
for
all
routes
in the
Once the address change is
rural
part
of
the
county.
Du
permanent this fall, Enhanced
plicate
names
were
eliminated
9-1-1 will automatically identify
a caller's address in the dis and when two roads had
similar-sounding names, one
patch center.
For residents, the new ad was changed.
In some areas, committee
dress will mean filling out
members
found that residents
change-of-address forms for
mail, drivers' licenses and voter along some roads had different
registration cards. In the mean names for their road than what
time, the post office will con appeared on Department of
tinue to deliver mail to the old Transportation or Morrow
route and box addresses. In a County maps. A few road
names have been changed, but
few weeks, residents will
the committee made every
receive a letter that tells them
attempt to maintain the roads'
their new address.
historical significance.
Contractor TK Associates is
currently installing house num
The Morrow County Court
examined rural addressing
ber posts at every residence
outside city limits. Each post
systems in many other counties
has a five-digit house number
before adopting the new house
on it. County officials are ask numbering system, said a
county spokesperson. The new
ing residents not to move or
system is identical to those us
remove the posts because the
highly visible signs will help
ed in Union, Wallowa, Gilliam,
police, fire and rescue crews
Wheeler, Lane, Linn, Sherman
and Benton counties.
identify residences.
For more information, call TK
Residents may notice a
Associates, (541) 676-9169 or
change in the name of the road
(541) 963-9237.
N C O R S B to meet at Boardm an
The North Central Oregon
Regional Strategies Board
meeting will be held Thursday,
Aug. 15 at 10:30 a.m., at the
Port of Morrow office at
Boardman.
The meeting will include a
tour of the port facilities.