TEN - Heppner Gazette- Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 21, 2001
juvenile males arguing over a
juvenile disciplinary problem.
-MCSO received a report from
The Morrow County S heriffs a computer company that the
Office (MCSO) reports handling company delivered a computer to
an address in Imgon and was
the following business:
paid for by a credit card from
Dec. 17: MCSO was advised
England.
from a caller she accidentally
-Oregon State Police, Morrow
dialed 911 while cleaning her County
Road
Department
phone. The caller was fine and received a report of a motor
there was no emergency.
vehicle accident where a vehicle
-MCSO received a report of a rear-ended a semi on Bombing
missing 12 -week-old chocolate
Range/Highway 207 at Gneb
lab puppy in Imgon.
Farm. It was a non-injury, non-
-MCSO received a report of blocking accident.
loud music in Imgon.
-MCSO received a report o f a
-MCSO received a request for vehicle towing another vehicle
deputy contact concerning a dog broke down on 1-84.
complaint from an earlier date.
-MCSO received a request for
-Boardman Police Depardment a background check on a former
advised o f a religious parade Irrigon
resident
for
pre
starting at Sam Boardman enlistment purposes.
Elementary and ending at the
-MCSO received a report o f a
Roman Catholic Church.
vehicle that had rolled off the
-Boardman
Police
Dept,
received a report of a stereo road on Highway 74.
-Boardman Fire Department
being taken sometime during the
received a report of a pickup on
previous night. It might have
fire on 1-84 on the eastbound off
been taken by the caller's two
ramp
at Boardman.
roommates who left during the
-MCSO
received a request for
night.
a deputy to go to Morrow County
-Boardman Police Department
Road Dept, in Lexington and
received request for an officer
pick up a non-sufficient funds
concerning an earlier incident.
-Oregon State Police received a check.
-MCSO, Heppner ambulance
report o f a wallet left at the
received
a request for an
Boardman rest area in a phone
ambulance for a motor vehicle
booth the previous night.
-Heppner Police Dept, received accident on Highway 207. The
a request for a Heppner officer caller took the driver to meet the
regarding information the caller ambulance at the Cenex store.
The patient was transported to
thought the police should know
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
about.
Heppner.
-MCSO received a report from
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept,
a subject at Anson Wright Park
that he hit a rock in the road and received a report of a hit and run
driver at the bowling alley in
the vehicle rolled off the road.
Heppner.
-MCSO received a report f-om
-Oregon State Police received a
Sentry Market in Im gon that a
report of a possible drunk driver
30-year-old male was denied
on 1-84. The driver was
alcohol due to his level o f
witnessed drinking a beer.
intoxication and when he left his
-MCSO, Heppner Fire Dept.,
van almost hit another vehicle.
Lexington
QRT,
Heppner
-MCSO received a report of an
ambulance received a report of a
18-year-old male who took a gun
motor vehicle accident at
and^threatened suicide.
Cutsforth Comer on Highway
Dec. 18: MCSO, Oregon State
207.
Two
patients
were
Police received a report that a
transported to Pioneer Memorial
Greyhound bus driver at Biggs
Hospital in Heppner.
was requesting assistance as he
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
thought one o f the female
received several reports o f motor
passengers had a gun.
vehicle accidents.
-MCSO received a report that a
-Corvallis Police Department
door at the Western Empire was
arrested Clinton Liddicote, 20, on
open. The building was checked
and the door was supposed to be an Imgon Justice Court warrant
for Failure to Pay Fire/MIP
open.
Alcohol. He was lodged at
-MCSO received a report of a
Benton County Corrections with
large box in the middle of
$127 bail and released due to
Highway 74. The box was
overcrowding.
removed and the contents
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
determined to be junk destined
received a report of a audible
for the transfer station.
burglar alarm in Imgon. It was a
-MCSO received a report of a
carcass causing a traffic problem false alarm, the parents o f the
in Boardman that needed to be owners accidently set it off.
removed.
Dec. 25: MCSO deputy
-MCSO received a request for arrested Jose Medina, Jr., 32, for
an officer from a female subject DUII, No Operator's License,
in lone who said a male subject Driving Uninsured, and No
grabbed her breast a while ago.
License Plate Light. He was also
-MCSO received a report of arrested on a Morrow County
several cows out on Highway Justice Court warrant for Failure
207 just south o f Lexington. The to Pay Fine/Driving While
owner was located.
Suspended and several other
Dec. 19: MCSO, Boardman warrants from other agencies.
Police Dept, received a report The vehicle was impounded.
that the caller's daughter in
-MCSO,
Boardman
Boardman thought someone was
Police
Dept.,
Boardman
trying to break into a truck ambulance received a report o f a
parked in the drive. The area was one-vehicle accident in Imgon.
checked over.
The vehicle hit a power pole and
-MCSO received several 911 the lines were down. Kenneth
calls on various lines that Parrish, 42, was cited for DUII.
couldn't be traced. CenturyTel His vehicle was impounded.
was advised of the problem.
-MCSO received a report
-MCSO received a report of a of a box of computer chips found
audible
burglar
alarm
at at Bake's Restaurant in Irrigon.
Riverside High School shop
-MCSO,
Boardman
building in Boardman. All was Police Dept, received a request
secure.
for a welfare check for the
-Boardman
Police
Dept, caller's daughter who was
received a report o f a female supposed to be at the caller's
subject refusing to leave a home home but hadn't shown up yet.
in Boardman. Kristen Skinner
-MCSO,
Boardman
was
cited
for
Domestic Police Dept, received a report o f
Harassment.
an $8 drive-off from the
-MCSO received a report of a Boardman 76 station.
found dog on Slaughterhouse
Dec. 26: MCSO,
Road in Heppner.
Boardman
Police
Dept.,
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
Boardman ambulance received a
received a report o f a fight in report from a woman in
progress between a father and Boardman who said she had pain
son in Irrigon. Alcohol was in her abdomen, possibly from a
involved. The parties were
"diabetic buildup”. The patient
separated.
was taken to Good Shepherd
-MCSO received a report that Community
Hospital
in
three subjects were overhead
Hermiston.
talking about pulling up a fence
-MCSO, Oregon State
to take a horse and take it to
Police, Hermiston HAZMAT,
California. The horse's owner
Imgon
Fire Dept.,
DEQ,
was contacted. All was secure.
ODF&W received a report of a
Dec. 20: MCSO received a with a male subject who was
report that two security officers dropping
off the
caller's
were following two trespassers. girlfriend's children. The caller
The subjects were identified and said the male subject tried to run
all was okay.
him over.
-MCSO received a report o f a
-Boardman Police Dept
dispute in Irrigon involving received more information on a
several people including four runaway from Boardman.
Sheriff's Report
I
f
MCSO received a report
of a civil matter involving
custody rights in Imgon. The
mother decided to let the children
go with the father and the father
wanted to let the children decide
where to go.
MCSO, Oregon State
Police, Heppner Police Dept,
received a report of a possible
DUII swerving all over the road
and going 40 mph.
Dec. 27: MCSO received
a report of possible prowlers out
Blackhorse. A deputy was unable
to locate anyone.
-MCSO received a report
from a woman in Imgon that her
husband assaulted her and
refused to let her have their four-
year-old son for the night..
-MCSO received a report
of suspicious persons in a yellow
Bronco going through houses and
possibly taking items. The
vehicle drove off on Highway 74
southbound.
-MCSO received report
o f a dead deer lying on the side
o f the road on 8 th street in
Imgon.
-MCSO received report
o f a burglar alarm activated in
lone. MCSO was advised that
resident accidently activated the
alarm.
-MCSO received report
that caller's motorcycle had been
stolen.
-MCSO received report
of a subject around the Imgon
area was driving carelessly.
possible HAZMAT incident in
Im gon 1/4 mile from the fish
hatchery off Patterson Ferry
Road. Three 55-gallon unlabeled
barrels with an unknown bluish-
colored substance were leaking.
-MCSO received
a
request for a deputy to pick up
several insufficient funds checks
from Imgon Sentry Market.
-MCSO received a report
o f a suspicious vehicle out by the
Heppner dam access road with its
lights flashing on and off. A
deputy was unable to locate the
vehicle.
-MCSO received
a
request for a deputy to pick up
insufficient funds checks from
Sentry Market in Imgon.
-MCSO received a report
o f abuse of the caller's
grandmother and six year old
niece in Imgon.
MCSO received a report
from Imgon of suspicious
juveniles at a new modular home
who appeared to be trying the
doors and windows. A deputy
was unable to locate the
juveniles.
-MCSO, Oregon State
Police received a report o f an
erratic driver on 1-84 that was
cutting people off and speeding.
-MCSO received a report
from the Bank of Eastern Oregon
that they repossessed a vehicle in
Heppner.
-MCSO received a report
o f a loud music playing late at
County Court holds hearing
on rock quarry
By Doris Brosnan
At the Morrow County Court
session o f Feb. 14, the court
convened a public hearing on a
comprehensive plan amendment
to add the Miller/Padberg rock
quarry to the Goal 5 aggregate
inventory.
Planning director Tamra Mabbott
and associate planner Wendy
Kirkpatrick offered the background
information on the request that came
before the planning commission
and identified the five-acre piece
of property. Mabbott explained that
the court's function is only to hear
the plan amendment to add the
aggregate site to the inventory, not
to act on the conditional-use permit.
In favor of the amendment, Ryan
Miller reported that the original plan
to use the site for the proposed dairy
was altered by requests for rock
from other landowners.
He
explained the time limits for rock
crushing and noted that he will have
a dust abatement plan for the haul
road.
One landowner appeared to
request that a speed limit be imposed
on the road and that watering the
road for dust control be required.
The court noted that the speed issue
will be addressed with the director
of public works.
Miller agreed to the watering
of 1,000 feet of the road. The court
approved the plan amendment with
that stipulation. Commissioner John
Wenholz stated his view that the
developers needs to be responsible
for the cost of road repairs required
by their additional traffic.
Justice o f the Peace Charlotte
Gray and court clerk Lucy Veliz
discussed the justice court fiscal
programs with the court. Gray
explained the justice court's
difficulties last year to address the
requests o f the auditors and she
detailed her present plan for
accommodating
this
year’s
recommendations.
Kimberly Lindsay, alcohol and
drug supervisor, and Jesus Rome,
alcohol and drug counselor,
described to the court the Friday,
five-hour, after-school program that
includes kick-boxing, aerobics, art,
dance, refreshments and op«n gym.
The program is to start on March
9. Transporting students from
Boardman to Irrigon is part o f the
plan and busmg from Heppner might
also be possible. A grant from the
Commission on Children and
Families will help fund the program,
which has one funded position
among the staff o f eight.
Lindsay also shared with die court
the "2001-2003 Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Prevention Implementation
Plan." In answer to a question,
Lindsay said that the state is trying
to identify outcomes of the plan.
Rome suggested that a survey might
determine how their program is
impacting participants. The court
approved the plan and Lindsay said
they would do an outcome study.
Representatives of the region's
Workforce Investment Board
appeared to update the court on the
"Work-Links
Program,"
a
"partnership effort between various
work entities who provide
employment, education and training
services to Morrow County
citizens." As explained, Adult and
Family Services, BMCC and
CAPECO provide information and
direct services in a one-stop-shop
fashion. Presently at the BMCC
building in Boardman, they are also
developing a Heppner site. They
will be issuing press releases,
brochures and flyers about the
system.
Ron McKinnis discussed with
the court the need to access and
duplicate records for surveyors an 1
the public. McKinnis reported
having records ready to be moved
to Heppner and assessor Greg
Sweek's effort to find a location
in the courthouse for the records.
McKinnis further explained the need
for a large copier for copying large-
format materials and said that he
is working to find a way to share
the cost with other departments that
will also use the machine.
McKinnis further informed the
court that all fee collection is now
handled by the clerk's office.
Mabbott suggested at the court
session that one of the
commissioners and the roadmaster
be included in the technical advisory
group for the transportation analysis
for the racetrack. Sheriff Verlin
Denton passed out the department's
2000 statistical report. Mabbott also
showed the court a packet of
information she has put together
for a meeting on Feb. 15 about
Ostvest Vej, the bridge and a public
easement.
The court discussed a proposed
agreement with the museum
commission and the county's
maintenance of the property and
liability insurance, the utilities and
the upkeep o f the facility. They
continued a brief discussion of the
corrected contract with Lisanne
Cumn and will ask county counsel
to determine that it meets the
independent-contractor
requirements. Ihey also agreed that
counsel should review a proposed
contract between the Commission
on Children and Families and a
speaker for the Riverside High
School.
Public works director Burke
O'Brien reported the following: The
crew was pouring footings for
Blackhorse Canyon Bridge, has
mowed ditches and shoulders on
north-end roads, has cut trees on
Montana Avenue and has plowed
and sanded county-wide. O'Brien
reported having taken care o f the
disposal o f some paint from the
fairgrounds.
Other action by the court included
the following:
- approval of a computer program
and a receptionist work station for
the Morrow County Behavioral
Health Boardman office;
- approval o f the two-year
extension o f the Sheriffs
Association contract;
- approval o f an amendment to
the Pacific Life retirement policy
to comply with a Department of
Labor regulation.
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night in Irrigon.
-MCSO, Oregon State
Police received a report o f a
pickup pulling a horse trailer
whose lights were flickering on
and off.
-MCSO received report
o f a male subject in Imgon
hanging around the inside of
caller's store.
-Heppner
Ambulance
received request for ambulance
for caller's 51 year old husband is
having chest pains.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman whose
father-in-law had passed away
and had "Do Not Resuscitate"
.orders.
-MCSO received three
911 hangup calls from Imgon.
Upon amval deputy advised that
it was a child playing with the
phone.
-MCSO, OSP received
report that a male on foot
wearing
a black pullover
sweatshirt was weaving in and
out of traffic on Hwy. 730
westbound.
-MCSO received request
for a deputy
in Imgon
concerning possible sex abuse.
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The
R y A / X c r ly n R o b i n s o n
Dating back to ancient history, people have put together "seven
wonders" lists including natural phenomena or manmade
architectural or sculptural accomplishments. The lists vary; some
o f the best known include the Pyramids o f Egypt, the Hanging
Gardens o f Babylon, the Parthenon of Greece, the Temple o f
Artemis and other world-famous structures such as the Roman
Colosseum. O f all these wonders miraculously built in ancient
times by raw manpower, the pyramids alone survive intact.
I've forgotten much o f ancient history where many of the
magnificent structures were built by slave-type labor to honor
some goddess or entomb some ruler. In the case o f the Roman
Colosseum, some misfits were fed to the lions. Today we merely
pay taxes to support the lifestyle of dignitaries or fund past
presidents' libraries and office spaces.
Since those earlier times, other architectural marvels of
different styles created palaces, cathedrals and even the Leaning
Tower o f Pisa. In the United States, we praise mankind for
erecting the Rockefeller Center and the World Trade Center in
New York as well as the Statue o f Liberty. Listed with those
accomplishments are San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and
the stone faces of famous presidents' heads chiseled on Mount
Rushmore in South Dakota.
Americans have a fetish for material things. Yet we so often
take for granted the wonders that surround our everyday life,
such as the air we breathe, abundant water and the quality o f life
provided by modem technology. However it seems our Western
culture is about to be redefined by Eastern environmental
players. Still we are blessed with the freedom to choose whether
it's worship or work. We can also choose to be self-serving or
extend our efforts to helping others. Examples o f people who
choose to make a different are those that were recognized as year
2000 first citizens for south Morrow County. Well-deserved
recognition.
Now let's regress to 1915, those good old days, when America
opened Yellowstone as its first national park. One could then
crank up a Model T Ford and drive over 80 miles o f rutted road
from Ashton, Idaho, to get to the edge of Yellowstone Park.
However, strict park rules were enforced. That vehicle,
particularly the brakes and tires, had to pass inspection before
making the trip down to Old Faithful. Speed was limited to 12
miles per hour ascending and 10 miles per hour descending steep
grades plus eight miles per hour when approaching curves.
Homs were to be sounded when approaching curves and
mufflers were to be closed when approaching or passing horses
or horse-drawn vehicles. Many other rules were imposed on this
modem form o f transportation: Any violations o f those rules
automatically caused revocation of park admittance and the
individual was fined for any damages (such as spooked horses).
Fast-forward to the current situation, when too many
automobiles are said to be causing a traffic jam and
environmental problems in Yellowstone and other national
parks. Shuttle-buses are to be used for public transportation,
eliminating congestion. Our more mobile, more affluent society
wants to seek out places ranging from the Everglades to Alaska,
so that creates more pressure on public parks. Part o f the
problem is that people are discouraged from visiting places
locked up in wilderness areas and only accessible on foot.
As o f this year, there are 22 areas locked up as national
monuments where natural resource industries such as coal
mining or oil drilling are excluded and tourism and recreation is
limited due to road-less policies and restrictions on recreation
development. Go figure. Is this progress?
If we are forced to import more o f our food and commodities
due to restrictions perhaps it be expedient to develop more
recreational sites to accommodate and disperse a growing
population of "back-to-nature" pleasure seekers. That includes
those people who envision the West as a wilderness frontier
where the wolves and other creatures should dominate? There's
opposition to predator control o f even wildlife-killing coyotes or
cougars, although they are even thriving and eating small
domestic animals in urban areas. Wonders, natural or otherwise,
never cease.
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