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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday,
May 3, 2000
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County ot Morrow
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Nicole Marshall to reign
over Arlington rodeo
Many of the top rodeo
contestants in the Northwest
will be compete May 6-7 for
prize money and custom-made
Kenny Hanson belt buckles in
events at the 53rd annual
Arlington Saddle Club Jackpot
Rodeo in Arlington.
2000 ASC Rodeo queen
Nichole Marshall of Boardman
will reign over the festivities.
Rodeo events include bronc
riding, bull riding, roping, wild
cow milking, steer wrestling,
and barrel racing.
Other special events include a
downtown parade on Saturday
at 10 a.m. (open entry, line-up
begins at 9 a.m.) and at 9 p.m.
a dance at the fire hall with
music by recording artist Les
Richardson and R & R
Country.
On Sunday an all-you-can-
eat breakfast will be served
beginning at 7 a.m. at the
Masonic Lodge and a cowboy
church service by the Mid
Columbia Chapter Fellowship
of Christian Athletes will be at
9
a.m.
in
the
arena
grandstands.
Performances are set for
12:30 p.m. each day. Tickets
are available at the gate.
For more information call
(541)454-2887.
CSEPP exercise to be held May 10
American Red Cross Disaster
Planner/CSEPP Ed Ruttan met
with Heppner area volunteers
Saturday, April 29, in preparation
for the nation-wide CSEPP
exercise/dnll to be held May 10
from 9 a.m. to around noon in
Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Also present were Diana
Hanson, chairman of the
Umatilla County Chapter of the
Red Cross;- Laura McElligott,
Morrow County Public Health
director; Glorene Wright, local
Red Cross representative; and
local volunteers.
A master list of Red Cross
volunteers for Morrow County is
being compiled. Volunteers are
also needed for the May 10
exercise. People from ages 15 to
retirees are needed to help with a
wide variety of activities.
Especially needed are bi-lingual
(Spanish speaking) persons,
security and medical personnel
and people with first-aid training,
as well a helpers for tranportation
of equipment, registration and
food services.
Training is available through
Red Cross classes held locally by
Blue Mountain Community
College.
Preparations are underway for
Heppner to serve as a shelter area
in the event of a disaster. Other
volunteers are needed to prepare
their own community areas in
case of emergency needs.
For more information, call local
Red Cross representative Glorene
Wright at 676-9810.
Boardman man arrested
for possession of heroin
An undercover operation in
Boardman resulted in the April
26 arrest of a Boardman man,
Rafael Alvarez Mendoza, also
known as Martin Sanchez
Olvera, 26, for possession of tar
heroin.
According to the Morrow
County Sheriffs Office, which
assisted the BENT team in the
arrest, along with the Boardman
Police Department and the
Oregon State Police, a quarter
pound of tar heroin was seized
from Mendoza at the time of his
arrest at the Boardman Marina.
A subsequent search of
Mendoza's residence at 309
Donovan Loop in Boardman
turned up additional quantities of
heroin,
cocaine
and
methamphetamine, said Morrow
County Sheriff Verlin Denton.
Denton said that complaints of
"unusual activity" at a Boardman
video store at 200 N.W. First
Street in Boardman prompted an
investigation by the BENT team.
This, in turn, resulted in an
undercover operative making
drug puchases from the video
store. Mendoza was arrested after
a month-long investigation.
Mendoza was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail on two
counts of delivery of a controlled
substance, possession of a
Schedule
One
Controlled
Substance (heroin); possession of
a Schedule Two Controlled
Substance (methamphetamine)
and possession of a Schedule
Two Controlled
Substance
(cocaine). Bail was set at
$65,000.
Denton noted that this was the
first time time that large amounts
of heroin had been detected in
Morrow County. He said that the
heroin was in the form of a black
sticky substance that is similar in
color and texture to tar.
Denton added that the
investigation is continuing and
further arrests were expected.
MC Health Dept.
The Morrow County Health
t)ept. lists its monthly schedule for
blood pressures and lmmumza-
tions:
Thursday, May 4-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Heppner
clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Monday, May 8-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Board-
man clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, May 9-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Board-
man clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Thursday, May 11-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Heppner
clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Monday, May 15-blood pres
sures and immunizations. Board-
man clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, May 16-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Board-
man clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Wednesday, May 17-blood
pressures and immunizations,
Imgon clinic, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Thursday, May 18-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Heppner
clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Monday, May 22-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Board-
man clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, May 23-blood pres
sures and immunizations. Board-
man clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Thursday, May 25-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Heppner
clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, May 30-blood pres
sures and immunizations, Board-
man clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Safe kids week
features event
Children and the people who
care about them can learn how to
reduce
injuries and deaths
during the upcoming summer
sports and recreation season
through a week of learning
events sponsored by the Oregon
SAFE KIDS Coalition in honor
of National SAFE KIDS Week.
Interactive displays and
exhibits will teach young people
and their families how to avoid
injury through learning safety
rules and good injury prevention.
This year's theme - "Get Into
the Game, Win With Safety" - is
focused on preventing injuries to
youngsters while they participate
in sports of all kinds and while
going to and from sporting
events.
SAFE KIDS safety event will
be held in Heppner on Saturday,
May 6, from 1-4 p.m. at the St.
Patrick's Catholic Church.
Contact Pat Ward at 567-8822 or
Shelly Ena at 278-5486 for more
information.
Young people may be at even
greater risk from auto accidents
than on-the-field hazards because
of all the time spent being driven
to or from practices and games.
Children should always be
properly restrained when in a
vehicle heading to or from
activities.
BMCC jobs fair
scheduled May 4
The Blue Mountain
Community College Regional
Jobs Fair will be held this
Thursday, May 4, from 6-8 p.m.
at the Pendleton Convention
Center.
The fair will include
representatives from the fields of
health care, computer processing,
home sales, food processing,
hospitality industry, corrections,
forestry, police work, clerical
work, accounting, cashiering,
farming, agriculture, railroad
work and distribution.
Those planning to attend
should bring their resumes.
For more information, call
Leslie Beard, 278-5933.
B U SIN E SS CARDS
Heppner Gasette-Times
Obituaries
Church recognizes youth
Merna Lea Toll
Mema Lea Toll, 86, formerly
of the Heppner area and recently
of Prairie City, died Monday, May
1,2000 at the Blue Mountain Hos
pital in John Day.
Funeral service will be held
Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 1 p.m.
at the Redmond Memorial Chapel
in Redmond with burial to follow
at Redmond Memorial Cemetery.
The oldest of eight children,
Mrs. Toll was bom February 25,
1914, at Weiser, Idaho, to Clyde
and Gladys Potter Frazier. She
attended grade school in Idaho.
During World War II, while all
three of her brothers were serv
ing in the military, she joined the
Red Cross to contribute to the war
effort and rolled bandages in Port
land while living at Molalla.
On February 25, 1934, she
married Gilbert Toll at Fruitland,
Idaho.
On April 15,1967, she mamed
W.T. “Bill” Richards. The couple
later divorced.
Mrs. Toll had been a member
of the Red Cross, Home Exten
sion, Redmond Saddle Club, Spray
Grange and the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
She enjoyed playing music,
handwork, gardening and reading.
Survivors include her children,
Leonard Toll of Woodbum, JoAnn
Griffith of Spray and Ted Toll of
Redmond; a sister, Delpha Van der
HoevenofWinlock, Washington;
a brother, N orris Frazier of
Kamiah, Idaho; seven grandchil
dren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Gilbert “Gib” Toll; a son,
Chuck; her parents, Clyde and
Gladys Frazier; sisters, Marion
Rose, Ruby Grafft and Beryl
Gibler; and brothers, Marvin
Frazier and Lyle Frazier.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Blue Mountain Nursing
Home in John Day.
Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241
S. Canyon, John Day, Oregon
97845, is in charge of arrange
ments.
Ashley Wolff, Jarod Huddleston, Thomas Elguezabal and Bret Eckman
received their First Holy Communion on Sunday at St. Patrick Parish.
They had prepared for the past year for this occasion with the help of
Mike Armato.
At the last class of the Young Patrician Study Group Fr. Gerry Condon
presented Sarah Eckman, Julie Proctor, and Megan Healy with awards
for perfect attendance. Each had attended twenty seven meetings, and
was awarded a "Prayer Bear".
Maxine M. Crowder
Maxine M. Crowder, 86, a
longtime Boardman resident,
died Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at
Good Shepherd Medical Center
in Hermiston.
The funeral was April 28, 2000,
in the chapel at Bums Mortuary
of Hermiston with burial at
Riverview
Cemetery
in
Boardman.
Mrs. Crowder was bom January
24, 1914, at Clayton, N.M., to
William and Mollie Durham
Oates.
She owned and operated the
M&M Cafe in Boardman for 12
years.
Mrs. Crowder loved gardening.
Survivors include special
companion, Wally Hendrix of
boardman; son, Terry Crowder of
Monmounth;
and
two
grandchildren.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
is in charge of arrangements.
justice Court
Report
The Justice Court at the
Morrow County Courthouse in
Heppner has released the
following report:
Kent Richard Madison,
40, Echo, Violation of the Basic
Rule, 81 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$132 fine;
Robert Wesley Crum, 22,
lone, VBR, 77/55, $177 fine;
Brad Lee Breeding, 28,
M ilton-Freewater,
truck
speeding, 69/55, $77 fine;
Jenny Joy-Ell Adams,
20, Monument, VBR, 70/55, $77
fine;
Lindsay Ann Harle, 22,
Heppner, VBR, 74/55, $87 fine;
Justin Chad Miller, 25,
lone, truck speeding, 71/55, $172
fine;
James E. Holtz, 27, lone,
VBR, 66/45, $147 fine.
Young Patrician Student of the Year Award was presented by Fr. Gerry
Condon to SanJuanita Elguezabal at Sunday Mass. In making the
presentation Fr. Gerry pointed out that she had been faithful in her
attendance at Mass, regular in her attendance at Stations of the Cross,
that she had helped regularly with religious education classes for the
grade school students for the last two years, sometimes teaching,
sometimes helping; had attended the Young Patrician study meetings
(missing only one out of 27); had helped with Parish Dinners. At the
presentation Fr. Gerry commended her for her commitment to parish
activities.
Support sought for HHS play
Heppner High School will
present a free production of
Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream in the Heppner
City Park on Sunday, May 14,
at 3 p.m.
Area businesses and
individuals are invited to help
support the play by purchasing
business-card size ads in the
program.
"We anticipate a large
audience," said director Lea
Mathieu, "so this would be a
good opportunity to advertise
business while supporting an
arts program in the school."
Ads are $15, and may be
purchased by sending a
business card and a check
made out to Heppner High
School Drama to the school at
PO Box 67, Heppner.
ATTENTION PROPERTY OWNERS
Reminder notices due May 15, 2000 will not
be mailed out for the third tax trimester.
Payments are still due May 15, 2000.
If you have any questions, call toll free
in the Irrigon area 922-4103,
or Boardman area, 481-2112,
Heppner-Lexington-lone area, call 676-5628.
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