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Man wanted following marijuana raid HEPPNER 50 < . . . \ » i. Y. ‘ • 'O- ■ ' * ^ • • ' . Deputy Steve Myren (left) and Undersheriff Verlin Denton examine plants growing under a grow light inside the house. imes VOL. 117 NO. 31______ 8 Pages Wednesday, August 5,1998_______Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon A Heppner man, Daniel Alan Mathews, 43, is wanted by the Blue Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team (BENT) after BENT discovered over 50 marijuana plants, ranging in size from a couple of inches to three feet, at his residence at 220 W. Willow Street in Heppner around on Monday, August 3. A \ P " * ’ • “ ..... 'V ■ ; >• t ~-~ ,/A , * '* \ V / i y l jj jf\^ jr Q marijuana plants, ranging in si/e from a couple of inches to^a foot, t y 1» ^ ' , ^ ' : ; ^ ’ P — f New minister arrives at United Methodist Church She then attended Pemberton Community College in New Jersey where she received an associate of arts degree in psychology. She then enrolled at Illinois State University where she received a bachelor of science degree in biology. After graduation she, too, was called into the ministry and went to seminary at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley. Strobel and Hunter are interested in working with the youth in the area, especially in theater and the arts, and are looking forward to talking to people about the needs of the community. "The Heppner church community was really welcoming to us," said Craig. "They've been so wonderful," added Monika. "They did so much work in the house for us. We really feel welcome." the Heppner Police Department atw the \l orr. .u t oi.nty Sheriffs V.:' !’ ■■ ■ »: \ . e ered »tv ; l \1 both - -‘* ^8 e o 1 j~.V f t v Clockwise: Craig Strobel, Monika Hunter, Dawn Hunter Strobel, Lauren Strobel and Betsy Strobel The Heppner United Church has a new minister as of July 1. New pastor Craig Strobel, 42, his wife, Monika Hunter, 32, and their baby daughter. Dawn Hunter Strobel, eight months, are in the process of settling in their new home at the parsonage next to the church. Craig's daughters, Lauren, nine, and Betsy, 13, Salem, were also on hand to visit and enjoyed helping out with the baby and moving-in chores. Craig, who is originally from Boise, graduated from Borah High School in Boise. He graduated from Willamette University in 1980 with a bachelor of science degree in biology and a bachelor of theater. He attended seminary at Yale Divinity School and then transferred to the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA, where he received master of arts and master of divinity degrees in 1986. The Rev. Strobel served United Methodist churches in a joint pastorship at Sheridan and Willamina in western Oregon for five years. He then was pastor at Jefferson, which is south of Salem, for one year. After that he attended graduate school at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley. In addition to serving as minister at United Methodist in Heppner, Craig will serve the Fossil United Methodist Church for the next several months. He will also be working on his doctorate dissertation Monika is originally from Illinois and attended Glenbard North High School in north Illinois. After high school she joined the Army and was stationed in South Korea. In military intelligence, Monika served in the Army from 1984 to 1988 when she was honorably discharged as a sergeant. District closed for fire season A regulated closure in the Central Oregon District of the Oregon Department of Forestry went into effect on July 31 for land protected by ODF, including the Pnneville-Sisters Unit, John Day Unit and The Dalles Unit. Activities that are prohibited include: smoking, except in cars, boats and other certain conditions; open fires, except at certain designated locations; use of wood burning devices; non- mdustrial chain saw use; use of motorized vehicles, except on improved roads; use of fireworks, cutting, grinding and welding of metal from 1-8 p.m. Possession of fire fighting equipment, an axe, a shovel and one gallon of water or one operating 2-1/2 pound or larger fire extinguisher, except on state and county roads, is required. A" s-ounts o; powevsion i>; j eor •foiled substance an.I one count ot manufacturing a controlled Sheriffs Office said that Nantz will also probably face charges of possession and manufacture of a controlled substance. Another man, Thomas Allen Hamman, 32, was arrested at the Mathews' residence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was cited and released, due to lack of jail bed space, according to the sheriffs office. £s08P ^ S^n^ y - ,j ^ _ i . ^ y % \* t& >. V.--. - . * *'■* » • > . both purchase existing, deteriorat ing housing and renovate it, and construct new homes. Homebuyers will be required to attend homeownership training and will also have access to ser vices such as budgeting, family counseling and job training. Homebuyers’ incomes will range from 20-80 percent of the county’s median income (from $7,560- $30,240 per year for a family of four). Most of the participants will be first-time homebuyers. Con struction of the homes began in April 1998 and the 30 homes are expected to be complete by Sept. 2000 . The AHP grant will help pay construction costs and reduce the principal on a permanent loan for the project from BEO. Additional sources for the $2.8 million project include funds from the State of Oregon’s Regional Strategy and Housing Opportunity Assistance Programs, the Gilliam County Opportunity Grant Fund, county property tax rebates, Community Development Block Grant funds. Rural Development 504 grants and homebuyers sweat equity. instruction. The cost is $30 with each camper receiving a hat. Registration forms are available at Murray Drugs and Heppner High School. Late registration will be accepted. For more information, call Les Payne at 922-3294, Chuck Matteson at 676-5250 or Kelly Fox at 676-9078. M o r r o w C o u n t y G r a in G r o w e r s • 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 * • V * * : 1 , ' " J . ' 1 •v>v' y - J BEO awarded housing grant DELTA PICKUP BOXES AND BED MATS AVAILABLE tv K «: _ Heppner Police Chief Doug Rathbun (left) and Denton look over plants growing in the back yard of the home in Heppner. Football camp slated for Aug. 10-13 Lexington 989-8 221 -» •.? .. ■* > •• *> The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle (FHLBS) awarded a $210,000 grant to Bank of East ern Oregon (BEO) to help it fund the purchase, rehabilitation or con struction of 30 homes for lower- income homebuyers in Gilliam County, announced James R. logging contractor only, for the Faulstich, president and chief ex removal of timber sale material. ecutive officer of the FHLBS. The FS 21 Road, Penland Lake A private, wholesale bank, the Road, intersection will remain open during construction FHLBS is providing the grants activities and will be controlled through its Affordable Housing with flaggers. Program (AHP), which offers tar Willow Creek Road rçmains geted grants and reduced-rate open, to local traffic only, to loans to help financial institutions Cutsforth Park. The park will remain open through the support community organizations with the development of afford construction season. The Willow Creek road closure able housing. BEO will use the .AHP grant will continue through Oct. 9, 1998. The detour route through to help the Gilliam County Com the Shaw Creek Road will be the munity Development Corporation main travel route through to the (GCCDC) develop the housing as four comers to Penland Lake and part of the Gilliam County Hous Ukiah. Additional temporary ing Opportunity Program (HOP). signs have been placed for Through HOP. homebuyers will Penland Lake access. either directly purchase their Please observe the warning homes or utilize the lease-to-own signs for the detour route and option which provides residents barricades at both ends of the with time to build a down payment construction zone. Please have a or a credit history. GCCDC will safe summer and remember that the barricaded road closures are for the traveling public's safety. For more information, contact Robert G. Toops, project en The Seventh Annual South gineer, at 676-5904 in Heppner Morrow County Football Camp for additional information. will be held Monday through Thursday, August 10-13. The camp is for students grades 5-12 from any area school. It Life booth at the Morrow County will run from 5-8:30 p.m. Fair. To purchase raffle tickets or The coaching staff for Heppner for more information, call 676- High School, Junior High, and Colt program will be providing 5759. a » . ^ . « i l " Heppner Campus Life holds raffle Heppner Campus Life, a com munity-supported youth organiza tion. is holding a raffle of a Mon tana Silversmith jewelry set to raise money toward the purchase of a van to be used for trips and events. Tickets for the jewelry set, which is being donated by Green Feed and Seed, are now available and will continue to be sold through Saturday, Aug. 22, when the draw ing will be held. Tickets are 50tf each. Also, everyone is invited to stop by and check out the Campus • 4*V.‘K * ;• Willow Creek Road report The U.S. Dept, of Trans portation lists its planned construction activities on Willow Creek Road for the week of Monday, Aug. 3: Tidewater will be continuing with the cut slope excavation and placing rock embankment with materials from the cut slope, working between the beginning of the project and the end of the project at Smith Ditch. They will continue placing the new culvert at Smith Ditch and have excavated the ditch line for the unnamed tributary. Tuesday they started placing the new culvert in the ditch. The dust abatement was completed on the Shaw Creek Road detour route on Monday. There should not be any additional traffic hold up through the completion of the project. Willow Creek Road (Coal Mine Grade) is closed to through traffic from Cutsforth Park to the intersection of Forest Service roads 5320 and 53. 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