TWELVE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 13,1998
Task force emphasizes monitoring need
in Imgon.
Sheriff's Report
May 4 -MCSO and Boardman
Fire Department responded to a
report of a VW van on fire, 1-84
WB five miles east of Boardman.
Boardman Police Department
received a report of three men -
one with a BB gun and another
with another type of gun that he
had hidden underneath a coat in
Boardman.
Oregon State Police received a
report of a vehicle hit and run in
Imgon.
MCSO and Imgon Ambulance
responded to a report of a man
assaulted with broken nose,
scrapes and a cut. Man at first
refused an ambulance but his
nose wouldn't stop bleeding. He
refused ambulance again.
Heppner Police Department
received a report of a possible
DUII in Heppner. Turned out the
driver was just tired.
MCSO received a report of
loud music in vehicles in Imgon.
Oregon Department of
Transportation and Oregon State
Police received a report of a rock
slide on Highway 26 milepost
88-90 almost blocking both
lanes.
MCSO reported that the flood
computer crashed and was
rebooted.
May 5 -Oregon State Police
received a report of a Ford Escort
traveling at a very fast speed.
MCSO received a report of a
green Bronco traveling at a high
rate of speed at 1-84 WB.
Heppner Police Department
received a report of a rototiller
that had been beaten with a
hammer with $2,000 in damage.
MCSO received a request for a
deputy to pick up NSF checks at
the Lexington gas station.
MCSO received a report of
possible abuse of a student who
lives in Imgon.
MCSO received a report of a
silent panic alarm at Klamath
First Federal in Heppner. Turned
out to be a false alarm.
Oregon State Police received a
report of two adults getting in the
back of a U-haul moving van.
Man reporting incident was
concerned about welfare of the
adult an the -U-hauL --------- (- —
MCSO received a report of a
lunch pail deserted at lone
Schools
containing
drug
paraphernalia.
Boardman Ambulance and
Boardman Police Department
received a report of a 12-year-old
girl who had cut her foot and was
bleeding heavily.
She was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital.
Heppner Police Department
received a report of a neighbor's
kids teasing a dog.
Boardman Police Department
received a report of a domestic
assault. Brent Musick, 25, was
arrested for Assault III domestic.
MCSO received a report of
music cranked up loud in a
vehicle.
May 6 - MCSO received a
report of excessive noise in
Boardman from a diesel water
pump placed in the canal at
Canal Lane, Boardman.
MCSO received a report of
windows broken out of bathroom
at Willow Creek Dam Day Park.
Oregon State Police, Columbia
Basin and State Highway
Division received a report of a
truck losing its load and hitting a
power pole.
Heppner Police Department
received a report of an adult
shoplifter at Central Red Market
in Heppner. Dora Melanie Starr,
56, was cited for Theft III.
Heppner Ambulance received a
report for a 30-year-old male
patient having seizures at
Heppner Dental Office.
MCSO received a request for a
deputy to cite a student at CMS
for disorderly conduct.
MCSO received a report of a
person being harassed by
juveniles in Imgon.
MCSO received a report of an
on-going problem with loud
music in Irrigon.
MCSO received a report of a
person detained at Tupper with a
possible MIP. Another subject
had left on foot.
May 7 -MCSO received a
report of a robbery of $17 in
Tupper area.
Boardman Police Department
received a report of an audible
burglar alarm/motion detector at
Riverside High School.
Heppner Ambulance received a
report of a man who had fallen in
Heppner and couldn't get up.
Daughter called back and said
she would take care of it.
MCSO received a request to fill
a fraud complaint against a man
MCSO received a report of a
domestic dispute in progress with
weapons. MCSO responded to
back up Umatilla County.
MCSO received a report of a
broken water main in Heppner.
MCSO received a report of an
on-going loud music problem
from a blue Cutlass.
Boardman Police department
received a report of a white van
speeding around Desert Springs
Estates.
Driver had been
suspended.
A gun was
confiscated and vehicle was
impounded.
Heppner Police Department
received a report of someone
entering a house without owner's
permission, taking pick-up keys
and driving off in pick-up.
Owner wanted to report pick-up
stolen.
May 8-MCSO received a report
of a stolen travel trailer in
Imgon.
MCSO received a report that
someone left a baby in the phone
booth at the Imgon Manna.
Officer searched area but was
unable to locate anything.
Heppner Police Department
received a report of a burglary
and money stolen at D & L Auto
Parts in Heppner. The incident
was recorded on tape.
MCSO received a report of a
vehicle hit and run at Sentry
Market in Irrigon.
MCSO
arrested
Larry
Lynn
Ledgerwood, 32, for DUII.
MCSO received a report of a
child with a whip harassing cows
as they were watenng. Child left
and caller did not wish contact
wit police.
MCSO received a report of a
suspicious pickup at Patterson
Ferry Road.
MCSO received a request for
an ambulance for a female at
Bakes in Imgon. Woman had
fallen or was pushed off a bar
stool. Ambulance was cancelled.
MCSO received a report of an
animal problem in Imgon.
When deputy responded, dogs
chased deputy to his patrol car.
MCSO received a report of
domestic disturbance at Imgon
Mobile Court.
MCSO arrested Tony Lee
Wilson, 35, for Driving While
Suspended felony on wildlife
refuge.
MCSO received a report of a
couple yelling and screaming at
each other at their home in
Imgon. Officials were unable
to locate anyone upon arrival.
Boardman Police Department
received a report of a civil
problem concerning moving a
trailer into Wilson road Trailer
Court. MCSO arrested John
Joseph Homer Jr., 51, on two
Umatilla County Sheriffs Office
warrants
for
failure
to
appear/dnving while suspended
and failuie to appear/dnving
under
the influence
of
intoxicants. He was lodged at
UCSO Jail.
MCSO received a report of a
dog barking in Irrigon.
MCSO received a request for
an officer concerning a noise
complaint.
Heppner Police Department
received a request for an officer
to the fairgrounds in Heppner for
a lock out.
Heppner Police Department
and MCSO responded to a report
of a woman who had been
allegedly assaulted by her step
son. She reported that she had
been assaulted, her clothes ripped
and she was bleeding. Corey
Gamel, 21, was arrested for
Assault III. Donna Gamel was
cited for Assault IV. He was
transported to UCSO Jail and she
to Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
MCSO received a report of an
audible
alarm
at Humes
Washboard and BP in Irrigon.
Turned out to e employee error.
Heppner Police Department,
Heppner Fire Department and
Heppner ambulance responded to
a report of a one vehicle motor
vehicle accident in front of old
swimming pool on Heppner-
Condon Highway. Ambulance
was cancelled.
MCSO received a report of
water sprayed on a house from an
imgation circle.
MCSO received a report of
Criminal Mischief I at Imgon.
MCSO received a request for
an officer from a male who said
his step dad grabbed him by the
arm and neck and threw him out.
MCSO received a call from
Good
Shepherd
Hospital
concerning a man who had come
in with a pellet gun wound to his
nght leg occurring in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
male subject assaulted by another
male in Imgon.
Letters to the Editor
The Momtonng Task Force for
the destruction of chemicals at
Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not the Army Depot in Umatilla,
publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phone number on all made up of federal, tribal, state,
letters (or use by the G-T office The G-T reserves the right to edit.
county and local representatives
met May 4 to further define the
process
for obtaining chemical
Atkinson promotes self-interest
agent monitoring equipment.
The monitoring system, in
have
not
demanded
his
To the Editor:
with
personal
I believe that when a candidate resignation. To aggregate this conjunction
protective
equipment,
would
be
uses his elective political offices much political power and then to
by emergency
first
to gain an unfair advantage over use these offices to promote his used
other candidates in a contested candidacy in a contested primary responders in the "unlikely"
race, he should be censured. In a is not only unseemly, but in clear event of a chemical release at the
primary election, the party at the violation of standards of Umatilla Chemical Depot.
county and state level must neutrality in contested primaries,
traditionally observed by both
remain neutral.
I am amazed that Perry political parties.
If Perry Atkinson is willing to
Atkinson, a candidate for
Congress, has not resigned from abuse the power granted him as
Northeast Oregon Area Health
his positions as chairman of the an elected political officer of his
GOP Central Committee in party, there is no question that he Education Center (NEOAHEC)
Jackson County and vice- would use his congressional will offer a "coding compliance
chairman
of the Oregon office and power to promote his series" via satellite at local ED-
NET I sites on June 3, 10 and 17
self-interest.
Republican Party.
(s) Layton DeZell from 12-1 p.m.
I cannot understand why
A comprehensive
class
Central Point
candidates and party officials
workbook is included with the
During a conference call with
representatives from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
and the U.S. Army, the task force
discussed response situations
where
agent
monitoring
capability
would
provide
essential
information
and
enhance response efforts.
Oregon occupational safety
requirements
demand
that
workers who respond to possible
hazardous substance incidents be
adequately protected, said a
release from Morrow Count)'
Emergency Management.
Series scheduled on Ed-Net
Atkinson violates party neutrality
To the Editor:
As one who has campaigned
twice in the 2nd District, in 1992
and in 1994, 1 am thoroughly
familiar with the character and
tactics
of
the
numerous
candidates who campaigned with
me in the GOP U.S. Senate
primary
and
the
2nd
Congressional District primary
campaigns.
Never in my 65 years have I
seen any elected Oregon
congressman, senator, governor
or any office holder, except Bob
Packwood, derive nearly 90
percent of his campaign funds
from outside his constituency.
Greg Walden has now achieved
that distinction, ironically, a man
who was willing two years ago to
form his own party to nominate
himself for election to Congress.
Further, can you imagine Sam
Coon, Denny Smith or Bob
Smith, the Second District's
Congressmen over the past 50
years holding down state party
and county chairmanships while
seeking
nomination
in a
contested primary?
What makes Perry Atkinson
think that it is fair for him to do
just that, violating the traditional
position of neutrality of his party
primary elections.
The public should demand that
he resign his party offices
because of conflict of interest
between his elected political
party affiliations and his
campaign for a seat in Congress.
It is only fair to the other
candidates in the race.
(s) John DeZell
Central Point
Huss long on solutions
To the Editor:
The m ainline new spapers
would have us believe we only
have two choices for govemor-
Sizemore vs. Kitzhaber. But now
that Sizemore’s campaign seems
‘tofie fizzling out, we’re fortunate
to have Walt Huss also running
for GOP governor.
Unlike most other candidates,
Walt Huss is short on rhetoric but
long on solutions. While many
complain about the tax-and-spend
legislators, Huss submitted his
two percent equal tax initiative in
1994 to the people. It received
284,195 “yes” votes.
In the 1970s, Huss went to
Oregon’s 36 counties to show
grassroots people how they could
get inform ed and involved.
Today’s GOP growth can be di
rectly attributed to that. The GOP
said things would change if they
could get control of the legisla
ture. The GOP-controlled legis
lature in 1997 approved more
than Kitzhaber requested in his
$26 billion budget. Things
haven’t changed.
Read about the accomplish
ments of Walter Huss in your
V oters’ Pamphlet. Vote Walt
Huss on May 19.
(s) Betty Freauf
Turner
N CORS board meeting slated May 21
The North Central Oregon Re
gional Strategies board meeting
will be held Thursday, May 21
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Gilliam
County Fairgrounds in Condon.
The agenda is as follows: call
to order; introductions; minutes of
March meeting; financial report;
Umatilla County will soon
have three times its current
capacity for housing Eastern
Oregon's
adult
inmate
population.
McCormack
Construction of Pendleton and
Lombard-Conrad Architects of
Boise, Idaho, have just finished
the first phase of the county's
$1,4.9 million justice facilities
project.
The community corrections
center is a 10,000-square-foot,
non-secure building with 28 beds
and administrative offices for the
Com m unity
C orrections
Department and parole and
probation employees.
— Phase- 2, - scheduled for
completion this December,
contains the detention facility,
CSEPP emergency operations
however, that OIA supports you
in your bid for Congress.
Oregonians In Action, as an
organization, has not declared its
support for any candidate in your
primary race. Individuals within
the organization are, of course,
free to support the candidate of
choice.
Oregonians In Action is
recognized for its integrity and
relentless defense of personal
property rights. It troubles me,
and it should trouble you sir, that
voters will be lead to believe that
there are shared views and values
regarding property rights issues
when, in fact, that may not be the
case.
In the event the subject quote is
accurate, and I believe it is, you
may wish to take personal action
to set the record straight.
(s) Jasper H. Coombes,
Richland, OR
In the Service
Army Private Miguel A.
Gutierrez has entered basic
infantry training at Fort Benning,
Columbus, Ga.
During the training, he will
receive instruction in drill and
ceremonies, map reading, tactics,
military customs and courtesies,
and first aid. He will develop
basic
combat
skills,
and
experience
using
various
reports from (action as needed)-
chair, staff. MCEDD, GEODC,
OEDD, policies and procedures
task force, tourism task force/
NCOTC, environmental/profes-
sional services task force, natu
ral resources task force, county
capacity builders; and the 1998-
99 funding process.
Umatilla County plans jail expansion
Set the record straight
To the Editor:
Dear Candidate Walden:
I am writing this letter to you,
and providing it to newspapers
that serve the Second District, in
order to set the record straight
regarding a statement you
allegedly made during a public
debate at noon in Hermiston on
April 28. A reliable individual
who was present at that debate
quotes you as having said,
"Cooley might have a 100
percent voting record on property
rights but the property rights
people in Oregon, Oregonians In
Action, is supporting me." As
you unquestionably know, that
statement is only half true.
It is true, I believe, that voting
records indicate Representative
Cooley had a flawless voting
record on property rights issues
while in Congress. It is not true,
registration fee of $35 per
person. A discount rate of $25
per person is available to groups
of four or more from the same
organization.
Registration
deadline is May 15.
For more information contact
Carole Smith, 962-3423.
weapons available to the infantry
soldier.
Gutierrez is the son of Albeza
F. Gutierrez of Imgon. His wife,,
Loretta, is the daughter of
Francisco and Maria Perez of
204 Oblate, Mission, Texas.
Scratch Pads
center, 911 dispatch and offices
for the sheriff’s department and
911 staff.
The 66,000-square-foot jail is a
medium-to-high security for 192
inmates, with a design that
allows for possible future
expansion
to 256
beds.
According to Bruce Peet, project
manager for Umatilla County's
justice
facilities,
"Umatilla
County has had a positive
working
relationship
with
McCormack Construction ever
since the beginning of this
project
with professional
assistance throughout. It has
been a real pleasure working
with Dave Fishel and the
management team. I wish every
project would run as smoothly as
this one has."
Med Quest camp planned in June
Interested in pursuing a health
career? Looking for a neat way
to spend a week this summer?
Here's the camp for you.
MedQuest '98, the Northeast
Oregon Area Health Education
Center sponsored Health Careers
Choices Camp will be held June
22-26, 1998. Held on the Eastern
Oregon University campus,
students who live in the
NEOAHEC region, and are
entering the 10-12th grade next
fall, or 12th graders who
graduated in spring 1998 are
eligible. Tuition for the camp is
$225, which includes meals,
housing and all activities.
Sessions will include health
career
information,
self
enrichment, hands-on clinical
skills and workshops, as well as
opportunities to shadow health
care professionals.
Student enrollment is limited to
30 students.
For additional
information or to receive an
application
packet,
contact
NEOAHEC at (541) 962-3801.
Groundbreaking held on packing plant
Official groundbreaking of
Morrow Cold Storage and Watts
Brothers Packing and Distribu
tion Co. was held May 7 at the
Port of Morrow.
The new 230,000 sq. ft. freezer
warehousing, dry storage and re
packaging facility is a joint part
nership between Watts Brothers
Frozen Foods and the Port of
Morrow.
Morrow Cold Storage and
Watts Brothers Packing and Dis
tribution will allow Watts Broth
ers Frozen Foods to expand their
current packaging and logistical
capabilities to better meet the
needs of their current customers,
said a Port of Morrow news re
lease. Morrow Cold Storage in
tends to operate as a public ware-
nousing facility, accepting prod
uct from food processors all over
the Columbia Basin area, the re
lease said. Watts Brothers Pack
aging and Distribution will oper
ate under a separate lease arrange
ment and will be solely managed
by Watts Brothers Frozen Foods.
Morrow Cold Storage and
Watts Brothers Packing and Dis
tribution will employ approxi
mately 50 people.
Construction has begun on the
$8.7 million facility and is esti
mated to take three months to
complete. “The Port’s goal is to
have this facility operational and
accepting product by September
15 of this year,” said Gary Neal,
general manager of the Port of
Morrow.
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