FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 17, 2001
-Oregon State Police received
a report o f a U-Haul truck towing
a car that was cutting o ff other
The Morrow County S h eriff s vehicles on 1-84.
-M CSO received a report o f a
Office (M CSO) reports handling
vehicle
that looked like it was on
the following business:
its front end in an embankment on
-Heppner Police Dept., Heppner 1-84 westbound. The caller thought
Ambulance received a request for he saw people in the area.
an ambulance for a 92-year-old
-M CSO received a request for
female who was conscious and officer contact in Boardman
breathing but shaky and unstable. regarding a "Peeping Tom" incident.
The patient was transported to The caller had more information.
Pioneer M emorial Hospital in
-Boardman Ambulance received
Heppner.
a request for an ambulance for a 55-
-MCSO received a report from year-old male in Boardman who had
UCSO that Jennifer Lynn Merrill, fallen on a rock while taking a walk
27, was arrested on a Morrow County and got a laceration above an eye.
Circuit Court warrant for Distribution No transport was made.
o f a Controlled Substance,
-Boardman Police Dept, received
Possession o f a Controlled a report of a white car in Boardman
Substance, Attempt to Manufacture that kept coming around, parking
a Controlled Substance and on local then leaving. The caller requested
charges. She was lodged at the the area checked.
Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO received a request from
-Oregon State Police received Boardman Police Dept, for deputy
a report o f a sailboard down on the contact for a female subject reporting
Columbia River with a person an assault that occurred a week ago.
floating away from the board.
-MCSO received a report o f a
-MCSO received a report from donkey running loose up and down
a caller in Im gon that his wife left a street in Im gon. It was known
sometime during the morning. He where the owners lived but not their
didn't know where she went and she names.
hadn't called.
-MCSO received a request from
-MCSO received a request for a caller at the pay phone at Kegler's
officer contact regarding neighbor Sentry Market in Imgon for a ride
kids harassing the caller's kids.
hom e to Boardman as he was
-MCSO, Oregon State Police, stranded and no one else was
Boardman Ambulance received a available to give him a nde.
report o f a disabled vehicle on 1-84
-Boardman Police Dept, received
eastbound that had been sideswiped. a request for officer contact in
Three female subjects and one male Boardm an regarding an earlier
subject were with the vehicle. Four incident o f someone looking into
patients were transported to Good her apt. window.
Shepherd M edical C enter in
Aug. 18: MCSO received a report
Hermiston.
from the Herm iston Police Dept,
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
that Christina Pepion, 21, was
received a report someone throwing arrested on a Morrow County warrant
a lighted object from a vehicle on
for Failure to Pay Fine/Possession
1-84 eastbound.
o f Less that One Oz. Marijuana. She
-Im gon Fire Dept, received a was lodged at the Umatilla County
report o f a possible illegal bum in Jail.
Im gon.
-M CSO, lone EMTs received
Aug. 17: MCSO received a report a report from lone o f several subjects
that Sergio Ramirez Lopez, 25, was outside the caller’s hom e m aking
arrested in Scappoose on a Im gon a lot o f noise and possibly trying
Justice Court warrant for Failure to break into her residence. The caller
to Appear/DUII. He was lodged at was in her bedroom and unable to
the M ultnomah County Jail.
walk. EMTs were called to check
-Heppner Police Dept, received out the caller's condition.
a report o f two males fighting at the
-MCSO received a report that
car wash behind the R&W Drive-In children were at a residence in the
in Heppner.
Im gon Mobile Court who weren't
-Oregon State Police received supposed to be, pending a legal case.
a report o f rapid fire shots heard in After (urther questioning, other
Irrigon.
people w eren't supposed to be at
“M CSO received a request for the residence and the children were
officer contact in Boardman. The okay.
caller had a w olf dog in his yard.
-Boardman
and
Irrigon
-MCSO received a report from ambulances received a request for
Oregon State Police o f a possible an am bulance for a 80-year-old
abduction o f a female subject on woman in Im gon who was
1-84 headed westbound. OSP located expenencing extreme pain all over
and stopped the vehicle just west and who had a history of congestive
o f Tower Road. The call was heart failure. The patient was
unfounded.
transported to Good Shepherd
-MCSO received a report from Medical Center in Hermiston.
a caller that her house door was open
-Heppner Police Dept, received
when her sister checked the residence a report o f three juveniles entering
that morning. The caller/owner would the W illow Creek W ater Park in
be contacted when they returned. Heppner.
-MCSO received a report from
-Heppner Police Dept, received
West Extension Imgation in Imgon a report o f a vehicle blocking the
o f illegal dumping on the property. caller's driveway in Heppner.
-Oregon State Police received
-MCSO received a report from
a report o f a sem i-truck on 1-84 the Umatilla Army Depot that routine
westbound that was speeding.
m onitoring o f an igloo found a
-Heppner Police Dept, received possible leak but no hazard. Tours
a report from Heppner o f rodeo were suspended for the day as a
traffic speeding through the area. precaution.
-MCSO received a report from
-Heppner Police Dept, received
Boardman o f three male subjects a report o f a wheelchair taken from
who pulled into a neighbor's a yard in Heppner.
driveway and one m ale relieved
-MCSO received a report from
him self in front o f the caller's day Heppner Police Dept, o f a report
care children.
o f property damage in lone.
-Oregon State Police received
-MCSO received a request for
a report o f a vehicle speeding on deputy contact from a caller in
Highway 730.
Boardman regarding his neighbor's
-Oregon State Police received
semis he had been warned earlier
a report o f a green pickup that had about.
sideswiped the caller on 1-84 and
-MCSO received a report from
kept going.
the Umatilla Police Dept, that Jose
-M CSO received a report o f Guadalupe Flores, 28, was arrested
vandalism to a fish tank and several on an Imgon Justice Court warrant
other items at the Morrow County
for Failure to Pay Fine/Dnving while
Fairgrounds.
License Suspended.
-MCSO received a request for
-MCSO received a report from
Sheriff's Report
assistance from Behavioral Health
in Boardman to make contact with
people at a residence in Im gon.
-M CSO received a report o f a
one-vehicle accident on Highway
74/ M organ. It was a non-injury,
non-blocking accident. The driver
went o ff an embankment, through
a fence, then hit a water trough.
-M CSO received a request for
assistance from the Northwestern
Motel in Heppner for a woman
locked out o f her vehicle. The
locksmith was contacted.
-Oregon State Police received
a report o f two small children (age
6-7) riding in the back o f a pickup
on 1-84, going eastbound onto
Highway 730.
-MCSO received a report o f an
adult m a GMC pickup who stopped
the caller's 16-year-old daughter
while she was walking home and
asked her if she did drugs A deputy
was unable to locate the vehicle.
Oregon State Police that Thad
Thomas Marti, 32, was arrested for
Possession o f
a Controlled
Substance Schedule II. He was
lodged at the Umatilla County Jail.
-Oregon State Police, Boardman
Police Dept, received a report from
the Boardman Texaco that an adult
male had broken the glass out o f
a telephone booth in their parking
lot. He left on 1-84 westbound on
a motorcycle. Kevin Gregory Eddy,
40, was arrested by OSP on charges
o f Criminal M ischief I, and was
lodged at the Umatilla County Jail
on that and on other warrants.
-MCSO received a report o f a
bloodhound-type dog walking around
the middle o f 1-84 westbound looking
dazed and causing a traffic hazard.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
a report that the license plate was
stolen o ff the caller's vehicle.
-MCSO received a report from
Stanfield Police Dept, that Jerry
Wayne Edgerly, 37, was arrested
on a Morrow County Circuit Court
warrant for Failure to Appear/
Contempt review. He was lodged
at the Umatilla County Jail on that
and two UCSO warrants.
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept,
received a report o f an alarm
activation at the Heppner Elementary
School. Teachers accidentally set
o ff the alarm.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
a report from Boardman o f items
taken from the caller's residence
while she was gone.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact in Imgon to remove
an unwanted subject from the caller’s
residence.
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept,
received a report o f screaming
coming from a residence in Heppner.
The residence's ex-husband was there
and wasn't supposed to be.
-MCSO received a report from
the Milton-Freewater Police Dept,
that Bryce C. Curtis, 21, was arrested
on an Inigon Justice Court warrant
for Failure to Pay Fine/MIP-Alcohol.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
a request for officer contact in
Boardman regarding a parking
problem. Someone parked in the
caller’s space. He asked them to move
and spoke to the manager, but
nothing happened. The caller was
forced to park in a no-parking zone.
-MCSO received a report o f a
dead deer up Hinton Creek on
Highway 74. The deer was off the
road.
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept,
received a report that three males
were starting a fight with the caller’s
three children in Heppner.
Aug. 19: MCSO received a report
from a caller in Im gon that her 13-
year-old son had run away again.
The boy was located and returned
home.
-Heppner Police Dept, received
a report from a caller in Heppner
that a female subject had harassed
her by phone. The caller requested
officer contact.
-Oregon State Police received
a report o f a small vehicle speeding
100+ mph on 1-84 westbound.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from Boardman
o f three male subjects who were
looking in car windows at the
Columbia Villa Apts. Officers were
unable to locate the subjects.
-MCSO received a report from
a Boardman Police Dept, officer that
two m ale subjects ran from the
officer. The subjects fit the
description o f the subjects in the
previous call.
-MCSO, Boardman ambulance
received a request for an ambulance
for a male subject who had fallen
20 feet. The patient was transported
to Good Shepherd Medical Center
in Hermiston.
-MCSO received a report o f an
entry motion burglar alarm at the
Spud Cellar in Boardman. It was
an employee eiror.
-MCSO received a report o f a
woman on a motorcycle speeding
around the Irrigon mobile home court
and East Street. The woman was
possibly intoxicated.
-MCSO received a report from
Irrigon o f problems caused by a man
claiming to be looking for child care.
-MCSO received a report relayed
by Oregon State Police o f a Ford
Taurus with two males who were
driving recklessly and speeding on
Highway 730 en route to the
Boardman area. All units were out
o f position.
-MCSO, Oregon State Police,
Im gon ambulance, Umatilla ALS
received a report o f a motor vehicle
accident in Im gon near the fish
hatchery entrance. It was a one-
vehicle roll-over with two juvenile
females ejected from the vehicle.
Both had severe injuries; one had
massive head injuries. The patients
were transported to Good Shepherd
Medical Center in Hermiston; the
ambulance picked up the Umatilla
ALS crew in Um atilla.
-M CSO, M orrow County
Behavioral Health received a request
for a mental health contact from
Boardman Christian Center for a
female subject.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller in Im gon that a female
subject just called and threatened
to kill her and that she was en route
to her house. Both parties were
contacted by a M CSO deputy.
-MCSO deputy cited Gustavo
Barrera-Andrade, 40, o f Irrigon for
DUII. He had a BAC o f .13. His
vehicle was impounded.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Irrigon that three llamas
were loose in his yard and there was
no one home at the owner's residence.
The llamas were rounded up and
secured.
-Oregon State Police received
a report of a suspicious male subject
walking on Highway 74 into Morrow
County. The subject was in his late
50s with long hair and a beard and
was carrying a pack.
-M CSO received a report from
Imgon that the caller's mother and
stepfather were missing. They were
last contacted the day before at the
same residence where the caller was.
The caller advised that the missing
couple left together en route to an
unknown bar.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from the Boardman
Chevron o f a possible DUII driver.
The vehicle was located at the manna
park but no one was in the vehicle.
The vehicle was witnessed leaving
the park. It rear-ended another
vehicle that was stopped at a stop
sign and left the scene o f the
accident. The driver o f the second
vehicle was injured but did not want
an ambulance contacted. An officer
located the first vehicle on Main
Street in Boardman. Adrian Garcia-
M endoza, 23, o f Boardman, was
cited for DUII, with a BAC o f .25,
and Failure to Perform Duties o f
a Driver, Injury. The vehicle was
impounded.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
a request for an extra patrol on Kunze
Lane in Boardman. A pickup was
spinning its tires and making a lot
o f noise.
Aug. 20: MCSO, Boardman
Police Dept, received a report o f
m ultiple audible alarm s at a
Boardman residence. Contact was
m ade with the residence and the
subject was unable to give the proper
alarm code. The resident's owner
was contacted. All was okay and
the alarm was reset.
-MCSO received a report o f a
suspicious male subject at the summit
o f Franklin Grade on Highway 74
apparently trying to hitch a ride.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
a report o f an illegal campfire in
Boardman with fairly large sparks
flying everywhere.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
and medics received a report from
Dodge City Inn in Boardman o f a
79-year-old male with an irregular
heartbeat and slight chest pain.
-MCSO received a request for
inform ation in reference to the
caller's stepson violating his
probation.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
an abandoned 911 call from
Boardman. It was determined the
line automatically dials 911 when
picked up and a trucker accidentally
picked it up. All was okay.
-MCSO received a report from
a Boardman subject that the window
in his mother's vehicle was broken
out and the stereo taken.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Irrigon that she hadn't seen
her son since Aug. 15.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Irrigon that her mail had
been tam pered with.
-MCSO, Poison Control received
a report from a caller in Boardman
that her two-year-old son drank a
little peroxide.
-MCSO received a report o f a
red colored bull out on the roadway
on Highway 207 two to three miles
south o f the Highway 206 junction.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a request for an officer
contact in Boardm an regarding a
driving complaint against the driver
o f a Ford pickup.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Irrigon that her ex
boyfriend drove by her house
recklessly and threw rocks with his
vehicle tires at her son.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
a request for an officer contact to
fingerprint a person for employment
reasons.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a request for a welfare check
on a female subject at the Boardman
Christian Center who had been very
depressed and threatening to cut her
wrists. An officer attempted to
contact the subject but was unable
to locate her.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report of an audible alarm
at the Boardman Auto Repair. A
door was found open. It was
determined the owner left the door
open. The manager secured the door.
-MCSO received a report of loud
music com ing from a neighbor's
residence in Imgon. The caller just
wanted the area checked.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
a report o f a speeding vehicle
traveling past the library on Main
Street in Boardman.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from a caller in
Boardman that someone entered his
vehicle while it was parked at his
residence. The dome light was on
and the door left open. It did not
appear that anything had been taken.
An officer was unable to locate any
subjects.
Aug. 21: M CSO, Boardman
Police Dept, received a report that
someone threw som ething at the
caller's house window in Boardman.
-Heppner Police Dept, received
a report o f two suspicious-looking
vehicles parked in an area in
Heppner.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
detained ajuvemle for MIP-Alcohol,
V rotation of State Curfew Regulation
and Possession o f Less than One
Oz. Marijuana. The juvenile was
cited and released to his parents.
-Oregon State Police received
a report from a caller m Imgon that
a semi-truck and trailer were stuck
in a sand dune in front o f her
residence. The caller said it appeared
the truck had run o ff the road.
-MCSO received another report
from Imgon o f the stuck semi-truck.
It appeared that it had also tom up
a fence and phone box.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy
contact
regarding
fingerprinting a person for foster
care.
-MCSO received a report of items
stolen over the w eekend from a
Boardman business. Missing were
a core drill unit and M ackstar
welding unit.
-MCSO received a report o f a
Coleman generator worth $ 1,000
stolen from a gravel pit near Irrigon
the previous night.
-MCSO received a report o f a
93 Jeep Wrangler stolen from Imgon
the previous night. A locked gate
had been cut to get to the vehicle.
-M CSO received a report that
a tackle box was stolen out o f a boat
at the Irrigon M arina.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller at Anson W right Park that
their vehicle was broken down.
-M CSO received a report from
Boardm an that the caller's
granddaughter had been beaten up
early that m orning near M orrow
Estates. The caller requested deputy
contact.
-MCSO deputy cited and released
Christopher Michael Elliot, 21, for
Possession o f Less than One Oz.
Marijuana.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact from a caller in
Irrigon regarding children left by
themselves.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Im gon that items were
m issing from her home.
-MCSO deputies located a squatter
cam p across from the Corps o f
Engineers campground in Im gon.
-Heppner Police Dept, received
a report o f a burglar alarm at the
Heppner Elem entary School. All
was okay. Some people were working
in the building.
-MCSO received a report that
someone left a bike at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds.
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
received a report o f a white car on
1-84 eastbound speeding 90+ mph.
-MCSO deputies cited a juvenile
driver for No Operator’s License and
No Insurance. Rodney Paul Langlitz,
34, was cited for Allowing an
Unlicensed Driver to Drive. The
vehicle was impounded.
-MCSO received a request for
assistance picking up Rita Madugno,
35, in Irrigon.
-MCSO received a report from
Brown's Auto Truck Stop in Irrigon
o f a Ford Ranger in the parking lot
with a male subject who was non-
responsive, but breathing, possibly
a DUII. Jam es Charles Bray, 42,
was arrested and lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail on a UCSO
detainer. The vehicle was impounded
and towed.
-MCSO received a report from
the Umatilla Depot regarding an
abandoned vehicle near Division
Street in Irrigon.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact regarding a burglary
at the Im gon Marina.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Salem that a male subject
and child left Im gon this morning
en route to Salem but hadn’t made
it there yet.
-MCSO received a report from
a 15-year-old juvenile in Imgon of
someone knocking on the caller's
door. The juvenile was home alone
with a sister and they were scared.
All was okay - it was a friend.
-MCSO received a request for
assistance for a woman locked out
o f her car in Heppner. The locksmith
was contacted.
-MCSO received an abandoned
911 call from Boardman. The
residence was recontacted and all
was okay.
Aug. 22: M CSO, Heppner
ambulance received a report o f a
91 -year-old woman in Heppner who
fell and couldn't get up. The patient
was transported to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital.
-MCSO received a report from
Oregon City Police Dept that, a
juvenile was arrested on an Heppner
Justice Court warrant for Forgery
D. He was lodged at the Clackamas
C ounty Jail in Oregon City with
$6,000 bail.
-MCSO, Boardman Fire Dept.,
Boardman am bulance received a
report o f a single vehicle rollover
on the Bombing Range Road. It
appeared to be a non-injury, non-
blocking accident. One patient was
transported to Good Shepherd
M edical Center in Hermiston.
-MCSO received another report
o f the motor vehicle accident on the
Bombing Range Road. The caller
had witnessed the accident and said
he would remain on the scene.
-MCSO received a request for
a deputy contact regarding an
abandoned vehicle in Im gon.
-M CSO, Irrigon Fire Dept,
received a report o f smoke near
Irrigon. It was a controlled bum.
-MCSO received a report of found
items - a chainsaw, microwave and
car parts.
-MCSO deputy assisted the Corps
o f Engineers in requesting a female
subject to leave an area.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact in Imgon regarding
an adult male harassing the caller's
children.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact in Imgon regarding
a 10-year-old boy taking money from
the caller's son and throwing rocks.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from the Boardman
76 station o f a male subject with
a blue sleeping bag yelling and
cursing at customers in the parking
lot.
-MCSO received a report from
Imgon o f a vehicle hitting the caller’s
friend's vehicle and leaving. Teresa
De La Cruz Claustro, 31, was cited
for Failure to Perform Duties o f a
Driver. She was cited and released.
-M CSO received a report from
Im gon for a welfare check. The
caller hadn't seen a female subject
and couldn't get her to answer her
door. The caller called back and said
the wom an was okay.
Heppner library has new
classics collection
By Debbie H arper
The Heppner branch o f the
Oregon Trail Library District has
a new 50-volum e collection o f
American classics.
In additicavto works by Steinbeck,
Faulkner and Frost, there are volumes
on John Muir’s nature writings, slave
narratives, reporting on Vietnam,
and James Thurber's writings and
drawings. The books have cloth
covers, sewn, not glued, bindings
and use acid free paper.
The collection will be presented
on Thursday, Oct. 18. The library
will have cookies and coffee for the
public. There will also be drawings
and giveaways.
The collection comes from The
M illennium Project for Public
Education. The Millennium Project
was created by the Nation
Endowment for the Humanities, The
Library of America and the American
Library Association. It was funded
by the Carnegie Corporation o f New
York, which has been supporting
libraries and reading for over 100
years.
For information call Barb Orwick
at 676-9964.
New propane business opens
From the Condon Times-Journal
Jim Boor, a long-time local area
resident, has gone into business on
his own. The bulk plant for T n-
County Propane has gone in at
Arlington, while the business office
for the new concern will be located
at Boor's home m lone. The company
will serve G illiam , W heeler and
Morrow counties with propane sales
and service.
Jim Boor went to high school at
Arlington then served in the military.
Once a civilian again, he worked
at Pendleton for a time then moved
to lone in 1977 and worked for
Dobyns Pest Control, then for
Heppner Nor-Gas. For the past 12
years, he has worked in the propane
plant for M orrow C ounty Grain
Growers.
Since May this year, when he left
Morrow County Gram Growers, Boor
and his step-son Kevin Ball have
been setting up the new venture.
Ball is a Morrow County native,
who spent eight years in the military
after graduating from lone High
School in 1988. He attended college
at both Central W ashington and
Eastern Washington, then worked
for two years with a software
company at Spokane, Washington.
T n-C ounty Propane can be
reached by calling 422-7568.