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The Morrow County Sheriffs
Office in Heppner reports
handling or dispatching the
following business over the past
several weeks;
MCSO received a request to
relay a message to a person con­
cerning a relative who was ill;
MCSO received a report o f a
soon-to-be ex-husband taking his
two children without telling the
wife where he was going;
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MCSO received a report of a
motion alarm at Les Schwab;
MCSO received a report o f a
stolen vehicle located in
Boardman.
April 13: MCSO received a
rep o rt o f kids stealing a
neighbor’s wood.
MCSO received a report that a
woman was assaulted in Irrigon.
Carl J. Scott Gittings, 32, was ar­
rested on Assault IV charges and
lodged at U m atilla County
Sheriff's office jail;
MCSO received a report that
someone entered a house and left
a box o f item s with the
complainant’s wife’s name on it.
No one had permission to be in
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the house;
MCSO deputy and Boardman
Fire Dept, and ambulance re­
sponded to a report of a vehicle
fire on the Bombing Range Road,
8-10 miles south of 1-84. The ve­
hicle was fully engulfed and the
driver needed medical attention;
MCSO received a report of a
man possibly intoxicated, refus­
ing to leave Country Garden Es­
tates in Im gon. Two other males
subjects were with him. The man
was arrested on Failure to Ap-
pear/Driving While Under the
Influence of Intoxicants.
April 14: MCSO dispatched to
the Boardman Police Dept, a re­
port of kids smoking on the roof
at the Learning C enter in
Boardman;
MCSO received a report from
a man’s lawyer that people were
trespassing on the man’s property
and taking down his “no trespass­
ing” signs;
MCSO dispatched to the Or­
egon State Police a report of a
person in a light blue Volvo driv­
ing 100 plus miles an hour;
MCSO received a report of a
vehicle going through red lights
on a school bus.
April 15: MCSO received a
report of a man who got up on the
running board o f a truck and
asked for a ride and then prowled
around other cars at the BP sta­
tion in Boardman;
MCSO and the Boardman am­
bulance received a request for an
ambulance for a man who had
crushed his hand at the Logan In­
ternational at Boardman. The pa­
tient was transported to Good
Shepherd Community Hospital in
Hermiston;
MCSO received a request for
an officer from Columbia Middle
School in Irrigon to cite a student
for having tobacco;
MCSO
dispatched
to
Boardman Police Dept, a request
from Sentry Market in Boardman
for an officer. They had a shop­
lifter in custody;
MCSO received a report of
dogs killing chickens and ducks
near the county line;
MCSO received a report of a
fender-bender in front of a drive­
way in Boardman;
MCSO received a report of
parents fighting in Irrigon;
MCSO dispatched to the lone
Fire Dept, a report of an out-of-
control fire on Baseline by the
substation. It turned out to be a
controlled bum;
MCSO dispatched to the Or­
egon State Police a report of two
vehicles on the game reserve and
driving on closed roads;
MCSO received two requests
for an officer to put down a dog
near the county line. The dog was
shot after chasing ducks;
MCSO deputy, Boardman Po­
lice Dept, and Boardman ambu­
lance responded to a report of two
men fighting in Boardman wi h
one man bleeding from the no
unknown w eapons w ere n-
volved. Jose Najera-Tang’ na,
35, was cited for Unlawfv Use
o f a Weapon. Jose Va; uez-
Guerrero, 23, was charg' with
Sex Abuse I;
MCSO dispatcher to the
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Boardman Police Dept, a report ing Arrest, Trespassing and Reck­
of two large dogs in a yard;
less Driving. Gibbons was lodged
MCSO received a report of a at the Klickitat County Jail;
missing Great Dane in Imgon;
MCSO received an open 911
MCSO received a report of a call in Boardman. It turned out to
woman throwing something out be kids playing.
of her car window which hit the
April 17: MCSO received a
windshield of another vehicle in report from Heppner City Hall
Boardman;
concerning someone who re­
MCSO received a report of a ceived 10 hang-up calls a day for
male subject, who appeared in­ two weeks;
toxicated, walking along High­
MCSO received a report of a
way 730 near Imgon;
woman who had not returned
MCSO deputy assisted a per­ home from her job in Pendleton.
son by taking him back to his ve­ The woman had gotten off work
hicle on 1-84 eastbound.
between 7-8;
April 16: MCSO arrested Jer­
MCSO received a report that
emy Michael Loftier, 18, for Dis­ dogs were always on a neighbor’s
orderly Conduct and Minor in property. The man asked what
Possession;
would happen if a domestic dog
MCSO dispatched to the Or­ were trapped;
egon State Police a report of a
MCSO and Oregon State Po­
white pickup that almost hit two lice received a report of a possible
semi-trucks on Highway 730 Driving While Under the Influ­
westbound. The vehicle was lo­ ence o f Intoxicants north of
cated sitting off Patterson Ferry Cutsforth Comer on Highway
Road;
207. Apparently something was
MCSO dispatched to the Or­ loose on the vehicle, causing
egon State Police a report of a motion;
possible Driving While Under the
MCSO received a report of
Influence of Intoxicants, with a possible horse abuse;
maroon Chevy driving all over
MCSO received a request for
the road;
an officer regarding signing a
MCSO received a report of a driving com plaint against a
person loading wood into a woman in Heppner;
pickup at the Port of Morrow;
MCSO received a report of a
MCSO received a report of a possible assault. A man report­
car on the side of the road with a edly assaulted another man after
man laying on the ground. The the first man hit the second man’s
vehicle was disabled and the man dog with his car;
was given a nde into Boardman;
MCSO deputy and Oregon
MCSO deputy arrested Robert State Police responded to a report
Gene Morley, 29, for Possession of someone throwing a rock off
of a Controlled Substance;
the Tower Road overpass and
MCSO dispatched to the breaking the window of a vehicle
Heppner Police Dept, a report o f driving on the freeway;
a man in a blue and white Blazer
MCSO dispatched to the
pulling a trailer who left town to­ Boardman Police Dept, a report
wards Condon who was very of a fender-bender in Boardman;
drunk and rude;
MCSO dispatched to the
MCSO received a report of a Boardman Police Dept, a report
neighbor’s dog coming after a of loud music at the south end of
boy in Lexington;
the marina in Boardman;
MCSO received a report of
MCSO received a report of a
neighbor’s dogs chasing cows;
runaway in Irrigon.
MCSO dispatched to the
April 18: MCSO dispatched to
Boardman Police Dept, a report the Heppner Police Dept, a report
of a female assaulting a girl in that someone had broken into the
Boardman;
R & W Drive-in in Heppner and
MCSO dispatched to the Or­ taken $100 from the till;
egon State Police a report that a
MCSO dispatched to the Or­
red Camaro had run over a dog in egon State Police a report of three
Irrigon but kept going towards males in a fight in Irrigon. One
Boardman on Highway 730;
man was getting married. The
MCSO received a report of a other was supposed to be his best
suspicious vehicle sitting behind man and didn’t want to;
the Les Schwab in Heppner;
MCSO dispatched to the
MCSO received a report of Boardman Police Dept, a report
several vehicles behind a house of neighbor kids shooting BB
in Lexington and blocking the al­ guns at another kid and hitting the
ley;
kid. The kid did not want medi­
MCSO assisted the Gilliam cal attention;
County Sheriff’s in a search in the
MCSO received a report of a
Cayuse Canyon area for Kelly bullet hole and bullet found in a
Dale G ibbons, 34, who had house in Irrigon;
eluded officers on foot after a traf­
MCSO received a report of a
fic stop on Highway 206, mile­ missing juvenile returning;
post 54. The subject was not lo­
MCSO dispatched to the
cated. His vehicle was towed; .
Boardman Police Dept, a report
MCSO dispatched to the from Sentry Market that someone
Heppner ambulance a report of a was buying alcohol for minors;
man injured at the de-barker at
MCSO received a report of a
Kinzua Resources in Heppner. lost cowdog in the Lexington
The patient was transported to area;
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
MCSO received a report of
Heppner;
loud music at a wedding party in
MCSO received a report of a Imgon;
house burglarized in Imgon, with
MCSO received a report of a
a rifle, TV, stereo and rack sys­ suspicious vehicle near the mill
tem stolen;
on Highway 74. An officer was
Kelly Dale Gibbons was ar­ unable to locate anyone;
rested by G illiam County
MCSO received a report of
S h eriffs office at the Condon loud music and yelling on Nevada
Motel for Driving While Under Street in Irrigon.
the Influence o f Intoxicants,
Eluding a Police Officer, Resist­
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Rural Oregon is sharing the
good economic times that has
boosted urban Oregon and
agriculture is one of the big
reasons. A look at county level
agricultural sales figures over the
past three years shows a lot more
winners than losers in Oregon
with a mixed bag of urban and
rural counties.
"You can't look at the economy
of Oregon without realizing the
importance of agriculture in each
of the state’s 36 counties," says
Bruce Andrews, director of the
Oregon
Department
of
Agriculture.
Based on the latest available
gross farm and ranch sales,
Oregon's top 10 agricultural
producing counties are:
(1) Marion County-$441
million; (2) Umatilla County-
$274 million; (3) Clackamas
County-$243 million; (4) Linn
County-$211
million;
(5)
Malheur County-$190 million;
(6)Washington
County-$187
million; (7) Yamhill County-
$168 million; (8) Lane County-
$128 million; (9) Morrow
County-$117
million;
(10)
Klamath County-$103 million.
A look at some trends shows
that some counties not even in
the top 10 have ridden a wave
produced by the agricultural
economy that has earned them to
relatively better times. Jackson,
Gilliam and Sherman Counties
all have enjoyed a 19 percent
increase in agricultural sales over
the past three years. Gilliam and
Sherman are small counties,
however, agriculture has been a
significant player in providing
gains to the local economy.
"Jackson County is a good
example of where the fortunes of
the pear industry have turned
around after several down years
in the past," says Homer Rowley,
state statistician with the Oregon
Agricultural Statistics Service.
"Counties like Gilliam and
Sherman rely largely on wheat,
which has shown pretty good
increases in the last three years.
That will slow down in the next
year or so because wheat prices
have gone south. But wheat has
boosted those counties in recent
years."
Other counties that have seen
double digit increases in
agricultural sales the past three
years include Umatilla (13
percent), Josephine (11 percent),
Morrow (10 percent), and Benton
(10 percent). Additional counties
that have done well over a three
year period-- with significant
increases in county ag sales this
past year- include Linn (9
percent), Harney (9 percent),
Curry (9 percent), Yamhill (8
percent), Marion (8 percent),
Coos (7 percent), Lincoln (7
percent), Douglas (6 percent)
Clackamas (5 percent), Malheur
(5 percent), Polk (5 percent), and
Washington (5 percent). The
statewide average over three
years is about four percent
growth.
Even adjusted for total farm
expenses- more than $3.2 billion
statewide this past year-
agriculture in most counties was
a money making proposition.
The general increase can be
attributed to Oregon's diverse
agriculture.
"The diversity really masks a lot
of drastic changes that occur in
counties from year to year," says
Rowley. "While one commodity
group may change drastically
from one year to the next,
another commodity might go an
opposite direction and counteract
it. A three-year average should
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smooth things out, although that
doesn't always happen. Still, it is
a significant snapshot of where
counties are right now."
The counterbalance effect ot
Oregon's diverse agriculture
industry is evident while looking
at all counties. There have been
some three-year losers as well.
Wheeler County has seen a drop
in agricultural sales. It's small
farmgate ensures wild percentage
swings at the slightest change in
dollar amount. Deschutes (-8
percent), Baker (-6 percent),
Klamath (-6 percent), and
Wallowa (-4 percent) counties
have also dropped on average
over the past three years. But
those counties may turn around
soon since all three rely heavily
on the cattle industry.
"An upturn in cattle prices can
really help these counties," says
Rowley. "In the next couple of
years, I suspect we'll be seeing
that as the national inventories
have bottomed o u t- as the glut
of cattle move throughout the
marketing system— the prices
will start to increase and it will
show some real changes in those
counties."
The argument can be made
that Oregon's overall job growth
has been aided by a boost in
county agricultural sales. There
is some correlation between the
numbers. The counties that have
shown the greatest percentage of
job growth this decade are many
of the same that have shown the
greatest percentage of ag sales:
Gilliam (52 percent job growth).
Yamhill (28.7 percent), Morrow
(27.8 ’percent), Benton (25.4
percent), Jackson (24.3 percent)
and Malheur (22.5 percent) are
among the top eight fastest
growing counties in terms of
jobs, according to the Oregon
Employment Department.
While high technology and
manufacturing are responsible
for some of the increase,
agriculture cannot be discounted.
Much of the $3.2 million in farm
expenses went somewhere into
the local economy, and that
certainly translated into some
jobs. Also, labor costs are the
single biggest expense for
agricultural producers. Again,
that means more jobs.
"Without the presence of
agriculture in many of these
counties, there would not be
some of the goods and services
that create jobs in the first place,"
says Andrews.
Low prices and expected drops
in agricultural exports due to the
Asian economic crisis may bring
down many of the agricultural
sales figures in Oregon's counties
this next year. But the overall
trend this decade has been steady
growth. There is no reason to
believe that trend won't continue
for most of the state.
For more information, contact
Bruce Pokamey at (503) 986-
4559.
Tone alert radio issues resolved
Chris Brown, the state of Or­
egon Chemical Stockpile Emer­
gency Preparedness Program
(CSEPP) m anager, has an ­
nounced that the state of Oregon
and Umatilla and Morrow coun­
ties are going forward in a coop­
erative effort to procure and dis­
tribute Tone Alert Radios (TARS)
to residents living in the Imme­
diate Response Zone (IRZ) sur­
rounding the Umatillla Chemical
Depot.
In making the announcement.
Brown said, “In the interest of
public safety, we need to get those
radios out into the communities
at risk as soon as possible. Since
we announced an agreement with
both counties over 30 days ago, a
process has been developed to
acquire and distribute TARS.
Both counties would like to see
the TARS plan implem ented
quickly in order to provide this
critical warning capability to IRZ
residents.”
After two days of discussions
between Umatilla and Morrow
counties and the state of Oregon,
Myra Lee, director of Oregon
Emergency Management (OEM)
concluded the agreement with
both counties to push ahead with
the project in a joint partnership.
1 he process includes issuing the
request for proposal acquisition
and all related distribution, train­
ing and implementation require­
ments.
An estimated 25,000 residents
live in close proximity to the
chemical depot and the TARS
system is the last critical part of
the overall CSEPP Alert and No­
tification System, said an OEM
news release. N early 17,000
TARS are to be purchased for
both counties.
The specifications for the
project are being reviewed and it
is anticipated they will be final­
ized by Friday, May 1. Plans for
the distribution of the radios will
be coordinated between the state
and both counties. A bi-county
TARS coordinator will soon be
hired to develop logistical plahs
for distribution and maintenance.
“It is clear that the communi-
r
ties surrounding the depot want
action,” said Lee. “The counties
and the state want action and the
public wants action. We are now
going to move forward together.”
OEM will provide technical
support and assistance in a coop­
erative effort to expedite the
implementation of the TAR sys­
tem.
ROLLIE MARSHALL
Work Experience:
* 20 years as a professional banker
* Analyzed & prepared hundreds of financial
statements & budgets
* Worked with all levels of county, state & federal
governments, such as SBA, Port of Morrow,
Oregon Dept, of Economic Development
Education:
* Associate Degree in Accounting
Youth Involvement:
C a ll U s T o d a y
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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppnef, Oregon Wednesday, May 6,1998
Sheriff's Report
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ROLLIE MARSHALL
for Morrow County Judge
Since Morrow County has a $14 m illion bud­
get, we need to run the county as it it were a
$14 m illion business We need to make sound
business decisions $ be good stewards o f not
only our county tax dollars, but also the state A
federal money we also receive
I have the background in youth work to under­
stand what our young people are lacing in
today s world It is important that we elect some­
one who has that kind of active youth back­
ground in order to handle the duties ot county
judge
* Little League Coach
* High School Basketball Coach
* Junior & Senior High Youth Group Leader
* Past President Heppner Little League
Community S&rVIC6Z
(Currpnl or Ppst Chairman of)
* Heppner Coordinating Council
* Heppner Christian Church
* Morrow County Home Rule Committee
* Heppner Chamber of Commerce
* Heppner Advisory Board, Morrow Co. School Board
* City of Heppner Budget Committee
Paid for by Kollie Manhall P Q Box 726 Heppner OK 97H»