Heppner Gaze tie-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, January 15. 1997 - FIVE
Sheriff’s Report
The Morrow County Sheriff’s
office reports dispatching the fol
lowing business during the past
week:
Jan. 7: M orrow County
Sheriff s office and the Umatilla
County Sheriff s office received a
report of a person who had jumped
off an 1-82 bridge at Umatilla;
Oregon State Police received a
report from the Mid-Columbia Bus
Company of a cow on the 1-84
freeway eastbound;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report from an lone
woman who said she had discov
ered who had cut the string on her
Christmas lights.
Jan. 8: M orrow County
Sheriffs office received a report
of a break-in and theft of a com
puter at A.C. Houghton Elementary
School, Irrigon;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of cows belong
ing to Joe Rupe that were starving
and neglected;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a request for an officer
for a problem occurring twice with
junior high kids on the Boardman-
Irrigon bus;
Heppner Police Dept, received a
report of smoke near the dam on
the town side. HPD chief checked
out the report and advised it was
under control.
Jan. 9: M orrow C ounty
Sheriffs office received a report
of burning brush causing smoke
across the roadway. Officers de
termined it was not a hazard;
Boardman Emergency Medical
Technicians received a request for
an ambulance for a man on dialy
sis who was not doing well;
Boardman Police Dept, received
a report of a sick dog at a home;
Oregon State Police received a
report of a red car squealing its
tires;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of a semi-truck
on Highway 730 milepost 173 with
a broken fuel line. It was spilling
diesel. The Hermiston Police Dept,
sent the Irrigon Fire Dept, to the
scene; ’
received a report of a stolen air
compressor in Imgon;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report relayed by the
Oregon State Police of three males
in an old white sedan shooting at
geese on private property across
Poleline Road off Frontage Road;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of a burglar alarm
at Columbia Middle School in Im
gon in the computer room. It turned
out to be an employee error;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report of a green Ford
van with tinted windows weaving
in and out of lanes and driving on
the shoulder of 1-84 westbound,
milepost 134;
Boardman Police Dept, received
a report of a woman who had left
Boardman to visit a friend and had
not shown up. The woman later
made contact with her mother;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of a family dis
pute over custody of a child in Ir
rigon;
Heppner Police Dept, received a
report of a holdup alarm at Les
Schwab in Heppner. The alarm had
been set off by a cleaning crew;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report of an adult male
walking near the fog line on 1-84
eastbound, milepost 168. He was
almost hit by three truck drivers.
The man was given a nde to the
Boardman Police Dept.;
Boardman Police Dept, and Fire
Dept, received a report of a fire in
Boardman. It turned out to be a
electrical fire and was put out;
Boardman Police Dept, received
a report that the man dropped off
by the Morrow County deputy at
the Boardman Police Dept, was
sleeping near the pay phone and
making sexual comments in his
sleep. The man was moved to a
different location;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of a disabled ve
hicle on 1-84 eastbound, milepost
146.5. The deputy was unable to
locate;
Morrow County Sheriff s office,
Lexington Rescue and the Hepp
ner Fire Dept, and ambulance re
ceived a report of a rollover on
Highway. 207, milepost 4. A two-
tone pickup was found near the
curve, but no one was located.
Jan. 12: Morrow County Road
Dept, received a report that the stop
sign on Old Patterson Ferry Road
had been broken off and was miss
ing;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
and the Boardman Police Dept, re
ceived a report that a man had been
assaulted by his ex-girlfriend over
custody of their six year old son;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received additional information
from John Sebastian, principal at
A.C. Houghton in Imgon concern
ing the theft of the computer;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report o f a bronze
Pontiac Firebird with the front grill
missing that was traveling at a high
rate of speed and weaving in and
out of the lane;
Heppner Police Dept, reported
the door at the city hall was open.
An officer locked and closed the
door;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report that a man at the
Boardman Texaco station wanted
to get his wallet back from the
Boardman Police Dept.;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report of a cow in the
road on Highway 74 near Morrow
County Grain Growers;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report of a burglary at a
home in the West Glenn addition in
Boardman;
Morrow County deputy gave a
teenager a courtesy ride from
Boardman to his residence in Im
gon. His father had not picked him
up;
Morrow County deputy bumped
into Duane Randall White, 30, at
the Irrigon BP station and arrested
him on a warrant for being a Felon
in Possession of a Firearm. White
was lodged at the Umatilla County
Jail;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of a child who
Morrow County deputy reported
following at erratic driver. The
deputy determined that the subject
was tired and warned him.
Jan. 10: M orrow County
Sheriffs office and the Arlington
am bulance and Fire Dept, re
sponded to a call that a 40 year old
duck hunter had complained of a
headache and then collapsed on an
island in the Columbia River. The
hunters had only a kayak-no boat;
Morrow County deputy reported
that he had followed a Fed-X van
on Bombing Range Road who was
driving in an erratic manner. The
driver was found to be okay, just
tired;
Spray ambulance received a re
port that the UPS man there was
having chest pains. The patient was
airlifted to Bend;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of an Irrigon man
who had found a drill in the tree by
his mailbox;
Oregon State Police received a
report of a black cow in the road
on Highway 74, west of Morrow
County Grain Growers;
Lexington Fire Dept, received a
report o f a chimney fire at the
Anderson residence in Lexington.
It turned out to be a false alarm;
Morrow County deputy and the
Irrigon ambulance responded to a
residence for a medical emergency;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of suspicious ac
tivity at an Irrigon residence-cars
were coming and going at all hours;
Boardman Police Dept, received
a report of a cable to a light at a
residence had been cut and the resi
dent gone;
Boardman Police Dept, received
a report from a person who had
returned to his home and found the
place a mess. The resident was not
sure if anything was missing, but
believed his home had been bur
glarized.
Jan. 11: M orrow County
S heriff s office and the Oregon
State Police received a report from
an anonymous caller that someone
was going to rip off the pump sta
tion 1/4 miles east of Boardman.
Stations in the area checked the
report, but were unable to locate;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
St. Patrick's Senior Center
Bulletin Board
There were 74 present for the senior meal Jan 8 and six meals were
home delivered. Nita LaLonde won the meal ticket. Members of the
Christian Life Center served. Hearing aid assistance was given and blood
pressures taken before the meal The Nutrition Site Committee met after
the meal Corol Mitchell met with seven committee members Menus
were discussed and preliminary plans made for a Valentine's Day fund
raiser and a thank you luncheon for church volunteers tentatively
scheduled in late April
The menu for January 22 will be chicken and rice casserole, tossed
salad, fruit cocktail, roll and cupcakes Members of St. Patrick's
Catholic Church will serve. The suggested donation for those over 60 is
now $2 and the charge for those under 60 is $3 75 People are invited to
come and bring a friend.
One table of pinochle was in play Friday afternoon There was no
Sunday evening movie, as it is too cold in the recreation room in the
evening
Daisy Collins and Maxine Gray have been working on the St. Patrick's
Day quilt. They have the top all together and it is beautiful. Tickets will
be available for the drawing soon
A group of volunteers folded newsletters for the Extension service
Monday afternoon, Jan 13.
By Msrtyn
.ijn.ifi I.M
Lacking the judgment of a ground squirrel, a few sunny January
days and warmer weather prompted me to bum weeds and pick up
scattered junk.
But the garbage I’d really like to dump is the past year’s accumu
lation of paperwork relevant to tax calculations. No doubt the reason
it turned colder was to direct me back to pencil work.
With tax preparations in mind, I wrongfully labeled Post Office
patrons as probable tax payers, inferring that the Postal Service is tax
supported. Sorry, Mike.
The Post Office is a sub-agency of the government subject to
government regulations, but it is not tax supported. Therefore we
need to write more letters or send more greeting cards. Yet even
some billing agencies seem to have forgotten how to write or at least
how to make statements legible.
We certainly can’t knock the postal system efficiency. (So please
don’t bum my letters.) It’s just that with our escalating national debt,
I see red when reading about wastefulness or overspending of any
agency.
But hey, what’s a few extra million dollars if we must subsidize the
work to save face?
Take the upcoming inauguration-a somewhat spendy affair. Al
though no more effective than the first swearing in of a president in
1789, there’s no comparison in cost or ceremony.
Either there was a shortage of wood, except for George’s false
teeth, or no one deemed that an inauguration platform was necessary
back then. President Washington took the oath of office with his
hand on the Bible after they took away his hatchet. And they rustled
up enough black powder to stage a fireworks in celebration.
But then George and Martha never jet-setted around the globe as
world leaders. He even had to paddle his way across the Potomac
River. And the upkeep of his white horse was cheap compared to jet
fuel.
Barring a blizzard, should the current cold snap in Washington
D.C. exist on Jan. 20, all the planned outdoor pageantry can still be
held. There’s enough hot air being bantered about by politicians there
to keep thousands of spectators warm. And the bands will play on if
their instruments don’t freeze up.
had not been returned to his custo
dial parent in Irrigon;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of a suspicious
vehicle;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
received a report of a fire alarm at
O regon W aste M anagem ent.
Turned out to be a false alarm. The
alarm had been disconnected for
maintenance.
Jan. 13: Boardman Police Dept,
received a report of a child who
had fallen and hit his head;
Morrow County Sheriffs office
and the Boardman ambulance re
ceived a report of a Boardman man
who had gotten drunk and stabbed
himself in the neck several times
with a boning knife. The patient
was transported to Good Shepherd
Community Hospital;
Boardman Police Dept, received
a request for an officer from a
woman who had heard someone
knocking on the windows of her
home off and on for almost an hour.
Morrow County deputy and the
Heppner Police Dept, responded to
a domestic dispute at Mt. Glen
Apts, in Heppner;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report from a store man
ager in Gresham who had found
the purse of a Heppner resident;
Heppner Police Dept, received a
report of a vehicle speeding up and
down Baltimore Street in Heppner.
An officer made contact with the
subject;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report from private citi
zens of a person in a red Chevrolet
S-10 pickup with a white canopy
who had taken tires off equipment
on W estern Em pire property.
When the subject realized he was
being followed by the citizens, he
tried to lose them. Mar Nathan
McDonald, 27, was arrested for
Criminal M ischief II, Criminal
Trespass II, and issued an Uniform
Traffic Citation for Driving Unin
sured and Driving while License
Suspended infraction;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report of a missing 10
year old. The missing child was
located by mother walking home.
Boardman Police Dept, received
a report from a babysitter that the
mother of the children she was
babysitting reeked of alcohol and
could hardly stand up.
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report of a theft of a CD
player and other stereo equipment
taken where the vehicle was left
near Sunndge Mobile Homes while
waiting for a tow;
Morrow County Sheriff s office
received a report of a disabled
semi-truck on 1-84 westbound,
milepost 157. A deputy got anti
freeze at the BP station and took it
to the citizen.
Jan. 14: M orrow County
Sheriffs office received a report
of a domestic dispute.
Market Report
C o m p lim e n ts o f th e M o rro w C o u n ty G ra m G ro w e rs
T uesday, Jan. 14
Jan.
*4.09
Feb.
*4.09/*4.08
March
*4.06
April
*4.04
new crop
*3.78
Barley
Jan.
*120
Feb.
*119
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the fol
lowing business during the past
week:
Donald N. Sneddon, 4 1 ,
Heppner-Violation o f the Basic
Rule, 72 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$67 fine;
Douglas Eugene Perkins, 70,
Spray-Violation of the Basic Rule,
72 mph in a 55 mph zone, $101
fine;
Samuel Paul Bellamy, 43, Lex
ington-Violation of the Basic Rule,
71 mph in a 55 mph zone, $67 fine;
Martin William Glaser, 34, La
Grande-Dnving While License Sus
pended. Driving Uninsured, $354
fine.
Happy Birthday
Poppa Green
January 20th
From Zack, Maranda and
Hannah
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Site council
plans meeting
The Heppner Jumor/Semor High
School Site Council will hold a
regular meeting on Monday,
January 20, at the HHS library at 6
pm
Spaghetti feed
set for Jan. 17
A spaghetti dinner, sponsored by
the Heppner High School senior
class, will be held this Friday, Jan
17, from 4 to 7 p m during the
Heppner-Pilot Rock basketball
game
Dinner will include spaghetti
bread, salad, dessert and dnnk for
$4 per person or $15 for a family
Proceeds will go to the senior class
Drug & Alcohol Free Senior Trip
Candidates file
.
for school spots
~
Dwayne Carroll and Lisa
Nelson have filled for the Morrow
County School Board Zone 2
position currently held by Carroll
Barney Lindsay has filed for the
Zone 6 position currently held by
Bill Doherty, who has said he will
not run for relection; and
incumbent Scott Bauska has filed
for the Zone 7 position
Virginia Naims, Greg Smith
and Steve Hill have filed for
Heppner/Lexington
Advisory
Board positions they currently
hold. No one has filed for Position
1, which was held by Janice
Huddleston before her resignation,
Position 4, held by Mark
Rietmann. and Position 7, held by
Rollie Marshall
Hank Pointer and Jim
McElligott have filed for positions
they currently hold on the
Ione/Lexmgton Advisory Board
No one has filed for Position 4,
held by Valery Doherty
Dean Mason, Kathy Neal,
Wayne Huwe and Pat McNamee
have all filed for spots they
currently
hold
on
the
Boardman/lrrigon
Advisory
Board
Births
Steven Keith Hedlund-a son,
Steven Keith, was bom to Cathy
and Gene Hedlund, Jr., New Pine
Creek, on January 10, 1997. The
baby weighed 7 lbs. 11 3/4 oz.
His grandparents are Roger and
Shirley Palmer, Heppner, and Gene
Hedlund, Sr., New Pine Creek. He
joins brothers, Jeffrey and Eric, and
sisters, Karen and Emily, at home.
Steven was Lake County’s New
Year’s baby.
Ella May McCormack-a daugh
ter, Ella May, was bom to Jamie
McCormack of Heppner on Janu
ary 10, 1997, at Good Shepherd
Community Hospital in Hermiston.
Her grandparents are Dale and
and Marda Adlard, Heppner.
PU BLIC N O T IC E
The City Council of the City of
Heppner will hold a public hearing
on Monday, February 10, 1997,
beginning at 7:00 p.m. on a pro
posed ordinance amending the City
Zoning Code, Title 11, to allow
beauty and hair care salons as con
ditional uses in R-l and R-3 (resi
dential) zones and declaring an
emergency.
Copies of the above ordinance
are available at City Hall for public
examination.
This is a public meeting where
deliverations of the City Council will
take place. Any person may appear
at the meeting and discuss the pro
posed ordinance with the City
Council.
Gary B. Marks
City Recorder
Published: January 15, 1997
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PU BLIC N O T IC E
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF
BALLOT TITLE
Notice is hereby given that a
ballot title for a measure to levy
$95,000 each year for five fiscal
years outside the tax base for
operations beginning in 1997-98.
has been filed with the County
Clerk o f Morrow County on
January 9, 1997.
The ballot title caption is "CITY
OF HEPPNER FIVE YEAR
SERIAL LEVY". Any elector
dissatisfied with the ballot title
may file a petition for review o f
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF
this ballot title in the Morrow
BALLOT TITLE
County Circuit Court no later
Notice is hereby given that a than 5:00 p.m. on January 20,
ballot title for a measure to levy 1997. Any person filing a chal
$3,087,990 outside the tax base lenge must also file a copy o f the
for operating purposes for Fiscal challenge with the Morrow
Year 1997-98. has been filed County Clerk, 100 N. Court St.,
with the County Clerk of Mor Heppner, by the end o f the next
row County on January 8, 1997.
business day after the petition is
filed with the Circuit Court.
The ballot title caption is "ONE
YEAR OPERATING LEVY
MEASURE NO. 25-26
OUTSIDE THE TAX BASE”.
CITY OF HEPPNER FIVE
Any elector dissatisfied with the
YEAR SERIAL LEVY
ballot title may file a petition for
review o f this ballot title in the QUESTION: Shall Heppner levy
Morrow County Circuit Court no $95,000 each year for five fiscal
later than 5:00 p.m. on January years outside the tax base for
17, 1997. Any person filing a operations beginning in 1997-98?
challenge must also file a copy of
the challenge with the Morrow SUMMARY: Heppner seeks a
County Clerk, 100 N. Court St., serial levy outside its tax base for
Heppner, by the end o f the next the fiscal years beginning July 1,
business day after the petition is 1997 and ending June 30, 2002.
filed with the Circuit Court.
Recently enacted ballot measure
MEASURE NO. 25-25
47 will cause a loss o f tax re
ONE YEAR OPERATING
venue without which the City
LEVY OUTSIDE THE TAX
cannot maintain current service
BASE
levels. Without additional tax
funding, the City will be required
QUESTION: SHALL MOR to reduce its service levels in the
ROW
COUNTY
LEVY following areas: police protec
$3,087,990 OUTSIDE THE TAX tion, parks maintenance and uti
BASE FOR OPERATING PUR lity services. Without additional
POSES FOR FISCAL YEAR funding, the City will lose in the
1997-1998?
1997-1998 fiscal year: one police
officer, all summer utility work
EXPLANATION: This operating ers, the part-time police/ad-
levy represents a decrease in total ministration clerk, a public works
tax asking from the 1996-1997 employee and the majority of it's
fiscal year. The purpose o f this park maintenance fund. This
levy is to provide funds to bal levy keeps the current City
ance the Morrow County opera funding level and prevents any
ting budget for fiscal year 1997- loss of services. Since this levy
1998, which includes: Road replaces lost funding, the tax rate
Fund; County School Fund; will be no higher than the current
Citites portion o f Road Fund,, rate of $10.00 per thousand
Fair Fund; Rodeo Fund; and dollars o f true cash value. The
General Fund (which provides total amount of money raised by
funding to Extension Service, the
proposed
levy
is
Soil & Water Conservation Dis $339,665.00. The estimated rate
trict, Irrigon-Boardman Emer for this levy is $2.02 per
gency Assistance Center, Neigh thousand dollars of true cash
borhood Center of South Morrow value of taxable property. The
County, Waterinaster, Predatory estimated tax cost for this
Animal Control, Museum, Jus measure is an ESTIMATE
tice Court, and Veteran's Ser ONLY based on the best infor
vices, as well as those services mation available from the county
required by Oregon Law). The assessor at the time of the esti
tax is subject to the other Gov mate. This tax levy is subject to
ernmental purposes limit of the other governmental limits o f
Section lib , Article XI o f the Section lib, Article XI, of the
Oregon Constitution.
Oregon Constitution.
PUBLIC N O T IC E
Barbara Bloodsworth
Morrow County Clerk
Published: January 15, 1997
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Barbara Bloodsworth
Morrow County Clerk
Published: January 15, 1997
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