TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, heppner, Oregon Wednesday. May 28,1997
Sheriff's Report
May 18: MCSO dispatched to
the Boardman Police Dept, and
the Boardman Fire Dept, a
report of controlled bum that got
out of control m Boardman.
The Morrow County Sheriffs
Office (MCSO) dispatched to
Heppner Ambulance a report of a
woman who had fallen down
stairs and was lying on sidewalk
in Heppner. She was taken to
PMH.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Ambulance a report of
a man at the Boardman Health
Care Clinic who thought he was
having a stroke. The man was
reported to be intoxicated and
tearing up the office. The man
left the clinic on his own. An
ambulance was requested a the
BP station in Boardman for the
man who was having difficulty
breathing.
May 19: MCSO dispatched to
the Boardman Ambulance a
report of a man with severe
abdominal pains. He was
transported to Good Shepherd
Community
Hospital
in
Hermiston.
MCSO received a report of
four horses out in the road in
Boardman. Owners located the
horses.
'MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Fire Department a
report of a grass fire at the Piper
place about five miles west of
Heppner.
MCSO received a report of a
red locker and two backpacks
found in the bushes at the north
end of First Street in Imgon.
The items were impounded as
found property, taken to the
annex and tagged.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Department a
report of an orange Ford Bronco
speeding and running a stop sign
through Wilson Road Trailer
Court.
MCSO received a report of an
automobile accident on Hwy.. 74
at approximately milepost 15
north of Morgan. The accident
was non-injury with a car
blocking the right lane.
MCSO received a report of an
abandoned vehicle near Taggares
Farms bum yard.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a green car with white top
driving erratically at Wilson
Road Trailer Court. Driver was
bothering females in the trailer
court.
MCSO received a report of two
suspicious subjects walking
simultaneously on either side of
First Street in Lexington.
MCSO received a report of a
person banging on windows at
C&D Drive In in Boardman.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
a party at the city park. There
was no party, but juveniles were
advised to go home.
MCSO dispatched to
Boardman Police a request for a
check on a person at Sam
Boardman Elementary School
who had had a previous heart
attack. All was okay.
MCSO received a report of a
vehicle that was broken into with
a cell phone and handgun stolen.
MCSO received a report of a
male subject, just arrested for
DUII, who was attempting to buy
alcohol at BP station in
Boardman and giving customers
a hard time.
May 20: MCSO dispatched to
the Heppner Police Dept, of a
possible violation of a restraining
order at Mt. Glen Apts, in
Heppner.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
drug paraphernalia found in
Heppner.
MCSO deputy responded to a
report of an assault at a residence
in Imgon. A man was
apprehended and taken into
custody after a pursuit on fo o t.
MCSO dispatched.to Heppner
Ambulance a report of an
elderly female having difficulty
with breathing.
She was
transported to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in Heppner.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
o f an intoxicated male who
would not leave at Frontier
Trailer Court in Boardman.
MCSO received report of
suspicious activity at a residence
in Imgon.
May 21: MCSO received a
report of horses loose in Irrigon.
MCSO received a report of
forgery on a vehicle title in
Lexington.
MCSO received a report of a
disturbance at a residence in
Irrigon. A woman was allegedly
verbally abusing and throwing
things at another woman.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Department a
report of a domestic dispute
between a male and female
across from the Trail Apts.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Department a
report of a loose rottweiler on a
person's porch trying to attack a
small dog.
May 22: MCSO received a
report of grass smoldering near a
residence in Boardman.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Fire Dept, a report of
a grass fire by Tower Rd. along
the railroad tracks.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Ambulance a report
of a 72-year old woman with
severe
headache
and
stomachache.
She
was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital.
MCSO received report of three
suspicious vehicles on Kincade
Rd. in Boardman.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
two teenage boys walking in the
middle of the highway near the
Pettyjohn Bid.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
o f a suspicious vehicle 1/4 mile
east of the Port of Morrow office
in Boardman.
May 23: MCSO and the
Boardman
Police
arrested
Enrique C. Reyes, 24, AKA
Henry Reyes, for carrying a
concealed weapon and unlawful
possession of a firearm.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Ambulance a report
o f a female victim of a one-
vehicle rollover at MP 174
westbound
1-84. She was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital.
MCSO received report of an
abandoned vehicle on Granger
Rd. in Lexington.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
rocks being thrown at a truck by
some children.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
some juveniles using
foul
language at the city park.
MCSO received a report o f a
door open with lock broken at a
residence at Desert Spring
Estates in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
disabled vehicle west of
Patterson Ferry on Hwy. 720.
May 23: MCSO dispatched to
the Heppner Police Dept, a report
of sunglasses and cassette tapes
stolen from a vehicle on 'A' St. in
Heppner.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, and
Boardman Ambulance a report
of a juvenile who had a pea stuck
in his nose and could not get it
out.
MCSO and Boardman Police
responded to a report of a man
harassing another man with a
knife in Boardman.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a suspicious circumstances at
a residence.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
kids snooping around a trailer
near the Nazarene Church in
Heppner.
May 24: MCSO received report
of vehicle under bridge at the
Willow Creek Dam with a
campfire going. Area is closed to
motor vehicles.
MCSO received report of
fighting in a trailer at Irrigon
Mobile Court, with the trailer
rocking back and forth.
MCSO received report of a
suspicious vehicle at Boardman
Foods onion plant on Marine
Drive.
MCSO received report of a
suspicious vehicle at Ready Mix
Gravel. Turned out to be the
phone man.
MCSO dispatched to
Boardman Police Dept, a report
o f a juvenile trespassing at His
Place in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
woman assaulted at the Irrigon
Cemetery.
MCSO received complaint of
loud music at Riverside Mobile
Court in Irrigon.
MCSO dispatched to the City
o f Heppner a report o f sewer
problems at residence in
Heppner.
MCSO dispatched to the City
of Heppner a report of a water
main leaking on Aiken St. in
Heppner.
MCSO received report of
possible child abuse case in
Irrigon.
MCSO received report of
screaming at Cutsforth Park.
Turned out to be kids who had
just woken up and were scared.
MCSO dispatched to the Spray
Ambulance a report of a rollover
accident with injuries on Hwy.
19, six miles east o f Service
Creek.
MCSO received a report of a
disturbance in Boardman.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Ambulance a report
o f a child with a one-inch cut on'
his head that was bleeding
profusely.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Ambulance a report of
a woman with severe stomach
pains at Blake Ranch.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Ambulance a report
o f a man who had swam from
his burning boat on one side of
Columbia River near 3-mile
Canyon.
MCSO received report of
possible minor in possession
party in Irrigon. Officers were
unable to locate the party.
MCSO received a report of a
brown horse loose.
MCSO received report of
someone shooting at the comer
of E. Calif, in Irrigon and scaring
a cat operator trying to do work
in the area.
MCSO dispatched to the lone
EMT a report o f a 2-year-old
who had cut his nose.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman
Ambulance
and
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a woman allergic to bee stings
who had been stung by a bee and
did not have her kit with her. The
woman, who was in respiratory
distress, was transported to
intercept
ambulance
and
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
neighborhood kids verbally
harassing a child at Mt. Glenn
Apts in Heppner.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of juveniles hanging around at
Columbia View Apts, in
Boardman.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
a silver pickup spinning tires
and making noise near Pettyjohn
Building.
May 27: MCSO received report
o f an unattended death at Oasis
RV Park in Irrigon.
Agriculture
student
honored
The University of Idaho chapter
of Gamma
Sigma Delta,
professional agriculture honorary
society, has honored eight
undergraduate and 11 graduate
students with membership.
Eligible graduate students must
be of high moral character, have
demonstrated ability to carry on
research and/or advanced study
in agriculture, have shown
promise of making worthwhile
contributions to agriculture and
have completed at least 50
percent of the required credit
hours for the degree, while
maintaining a minimum 3.4
grade point average.
Graduate students honored
include Kathryn Kettel of
Heppner.
George Fox
lists local
graduate
Keelie Keown of Heppner
graduated from George Fox
University during the university's
1 0 5th
com m encem ent
ceremonies held Sunday, May 4.
A total of 414 students received
degrees, the largest number yet
to graduate from George Fox.
Keown received a bachelor of
science degree in mathematics,
graduating with cum laude
honors. She is the daughter of
Michael and Kari Keown of
Heppner. Cum laude graduates
must have maintained at least a
3.50 grade point average during
their university years.
George Fox University has
been named nine times by U.S.
News and World Report
magazine as one of "America’s
Best Colleges," and in 1996
ranked second in academic
reputation among regional liberal
arts colleges in 14 western states.
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USDA announces CRP signup results
USDA announced sign-up
results for the 15th Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up.
In total, USDA accepted 16.1
million acres for enrollment out
of 23.3 million acres offered.
With the new acres, enrollment
in the CRP will stand at 27.6
million acres on October 1,
according to USDA.
Oregon landowners presently
have 484,304 acres enrolled in
the CRP, with the majority of
those acres (439,278 or 91%)
scheduled
to
expire
in
September, 1997.
Oregon
farmers offered 370,471 acres for
enrollment in the 15th sign-up,
and USDA accepted 303,605
acres (82%) o f those offers.
County
and
individual
breakdowns are not yet available,
but bidders should be notified
shortly.
"We're certainly pleased that a
large share of the Oregon bids
were accepted," said Oregon
Wheat Growers League President
Mike Kortge.
"Many o f us
feared that CRP would be largely
a memory in the drier parts of
Oregon.
"However,
given
the
department's confidence in their
selection process, I am somewhat
puzzled that they did not enroll
the full number of acres that they
could have. The total program
authority is 36.4 million acres,
yet USDA will only have 27.6
million enrolled on October 1.
The Department left nearly nine
million acres unprotected that
qualified for the program."
Farm organizations objected to
earlier
attempts
by
the
administration to divert CRP
funding into a buyout for the
Crown
Point
Mine
in
Yellowstone Park, and Kortge
expressed hope that the money
saved from not enrolling the
other acreage would not be
diverted into similar projects. He
described the aborted effort as a
misuse of CRP funds, stating that
no tie exists between CRP and
mining rights.
Washington
landowners
presently have 1,018,511 acres
enrolled in the CRP, with a large
share of those acres (784,853 or
77%) scheduled to expire in
September, 1997. Washington
farmers offered 819,378 acres for
enrollment in the 15th sign-up,
but USDA accepted only 172,013
acres (21%) of those offers.
Idaho farmers presently have
789,351 acres enrolled in the
CRP, with 578,758 (73%)
scheduled
to
expire
in
September,
1997.
Idaho
landowners offered 570,859
acres for enrollment in the 15th
sign-up, and USDA accepted
472,726 acres (83%) of those
offers.
Tracts of land were accepted
into the CRP based on an
Environmental Benefits Index
(EBI), which includes factors for
soil erosion, wildlife habitat
water quality, air quality,
location in a conservation
priority area, long-term retention
of conservation benefits beyond
the contract period and cost.
Contract periods for the new
CRP contracts begin October 1.
Registration set at BM CC
With the summer-like weather
and graduation near, looking
ahead to fall may seem
premature.
However,
registration appointments for fall
term are being made now at Blue
Mountain Community College.
Students planning to return to
BMCC for fall term 1997 or who
have
recently
tested
for
placement are encouraged to
make their appointments as soon
as possible either in person or by
phone.
Potential students may make
appointments in the Admissions
and Advising office in Pioneer
Hall or they may call that office
at 541/278-5929 or 541/278-
5930.
Appointments for new students
will be made for Thursday or
Friday, September 18 or 19.
For students who will be new
to BMCC and who have never
attended college, the registration
process starts with placement
testing. The Admissions and
Advising Office in Pioneer Hall
offers placement tests on
Monday and Thursday at 11 a.m.
Anyone interested in attending
BMCC and taking more than
eight credit hours of course work
is required to take the placement
test.
Appointments for the
assessment are not necessary;
there is a $ 1 0 testing fee.
Leslie Beard, admissions
representative, explains that
making
fall
registration
appointments early in the
summer assures students they
will have an excellent choice of
classes. "We offer a wide variety
of transfer and professional-
technical classes," notes Beard.
"However, those students who
wait to make their registration
appointment in September may
have to work a little harder when
putting together their schedule."
Returning students who
make their appointments early
may be able to schedule an
appointment on Wednesday,
September 17.
Registration
appointments
for returning
students, transfer students, or
anyone
who has already
completed the placement test
may be made by calling the
Admission and Advising Office
at 278-5929 or 2785930.
Fall term day and evening
classes start on Monday,
September 22.
Dinner,
games set in
Irrigon
Dinner and game night at
Stokes Landing Senior Center,
Main St. at Opal Place, in Imgon
will be held Friday, May 30.
Dinner at $3 each will be
served from 5-7 p.m. with card
and table games to follow at a
cost of $1.
Proceeds will go toward
maintenance of the
center’s
building and grounds.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Chem ical disposal
meeting planned
The Chemical Demilitarization
Citizens Advisory Commission
(CAC) will meet on Monday,
June 9, at Good Shepherd
Community
Hospital
in
Hermiston at 7:30 p.m.
The hospital is located at 610
N.W. 11th.
The advisory commission was
appointed by the governor to
receive information and briefings
and provide input and express
concerns to the US Army
regarding the disposal o f lethal
chemical agents and munitions at
the Umatilla Army Depot.
An introduction to the
Raytheon
Demilitarization
Company, systems contractor for
the Umatilla Chemical Agent
Disposal Facility, will be the
topic
of
the
meeting.
Representing the
program
manager
for
chemical
demilitarization (PMCD) will be
project manager, Raj Malhotra.
Representing the
Raytheon
Demilitarization Company will
be Sam Kasley, project manager;
and Fred Smith, human resources
manager. Raytheon and PMCD
have opened project offices at the
Umatilla depot.
In introducing Raytheon to the
CAC, representatives will give a
brief project overview and
discuss employment and staffing
issues, opportunities for local
businesses relating to the project,
and public outreach efforts to
introduce Raytheon to the
community. No technical issues
will be discussed.
The public is invited to attend
the commission meeting.
The meeting location is
accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing
impaired
or
for
other
accommodations for persons
with disabilities should be made
at least 48 hours in advance. A
Spanish interpreter can also be
provided upon request.
For more information, call
Karyn Jones at 541-564-9309.
BM CC mails needs survey
Umatilla and Morrow county survey," notes Martinez. "As a
residents
will
have
an social science researcher this will
opportunity to share their afford me the opportunity to
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educational needs with Blue learn more about our community
and how the college can better
Mountain Community College
Come see
serve it."
staff
through
a
BMCC
our large selection of
Wedding Invitations,
Community Needs Survey.
Announcements
The survey will be mailed on
and Accessories
Wednesday, May 21.
Area
residents should receive it during
the following week.
Tina Martinez, BMCC
At
sociology instructor and director
G azette-T im es
Missy
Schoonover
Barnhart,
of the survey, explains the
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purpose of the survey is to help formerly of Lexington, has
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BMCC formulate a vision for the graduated from Miles City
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future. The survey will assess Community College.
what area residents need and
want from BMCC as well as their
level of awareness relative to the
M e n ’s & B o y s ’
W o m en ’s S w i m s u i t s
kinds of programs, activities and
S w im T r u n k s
services BMCC offers.
$29.99 to $34-.99
Survey results will
$9.99
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support the
evolution
of
marketing,
recruiting
and
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retention
plans;
furnish
information on the community's
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knowledge regarding BMCC's
offerings and provide direction
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that may help in allocation of
college resources, said a BMCC
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news release
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The survey should be
returned to the college by June 1.
Mens: $ 6 .5 0
$ 09.99
They can be mailed to the college
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at the college's expense. Those
completing the survey should to
make sure the survey is folded so
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the college address shows as the
Make
shopping an ADVENTURE by using our back door
return address and tape the
there is convenient parking between us and the Post Office!
bottom.
Martinez is planning to
coordinate data entry and
complete a survey analysis
during the summer.
She is
projecting an August 1 date for a
finished project. "I am really
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expertise in coordinating this
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