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der the Influence of Intoxicants
and the other with Parole Viola-
tion/Reckless Driving.
MCSO received a report o f a
The Morrow County Sheriff* s
stolen “skanoe” at Penland Lake.
Office (MCSO) reports handling
MCSO received a report of a
the following business during the
theft at a vacation residence on
past weeks:
KinzuaRoad.
MCSO deputy and Irrigon
MCSO received a report that
EMT s responded to a report of an
Coal
Mine Hill was impassable.
older man w alking tow ard
MCSO
received a report of a
Boardman on Highway 730 across
person abusing a dog with fire­
from Bakes bleeding from his
works at a residence in lone.
knees. Officers were unable to
MCSO received a report of a
locate anyone.
place
on Kunze Road broken into.
MCSO received a report of an'
A tv and antique desk were taken
ongoing loud music complaint
and car windows broken out.
against a woman’s neighbors.
MCSO received a report of a
MCSO received a report of
found
dog in Heppner.
fast and careless driving in
MCSO
received a report of
Boardman.
loud
music
coming from two ve­
MCSO received a report of a
hicles
in
Irrigon.
An rnonvmous
car with music blaring in Irrigon.
caller
said
that
no
deputy has
MCSO dispatched to the
made
contact
and
said
he would
Boardman Police Dept, a report
get
his
shotgun
and
take
care of
of graffiti in the men’s bathroom
the
problem
himself.
He
was
ad­
at the Marina and approximately
vised
that
the
deputy
would
make
15 gang members at the Marina
contact and not to do anything him­
drinking.
MCSO deputy, Heppner Police self.
MCSO dispatched to the
Dept, and Heppner EMTs re­ Boardman Police Dept, a report
ceived a report of six or seven cars of two bikes stolen in Boardman.
at the dam with unruly juveniles.
The bikes were later found.
An ambulance was called out, but
MCSO received another loud
cancelled.
music complaint.
MCSO deputy and Boardman
MCSO dispatched to the
Police Dept, responded to a re­ Boardman Fire Dept, a report of
quest from a man who said he and a fire under the overpass set off
his wife were having a dispute and by kids with fireworks.
would like an officer to stop by
MCSO dispatched to the
and talk to them.
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
Heppner Police Dept, cited
a suspicious plant growing in the
three juveniles, eight teenagers
vacant lot by the R & W Drive-
and one adult for Criminal Tres­ in.
pass II at the Willow Creek Dam.
MCSO received a report of a
One juv en ile was cited and
suspicious Dodge pickup in
lodged for Assault on a Police
Boardman.
Officer, Criminal Trespass II,
MCSO received a report of a
Criminal Mischief I, MIP-C by person drunk and threatening an­
consumption, MIP-tobacco and other person in lone.
Possession of less than one ounce
Boardman Police and Fire
o f marijuana. The juvenile was a depts. reported a brush fire on
runaway/missing juvenile from
Kunze Road.
Stanfield. The juvenile was trans­
July 4: MCSO dispatched to the
ported to Pioneer Memorial Hos­
Boardman ambulance a report of
pital in Heppner for stitches in his
a woman having trouble breath­
hand, but refused treatment.
ing in Boardman. The patient was
MCSO received a report of a transported to Good Shepherd
burglary in Irrigon. A shop door Community Hospital in Hermiston.
lock had been cut off and gas was
MCSO received a report that
taken.
the Boardman Fire Dept, chief has
MCSO dispatched to the
closed all open burning in the
Heppner ambulance a request for
Boardman Rural Fire District ef­
an ambulance for a 72 year old
fective immediately until further
woman on Willow Creek High­
notice.
way. She had passed out in the
MCSO received a report of a
bathroom. She was not conscious,
lost license plate in Boardman.
but was breathing. The patient
MCSO received a report of a
was transported to Pioneer Me­
domestic dispute m Irrigon. A man
morial Hospital in Heppner.
reportedly pushed his girlfriend.
MCSO received a report that
MCSO dispatched to the Or­
a woman pulled a man’s shirt and
egon State Police a report o f a
threatened him in Irrigon.
female intruder at a residence.
MCSO received a report of a
MCSO received a report of a
green sedan believed to be tres­
theft of wire trees from a resi­
passing in Irrigon.
dence in Irrigon.
MCSO received a report that
MCSO deputy, Heppner ambu­
someone had driven across a
lance and Heppner EMTs re­
“Welcome to Imgon” sign.
sponded to a report of a 16 year
MCSO received a report of
old male passed out from alcohol
additional Criminal Trespass II ci­
in a yard in lone. He was cited
tations for one additional juvenile
for MIP by consumption.
and three additional teenagers.
MCSO received another report
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Fire Dept, a report of of loud music in Irrigon.
MCSO deputy and Oregon
a grass fire on Boardman Av­
State
Police responded to a report
enue.
of
six
adults fighting and chasing
MCSO dispatched to the
everyone
out of the campground
Heppner Police Dept, a request
at
Penland
Lake.
for. an officer at a Heppner resi­
MCSO
received
a report of a
dence.
vehicle
missing
from
lone. The
MCSO dispatched to the
vehicle
was
located.
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
MCSO received a report of a
possible animal abuse in Heppner.
speeding
vehicle heading from
MCSO received a report o f a
Boardman
to Irrigon.
suspicious vehicle in Irrigon.
MCSO
dispatched to the
MCSO received a report of a
Heppner
Police
Dept, a report of
suspicious call in Boardman.
a
small
red
older
car headed to­
MCSO d ispatched to the
ward
Heppner
with
two males in
Boardman Police Dept, a report
the
vehicle
and
one
flashed
a pis­
that a man had attempted to sexu­
tol.
They
were
last
seen
on
High­
ally assault a woman at the Sand­
way 74.
piper Apts.
MCSO received a report of a
MCSO received three reports
green
Mustang speeding and
of a loud party at a residence in
passing
on the right on Highway
Imgon.
730
in
Irrigon.
MCSO dispatched to the
MCSO received a report of a
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
Nike
bag stolen from the lone park
loud music at a Heppner resi­
which
contained pain medication.
dence.
MCSO
dispatched to the
July 3: MCSO deputy and
Heppner
Police
Dept, a report of
Boardman Police Dept, located a
a
person
in
another
person’s yard
male from a previous entry with
in
Heppner
apparently
having a
knees ripped out o f camouflage
family
dispute.
pants and thigh high red socks that
MCSO deputy, lone EMTs and
could look from a distance as if
Heppner
ambulance responded to
he were bleeding.
a
report
of
a woman down at the
MCSO received a report o f a
lone
Park
in
front of the stage.
pack of dogs killing pets on Kunze
MCSO
deputy assisted
Road. Complainant said they
Boardman
Police
Dept, in stop­
killed her $400 cat.
ping
a
hit-and-run
suspect
vehicle
MCSO deputy and Boardman
in
the
Boardman
area.
Police Dept, responded to a re­
MCSO deputy and Heppner
port of a silver '91 Cadillac all over
the road on 1-84. The vehicle was Police Dept, responded to a re­
located in Boardman and stopped. port of a vehicle that had gone into
One man was charged with Pa­ a ditch on Quaid and Main streets
role Violation/Driving While Un­ in Heppner.
SherifPs^por^.
MCSO received a report of sky
rockets going off in Boardman.
MCSO received another report
of the vehicle over the embank­
ment near Farley’s Garage.
H eppner Police Dept, re ­
sponded to a report of a man and
his son fighting in front of a resi­
dence in Heppner.
July 5: Heppner Police Dept,
cited a juvenile for MIP by con­
sumption, Open Container, No
O perator’s License; Careless
Driving, Driving While Under the
Influence of Intoxicants, and Driv­
ing Uninsured in connection with
an accident where a car ended up
in a ditch in Heppner.
MCSO received a report of a
man sleeping in a ditch in
Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
15 year old and her friend not
home from the firew orks in
Boardman at 3:16. They returned
at 4:20.
MCSO received a report of an
older gentleman passed out in his
vehicle on 1-84 with the car run­
ning. The man was arrested for
Dnving While Under the Influence
of Intoxicants.
Heppner ambulance and lone
EMTs received a request for
medical assistance for a man in
lone. The patient was transported
to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner.
Heppner ambulance and lone
EMTs responded to a report of a
37 year old woman possibly hav­
ing a heart attack in lone.
MCSO received a report of a
possible Driving While Under the
Influence of Intoxicants on 1-84
at milepost 156.
MCSO received a report o f
several males in a silver car drink­
ing.
MCSO received a report of a
house broken into at the Irrigon
Mobile Court.
July 6: MCSO received a re­
port of someone dumping garbage
on property in Lexington and there
were names on envelopes.
MCSO received a report of a
loose Rottweiler at a residence in
Boardman.
MCSO deputy and Boardman
Police Dept, responded to a re­
port that a m an’s ex-wife had
thrown a rock and hit him in the
foot when she came to pick up
the kids. Tosha McLoed .was ar­
rested for Assault IV Domestic.
MCSO received a report of a
window shot out of a vehicle on
the Bombing Range and Wilson
roads.
Heppner ambulance responded
to a report of a 13 year old injured
when she fell off her bicycle. Her
parents were contacted and she
was transported to Pioneer Me­
morial Hospital in Heppner.
MCSO received a report of an
unsupervised child shooting a BB
gun at a garbage can.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report
from a man who said Kate’s re­
fused to let him in their restaurant
and wouldn’t give a reason. He
was advised it was a civil matter
and the restaurant has the right to
refuse service.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
a dead horse in a fenced area in
Heppner.
MCSO received a report of
someone shooting off fireworks in
Irrigon. An officer was unable to
locate anyone.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
underage drinkers at the back
parking lot at Miller’s Mini-Mart.
July 7: MCSO received a re­
port of someone trying to open a
door to a house in Irrigon.
MCSO received a request to
pick up bad checks at Irrigon Sen­
try Market.
MCSO received a report of a
man trying to run a woman’s ve­
hicle off the road on Patterson
Ferry Road. He also allegedly
pulled her hair, smacked her face
into the steering wheel and tore
her shirt.
M CSO dispatched to the
Sherman County Sheriff’s office.
Sherman County ambulance,
Goldendale Police Dept., and Or­
egon State Police-Portland a re­
port of a 26 year old man believed
to be drowned on the John Day
River a 1/2 mile from the Cotton­
wood Bridge.
MCSO deputy and Irrigon am­
bulance responded to a report of
a juvenile who fell on rocks at the
Irrigon Manna and was cut by a
piece of glass.
MCSO received a report of a
person nding on a eastbound tram.
MCSO received a report of a
16 year old juvenile arrested for
five counts of Burglary I. The ju­
venile was released to his parents.
July 9: MCSO received a re­
port of Criminal Trespass I at a
residence in Imgon.
MCSO received a report of a
stolen vehicle in Imgon.
MCSO deputy and Oregon
State Police responded to a report
o f a turned-over grain truck on
Highway 207, milepost 3.
MCSO received a report of
vandalism problems on a farm of
Kunze Lane in Boardman.
MCSO deputy and Boardman
Police Dept, responded to a re­
port o f a fight between two men
in front of a residence on Ander­
son Road in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
lost dachshund dog at Penland
Lake.
MCSO received a report of
kids on a motorcycle without lights
running up and down Paul Smith
Road.
MCSO received a report of a
person with mild schizophrenia out
of control.
MCSO received a report o f
batteries stored at the Forest Ser­
vice building giving off toxic
fumes.
MCSO received a report of a
boy doing drugs at His Place and
a woman reporting wanting his
room searched.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner ambulance a report of a
67 year old man with a diabetic
reaction who was unconscious
and in convulsions.
MCSO received a request for
an officer because two families
in court having a dispute had be­
come agitated.
MCSO received a request for
an officer because an ex-husband
kidnapped a woman’s child from
Imgon while she was on vacation.
MCSO received a request for
an officer regarding a stalking or­
der.
Boardman Police Dept, ar­
rested a man at His Place in
Boardman for Disorderly Conduct
and Criminal Mischief III. He was
lodged at the Umatilla County
Sheriff’s office.
MCSO and Morrow County
Behavioral Health received a re­
port from a man who said he was
terminally ill and may get to the
point where he takes his own life
by shooting himself.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
a group of kids in the city park
acting weird.
MCSO received a request for
an officer at the Willow Creek
Waterpark.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a burglar alarm at the River­
side High School. Turned out to
be a false alarm.
MCSO dispatched to the lone
Fire Dept, a report of a field fire
on McNab Road. Lightning had
struck and set a wheat field on
fire.
MCSO received a report of a
custodial dispute. A woman re­
ported that her husband had their
child in Boardm an at a
babysitter’s and wouldn’t tell her
where.
July 10: MCSO received a re­
port of an intrusion alarm at Pot­
latch Corp. The alarm was can­
celled.
MCSO received a report o f
cropdusters spraying too close and
scaring horses in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
man trying to move onto property
and the owner did not want the
man to move. The man wanting
to move threatened the owner
with bodily harm.
MCSO received a report of an
Arabian bay horse found near the
Morrow-Umatilla border on High­
way 730.
MCSO received a report of
someone kicking in a door of a
shed in Irrigon and items taken.
MCSO received a report of a
white van parked at the rest area
at the Heppner Junction to 1-84.
The caller could not say why she
thought it looked suspicious.
MCSO dispatched to Morrow
County Behavioral Health a re­
port of a 17 year old who was
hearing voices from Tupac Shakur
who told him to start a fight with
the cops to get shot.
lone Fire Dept, and Gilliam
County Fire Dept, responded to a
report o f a grass fire between
Highway 19 and 74.
MCSO received a report of
kids going to a residence in
Heppner on foot.
MCSO dispatched tc the
Boardman Fire Dept, a report of
a fire by Tliree Mile Canyon on
the south side of 1-84.
MCSO received a report of a
party that was supposedly occur­
ring at the dam in Heppner.
MCSO and Boardman Police
Dept, received a report from a
man who said he had been beaten
up by another man.
MCSO received a report that
the day use sign from Willow
Creek Dam Park was missing.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a belligerent truck driver at the
Nugget Inn in Boardman.
MCSO and Boardman Police
Dept, received a report of a flare-
up at Taggares Farms. Taggares
Farms said they would handle the
flare-ups and the fire dept, would
not have to respond.
Boardman Police Dept, ar­
rested Michael Greer, 20, for As­
sault IV Domestic. Greer was
lodged at the Umatilla Countyjail.
Boardman Police Dept., Or­
egon State Police and Umatilla
County Sheriffs office responded
to a report of a possible Dnving
While Under the Influence of In­
toxicants.
MCSO received a report from
a woman who said her nephew
had stolen the keys to a car while
his grandmother was showenng
and stole her car. The car was
titled to the subject’s mother how­
ever, and couldn’t be listed as sto­
len.
MCSO received a report from
a man that his foster child had
been getting into a lot of trouble
and was caught stashing pot at the
house. The boy was cited for Pos­
sessing Less Than One Oz. of
Marijuana.
MCSO dispatched to the Ar­
lington Fire Dept, and Oregon
State Police a report of a wheat
truck with its back tires on fire.
MCSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report of
a non-injury fender-bender in front
o f G ardner’s M en’s A ear in
Heppner.
M CSO dispatched to the
Heppner Police Dept, a report
from a man that someone had
backed into his w ife’s van in
downtown Heppner.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept a report
of a burglar alarm at Riverside
High School. It turned out to be a
false alarm.
MCSO received a report of
loud music in Irrigon. It turned out
to be a wedding party at Stokes
Landing.
MCSO received a report of a
juvenile party at Cutsforth Park.
MCSO received a report of
stabbing which allegedly occun-ed
in Imgon. The victim was at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital in
Hermiston.
Jufy 12: MCSO received a re­
port of loud music at Country Gar­
den Estates.
MCSO received a report of
numerous vehicles and intoxicated
people at the Country Garden Es­
tates.
MCSO received a report of a
woman assaulted at an MIP party
at West Glen.
MCSO received a report of
three teenagers including one ju ­
venile cited for Minor in Posses­
sion-Alcohol by Consumption.
Curtis Gammond, 25, was cited for
Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor.
MCSO received a report of a
suspicious green van at Columbia
Christian Center.
MCSO received a report of
suspicious circumstances on the
Bombing Range Road.
MCSO received a report of a
suspicious brown Dodge van at
Imgon.
MCSO received a report o f a
horse that appeared to be starved
in Boardman.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Fire Dept, a report of
a leaking propane tank outside a
house in Boardman.
Condon, Heppner, lone and
Arlington fire depts. responded to
a report of a barley and wheat fire
that was totally out of control at
Blalock Canyon.
Heppner ambulance responded
to a report of a man found lying
on the ground. His wife had been
called. When the ambulance ar­
rived the man was not there. It
turned out the man had been
working on a m uffler and a
woman driving by thought he had
died or was hurt and had called
his wife.
MCSO received a report o f
kids threatening to shoot a woman
in Imgon.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a stereo and tools stolen from
Sandpiper Apts.
MCSO received a report of
yelling and screaming at a resi­
dence in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
911 call hang-up about four times.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardm an Police Dept, and
Boardman ambulance a report of
an ill female vomiting. Several ju­
veniles were around her.
MCSO deputy arrested Pablo
Ibarro Madera, 28, for Assault I.
M adera was lodged at the
Umatilla Countyjail.
Gene Ferguson to celebrate 100th
Eugene 0. (Gene) Ferguson, a
resident of Morrow County and
Heppner for many years, is
celebrating his 100th birthday at
Blue Lake Park in Troutdale on
August 8, 1998.
The family has reserved area K-
17 at the park for the entire day
and welcomes friends of Gene.
Anyone who can stop by for a
visit is invited to do so. The
family says that Gene will be
pleased to see friends from
Heppner and Morrow County.
Gene was bom August 8, 1898,
in Quinlan, Woodward County,
Oklahoma Territory. (Oklahoma
did not become a state until
November 16, 1907, the 46th
state to be approved by
Congress.) The family lived on a
homestead in Woodward County
for several years after Gene was
bom.
Gene's parents first moved with
their family to Lexington in
1905, stayed there a year and
then moved to Lebanon and
stayed there for two or three
years, moving back to Quinlan,
Oklahoma, in 1909-1910. In the
Spring of 1915 they returned to
OregQn, moving to Lakeview.
In the spring of 1917 they
moved to Heppner. Shortly
thereafter Gene’s father, O.T.
Ferguson, leased a farm in
Blackhorse
Canyon,
near
Heppner. In 1919, O.T. bought
the lower part of the W.G.
McCarty farm in Sand Hollow
and leased the remainder of the
farm.
After working for about five
years on ranches around
Heppner, Gene met Fay Heiny in
the fall of 1922.
Fay was
teaching at Social Ridge school
south of Lexington at that time.
They married on June 17, 1923,
and remained married until Fay
died on February 3, 1996, in
Beaverton.
In 1924, Gene quit farming.
He then traded for and bought
from Ed Clark the first service
station in Heppner. In 1926 he
and his father built what became
Ferguson Brothers Garage on the
southwest comer of Main and
May Streets. He and his brother,
Ray, ran the garage until 1944,
when they sold it.
In 1928 Gene and his father left
Ray to run the garage and moved
to Pendleton to open an agency
to
sell
Oakland
Pontiac
automobiles; this proved to be a
poor decision and they sold it in
the fall of 1928.
Gene and Ray bought the farm
in Sand Hollow from their father,
and ran it until they divided it in
about 1950. Gene sold his share
o f the farm to Kenneth and Jean
Ann Turner in 1976.
Gene was a 50-year member of
Elks Lodge 358, retaining his
membership when he left
Heppner. He also served as a
Morrow County Commissioner
for eight years.
In 1972, after living in Heppner
for about 55 years, Gene and Fay
moved to Hermiston. They lived
there for over 20 years, moving
to the Portland area in about
1993. After Fay died. Gene lived
with one of his grandchildren in
Hermiston, then moved to Gold
Beach where he lives with his
son, Ted. In January of this year,
he had the bad fortune to fall and
break his hip and has had hip
surgery to repair that.
"He
certainly is not in as good health
as he was 50 years ago, but keeps
on
moving,"
says
Dick
Ferguson." His dream is to live
in three centuries. He was bom
August 8, 1898, has lived
through most of the 1900's, and
hopes to live until the start of the
twenty-first century.
Gene's address, for anyone
wishing to write, is: P.O. Box
636, Gold Beach, Oregon, 97444.