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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 28, 2001 audible burglary, ground motion alarm in Heppner. -BPD received report that lhe Morrow County S heriff s someone had broken into caller’s Office (MCSO) reports handling apartment sometime between late the following business: Monday night and Tuesday morning. Caller related the -MCSO deputy reported a subject(s) had caused some human skull located at a damage. residence. -BPD received report that -OSP received report of a someone has been calling the propane tank found on Hwy. 74 caller's house and breathing in at the gravel pit possibly used for the phone. The subject stays on manufacturing meth. the phone until the caller hangs -MCSO received request for up. Caller related that this had contact regarding a letter needed been happening a lot Caller's ID for her son to leave the country. is unable to identify the subject. OSP. BPD. MCSO received Caller requests officer contact. a 911 hangup call from an Imgon -HPD received report that a location and heard a scream. The subject's husband had passed caller was recontacted, address away and the subject was very confirmed and caller hung up. distraught. The situation was a domestic -Klamath Falls Sheriffs dispute involving two subjects. Office arrested David B One subject left before law Swisher, 36. on a Morrow enforcement arrived. Officers County Circuit Court warrant for were unable to locate the suspect. Failure to Appear/Contempt of -BPI). MCSO received a Court. He was lodged at Klamath 911 hangup call. The residence County Jail with $30,000 bail. was recontacted and Spanish -MCSO received report speaking female confirmed that from an Imgon woman that her there was no emergency. It was five-year-old daughter had been a child playing on the phone. pinched and squeezed on the -MCSO received report buttocks and her hand squeezed. from an Imgon woman that she She had also been verbally had a valid restraining order abused while on the school bus. against her husband and he at school and in front o f their showed up at this residence. house. The caller related that Caller said she was hiding in a this has been an ongoing problem bedroom and he didn't see her so and that he was fed up with it. he left. He further related that his son -MCSO received report that knew who was doing it. the caller had just bought -MCSO received report that property in Boardman and the that a subject may have entered a alarm was going off, and she vehicle in Lexington. The didn't know how to turn the subjects had written in an alarm off. The alarm company unknown substance the last six reported the alarm and stated the numbers o f the VIN o f the caller didn't have a password. vehicle and 2001 on the -MCSO, BPD arrested Noe windshield. Emanuel Sanchez on an Imgon -HPD received report o f an Justice Court Warrant for Failure audible burglary alarm at Les to Appear-Dnving While Schwab in Heppner. It was a Suspended/VBR. He was false alarm. lodg'ed in Umatilla County Jail -MCSO received report of a with $6,000 bail. vehicle in Imgon passing in a -MCSO received report no-passing zone, causing traffic regarding the above call that a to swerve out o f the way. There $5 bill was found on the prisoner was no deputy available and with a white substance on it, vehicle turned off Hwy. 730 possibly meth. February 7: MCSO -Hermiston PD, BPD received report that caller's ex received report of a 1990 Ford, boyfriend was having his friends four door, brown in color call, harass her and threaten her involved in a hit and run on February 8: MCSO Highway 395. Vehicle, last seen received report o f two dogs westbound in Hermiston, • running loose near the caller's was registered to a Boardman residence and chasing cats. -MCSO received report of a resident. possibly intoxicated female -MCSO received report of walking westbound on Hwy. 730. stray dogs at a Boardman Deputy gave subject a ride home. residence. -MCSO received report of a -B o a rd m a n F ire black yearling cow at an Imgon Department received report o f a location. vehicle on fire on Main Street. -MCSO received request -H e p p n e r P o lic e from the Imgon Post Master that Department received request for deputies be notified that they do officer contact because it not want kids on roller blades or appeared that the storage units skateboards in the front parking behind Bucknums Tavern had lot. sidewalks or the back lot been tampered with. The caller where there is a ramp that the believed that individuals were postal employees use. able to get into one. - HPD received report of an Sheriff's Report SWCD, Weed Board to meet A regular board meeting of the Morrow SWCD/Weed Advisory Board will be held Tuesday, April 3, at 6 p.m. at the Pettyjohn Office building conference room in Heppner. Agenda items include: manager’s report, partnership reports: NRCS (EQIP, CRP), FSA, ODFW, county court, extension and the weed report. The public is invited to attend. Births Benjamin Jacob Lynch-a son Benjamin Jacob was bom to Teri and Greg Lynch of Heppner on March 14, 2001 at Richland, Washington. ITie baby weighed 7 lbs. 3 Vt oz and was 1 8 ‘/ j m long. He joins siblings 1 lannah, 4, and Brian, 2, at home. His grandparents are Mel Piper of Heppner and Gary and Judy I.vnch ol Tucson, Arizona Legion, Auxiliary hold birthday dinner The lone Legion #95 and Legion Auxiliary held their annual birthday dinner at Beecher’s m lone on March 19 with 40 members were present. Conrad Tw orek presented 55-year pins to Charles Doherty and Don Peterson. Henry Krebs and Bob Baker were presented with 35-year pins. Helen Crawford presented a 35- Isaiah Stillm an, Em ily Unruh, Kathryn Unruh. Meaghan Unruh, Darren VanCleave and M yma VanCleave. Admission is by Inland Northwest Musicians membership, or tickets may be purchased at the door for $10 (adults) or $5 (seniors). Students are admitted free. The concerts are sponsored in part by Como's Italian Eatery o f Pendleton. Inland Northwest Musicians, a non-profit organization, is in its second season, and has presented over 30 concerts in many rural and outlying com m unities o f eastern Oregon since its debut in October o f 1999. The organization also includes the Inland Northwest Chorale and the W illow Creek Sym phony, a preparatory orchestra based in Heppner. R. Lee Fnese, o f Athena, conducts the performing groups. For additional information, call Inland Northwest Musicians at 938- 0645. Inland Northwest Musicians w ill hold their first annual Young Artists Competition on Sunday, April 22, at the Vert club room in Pendleton. This competition is open to all young musicians up to age 25. Entrants will be asked to perform a solo piece that has orchestral accompaniment for a panel of adjudicators. Participants will compete in four divisions: elementary (through fifth grade), junior (grades six-eight), senior (grades nine-12). and young adult (up to age 25). All entrants will receive comment sheets from the judges and winners will be selected from each division. Winners will receive $ 100 cash prizes. Some participants may also be selected to perform in concert with the Inland Northwest Orchestra. The entry fee for the Young Artists Competition is $20 and applications must be received by Monday, April 2. For more information and application materials, contact Alice Massey, Young .Artists Competition chairman at 276-7340. ù ffl 676-91 SI » h r r r F r ittn h M eet" 142 North Main lone Elementary School students in kindergarten through second grade celebrated 100 days o f school recently. This has become a tradition at the school and students count down the days as a part o f a "Math Their Way" program. The day included time to do activities involving "100" such as stringing 100 Fruit Loops, putting together 100 small pieces of art paper to make a picture, jumping rope 100 times, bouncing a ball 100 times and doing 100 jumping jacks. They also learned two songs written especially for 100 days of school. The day concluded with teachers serving cake and punch to the students. Karen's Kom er ey Karen iMasshofr Items o f Health - Tobacco Prevention O f f The W alt... Fty A A erl yn R o b i n s o n Hi Yo Silver! Y'oung Pat gets taken for a ride by one of Mr, M uldon’s pigs in "Potts' Luck" by Patrick F. M cM anus. "Pott's Luck" a comedy from best-selling author Patrick F. M cM anus will be presented in Boardman at the Riverside High School auditorium on Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. The show contains all new material adapted for the stage by McManus. '"Pott's Luck' brings a new dimension to Pat's wonderful, wacky world. Along with the standard brand of McManus humor are moments that tug at the heart as well as the funny bone." said a news release. Tickets are adults for $10 and children under 12 for $5, and are on sale at the Boardman Library, Boardman Pharmacy and Boardman Chamber o f Commerce. ATTENTION! $ 2 5 0 R EW A R D c o n v ic t io n o f in d iv id u a ls re s p o n s ib le f o r % HEPPNER ELKS 358 lone Elementary School students Mikey Raíble, Tanner Rietmann and Jordan Braun string 100 Fruit Loops in commemoration of the 100th day of school. Shamrock Lanes/Pot O ’ G old C afe’s “Quartermania” (promotion paid for by Morrow County Tobacco Prevention) on March 15 was a marvelous success. We have had very positive feedback in regards to having this kind o f event and I know the folks at the lanes w ill be doing something like this again in the near future. I certainly enjoyed taking pictures o f many o f the different groups in action, plus a couple o f “tw osom es.” Som eone during the evening made an observation w hile watching the crowd o f young people bow ling that there was a wonderful mix o f ages - from little ones to older teens and twenty-som ethings, and that there was a nice sense o f respect and community. What a gift we have given ourselves. I am in the process o f talking to other restaurants in Morrow County in terms o f setting aside a day or an evening where the dining area is smoke free, with perhaps various student or community groups or individuals providing entertainment. If this sounds like a good idea, let your favorite eating place know how you feel. When you are in the vicinity o f the Health Department, drop in and let me know too. I was in Portland for the annual Tobacco Prevention Conference on March 12-13. One session was very sobering: just how brilliant the ad people are who work for the various tobacco companies. One thing to always remember: that their stockholders mandate these tobacco companies to make m oney. For all the charitable events they seem to be associated with, it is the “bottom line” and name familiarity that is all-important to them. They are spending m illions telling us o f the thousands they have spent on various projects. f o r in f o r m a tio n lo a d in g to th o a r r e s t a n d B IN G O B A C K O N W E D N E S D A Y S S T A R T IN G A T 7 :0 0 p .m . The concert is free to the public and is funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District and the Umatilla Electric Cooperative. Everyone is invited to attend. lone Elementary students celebrate 100 days of school McManus comes to Riverside Dinner at 6 p.m., with music at 8:30 p.m. Ladies Night - Pat Dougherty and crew will be serving Pork Roast Dinner starting at 6 p.m. ITie W illow Creek Symphony and the W illow Creek Singers will perform their spring concert on Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at the Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon. Orchestra to hold young artists’ competition M arch 3 1 s t - S atu rd ay INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS, 4 p.m. Prime Rib A pril 8 th - T h ursday to perform year pin to Eunice McElligott, a 30-year pm to Judy Julio and a 25- year pin to June Crowell. She also presented gifts to Conrad Tworek and Joel Peterson in appreciation for all the extra w ork they do at the hall. June Crowell presented a 55- year pin to Helen Crawford Irene Holtz for decorated for the dinner. Inland NW Orchestra to present concerts The Inland Northwest Orchestra, a regional sym phony orchestra comprised o f instrumentalists from Eastern Oregon, will present a pair o f concerts on Saturday, March 31, and Sunday, April 1. Saturday's concert w ill be held in the Vert auditorium in Pendleton at 7 p.m.. On Sunday, the orchestra will travel by bus to Baker City for a concert at 3:30 p.m. in the Baker High School auditorium. The concerts will include works by George Frederick Handel, Ralph Vaughan W illiam s, Vaclav N elhybel, Alan H ovhaness, and G eorge B izet. Local Morrow County musicians w ho w ill be performing this weekend with the orchestra include Alissa D altoso, Fanny Fitzgerald, Melissa McCurry, Laura McElligott Willow Creek Symphony th e th e ft o f ite m s fro m 126 K . M ay S t re e t, H e p p n e r , b e tw e e n W e d n e s d a y n ig h t, Feb. 7. a n d T h u r s d a y m o r n in g , F e b . 8 . B e o n th e lo o k o u t f o r a S o n y P la y s ta tio n w ith fiv e g a m e s , a B io n ic W in n o w F is h in g l.u r e s e t, a c e r a m ic h e a t e r a n d o t h e r s m a ll ite m s . C a ll l h e H e p p n e r P o li c e o r 0 7 0 - 3 2 8 8 . The m ost effective exorcism for spring fever is a few days o f warmer weather that allow digging and raking in the yard, burning weeds or som e other Herculean task outdoors. Then one is only too happy to limp back indoors and favor aching, long-unused muscles. O f course, there are those exercise freaks, w hose efforts keep their w ell-conditioned bodies in the best o f shape. But som ehow, as the years roll by, I find that bent-over stance more demanding. So it’s not surprising that raised gardening beds hold an added attraction. In view o f the so-called electricity shortage and loom ing drought conditions perhaps w e need to re-think our landscaping efforts. One thing this country is not short on is rock, so a rock garden with cactus might be the way to go. Or perhaps it would be w ise to cem ent the yard and paint it green. O f course, yards need only a pittance o f water compared to all the large landscaped areas including g o lf courses. But hey, everyone has to have a playground, right? I think back to the days when rural folks raised large gardens without the convenience o f sprinklers and instant water. As a child it was always my job to hoe that large potato patch. Evidently I must have left a goodly number o f potato plants growing, because we always had many sacks o f potatoes that required digging, sorting and storing in the old root cedar for the winter. Those dry-land potatoes, usually grown in a former haystack or feeding area, were always good “keepers,” since they had less water content. That was before there were any deer in this open country that nowadays invade even fenced yards. Too, there was that large patch o f sw eet com , cultivated with a horse and walking plow, to provide many jars o f canned com . Fortunately during my growing up years we seldom were short on water as long as the windm ill pumped water to the reservoir for household use. H owever, irrigated gardens were planted where springs provided water that trickled down ditches dug beside vegetable rows. Compare that with today’s lifestyle when an electricity interruption brings everything to a standstill. The lights go out, the furnace and the stove don’t work and there’s no power to pump the water. Ah. the price o f convenience. Yet most o f us would be sorely put out if we had to return to those former self-sufficient days. Back then we didn’t have thoughts about our food being contaminated in som e way, even though it was propagated with barnyard fertilizer. Currently, everything we eat or use is being challenged as to its safety. N ow they're claim ing that additives, even in soap or perfume, are putting toxins in our bodies. Perhaps old timers had fewer com plicated health problems due to that simple lifestyle H owever I think the real reason was that germs didn't stand a chance because o f that old homemade lye soap.
