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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriffs Office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: -M orrow County Sheriffs Office received report from a woman that her son was beaten up. -MCSO received report from a subject that his landlords have stolen a Polaris snowmobile and portable bar. They were advised to have their belongings out of the residence. -MCSO received request for a deputy at an Imgon residence regarding a civil matter. -November 22: MCSO received request for a deputy about filing a restraining order against caller's ex-girlfriend. -MCSO deputies assisted a citizen with a ride to his residence from their disabled vehicle on Hwy. 730. -MCSO received request for deputy about neighbors playing music too loud. Subject said he has told neighbors to turn it down a number of times already. -MCSO received report of a lost cell phone on the 21 road in the mountains. Caller needed report for insurance purposes. -OSP received request for an officer to make contact with a hunting party member who accidently shot a cow because he had an encounter with a black bear earlier and was afraid that it was the bear again. Unknown owner of cow. -MCSO received report that a subject was calling and threatening another subject. -U m atilla Police Department arrested a Portland subject on an Irrigon Justice Court Warrent for Failure to A p p ear/D riv in g W hile Suspended. The subject was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $6,000 bail. -MCSO deputy advised that he would be out with two males walking. Their vehicle was disabled and deputy assisted by giving them a ride to their residence in Boardman. -OSP received report from a woman that her daughter had just called her on the phone very frightened and said that she believed that a subject was going to kill her. She advised that there are weapons in the residence. -BPD received report of Rottweilers running loose near the Blalock St. area. -November 23: MCSO received report of store front burglar alarm at Huwe's Washboard. -MCSO received report o f an animal problem with a loose horse in the area. The horse was put back. -MCSO received a 911 hang-up call. On call back subject said that there was no emergency. -H eppner Police Department received report of an audible alarm on the first floor at Heppner Elementary School. It was a teacher in a classroom getting things. -MCSO received report of an anhydrous ammonia tank broken into. There were a lot of prints visible. -Boardman Ambulance received report of a one vehicle motor vehicle accident on 1-84. One vehicle was sideways in the road. Boardman Ambulance called mutual aid for Arlington. -Irrigon Ambulance, Irrigon Fire Department, MCSO, Oregon Department of Transportation, OSP received report of a two-vehicle accident with serious injuries. There was a confirmed fatality. -Boardman Ambulance received report of a single vehicle accident on Hwy. 730 mile post 174 with unknown injuries. Boardman Ambulance responded with mutual aid. Patients refused transport. -OSP recieved report that a vehicle ran off the road on 1-84. Injuries were unknown. -MCSO, BPD received report of an unknown subject in a ditch about 100 yards from caller's residence. It was unsure why no vehicle was near the scene. Subject had a seizure and did not wish an ambulance to respond. -MCSO received a 911 hangup call. All was okay upon contact. -MCSO deputy received report from a woman that she allowed a friend to borrow her pickup three days ago and he had not returned it. Subject said subject allowed her to borrow the car. -MCSO, BPD received report of five-six males physically/verbally fighting outside a Boardman location. There were no weapons. The men were intoxicated, but there were no injuries. -MCSO, BPD advised that neighbors directly upstairs were being loud. Subjects were advised about the noise. -November 24:OSP received report of a dispute or loud party at a location ongoing from 8 p.m. -Oregon State Police received a report of a possible dispute or loud party. There were many subjects at the location and they were intoxicated. The location was quiet when officers arrived. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a woman who advised she received a call from her son who said a subject entered their residence through an open door and is tearing up the house. -MCSO, Oregon Dept, of Transportation received a report of two very large rocks blocking the roadway on 1-84 from Biggs. The caller was unable to move them. -MCSO received a report of a one-vehicle accident on 1-84 eastbound. No ambulance was needed. -MCSO, Oregon Dept, of Transportation received a report of multiple vehicles spun out due to icy conditions. ODOT was contacted for sand/traffic control, Oregon State Police were contacted for traffic control. -Boardman Police Dept, arrested a subject who was lodged at Umatilla County Jail on a Hermiston Police Dept, warrant. Charges added were Menacing, Harassment, Criminal Mischief III and Criminal Trespass I. New bail was set at $16,500.. -MCSO received a report of two tires slashed during the night. -Oregon State Police received a report of an accident on 1-84. The vehicle hit the guardrail and is blocking traffic. No injuries were reported. -MCSO received a report of a subject who was overdue from Vancouver to Shaniko. The caller wanted to know if there were any accidents. The subject called back later and his daughter had still not arrived. -MCSO, Heppner Police Dept., Morrow County Road Dept, received a report that a woman in a van with two children were in a non-injury accident in icy conditions at Heppner High School. The vehicle was blocking traffic and was removed. -MCSO received a report of a »«»»*****»***»** X * X ************* ***** Mr. and Mrs. ‘Barry MunRcrs •Request the ¡Honour of Jour •Presence A t the Marriage o f Their •Daughter ; vehicle on Highway 207, milepost three that was not blocking traffic but could be a hazard considering road and weather conditions. It was towed. -Oregon State Police received a report from Boardman of a poacher. -MCSO received a request for a deputy from Lexington regarding two dogs that were being neglected. -MCSO received a report from a person who was bird hunting that a dog got in his boat that was with his truck and tore up the seats. -Oregon State Police, Arlington ambulance received a report of a motor vehicle accident on 1-84 with the vehicle on its side. It was a non-blocking, non-injury accident. -Oregon State Police, Arlington ambulance received a report from the person in the previous accident who witnessed a semi run off the road. One person from the semi was transported to Mid-Columbia Medical Center. -Oregon State Police received a report of an accident at the 1-84 bridge in Arlington. -MCSO received a request for assistance from an Imgon resident who needed help getting into the neighbor's home to feed the cats. The lock was frozen. -MCSO received a report of a suspicious male subject in a gray trenchcoat believed to be carrying a shotgun and walking toward the grade school in Imgon. Deputy was unable to locate anyone in the area. -MCSO received a report of a subject involved in the previous night's disturbance at Sandpiper Apts, in Boardman was back. Another subject at the apartments hid him in the attic. There was a no-contact order. The subject was arrested and lodged at the Umatilla County Jail for violation of a no-contact order with $3,000 bail and obstructing government or judicial administration with $6,000 bail. -MCSO received a report from a woman in Irrigon whose husband was drinking and had locked her and her children out of the residence the previous night. -OSP received a report from Mitchell that a cattle truck ran the caller off the road. -MCSO received a report that someone broke into a vehicle at Sentry Market and stole the stereo speakers. -MCSO received a report from a woman who had been kicked out of her house with her three children by gunpoint by her boyfriend. He was arrested for menacing and lodged at the Umatilla County Jail with $6,000 bail. Iß 2)r. ‘DonaCd J. CarCson lToot Specialist | *.Tiffanie Ann J tO | Heppner 676-5504 | on Saturday, January 13, 2001 a t 3:00 in the Afternoon 1 U nited Church o f Christ lo w , Oregon ‘Dinner Hfception and Dance Immediately following the Ceremony at lone Legion Hall I» » * * » « » » * » * » » * * * « * * * * » * » » * * * * * * * * * * * \ Hermiston 567-8750 -Heppner Police Dept, received a report of a dog that was hit and in bad shape. The driver didn’t stop. -MCSO received request for an officer concerning a shoplifter detained at Kegler's Sentry Market in Boardman. -Boardman Fire Dept, received a report of a pump house motor on fire in Boardman. -MCSO received a report of a theft of services from the 76 station in Boardman. They left without paying for $4.37 in gas. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report of a person at a residence who was refusing to leave. -MCSO received a report of a vehicle speeding and swerving all over 1-84 westbound. Juan Robledo Sedano, 44, of Yakima, WA, was arrested for DUII. -MCSO received a report of loud music in Imgon. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report that the caller's ex-wife was refusing to leave his residence in Boardman. Lori Cantrell, 37, of was cited for Criminal Mischief III. She was cited and released with$ 1,500 bail.. -MCSO recieved a report of a male subject in Boardman carrying a bag with two stolen pistols in it. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a mountain bike stolen in Boardman. -MCSO received a report from an Imgon man that his wife was going to Portland two days previous, but she hadn't contacted him. Nov. 26: Oregon State Police received a report from a UPS driver that was stopped by the OSP who then left with the driver's license. -MCSO, OSP, ODOT received request to tum on readerboard near Boardman on 1-84. ODOT said they would not call out for this and requested truck to sand area. -MCSO received a report of a motor vehicle accident on 1-84 due to icy conditions. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, advised they were with two juveniles and one left running. The juvenile was found and both were transported to their homes. -MCSO, Oregon State Police, Boardman Ambulance received several reports of motor vehicle accidents on 1-84 due to icy conditions. -MCSO received a request for a deputy about a dog from a previous entry. -MCSO received report from an Imgon subject in a previous entry that his wife had returned. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend was at her home with four friends and wouldn't leave. The ex-boyfriend was advised to not go back to the residence or he would be cited for criminal trespass. Nov. 27: MCSO received a report from a man in Imgon who said a woman broke his windows the previous night and just called him to say she was coming over to pound on his door. -MCSO deputies arrested Wendy Lee Hill, 38, on a Okanogan County warrant and JANUARY 2001 SUNDAY TU ES D A Y M ONDAY 1 O u m o m tt C rm rtm L ib . It o n r T i m . SW CD Bnt M e lo n « ■ r C a n to r B ing o q 7 8 Mo C o (fe n Club Om Om Out Map C* y C o m * HESS** C a n * M o C o Sob M 14 ttQ A oO bo Com m 22 Mo C o O u n C lu b Am ar LogtoiVAux M uoo w nS M n tf 28 1 ■ l.«jnrhron IM n T il C hW S fsn Comm O o .t r » 29 W EDNESDAY Q H fO C O MO C o C a r ScK A O d io ry BrxJ M od a a B n ) H o p P a r Comm TH U R SD A Y 4 W l V S S o TV Club B P O E ■ L td m M M 10 W l V U S t n Club r a n on morrxßm W CVAL T A C D IM N E II E lk o B in g o 1 Cbwnber L ib . 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C an the bookstore to g a t on tha list a n d to team so m e o n e 's local a d d r e s s . * 6 7 6 -5 8 8 6 ’ C b om ior Mo C o O u i O u b H cu O n g A u » {Mr. Travis William (freenup i » will be a t the Pioneer Memorial Clinic on January 10th for • the diagnosis and treatm ent of all foot problems * | -BPD, MCSO received a report of a suspicious person who was talking to himself and appeared to be having mental difficulties. Officers contacted the subject and sent him on his way. -MCSO received a report from a woman that her daughter was overdue from Lewiston. She showed up a half hour later. -Imgon ambulance received a report from a woman with a history of heart problems who was experiencing a racing heart. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. Nov. 25: MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report that a vehicle, occupied by three adults and one juvenile smelling of alcohol, had beer cans in it. -MCSO received a report of two suspicious males in Irrigon who entered a home then left. -MCSO received a report of a stop sign down at Oregon and Fourth in Imgon. -MCSO received a report of several items of lawn fumiture- two chairs, two footstolls, white iron with plastic seating- were on the roadway in Imgon. The items were removed. -MCSO received a report of a loose dog in Imgon. -MCSO received a hang-up 911 call and on repeated call-backs heard only static. It was phone problems only, no assistance was needed. -BPD, Oregon State Police arrested a subject on a warrant. Stolen property was found. -Oregon State Police, Oregon Dept, of Transportation received three reports of separate motor vehicle accidents on Highway 19 outside of Arlington due to icy conditions. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a loose horse in Boardman. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of suspicious male in Imgon who opened a window and dropped something inside the apartment and then sat behind the dumpsters on the west side of Sandpiper Apts. -MCSO received a report of loud music in Imgon. -Boardman Police Dept, received a request for an officer from a Boardman woman who said her sister came into her house, took her mother who she was caring for and was verbally abusive. -BPD officer and MCSO deputy reported that they were en route to a Boardman residence concerning a possible trespassing. -MCSO received a report regarding a large abandoned dog in Irrigon. S r C o n lo r B in g o C O M M U N IT Y C A L E N D A R O F E V E N TS B R O U G H T T O YO U BY: Twice Upon A Time... C o lo r Copies • Used Books • W ord Processing N ext to H ep p n er H ar d w ar e on E a s t M ay A v e . To have your activity listed in the community calendar of events, contact Doris Brosnan at Twice Upon A Time..., 676-5886 3, 2001 - FIVE for criminal mischief. Bail was set at $10,000. She was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. FAX PAPER Heppner Gazette-Times Weed Board invites project applications The Oregon State Weed Board (OSWB) is seeking applicants to apply for funding for noxious weed control projects related to watershed enhancement. This is the third and final grant cycle for the 1999-01 biennium. The OSWB will have approximately $400,000 to allocate in this funding cycle. The next application deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 16. Applications must be received by the OSWB at 635 Capitol St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97301-2532 by 5 p.m. on Jan. 16. E-mail submissions will not be accepted since original signatures are required. However, applications may be faxed to (503) 986-4737, but must be immediately followed up with an original. Applications should be for projects that begin no sooner than March 1,2001, and have significant project progress made by June 30, 2001. Final project reports will be due by September 30, 2001. Applicants need to use the new grant application, which is now available on OSWB's website: http://www. oda. state. or. us/Plant/ weed_control/OSWB_grant_app.p df. The grant application can be downloaded, filled out and printed. Hard copies of the application is also available upon request. For questions about how to apply for OSWB grant funds or whether projects fit the OSWB criteria, contact Dawn Zielinski, program assistant, at (503) 986-4621 or e- mail at: dzielins@oda.state.or.us. Ag producers seminar planned Blue Mountain Community College will offer an "Excel for Agricultural Producers Seminar" in Heppner on Tuesday and Thursday, January 16 and 18, from 4-7 p.m. at the Heppner High School. This short course is designed for the ag producer who wants to leam how to use and manipulate spreadsheets. "Electronic spreadsheets are an essential tool for today's agri-businesses that allow a personalized approach to recording and analyzing data for accurate business decisions," said a spokesperson. This hands-on computer lab course will start with basic computer and spreadsheet operation and continue to formatting spreadsheets for personal use. Existing templates that are available for farm and ranch use will also be examined. Cost of the course is $30. Class fees will be reduced for enrolled BMCC farm business management students. Enrollment is limited to 12 students, so pre-registration is required. Contact Anne Morter, BMCC coordinator for South Morrow County, 422-7040, for more information. School report cards out Jan. 18 Oregon's second annual school and district report cards will be released by Superintendent of Public Instruction Stan Bunn on January 18, according to an Oregon School Boards Association news release. All reports will be issued on Jan. 18, according to the release. Each school will receive ratings of exception, strong, satisfactory, low or unacceptable. The reports note student performance on state tests, student attendance and dropout rates, SAT scores and teacher education. District report cards include a list of each school's overall rating; student performance district-wide, information on ethnicity and staff characteristics. The Oregon Department of Edcuation was required to issue the reports by the 1999 Legislature starting last year \
