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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 5,1997 Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriffs office reports handling or dispatching the following business during the past several weeks: Oct. 20- MCSO received a report of a juvenile out of control at Imgon Justice Court. MCSO received a report of marijuana and a marijuana pipe confiscated from a juvenile at Columbia Middle School. MCSO received a report of two people yelling at Second and Oregon streets in Imgon. MCSO received a report of dogs barking and keeping a neighbor up at Boardman. MCSO received a report of an alarm accidentally set off in Boardman. MCSO received a report that a man with a warrant out on him was in the Imgon area, from the man's sister. MCSO received a report of a -Carl Scott Gittings, 32, was arrested on charges of two counts of Assault IV, Burglary 1, Disorderly Conduct, Menacing, Violation of Restraining Order and, upon fleeing the premises in the victim's car. Driving While Suspended felony. He was transported to Umatilla County Jail. - MCSO received a report of a dog trying to bite a woman on a bike in Imgon. The woman lifted her leg when the dog attacked and the dog bit her bike instead. -MCSO received a report of an abandoned vehicle. -MCSO received a report of a car speeding on third street in lone. -MCSO received a report of a black bull in the road on Highway 207 milepost 6. -Oregon State Police and MCSO responded to a report of six juveniles coming out of the windows of a house. However, no juveniles were believed to be living at the house. It turned out that the juvenile was getting ready for a slumber party. -Morrow County Behavioral Health received a report of a woman who was off her medication and was suicidal. -MCSO received a report of a woman and her three children in a disabled pick-up south o f 1-84 junction. -MCSO received a report of three intoxicated juveniles who came into Imgon BP. Oct. 17: MCSO received a report of harassing phone calls. - MCSO received a report of a woman allegedly assaulted and raped. Another man reported that the call was bogus. -MCSO received a report of a motor vehicle accident at Highway 730 milepost 170. -MCSO received a report of a driving complaint at the Country Garden Estates. -MCSO received a report of a man allegedly taking a S50 money order out of a woman's purse. Also the woman reported that her car had been moved to the man's mother's house and that her house key and car key were also missing. -MCSO received a report of two males shooting shotguns from the road. The men left when confronted, going toward Franklin Grade on Heppner-Pilot Rock Highway. -MCSO and the Boardman Police Department received two reports of a car that almost broad-sided a pick-up and a pedestrian. People in the car were reported to have used foul language. -Heppner Police Department received a request for a welfare check for children in Heppner. A woman trying to telephone her children in Heppner was cut off. The children were all okay. •Boardman Police Department received a report of three or four teens hanging around the east end of Columbia View Apartments, possibly smoking or vandalizing. -Heppner Ambulance received a request for an ambulance for an injured lone athlete with a fractured femur. -MCSO received a request for an emergency message to be delivered to a woman in Imgon. The woman's mother was in the hospital and was not expected to survive. Officers were unable to locate the woman. -MCSO received a report of telephone harassment in Imgon. The woman was reported to have called a man 23 times and also came to his residence. MCSO received a report of a possible custodial interference. The woman's boyfriend's mother was believed to be coming over to take a child away from the woman (child's mother). Oct. 18: Boardman Ambulance received a report of a woman with stomach pains and numbness in her fingers. The woman was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. -Oregon State Police received a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a pick-up and trailer with no injuries. The accident had moved a concrete wall into the west bound lanes approximately two feet. -MCSO received a report of a man ramming another vehicle with his vehicle. -MCSO received a report of trespassers at orchard at Paul Smith and Kunze roads. -MCSO received a report of a window of a residence shot with a bb gun. -MCSO received a report of a neighbor's dog chasing sheep in Irrigon. -MCSO received a report of a door open and a window broken at a residence in Heppner discovered when a woman went to feed the owner’s cats. -Boardman Police Department received a report of two men speeding in a red Porsche toward Miller Lane in Boardman. -Heppner Fire Department chief received a report of a possible illegal bum. He checked it out and all was OK, not a hazard. - MCSO and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlfe received a report of a pickup with lights on top and shots fired near Potlatch office. -MCSO received a report of harassing phone calls. A man was reported to have called over the past four days and hung up when questioned about the number he was calling. -MCSO received a report of a suspicious woman driving slowly through Ella Road, lone area, and passing by a home several times. When confronted, the woman driver appeared confused, didn't i 8 JLove Com es I I S tra ig h t fro m know where she was and said she was on her way to Baker City from Seattle. Officers were unable to locate the woman. -Oregon State Police, MCSO, Boardman Fire Department and the Boardman Ambulance responded to a report of a Bronco that had rear ended a semi east of Highway 730 and 1-84 junction. One male with a broken leg and bleeding from the neck was transported to GSH. A juvenile in the vehicle was uninjured but was also transported to GSH to meet with his parents. The driver was his mom's boyfriend. -MCSO received a report of a vehicle in the median on 1-84 milepost 16 with two other cars with headlights pointed at it. Officers were unable to locate anything.. -MCSO received a report of a drunk driver heading westbound on 1-84 milepost 164 near Boardman. -MCSO received a report of people at Hilltop and Ridgecrest yelling and revving their car engine. Oct. 19: MCSO received a report of a woman who claimed she had hit her head on a counter at the hospital but the hospital staff said the woman's friend told them she had jumped out of a motor home on Madison Butte. -MCSO received a report of an injured dog on the side of a street in Imgon that needed to be put down. -MCSO received a report of two dogs lost on upper Rhea Creek- a Brittany spaniel and a springer spaniel. -MCSO received a report o f an intoxicated driver in Imgon. -Boardman Police Department received three reports of a suspicious man in Boardman flagging down traffic. The man was given a ride to Desert Springs Estates. -MCSO received a report of a pink duffle bag with glasses and personal belongings found on I- 84 east bound at Patterson Ferry. -MCSO received a report of a 911 call from Imgon, but when traced no one answered, but there was a lot of screaming. Oct. 21- MCSO received a report of an unattended death at Imgon Trailer Park. MCSO received a report of cars speeding past Imgon Fire Hall. MCSO received information on the location of a man who allegedly stole a safe from a fruit stand in Imgon. MCSO received a report of a violation of a restraining order. MCSO received a report from a father that his son was en route to Heppner with a Driving While Suspended felony. It turned out that the man was not driving; his mother was. MCSO received a report of a wrong way driver east bound in a west bound lane, Eti Lale Ena, 40, was arrested for an alleged Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants and careless driving. Oct. 22- MCSO received a report of an ex-student taking other students away with him from the Imgon Learning Center. MCSO received a report of two dogs chasing kids to a bus in Boardman. MCSO received a report of a cow out on the comer of Kunze and Miller roads in Boardman. MCSO received a report of a six-year old who had not returned home form school in Boardman. The boy later returned. MCSO received a report of a Waldport man who had come to court in Heppner Monday and had not been heard from since. The man was located in Hermiston. MCSO received a report of a 911 call in Imgon. It was a false alarm. MCSO received a report of people who appeared to be smoking dope in a car among trucks at the Nugget Inn in Boardman. Oct. 23- MCSO received a report from the BP station of a man drunk and throwing up at the station and who onlookers believed shouldn’t be driving. The man was located. No sign of a DUII. MCSO received a report of 10- 15 gang members present at Sam Boardman Elementary School and a carnival was to be held. CRP signup steady Skip Matthews, Morrow County Agricultural Service Center we're Farm Service Agency county all working hard to tell producers executive director, has about this important opportunity announced that at the halfway and to sign up every qualifying point of the Conservation applicant," Matthews said. "I Reserve Program's (CRP) I6th want to encourage all landowners to consider enrolling their sign-up, activity for enrollment eligible environm entally of Morrow County land in the sensitive land in the new CRP." program has been very steady. "The sign-up closes on "I'm very pleased at how things November 14, and it's coming up are going," said Matthews. fast. You've still got time to "Morrow County farmers and come in, but don't wait too long," ranchers are embracing the new Matthews added. CRP, showing that they are All land that is enrolled in the enthusiastic about continuing the program must compete for strong conservation ethic of acceptance based on an American agriculture." environmental benefits index that The new, environmentally- ensures fair and equal focused CRP provides immediate consideration for all types of benefits to producers, ranchers land, he said. and taxpayers through reduced Signup for the program began soil erosion, improved water October 14 and will continue quality and expanded wildlife through November 14. habitat, said Matthews. Under Producers will be notified by the this voluntary program, middle of December as to which landowners enter into contracts acres have been accepted into the with USDA to place erodible and CRP. other environmentally-sensitive Interested producers and cropland in conservation landowners should contact the practices for 10- 15 years. In Morrow County Farm Service exchange, landowners receive annual rental payments for the Agency office at 430 Heppner- land and cost-share assistance for Lexington Highway, Heppner, 676-9011 for additional establishing those practices. information. "Here at the Morrow County Sybil Krebs named Arlington Rodeo Queen Land exchange meeting, Nov. 17 The draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Northeast Oregon Assembled Land Exchange is available for review and comment, according to district manager Ed Singleton. The public comment period closes Dec. 30. The draft EIS analyzes the sale or exchange of up to 85,000 acres of BLM-administered land scattered across Baker, Union, Umatilla, Morrow, Grant, and Wheeler counties. According to the BLM, the preferred alternative would result in the disposal of mostly scattered and isolated tracts of public land. In Phase I of the exchange, the BLM would acquire a large block of private land along the North Fork of the First Christian slates harvest fest Heppner First Christian Church will hold their annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, November 9, at 6 p.m. The community is invited to share in the fellowship of the evening. Besides a potluck dinner, the program will include special music and a guest speaker, Bill Putman the Executive Director for the Oregon Christian Evangelistic Fellowship. The church will also have an offering to raise money to fund special projects around the church. John Day River. Other blocks of land, located mostly in Baker County, would be acquired in future phases of the exchange. Public meetings to discuss the draft EIS are scheduled on the following days: Wednesday, November 12, John Day, 7 p.m., Arlington Jackpot Rodeo Queen Alec Gay Hall; Thursday, Sybil Krebs (left) and Morrow November 13, Pendleton, 7 p.m., County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen Maci Childers Doubletree Hotel; Friday, November 14, Baker City, 7 by Nova Rietmann p.m., Sunridge Inn, Blue Morrow County Fair and Mountain Room; and Monday, Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen November 17, Heppner, 7 p.m., Maci Childers congratulates the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op. 1998 Arlington Jack Pot Rodeo For more information or to Queen Sybil Krebs in the obtain copies of the EIS, contact Arlington Saddle Club area at the Steve Davidson at 541-5231256 rodeo queen try outs. Sybil is a or Baker Resource Area, BLM, sophomore at lone High School 3165 10th St., Baker City, OR and the daughter of Sky and 97914,_____________________ Penny Krebs. On October 26, Sybil tried out Health Dept. to represent Arlington at the Jack Pot Rodeo, which will take place The Morrow County Health Dept, lists the following monthly schedule for blood pressures and immunizations: Thursday, Nov. 6-blood pres sures and immunizations, Hepp ner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 13-blood pres sures and immunizations, Hepp ner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 18-blood pres sures and immunizations, Board- man clinic, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 20-blood pres sures and immunizations, Hepp ner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 25-blood pres sures and immunizations, Board- man clinic, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. FOOT PAIN? M m Dr. Donald Carlson, A* podiatrlc foot and ankle specialist, will be at the Pioneer Memorial Clinic November 12 for the diagnosis and treatment of all foot problems. Call now: 676-5504 or Herm iston Clinic 567-8750 Business Cards Gazette-Times G a s £ S7n O n G en ex TJafues Museum plans antique tractor show November 12, at Yaws at 6 p.m. The Morrow County Museum Anyone with experience with is organizing an antique tractor ' such events and knowledge or and engine show which would interest in antique farm attract collectors (and their equipment and engines is collections) and the public, welcome to get in on the ground according to a museum news floor, planning what the museum release. An organizational hopes could become an annual meeting will be held Wednesday, event. the first weekend in May. The day started out with a potluck followed by the tryouts at 1:30 p.m. The candidates spoke about why they wanted to be queen, answered two questions each, and displayed their riding skills. 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