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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 13,1997 Sheriff's Report W C Waterpark dedication, open house held Skip Matthews speaks during last weekends open house and dedication o f the new w ater park in Heppner. Looking on is the lifeguard crew. One hundred, sixty-seven people enjoyed the open house and free swim sponsored by the W illow Creek Park D istrict (WCPD) at their newly opened waterpark facility Saturday, Aug. 9. Skip Matthews, WCPD chair man, kicked off the celebration with a dedication of the pool to all the young people of South Morrow County. “This project was the result of five years of dedication and hard work by pub lic and private groups,” said Matthews during the dedication. “This is a wonderful facility, something everyone can be proud of, and everyone of all ages can enjoy for many years to come.” The Heppner Elementary third graders led the audience in a spe cial song, “Roll on W illow Creek.” Special recognition plaques were then presented to Kay Proc tor of People for the Pool fund raising group, and Matthews to thank them for their work on the project over the past five years. Proctor was also presented a thank you rose from Matthews and the park district. “As a mem ber and one of the founders of the fund raising group ‘People for the Pool,’ Kay was always out there, keeping this goal o f having a swimming pool for our kids in the public eye and we thank her for her efforts,” said Matthews. Matthews recognized People for the Pool for their donation of $135,000 to the indoor multi-use pool and also recognized their donation of $10,000 to the over all waterpark project. Roses were presented to the w aterpark m anagers-Sarah C arlson, Karen Morgan and George Naims, in recognition of their hard work in getting the pool up and running. The dedication was topped off with the release of red, white, blue and green balloons. Lifeguard Macy Rhea and Donald and Whitney Matthews did the hon ors of cutting the balloons loose. BEO sponsors student workshop Six hundred student leaders from around the state recently attended the Oregon Association of Student Councils Summer Leadership Workshops with the help of the Independent Community Banks of Oregon (ICBO), including the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner. This is the sixth year that ICBO has sponsored the workshops, which have provided leadership training to high school and middle school students for over twenty years. The two high school workshops, held at Willamette University in Salem, offered sessions on Lexington Auto Body will be closed August 24th - 29th 0TPR SCHEDULE TIME: PRCA rodeo action starts at 7 p.m. Friday night, August 15, and 1:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon, August 16, at the Fair and Rodeo grounds in Heppner. 24 mutton-busters will be bucked 1/2 hour prior to the performance. Also featured will be specialty act “The Olsons” with a buffalo and trick horse; clown/barrelman Flint Rasmussen; professional rodeo announcer Steve Kenyon; and bullfighters Danny Newman and Mark Nichols. COST: Adults $8.00; Children 7-12 $5.00; under 6 free VIP seating $360 (10 seats, 3 days) A FREE PARKING V V AWARDS: f lR r jv OTHER: « “Macy has always believed in this project, even as a little girl,” said Matthews. “I felt it was only ap propriate that she be allowed the honor o f helping dedicate it. As for Donald and Whitney, they represent the kids coming up that will benefit from having a swim ming pool.” Also during the dedication, past WCPD board members Ken Turner, Nancy Snider and Bob Kahl were honored for their ser vice to the people of the district. The WCPD provided free hot dogs, cookies and lemonade all day long for those attending the open house. V PRCA All-Around Champion Saddle donat ed by Gardner’s Men’s Wear; Mike Currin Memorial Calf Roping Champion Buckle; Kinzua Amateur Calf Roping Saddle; Neil Beamer Memorial Spurs. The Morrow County Jackpot Rodeo for Morrow County residents and school alumni will be held Sunday, August 17 start ing at 1:15 p.m. Slack for team roping will start at 10 a.m. Cost: $5; children 6 and under free communication, organization and time management, goal setting and project planning. Students planned projects to take back to their schools and communities. Students had the opportunity to hear both Governor Kitzhaber and Secretary of State Keisling speak to them in the State Capitol during their ethics session. Delegates also participated in community services by cleaning local parks and Mill Creek. The middle school workshop, held at Aldersgate Conference Center near Salem, offered young leaders an opportunity to learn new leadership skills through activity-based sessions. They also had a variety of guest speakers. ICBO has 42 member banks around the state. Bank of Eastern Oregon helped co sponsor. W e Print Business Cards Gazette-Times 676-9228 MCSO and Boardman ambu lance received a report of a mo tor vehicle accident 1/4 mile from the Port of Morrow; To Oregon State Police, a re port of a disabled vehicle 17 mile west of Boardman on 1-84; MCSO received report o f a theft of pickup in Heppner area; Received a report of found rot tweiler in Heppner; Received a report of a car rear- ending another car in Imgon; Received a report o f a woman loading up vehicles with another person’s property in lone; To Oregon State Police, a re port of a father and son fighting at County G arden Estates in Imgon; To Boardm an am bulance, Boardman Police Dept., a report o f a man unconscious in Boardman. The patient was trans ported to Good Shepherd Commu nity Hospital in Hermiston; Received a report of a possible prowler in Irrigon. Aug 5: MCSO, Boardman Po lice Dept, received a report of an intruder at a residence in Boardm an. Man w earing women’s lingerie ran from house screaming; James Roderick Random, 27, was arrested by the Boardman Police Dept, for Burglary I and Theft III. Random was lodged at the Umatilla County Sheriffs Of- ficejail; MCSO received a report of someone in a neighbor’s house in Imgon. The deputy was unable to locate, but someone had toilet pa pered the yard; MCSO received report of a bad $2,500 check at Boardm an Texaco; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of air hoses cut and sugar put in the gas tank of a vehicle in Boardman; To Boardman Police Dept., a report o f a injured dog in Boardman; To Heppner ambulance, a re port of a 15-month old child chok ing in Heppner. The patient was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of semi-trucks parked for quite a while at the Nomad Res taurant; To Heppner Police Dept., a re port of a gun missing in Heppner; Received a report of the Hep pner senior bus overdue from a tnp to Wheeler County. Turned out to be vehicle problems; Received a report of a motion alarm at A.C. Houghton Elemen tary School in Irrigon; Received another report of an alarm at A.C. Houghton Elemen tary School; Received a report o f a dog chasing cows. The dog was shot and cow was injured; Received a report of a verbal argument in Irrigon; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of an alarm at the Port of Morrow. The electricity went off, and set off alarm; To Irrigon Fire Dept., a report of two explosions and a glow at a home in Imgon. COASt TO COAST YOUR SOURCE FOR SUMMER SUPPLIES WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS If the construction blocks you from our front door, USE OUR SIDE DOOR ON MAIN STREET We Value Your Patronage GoasttoGoast Aug 6: to Boardman Police Dept, a report of a suspicious ve hicle in Boardman; Received a report of an alarm at an intertribal warehouse/boat storage facility on Tower Road. All was secure; To Heppner ambulance, a re port of a woman who had fallen and possibly broke two ribs; To Boardman Police Dept., Oregon State Police, a report of a drive o ff at the Boardm an Texaco; Received a report of a disabled vehicle on 1-84 eastbound at the Port of Morrow exit; Received a report of disabled motorhome near the Port of Mor row junction; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of a truck that had knocked down a stop sign and another sign in Boardman; Received a report of a man calling a woman saying it was an Avon representative. The woman believes it is her ex-husband; Received a report of a woman hitting her husband in Lexington. Woman said husband had threat ened to kill her; MCSO and Oregon State Po lice responded to a report of two males harassing another man; Received a report of light go ing off and on at St. Patrick’s Se nior Center in Heppner; To Oregon State Police, a re port of a stolen vehicle in Imgon; To Heppner Police Dept., a re port of a domestic dispute in front of G-T in Heppner; Aug 7: to H eppner Police Dept.; a report of new rain gut ters smashed at Central Market in Heppner; To Boardm an am bulance, MCSO, Boardman Police Dept., a report of man hit in chest with a gear roll at the Boardman Chip Co. The man was reported to be bleeding from the mouth, con scious but breathing shallowly. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hos pital in Hermiston; To Heppner Police Dept., a re port o f a woman assaulted at a residence in Heppner. Iva Lou Zimmerman, 37, was arrested for Assault IV, Cnminal Trespass; To Boardman Fire Dept., a re port o f a smoke alarm at Sam B oardm an E lem entary in Boardman. It turned out to be a false alarm; Received a report of flood com puter crash. The computer was rebooted; Received a report of suspicious circum stances-possible child abuse in Irrigon; To B oardm an Em ergency Medical Technicians, a report of a man down in a field behind the BP station. The man was intoxi cated and the Emergency Medi cal Technicians were cancelled; To the Boardman Police Dept., a report from a woman who said her aunt had her child and would not give the child back; Received a report of five juve niles with guns at end of county line road in Irrigon. The deputy was unable to locate; Received a report of a car hit and the driver left the scene; Pendleton Weather Service re quested MCSO to reboot flood com puter as the Pendleton was sleeping in the truck; To Heppner Police Dept., a re port o f juveniles riding bikes downhill fast in Heppner; Received a report of horses out on Sand Hollow. Aug 9: Heppner Police Dept, assisted in delivering an emer gency message to a woman fish ing at Penland Lake; MCSO, Oregon State Police, and Umatilla County S h eriffs Office received report o f shots fired at river at end of county line; Received a report of a cow out on Paul Smith and Wilson roads; Received a report of suspicious male at N om ad A pts, in Boardman; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of graffiti at the day use area by the restroom s at the Boardman Marina; To Oregon State Police, a re port o f three subjects drinking near w estbound rest area at Boardman. The officer was un able to locate; Received a report of a suspi cious male subject on a picnic table behind pizza parlor; To Heppner Police Dept., a re port of a dog barking for hours in Heppner; MCSO and Boardman Fire Dept., a report of a fire near the grain elevator on Patterson Ferry Road near railroad tracks; Aug 10: received a report of an overdue person in Irrigon. The person returned later; Received a report of a white Chevy 4x4 pickup that had hit guard rail at the intersection of Bombing Range Road and High way 207; To Port of Morrow and county road department, a report o f a water pipe broken on Port o f Morrow property shooting water 150 feet high; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of a minor fender-bender in Boardman; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of an ex-boyfriend taking things from girlfriend’s home; Received a report o f pickup driving erratically in Boardman; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of windows on vehicle bro ken while in parking lot at the Sen try Market in Boardman; Received a report of a family disturbance at a Heppner area residence; Received a report of a stolen document in Irrigon; Boardman Emergency Medical Technicians, Boardman Police Dept., MCSO responded to a fe male passed out at Hab Doc apartments in Boardman. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston; Received a report of a gas line smell in Boardman. It turned out to be skunk; Received a report of someone getting into another person’s car in Irrigon; Boardman Police Dept, and MCSO responded to a fight in progress located between the BP station and Nomad in Boardman. Approximately 12 subjects were involved; Received a report of a family disturbance in Irrigon; Boardman Police Dept, and MCSO received a report of a man Weather Service couldn’t call into who had broken into another person’s residence through bed it; Received a report of grain truck room window. Occupant gave in front of the elevator at Ruggs chase down the street; Received a report o f three with dome light on. It did not be cardboard boxes for shotguns and long to MCGG. Aug 8: Heppner Police Dept., one shoe discovered of Columbia Heppner ambulance received re Lane between 8th West and the port of possible domestic situation fish hatchery; MCSO, Boardm an Police in progress at Lanham Apart ments in Heppner. A female pa Dept, received a report of shot tient was transported to Pioneer fired at west end of picnic area at Memorial Hospital in Heppner Boardman Manna park; Received a report o f trans with unknown injuries; Kyle Alan Tyler, 28, was ar former exploding on Columbia rested for Assault IV Domestic Ave. in Boardman. and lodged at Umatilla County Sheriffs Office jail; MCSO, Boardm an Police FAX Dept, arrested Marvin A. Pourier, 33, on Morrow County circuit count warrant for Failure to Ap- Gazette-Times pear-Possession of a Controlled 676-9228 Substance and Boardman Police Dept, charges of Possession o f a Controlled Substance-metham- phetammes, and Possession of less than one ounce of Marijuana. Pourier was lodged at the Umatilla County Sheriffs Office jail; To Boardman Police Dept., a report of harassing phone call in Boardman; Received a report o f a man who had left his wife at Boardman rest area, mistakenly thinking she Paper We m ake Posters Gazette-Times 676-9228
