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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 23,1997 - FIVE Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheri fFs office (MCSO) received and re sponded to the following calls or referred them to another agencey during the past week: July 14: received noticed that flood computer was down and rebooted computer; BPD and MCSO received a re port of people on bicycles and walking on railroad tracks near Columbia View Apartments in Boardman; to BPD a report of a male sub ject messing with telephone lines. July 15: to HPD a report of a car racing and squealing tires in Heppner; received report of man want ing to buy beer at BP Station in Boardm an at 6:36 a.m . He couldn’t buy it until 7 a.m. received report of possible ani mal abuse in Irrigon. Two boys were chasing cows with switches; received request for assistance in interviewing a teenage girl who says she was sexually abused by her father; Boardm an am bulance and MCSO responded to a nine semitruck motor vehicle accident on Bombing Range Road by Finley Butte. One adult male with a minor head injury was trans ported to Good Shepherd Hospi tal. Department of Enviromental Quality was called for fuel spill; received report of a sign at the Umatilla Refuge at Irrigon tagged with “SUR 13”; received report of a dog bite in Irrigon; to City of Heppner a report of broken glass in roadway in front o f C ourt Street M arket in Heppner; received report of horses not being fed at a place on Kunze Road. The hay in the pasture was black with mold; received report of an assault which occurred in Boardman; received report of a 10 year old hitting a 7-year old’s fingers with a rock in Boardman. Parent says finger may be broken and wants to press charges. received report o f an aban doned vehicle 11 miles up Wil low Creek; to HPD a report of a pickup dis covered witha dent in it; to HPD, Heppner ambulance a report of an 86-year old woman who had rallen down her base ment stairs in Heppner; received a wallet found by a Heppner resident. Wallet was owned by a LaGrande man. BFD and MCSO responded to a rapidly growing brush fire on Hwy 730 mile post 170; received report of a person seen loading chairs from Heppner High School into a pickup. Per son was gone on arrival. received report of strong smell o f smoke coming from alley be hind Gazette Times; BPD, Boardman ambulance, MCSO responded to a report of a woman who had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend and cut her wrists. Ambulance cancelled. Patient was transported by pri vate vehicle to Good Shepherd Hospital; MCSO cited W illiam E. Looney, 22, Heppner for alleg edly furnishing alchohol to a mi nor, DUII; received report o f criminal mischief in Boardman ; received report of illegal dump site up Black Horse Canyon; received report of a neighbor’s PUBLIC NOTICE THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF HEPPNER, OREGON WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:00 PM ON AUGUST 18, 1997 AT HEPP NER CITY HALL, 188 NORTH WEST WILLOW STREET RE GARDING A VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE No. 470, AN ORDINANCE ABATING NUISANCE FOR DAN GEROUS BUILDINGS. THE FOLLOWING PRO PERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE IS IN A WEAK AND DETERIORATED CONDITION THAT ENDANG ERS THE PUBLIC AND NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. 1. 140 SOUTH CHASE STREET, MAP 2S 26 35BC, LOT #5000. Published: July 23, 1997 Affid______________________ _ pig on the front porch of a resi dence Hwy 74, Heppner; MCSO responded to a report of a woman driving erratically through a driveway of a residence in Irrigon. Woman was allegedly upset over a son threatening an other son; received report o f damaged bike in Heppner. A person had backed over the bike; received report o f people traf ficking drugs in Irrigon; MCSO and Irrigon ambulance responded to a report of a man coming down off meth and out of control. Transported to Good Shepherd Hospital; received report of someone re peatedly breaking the lights on a pickup at night; to BPD a report o f juveniles riding their bikes by a dog and teasing him in Boardman; to OSP a report o f a Chevy Blazer upside down in middle of road west of mile post 53. July 17: received report of ve hicle in ditch on south side of Usage Lane. Female driver not in jured but appeared to be intoxi cated; received report o f a domestic dispute in progress at Riverview trailer court in Irrigon. Woman reported to have a black eye. Ed ward A. Robertson, 22, was ar rested for alleged Assault IV do mestic and lodged at UCSO Jail; to Heppner ambulance and HPD a report of a man having a reaction to his insulin. The patient was transported to Pioneer Me morial Hospital; to OSP a report of two hitch hikers who looked like two sus pects from Seaside homicide at I- 84 eastbound, milepost 107; MCSO and BPD responded to a report of a suspicious male sit ting in the doorway of a residence in Boardman. Man appeared to be intoxicated; received report of cow and calf out on Hwy 730 mile post 179; MCSO deputy arrested Dale Munkers, 41, for alleged Posses sion o f a Controlled Substance. He was lodged at UCSO Jail; received report of a theft of $60 from a purse while woman was at Bakes in Irrigon; July 18; BPD and MCSO re sponded to a report o f an un wanted intoxicated person refus ing to leave Dodge City in Boardman; BPD and MCSO responded to a report of an unwanted subject refusing to leave Oregon Potato; To OSP a report of a disabled motorist on shoulder on 1-84 mile post 142 eastbound; received report of a newspaper box beaten off wooden post on Baseline Lane, lone; received report of a woman al legedly selling crank in Boardman; received report of either smoke or dust from direction of north Lexington Elevators; MCSO, OSP, BFD, Boardman ambulance responded to a report of a rollover at Boardman with three people injured and vehicle on its top. The people were trans ported to Good Shepherd Hospi tal. received report o f a dead body in river directly out of Imgon fish hatchery floating face up. It turned out to be a camper who had been swimming and had run out of energy and was doing the back float. received report that a woman who said her son threatened to bum her house down if she made reports to police about him or a woman; received report of a vehicle in the road six miles up Willow Creek Road; MCSO and BPD received re port of a man who said his neigh bor had been harassing him and hanging signs on his fence; received report of loud music at a residence in Irrigon; received report of several shot fired at a residence in lone; to HPD a report that a woman had been threatened by her uncle because she is buying a car from him and is behind on payments. Turned out to be a civil matter; received report o f a grass fire at west end of Cemetery road in Irrigon; to BPD a report o f a person driving crazy in Lamb Weston parking lot. Unable to locate; July 19: received request for a check of a residence in Irrigon. Caller said a rottweiler killed nine of his chickens and chased his horse. He said he has a labrador at his residence valued at $3,000 and rottweiler is still there; received report of disturbance at house behind Homers Fruit stand in Irrigon. A male and fe male had been reported to be screaming and breaking glass; to HPD a request for a check at a home in Heppner. Owner had fire wood stolen previously; received report o f a woman locked out of her house with a four year old and one year old. Given name of locksmith. Deputy Health District at 541-676-9133 PUBLIC NOTICE Morrow County Health Dis or by writing to P.O. Box 9, trict facilities provides this notice Heppner, OR 97836. of the availability o f uncompen Published: July 23, 1997 sated and reduced cost services in Affid______________________ accordance with regulations pro mulgated by the Secretary o f PUBLIC NOTICE Health and Human Services, set IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF forth in 42 CFR 124.504 Notice THE STATE OF OREGON of Availability. FOR MORROW COUNTY Federal law requires that Mor- * In the Matter of the Estate row County Health District pro of vide a reasonable amount o f care HOWARD DOYLE KEY, without charge to people who Deceased. cannot afford full costs of treat Probate No. 97 PR 015 ment. NOTICE TO All services o f the facilities INTERESTED PERSONS will be available as uncompen NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN sated or reduced cost services. that the undersigned has been ap Services that are eligible include pointed and has qualified as the inpatient acute care and outpatient personal representative of this care at all facilities of the Mor estate. All persons having claims row County H ealth D istrict. against the estate are hereby re These facilities include: quired to present the same, with Pioneer Memorial Hospital, proper vouchers, within four Heppner months after the date of first pub Pioneer Memorial Clinic, lication o f this notice as stated Heppner below, to the personal represen Boardman Medical Clinic, tative c/o John H. Kottcamp, Boardman Kottcamp & O’Rourke, LLP, 331 Heppner Dental Office, S. E. 2nd, P. O. Box 490, Pendle Heppner ton, Oregon 97801, or they may Boardman Dental Office, be barred. Boardman All persons whose rights may Ambulance Services, be affected by the proceedings in through out Morrow County Eligibility for uncompensated this estate may obtain additional information from the records of and reduced cost services will be the court, the personal represen limited to persons whose family income is under 150% of the cur tative or the attorneys for the per rent poverty income guidelines sonal representative. Dated this 16th day of July, established by the Department of 1997. Health and Human Services. Lois Hunt Eligible recipients will be Mor Personal Representative row County Residents. A sliding P. O. Box 391 scale will be utilized to determine Lexington, Oregon 97839 rates. Eligible recipients will be John H. Kottcamp evaluated on a first come first Kottkamp & O ’Rourke, LLP serve basis. Applicants will be Attorneys for Personal asked to fill out a short question Representative naire and will be required to show 331 S. E. 2nd proof of income. Sliding Scale P. O. Box 490 documents are available at the Pendleton, Oregon, 97801 facilities listed above. Published: July 16, 23,30,1997 For more information, please contact the M orrow C ounty Affid unable to locate anyone; to Fossil EMTs a report o f a cowboy hurt at the fairground in Fossil with unknown injuries; to Boardman EMTs, BPD a re port of a woman who had col lapsed at the Dodge City lounge. Patient was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital. BPD, MCSO responded to a fight in progress at Boardman BP station. Willington Pilkington, 19, was arrested on alleged MIP alchohol, UUMV, Theft II and Robbery III. He was transported to UCSO jail; received report of a shot fired and man running with a gun approx 300 yards from a house in Irrigon; received report of an alarm at Columbia River Intertribal Fish eries; to Boardman ambulance, a re port of a man hit by a vehicle af ter he was throw from his vehicle that had rolled several times. Troy Dean Potter 27, was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital with a head injury; a 13 year-old was arrested by BPD for alleged unlawful deliv ery of an imitation controlled sub stance. Juvenile was released to his father under house arrest by Morrow County Juvenile Depart ment; received report of a 15 year-old runaway from Irrigon missing since the day before to go to Pasco; HPD, HFD responded to an alarm at St. Patrick’s Senior Cen ter. Unable to locate; received report of a person in Irrigon putting boulders in the road; received report of a 911 prank ster; received report of shots fired and yelling in Irrigon. Turned out to be juvenile who put too much air in his tires and tires popped causing juvenile to yell; received report of a suspicious vehicle in Irrigon; received report of suspicious activity at old stone residence in Hardman. July 21: HPD received report from a father that his son was high on pot, residence smells like pot and father says he knows who supplied pot, received report of suspicious vehicle at Boardman; to Heppner ambulance, a report of an 85-year old man who had passed out. Transported to Pio neer Memorial Hospital. Benton County requested MCSO to assist with death noti fication in Irrigon. _______ PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID The Morrow County Fair Board invites bids for an 100'x225'x20' all steel, clear-span building including foundation and building erection. Includes delivery, digging, and back-fill of concrete footings and full erection of building. Contact the Morrow County Fair Office (541)676-9474 for a copy of the bid package. Bid Deadline: August 7, 1997 Published: July 23, 1997 Affid ____________________ PUBLIC NOTICE THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF HEPPNER, OREGON WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:00 PM ON AUGUST 18, 1997 AT HEPP NER CITY HALL, 188 NORTH WEST WILLOW STREET RE GARDING A VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE No. 474, AN ORDINANCE ABATING NUISANCE FOR ACCUMU LATION OF SOLID WASTE AND FIRE HAZARDS. THE FOLLOWING PRO PERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF Mandi Gutierrez wins ag scholarship Mandi Gutierrez, 17 year old daughter of Barb Zeller, Heppner, and Kevin Gutierrez, Pnneville, was selected the 1997 recipient of the Blue Mountain Potato Grow ers (BMPG) Agriculture Scholar ship. The $1,000 scholarship was awarded to her at the BMPG’s annual steak banquet at the Her- miston Convention Center. The award was based on academics, grade point average, community involvement and interest in the agricultural field. Mandi will be a freshman this year at Blue Mountain Commu nity College before furthering her education at Oregon State Univer sity. She will be pursuing a de- Mandi Gutierrez gree in agribusiness communica tions with a minor in child psy chology. Veda Nave wins PMH Aux. drawing Longtime Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home Auxiliary member Faye Ruhl (above center) drew the lucky number for the patio furniture that was raffled off by the auxiliary for home improvements for the nursing home. Veda Nave was the winner of the furniture. The gliders pictured above were also purchased by the auxiliary. Also pictured above are auxiliary and activities director Tonya Jones (left) and Ruhl’s sister Florence Gary (right). N ews Deadline: Mon. 5 p.m. CARD OF THANKS A big thanks to Dave and Patti and everyone involved in making the Heppner Alumni Tournament a big success. See you next year! Dave and Sandi Barry Gary Shane ____________________ 7-23-lp We sincerely want to thank the Heppner Elks Club for hosting our 40th class reunion July 19. The dinner and service were excellent! Heppner High Class of 1957 ____________________ 7-23-lc We would like to give our sin cere thanks to all those who helped make the Ken Snider Memorial Scholarship Auction a tremendous success. A special thanks to Tanna, Cathy. Betty, to our auctioneer Dustin, who did such a fantastic job, to Erie, Darrin, Chad, Grant, Vicki and Tonya. You all did a great job. All the proceeds from this auc tion are used for scholarships for our graduating seniors. In 1997, we presented three $1.000 schol arships. Your participation and generosity is very much appreci ated. The Family of Ken Snider Joyce. Janice, Dick, Larry ____________________ 7-23-lc Hurray - Hurray This will be my second to last time on my adventurous road to recovery This chemo (cyclophosphande) didn’t seem to like me so well Got dehydrated, back a day in the hospital. But all doing swell Just a small note to Tell the community you’re lookingjust spifty, New pool almost finished The Main Street under construc tion with the baseball, softball fields looking 100% This all makes our community A pretty white fence Thanks to all for each welcome home has been a ball! 7-23-lc THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF DEPOSITS OF SOLID WASTES SCATTERED ABOUT THE PREMISES THAT CREATE A FIRE HAZARD AND HARBORAGE FOR RO DENTS AND INSECTS AND IS INJURIOUS TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL HELP WANTED WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE. R N needed for unique full 1. 535 E MATLOCK, MAP 2S time nursing opportunity in sunny 26 35BC, TAX LOT #3300 Eastern Oregon. Friendly, small 2. 280 E MATLOCK, MAP 2S town living at its finest. Charge 26 35BC, TAX LOT #8600 nurse, 7-7 night shift, rural hospi- 3. 415 E COWINS, MAP 2S tal/nursing home/ER. Oregon RN 26 35CA, TAX LOT #1400 license required. ACLS, TNCC or 4. 280 NW Church, Map 2S 26 TEAM and one year experience 27DD, Tax Lot #4000 in a hospital setting preferred. Published: July 23, 1997 Competitive salary commensurate Affid _____________________ with experience. Benefits. For more information, contact Peggy Johnson, DNS at (541) 676-9133. The Morrow County Health District is an Equal Oppor tunity Employer committed to pro viding equal employment oppor tunities to all statuses protected by law. _____________________ 7-2-tfc U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Applications for career testing will be accepted at the Pendleton, Arlington, Boardman, Condon, Heppner, Hermiston, John Day, La Grande, Milton-Freewater, Pilot Rock, Stanfield, Umatilla and Union post offices. Starting sal ary $11.20-13.19 per hour. Apply at any of the above offices 7-21 through 7-25-97. ____________________ 7-16-2c WANTED: boys and girls ages 13 and older for litter patrol dur ing fair. Contact Fair Office, 676- 9474. ____________________ 7-23-2C COURT RECORD RESEARCH Experienced people needed immediately to research local court records for Pinkerton. Part- time, independent. Must have an swering machine, fax machine and reliable transportation. For more information, send name and mailing address to: Contractor Recruiting; Pinkerton Information Center; 6100 Fairview Road, Suite 900; Charlotte, NC 28210. ____________________ 7-23-lc The Morrow County School District has the following posi tions open for the 1997-98 school year: Positions: Heppner Junior High Football Coach, Heppner Junior High Basketball Coach. Location: Heppner Junior/High School, Heppner, Oregon Application: Contact Heppner Junior/High School at (541) 676- 9138 for information and applica tions. Successful candidates may be subject to fingerprinting. EOE ____________________ 7-23-lc WANTED: night watchman during fair. Contact Fair Office, 676-9474. ____________________ 7-23-lc The Morrow County School District has the following classi fied positions open for the 1997- 98 school year: Position: Special Ed Assistants, two positions (3 hours, 157 days), Heppner Elementary School, Heppner, Oregon. Application: Please contact Bill Karwacki, principal, at (541) 676- 9128 for specific job requirements. A successful candidate may be subject to fingerprinting. EOE 7-23-lc
