Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner Oregon Wednesday August 8, 2001 - FIVE
Sheriff's Report
I he Morrow County S h e riff s
Office (M CSO) reports handling
the following business:
-MC S(). Boardman Police 1 )ept..
l m on-Pacitic Railroad received
a report ol a woman possibly
attempting to |ump from the railroad
overpass on mirth Main in Boardman
going to the marina.
-M CSO. Oregon State Police
received a report of an audible alarm
at a building in Irrigon
-MC SO. Boardman Fire Dept
receiv ed a report ol a furnace tilling
the caller's house in Boardman vv ith
smoke No llames were v isible
-M( S () received a request lor
a deputy contact from a caller in
lone regarding his ex-wite using
his checking account without his
permission.
-MCSO. Oregon State Police
received a report of a I )odge flatbed
pickup with dual tires speeding and
rocking hack and forth on 1-84
eastbound
-MCSO received a report of mail
taken from the caller's mailbox and
found at the Im gon Marina torn
up.
-MCSO. Boardman Police Dept
received a report speed limit sign
on L Wilson Road missing a bolt,
causing the sign to hang upside
down. The Morrow Countv Road
Dept, was contacted.
-MCSO received a request lor
assistance from a cailer phoning
from the Irrigon Justice Court
regarding a hostile owner o f a home
the caller was attempting to
purchase.
-M CSO. Irrigon ambulance
receiv ed a request for an ambulance
for an 80-year-old female w ho had
chest pain, The patient was
transported to Good Shepherd
Medical Center in Hermiston.
-MCSO. Boardman ambulance
received a request for assistance
O f f T h e W a l l ...
Ry AAfrlyn Robinson
Bv Merlyn Robinson
Seize the moment! A person can be a bit "stuck up" during a sticky
situation. Like a fruit fly, I honed in on nature's bounty when prolific apricot
trees in Heppner began raining juicy fruit.
My fruitful "apricot high" produced colorful jars, dried snacks, sticky
jam and apricot cobblers. The kitchen had an orange glow with abundant
fruit as my "vvaste-not" mentality contributes to waist expansion. Yet it
reminds me o f when we used to process the majority o f our homegrown
food fora winter's supply o f fruits and vegetables. Now we just run to the
grocery store and expect to find fresh produce year around. It's called taking
the easy way so there's more time to play .
On the subject o f food, instead o f emphasizing a statement by say ing.
"I'll eat my hat if that isn't true." that could now be rephrased to "I'll eat
my shirt!" Com is now being used to produce poly lactic acid. Already being
produced are shirts made o f 64 percent cotton and 36 percent corn-based
poly lactic acid.
Because that polymer is corn-based and not petroleum-based, they
claim that fabric can be produced which is both biodegradable and compostable.
So I guess ifyou get tired of washing your dirty shirts, you just throw them
in the compost pile. However. I'd prefer that my jeans not disintegrate after
they've acquired air conditioning holes.
Many people are against further oil exploration, even in a frozen hunk
of Alaska so perhaps manufacturing companies can switch from petroleum-
based products to grain-based poly mers. Grain farmers, crank up those
ethanol-fueled tractors and start growing more com fiber. Good news for
Northwest grain producers is that an ethanol plant is under construction
near St. Helens.
Many o f the molecules used to make grain-based polymers are derived
from the waste stream o f ethanol plants. These polymers are made when
microorganisms are introduced into the starches or sugars derived through
a fermentation process such as the one used to make alcohol or ethanol.
Depending on what type o f process is used, different types o f fibers can
be produced. Your zip-lock bags or those plastic boxes could now be produced
from a renewable resource. Besides fabric, think of huge quantities of petroleum-
based plastic wrap that covers many purchased items and ends up in a landfill.
Perhaps the emergence of grain-based polymer products will rival the explosion
of the plastic industry in the I % 0s and even contribute to the family farm
survival, however corny sounding.
But don't get any hopes up that this product will soon see major production.
I'm sure the extreme environmentalists will find some objection to the growing
ot com or the pnxJuction of polymers. Besides current energy issues, genetically
engineered trees, plants and products are under attack. Aside from the impact
o f endangered species listings of the sucker fish, spotted ow 1. Washington
ground squirrel and salmon, the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity
is planning to sue for an endangered listing o f the yellow-billed cuckoo.
Arizona is considered a cuckoo stronghold, supposedly nothing to do with
humans; however. I believe there are too many dangerous, wingless cuckoos
with bird brains, walking around spewing untrue propaganda with their
wide-open beaks.
from Boardman for the caller's
seven-year-old brother w ho had a
tick on his back and couldn t get
n
o f f .
-Boardman Police Dept, officer
arrested Chaunesy l.ynn Alian. 30
lor Disorderly t onduct and on a
Umatilla County Circuit Court
indictment for Possession of a
Controlled Substance. Delivery of
a Controlled Substance. Forgery
II and Theft III Allan wav lodged
at the l matilla Countv Jaii
-Boardman Police Dept officer
cited Ralph ( ireer. 4 1. for Driving
while l icense suspended The
vehicle was impounded
-MCSO. Ileppner Police Dept
received a report from a caller that
a male subteet was at her place of
work and told another man that he
had bought a rifle and shotgun and
that there w as going to he a murder
in Morrow County fhe caller said
the male subject was looking at her
w hen he said it
-MC SO received a report ot a
truck w ith a trailer was speeding.
tailgating and cutting corners
-MC SC) receiv ed a hi 1 call vv here
the caller advised there was an
emergency but hung up I ne line
was busy until the fourth trv at
recontact.
-M( SC) received a report from
the Pendleton Police Dept, ot a
tound purse with identification of
a student Horn Imgon. fhe student
would be contacted about her purse
-M( SC). Boardman Police IX*pt
received a report o f a residential
alarm in Boardman.
-M( S() received a request for
a welfare check for a man en route
Irom V ancouver. Washington, to
Bend l he man contacted his father
jn u all was oxay.
-\K S(). Boardman Police i)ept
received a report ot vehicles driving
through the parking lot at Outback
Apts, in Boardman playing loud
music.
-Christopher Wayne Lyons. 2‘).
w as arrested on a Morrow County
Circuit Court warrant for Failure
to Appear Burglary II and Failure
to Appear Failure to Appear i i le
was lodged at the l matilla ( ounty
Jail vv ith no bail.
June 16: MCSO. Oregon State
Police. Boardman Police Dept
received a report o f a sports car
swerving all over the road on 1-84
-MCSO. Boardman Police Dept
received a report o f a brush fire in
Boardman It was a controlled bum
that nad been called in.
-MCSO. Oregon State Police
cited a juvenile for VHP by
Consumption.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact regarding a
neighbor's garbage in the caller’s
yard in Boardman The subteet
called back and said the neighbor
was picking up the garbage
-MCSO. Boardman ambulance
received a report ot a man at the
Boardman Manna who hit his pelv is
on a winch and then felt like he was
bleeding internally. TTie patient was
transported to Good Shepherd
Medical Center.
-MCSO receiv ed a report o f a
restraining order serv ed to a subject
at his residence.
-MCSO deputy arrested Robert
Harvey. 20. tor Buglary i He was
lodged at the l matilla County Jail.
-M CSO. Oregon State Police
received a report o f a vehicle on
private property Hie subjects were
fishing lhe subject called back and
said to disregard report as the
vehicle left.
-MCSO. Oregon State Police.
Boardman Police Dept received
a report of a party in Boardman with
sev erai mu>xicated subject who vv ere
oossiblv MIL
-\K SO deputy investigated a
suspicious vehicle at the Bakes'
parking lot in Irrigon. The driver
was waiting at that location to attend
church in Irrigon. l he driver was
adv ised to move along.
J u n e 17: MC SO. Boardman
Police Dept, officers cited Raui
Gomez t ubtllo. 22. for Driving
wnile l icense Suspended and No
Insurance
lh e vehicle was
impounded
-MC SO deputies removed a deet
carcass from 1-84 eastbound.
-M( SO. Boardman Police IX*pt..
Boardman am bulance received a
report o f a Boardman woman w ho
had fallen and couldn't get up. She
said she telt shaky and just changed
medicine the day betore and thought
;njv be causing the problem l he
patient was transported to Good
Shepherd Medical ( e n te r in
Hermiston.
-MCSO receiv ed a report of loud
music in Irrigon. The area was
checked.
-MC SC). Boardman Police I Xpt
received a request from Boardman
for an officer contact regarding a
theft from the caller's vehicle
-MCSC) received a report o f kids
playing basketball in a road in
Irrigon and the caller was afraid
they would get hit.
-MCSO receiv ed a report o f a
l -I laul truck in front o f the caller's
neighbor's house in Boardman The
neighbors hadn’t been there for
awhile and the caller thought
someone was stealing items. It was
the owner's son m oving his
belongings.
-MCSO. Oregon State Police
received a report o f a black car on
1-84 w estbound that was tailgating,
speeding and driving erractically.
June 17: MCSO. Heppner Police
Dept, received a report o f an alarm
going o ff in an apartm ent in
Heppner. No one was home and
the landlord was gone. The alarm
was investigated.
-MCSO received a report o f a
found puppy on Highway 207 ITie
owners were out o f town.
-MC SO. Boardman Fire IXrpt.
received several calls o f a fire
behind Napa and Sentry Market
in Boardman
-MC SO. Oregon Slate Police
receiv ed a report ot a possible DM I
on Highway 730.
-MC SC). Boardman Police I Xpt
received a report o f two male
subjects in a parking lot in
Boardman that were in a verbal
dispute with a possible fight
pending.
-MC SO received a report o f a
w ornan calling her mother and just
prior to the call being disconnected
the motner neard a scream She
called back w ith the same results
fhe woman requested a welfare
check as she thought it might be
a man her daughter knows Robert
Morley. 33. was arrested for Release
Agreement
Violation
and
I larassment I le vv as lodged at the
I m atilla C ounty Jail
June 18: MCSO. Boardman
Police Dept, received a report o f
a vehicle backing into the caller's
vehicle at the Boardman 76 station
I he vehicle then left and went to
Frontier I railer Park l he vehicle
was impounded.
-MC SO received a report horn
an off-duty officer, who. while
investigating a suspicious vehicle
near lone, discovered one subject
had an outstanding warrant from
I lillsboro. rhe subject fled on loot
Another subject left the scene in
the vehicle. All attempts to locate
subjects were negative.
-MCSC) received a report from
the Hermiston Police Dept, that
Ronald Fields. 26. w as arrested on
an Irrigon Justice Court warrant
for Failure to Appear DUII. He was
iodged at the l matilla County Jail.
-MC SO receiv ed a report ot a
vehicle, a jxissible DUII. weav ing
all over the road on 1-84 Officers
were unable to locate the vehicle.
-MCSO. Heppner Police Dept
receiv ed a report o f a juvenile on
a bicycle going from pop machine
to pop machine. The juvenile
appeared to be intoxicated
-Boardman Police Dept, officer
cited a subject for Violation o f the
Basic Rule. 54 mph in a 40 mph
zone. No Operator's 1 ícense and
No Insurance.
How much is your allowance?
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For further information, contact the Morrow County Health Department at 541-676-5421
or contact the Morrow County Commission on Children and Families at 541-676-9675.
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